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Tag: Utopia

0 Culture Communities

The Jewish Commune Fantasy

Kelsey Osgood in Tablet · 20 Jan

Kelsey Osgood explores the allure of a Jewish communal lifestyle, blending ideals of spirituality, self-sufficiency, and close-knit community living.

0 Culture Philosophy

The Summer Americans Did Nothing

Sruli Fruchter in 18forty · 3 Jul 2025

In an exploration of the 1967 Summer of Love, Sruli Fruchter reflects on the hippie movement's emphasis on personal freedom and liberation from societal norms, contrasting it with the disciplined life advocated by Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein.

0 Television/Film Antisemitism

Why a 100-year-old film about a 'City Without Jews' seems disturbingly prescient today

Diane Cole in Forward · 14 Feb 2025

"The City Without Jews," a 1924 silent film newly rescreened with contemporary Klezmer music, foreshadowed the dark trajectory of antisemitism in Europe leading up to the Holocaust.

0 Culture History

When Elie Wiesel was enchanted by Disneyland

Elie Wiesel in Forward · 15 Jan 2024

Elie Wiesel's reflective piece reminisces about his visit to Disneyland in 1957, highlighting the amusement park as a utopian paradise for children, evoking a sense of purity and joy akin to experiencing heaven on earth.

0 Israel History

The Kibbutz, Post-Utopia

Walter Laqueur in Jewish Review of Books · 27 Feb 2013

"100 Years of Kibbutz: The Story of the Kibbutz Movement" edited by Eliezer Saks commemorates the centennial of the kibbutz movement, tracing its origins with visionary pioneers like Yosef Bussel and Yosef Baratz, who sought communal agricultural life in Palestine for ideological and practical reasons.