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What Are We About?
Shmu's Views is both a storehouse and warehouse of Jewish thought, ideas, teachings and wisdom. Participate in and consume its contents from the various paths of Judaism and myriad concepts taught by the Torah, and sages of past and current memory.
We present Judaism from an unbiased, unaffiliated viewpoint through study of the Torah, Talmud, Kabbalah and Midrash, as well as, the traditions of our Jewish heritage and those of the region of Sumer, Egypt and the Levant. We view the Tanakh and interpret it based on its original language keeping in mind the many redactions and translations that have been made over the centuries beginning with those done by scribes during the Babylonian exile period and and also the impact the original Sumerian stories which pre-date the Torah and Tanakh by many centuries and the obvious influence Abraham brought from his original home in Ur of Sumer, as well as the Babylonian story influences on the later redactors. The Tankah was not written in a vacuum and our interpretations keep this fact always in mind.
You may notice there will be times when our postings, studies, lessons and articles will not always coincide with those within some or all of the different branches of Judaism be they Ultra-Orthodox, Neo-Orthodox, Conservadox, Conservative, Reform or Reconstruction. We do however do our best to understand and teach the Torah and entire Tanakh from the viewpoint of those who actually wrote and lived it never forgetting to whom it was addressed and the time in which it was presented.
Taking those ideas we approach current events, news, politics, spirituality and religious expression in ways not always allowed from a more stringent orthodoxy.
Parshat Naso is the longest single parsha in the Torah, clocking in at 176 verses. That’s Torah’s way of saying, “Hey, you might want to take a long , serious and contemplative look at what you’re about to learn.”
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Israel is reportedly considering downgrading or severing its security and intelligence ties with the United Kingdom if Prime Minister Keir Starmer moves forward with plans to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state.
Three years ago I put out a video asking the question - “Another American Civil War Coming?” A link to that video is posted in the description of this video. That was in September 2022. Now it is August 2025. Has my opinion changed, and if so in what way and why?
