Identity before argument

A Jew who cannot say what Shabbat is will not win a public argument about Israel. The first work is literacy: people, calendar, obligation. Pride that skips the table does not last.

ReJEWenate starts there on purpose. Identity is not a mood and not a slogan. It is knowing the story well enough to stand in it.

Three practices come before any microphone. A precise name. A calendar with Shabbat in it. A community with a name. Argument comes after. Source it, or do not say it.