July 2011
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For Jews of Every Culture and Color, Identity and... →
“White Ashkenazi Jews are taught to see the Jewish world as divided between Ashkenazim and Sephardim, but the Jewish world in truth is far more diverse and that, says McCoy, is one of the issues that Jewish multicultural leaders must explore and discuss with each other.”
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Theodore Bikel singing the anti-Capitalist...
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on "queering the jew and jewing the queer" and...
onegirlrhumba:
a friend of mine recommended an essay entitled “queering the jew and jewing the queer,” which can be found in the anthology balancing on the mechitza: transgender in jewish community (ed. noach dzmura). it’s a thought-provoking piece combining analysis and personal narrative — in it, ri j. turner’s central assertion regarding jewish queerness in total is that,
taking the broad...
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Heretical Faith: Reb Zusha →
genematanky:
Reb Zusha was on his death bed, and tears were streaming down his face. “Why are you crying?” asked his disciples. “If God asks me why I wasnt like Moses or Maimonides,” answered Reb Zusha, “Ill say, I wasnt blessed with that kind of leadership ability and wisdom.” But Im afraid of another…
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Hasidic Parable
Some Jews were sitting together in a shabby inn one Sabbath evening. They were all local people, with the exception of one person no one knew, a very poor, ragged man who was squatting in a dark corner at the back of the room. All sorts of things were discussed, and then it was suggested that everyone should tell what wish he would make if one were granted him. One man wanted money; another...
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Theodore Bikel rockin’ out. 1958. Acoustic.