Vayishlaḥ and Wrestling with nameless men / וישלח און באָרען זיך מיט מענער אָן נעמען
The blessings of hidden identities and newly bestowed names
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Vayetsey and Labor / ויצא און אַרבעט
On the gendered ethics of labor modeled in Tōrah
Tōldōs and Stew worth forsaking your birthright / תּולדת
It's easy to be lofty when you're not hungry.
Nōaḥ and Perfect victims / נח און פּערפֿעקטע קרבנות
The mitsve of pidōn shvuyim urges us to advocate for all prisoners, not just the morally uncomplicated ones.
Bereshis and Shame / בראשית און חרפּה
Once the destruction of Gaza is over, will Zionists open their eyes and see what they've done?
Vzōs habrokho and the World to Come / וזאת הברכה און עלום הבא
The holy land is a future, a story not concluded, a promise always unfulfilled.
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.
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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?
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Eykev and Jewish chosenness / עקב און דער אם־סגולה
Holding Judaism accountable through committed engagement
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Voesḥanan, Orthodoxy, and Kink / ואתחנן, אָרטאָדאָקסיע, און שגעון
Orthodox Jews are in an abusive Dom/sub relationship with Hashem
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Dvorim 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.
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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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Pinḥos 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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Ḥukas and Mutual aid / חקת און אַנאַדיקע הילף
What opaque ritual and spell-casting can teach us about altruism.
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Kōraḥ and Collective punishment / קרח און קאָלעקטיווע שטראָף
Collective punishment in Tōrah highlights the necessity of collective liberation.
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Shlaḥ 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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Bha'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.