The Book of Ruth, which is our companion for the upcoming holiday of Shavuot, can be read many ways. For me it reads as queer narrative. For that reason, among others, my husband and I spoke Ruth’s words when we were under the chupah. “Where you go I will go . . .”
Read moreOmer Calendar and Pesach Piyut
The piyyut begins below the line on the right page and continues below the line on the left page.
An Omer Calendar for your 5786 use, and a gorgeous medieval Piyyut (and new musical setting) for Shabbat of Chol Hamoed Pesach.
Read moreHeart of the Generations (and a Song)
On Shabbat HaGadol we read a line from Malachi in which we envision the heart of parents turning to the children, and the hearts of children to their parents. How do we create meaningful inter-generationality in our own communities and lives? How do continuity and change dance together?
Read moreThe Philadelphia Story
I had not been excited about going to the Reconstructionist convention. In this divisive climate I have felt rather isolated among rabbis, I didn’t know what it would be like to be in a rabbinical scene. Spoiler: it was good.
Read moreThe Anxiety of Purim
All these feelings – the fears, the desire for things to be quiet, for Jews to be quiet, this whole tangle of ancestral anxiety inside of me – it all comes into view at Purim time when we read the Book of Esther. This ancient book of ours is a symphony of anxiety.
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