Bizarro Torah

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Exodus 15:20

Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her in dance with timbrels. Read more

July 15, 2018
Exodus 2:5

Exodus 2:5 The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe in the Nile, while her maidens walked along the Nile. She spied the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to fetch it. Read more

July 15, 2018
Genesis 34:1

Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land. Read more

July 15, 2018
Genesis 1:27

And God created man in His image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Read more

July 15, 2018
A “Torah” of race

Is there a way to link anti-racist principles to a Jewish context? Yes, there is. And it goes deeper than tikkun olam. Read more

November 22, 2016
What It Meant to Attend the Jews of Color National Convening

“Among the many participants, myself included, there was a sense of homecoming to a community we never knew we had. With Passover just behind us and Shavuot right around the corner, the JOC Convening calls to mind the gathering at Sinai.” Read more

June 1, 2016