Vzōs habroḥo and the World to Come / וזאת הברכה און עלום הבא
The holy land is a future, a story not concluded, a promise always unfulfilled.
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Haazinu and the Problem of evil / האזינו און די פּראָבלעם פֿון בייזס
A post-Holocaust theology on suffering and forgiveness
Vayeylekh and the Importance of narrative / וילך און די וויכטיקייט פֿון נאַראַציע
Text as a witness and an intervention
Nitsovim and Khagim / נצבים און חגים
How do we do tshuva for genocide?
Ki Sovō and Curses / כּי־תבוא און קללהות
Jews are judged as a collective, either blessed or cursed. We are clearly cursed.
Ki Seytsey and a Feminist Defense of Halakhic Egalitarianism / כי־תצא און אַ פֿעמיניסטישע פֿאַרטיידיקונג פֿון הלכישן עגאַליטאַריזם
A response piece in discourse with "A Feminist Critique of Traditional Egalitarianism"
Shōftim and Tshuva / שפֿטים און תּשובה
The genocide continues and "I told you so" doesn't help.
R'ey and Gods you haven't known / רעה און געטער וואָס איר האָט נישט געקענט
Why are we trying to save Judaism from Zionism when genocide is one of Judaism's logical conclusions?
Eykev and Jewish chosenness / עקב און דער אם־סגולה
Holding Judaism accountable through committed engagement
Voeskhanan, Orthodoxy, and Kink / ואתחנן, אָרטאָדאָקסיע, און שגעון
Orthodox Jews are in an abusive Dom/sub relationship with Hashem
Dvarim and our Debt to the Dead / דברים און אונדזער חובֿות צום מתים
Our obligations to our ancestors and martyred dead are great, but greater is our obligation to the living.
Matōs-Masey and Vows of revolution / מטות־מסעי און נדרים פֿון רעוואָלוציע
Guest post by Rena Yehuda Newman on pledging commitments to each other
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Pinkhos and the Feminist case against Traditional Egalitarianism / פּינחס און דער פֿעמיניסטער ענין קעגן טראַדיציאָנאַלע עגאַליטאַריאַניזם
Universal obligation is unsustainable and puts undue strain on the women it seeks to liberate.
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Bolok, Jewish Supremacy, and the Traps of Nationalism / בלק, יידישע אייבערשקייט, און די פּאַסקעס פֿון נאַציאָנאַליזם
Guest post by Chava Shapiro on dwelling apart but not alone
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Khukas and Mutual aid / חקת און אַנאַדיקע הילף
What opaque ritual and spell-casting can teach us about altruism.
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Kōrakh and Collective punishment / קרח און קאָלעקטיווע שטראָף
Collective punishment in Tōrah highlights the necessity of collective liberation.
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Shlakh and Minority dissent / שלח און מינאָריטעטע ניינזאָגונג
Tōrah tells us to displace other people because the land is ours. But we are also given models for dissent.
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Beha'alōsekho and Nourishment / בהעלתך און נערונג
On the poetic, the theological questions of Hashem's presence, and anarchism as prophesy actualized.
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Nosō and Accountability / נשא און אחריות
Tōrah's model for accountability and how the left devours itself.
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Bmidbar and Numbers / במדבר און נומערס
Dead Jews count more than the living.
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Behar-Bekhukosay and Rebuke / בהר־בחקתי און תּוחכה
Why bother being Jewish when it's so hard and Hashem is mad at us anyway?
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Emor and Defying bad laws / אמר און אַקעגנשטעלן זיך שלעכטע חוקים
The only way to "meet the moment" is through material action
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Akharey Moys-Kadoshim and Sodomy / אחרי מות־קדשים און מישכּבֿ־זכר
The parsha about sodomy
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Sazria-Mtsoyro, AIDS, and Covid / תזריע־מצרע, איידס, און קאָוויד
Against moralizing disease, historical and modern.