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Another is that the first human was actually intersex, and Genesis 1 talks about creating that person, and Genesis 2 talks about splitting that person into 2 genders, playing with

We need to talk about clergy who sexually abuse (and the people and institutions that cover for them), to be sure. AND We also need to talk about clergy who--even

When the Chauvin verdict came out, I saw a few rabbinic colleagues post quoting Deut 16:20, Tzedek tzedek tirdof— justice, justice you shall pursue approvingly, noting that they felt that

Thread. 1/xSometimes people tell me they want to explore the possibility of conversion to Judaism, ask what their first steps should be. Some of this advice also work imho for

I want to talk for a second about the evolution of/development of faith. I've had more than one person tell me that they feel like they've lost their faith and

Some thoughts—some Torah—on this in-between time, this liminal period in which we find ourselves. On the wilderness, on fear, on possibility. 1/x thread. So where we (Jews) are in our

"Then God said, “The outrage of Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and their sin so grave! I will go down to see whether they have acted altogether according to

The commandment to honor one's father & mother (or parents of whatever gender, presumably) in the 10 Commandments has been used many times as a clobber verse--as a way of

I promised y'all a thread on female teachers of Torah throughout history. Here it is, neither comprehensive nor complete. So not really teachers of Torah, but in my tradition, there

Sidney Powell is claiming their new lawsuit alleging voter fraud will be "Biblical." You know what's Biblical? Welcoming & protecting the strangerSystems of economic justice that protect the poorNot sacrificing

Since people seem to be a little fuzzy sometimes about what Jews have been doing since, you know, the Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE, a

This is a memo to white folks who have gotten activated to fight for social justice over the last four years, as part of resisting the agenda of the current