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Vayikra, And God Called Out: An Invitation to Gender Justice | Almost Jewish
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Dispatches from the (Post-)Conversion Path. What Is Judaism To Me? Taking on the Akeidah. Vayikra, And God Called Out: An Invitation to Gender Justice. March 12, 2014. The following is a d’var Torah I delivered at Hillel B’nai Torah. This past Shabbat, at the invitation of Rabbi Barbara Penzner, on the occasion of International Women’s Day. Soon-to-be Rabbi] Becky Silverstein,. Rabbi Elliot Kukla, Rabbi Reuben Zellman, Joy Ladin, [soon-to-be Rabbi] Ari Lev Fornari, Rabbi Emily Aviva Kapor,. Kislev-Tevet ...
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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. I'm a 20-something navigating the process of acquiring official status within the Hebrew tribe. I grew up in the Bay Area, went to college in Arkansas and Argentina, grad school in New York and D.C., and finally have returned home. I love Latin America, sound human development public policy, cooking, and words. Thoughts of one Conservative kallah. October 1, 2013. But more importantly, Rabbi wanted me to truly appreciate the distinction and set apartnes...
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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Newer posts →. Please help me send one of my Birthright trip mates back to Israel. February 7, 2012. They apply to Birthright. Moshe gets to go. His brother does not. So, once again, I pester my readers. PLEASE go here. EDIT TO ADD: I am clearly brain dead. He is number 9. Thanks for bringing this to my attention kind reader! Shabbes, Shabbes, Shabbes. January 27, 2012. Yeah I’m pretty sure I’m the one keeping Moschiach from coming. I am not shomer Shab...
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Dispatches from the (Post-)Conversion Path. What Is Judaism To Me? For Elul Psalm 27. August 16, 2015. My being here is proof Of vast conspiracies defeated And all my varied longings come to this To stand, one broken, beating heart And ask, and beg, just one more day! A glimpse, a taste, a brush of love and … Continue reading →. Not a Tea Party, a Confederate Party. June 22, 2015. Originally posted on The Weekly Sift. Moving to a New Channel. February 18, 2015. September 1, 2014. April 6, 2014. Originall...
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Interviewed | Sowing Rocks
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My Journey through the Middle East and Other Thoughts. Wildfire blamed on 14-year-old boy. Su’r (not my own) →. Anyway, the story spread like wildfire (after all, who doesn’t jump at the chance to write about anti-semitism? And I was called up by a man who writes for a fairly conservative Jewish newspaper in Seattle called JTNews.net. So I was pleased (though concerned about my words being taken out of context) when the reported interviewed me. After finishing the interview, I decided to take a look ...
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Help with Hallel? | Almost Jewish
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Dispatches from the (Post-)Conversion Path. What Is Judaism To Me? Vayikra, And God Called Out: An Invitation to Gender Justice. Psalm 27 →. April 6, 2014. Lovely readers, I am working on a textual meditation of sorts for a Passover seder, and I would be grateful if you could share, by comment or privately, anything that comes up for you in response to the following:. God raises the poor from dust. God elevates the noble from the trash heap. This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged hallel. You a...
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Psalm 27 | Almost Jewish
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Dispatches from the (Post-)Conversion Path. What Is Judaism To Me? Moving to a New Channel →. September 1, 2014. My being here is proof. Of vast conspiracies defeated. And all my varied longings come to this —. To stand, a broken, beating heart. And ask, and beg, just one more day! A glimpse, a taste, a brush of love and glory. Of unknown miracles performed on my behalf. Of near escapes and second chances. To feel the solid ground beneath my feet. And raise my head in spite of everything. Notify me of ne...
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What Is Judaism To Me? | Almost Jewish
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Dispatches from the (Post-)Conversion Path. What Is Judaism To Me? What Is Judaism To Me? My Obviously Imperfect Take. People approaching Judaism for the first time tend to bring assumptions from their own religious upbringing, incomplete as that might be. For people raised in majority-Christian culture, that means the first thing they might want to know is. What do Jews believe? The real question is ‘How do Jews try to live? To live as a Jew is to never stop trying to live out this mindfulness and every...
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