Noaḥ and Zionist monoculture / נח
Pluralism is the cure for fascism
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Bereshis and Brotherly love / בראשית
Dysfunctional siblings and intergenerational trauma
Shemōs and Jewish exceptionalism / שמות
This is a weekly series of parsha dvarim (Tōrah commentaries) written by an orthodox atheist transsexual anarchist, with guest posts from comrades. It's the work of each generation to extricate meaning from our cultural and religious inheritance, and it's crucial that we resist the narrative that
Vayaḥi and New beginnings / ויחי
"Ḥazak ḥazak v'nitḥazeyk!" Be strong, be strong, and let us be strengthened.
Mikets and Hunger disease / מקץ
Famine is a policy choice, not an inevitability
Vyeshev and Dressing Well / וישב
If you love yourself, you should dress accordingly.
Vayishlaḥ and Wrestling with nameless men / וישלח און באָרען זיך מיט מענער אָן נעמען
The blessings of hidden identities and newly bestowed names
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.
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Haazinu and the Problem of evil / האזינו און די פּראָבלעם פֿון בייזס
A post-Holocaust theology on suffering and forgiveness
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Vayeylekh and the Importance of narrative / וילך און די וויכטיקייט פֿון נאַראַציע
Text as a witness and an intervention
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Nitsovim and Khagim / נצבים און חגים
How do we do tshuva for genocide?
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Ki Sovō and Curses / כּי־תבוא און קללהות
Jews are judged as a collective, either blessed or cursed. We are clearly cursed.
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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"
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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.