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Feminist Parenting About Sexuality Part 2 – pornography by Trelawney...
As I said in Part 1 – this topic will be difficult to discuss. As I said, I promise I AM NOT SAYING ALL MEN ARE BAD. Please re-read Part 1 if this post causes you to feel defensive or protective...
View ArticleHa’azinu and Models of the Divine by Ivy Helman.
This week’s Torah parshah, as you can tell from the title, is Ha’azinu, or Deuteronomy 32:1-52. This is Moses’ final speech to the Israelites before he ascends Mount Nebo to die. It is traditionally...
View ArticleTzav: Holiness, the Situation in Ukraine, and Eating Animals by Ivy Helman
The parshah for this upcoming Shabbat is Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36). It details the investiture of Aaron and his sons into the priesthood and lays out the basics of various offerings (mostly, although...
View ArticleAn Unwanted Relationship with Gun Violence in America by Anjeanette LeBoeuf
I write this post with the waves of grief from Buffalo, Uvalde, Pittsburgh, Tulsa, the litany that is constantly being added to. After every mass shooting in this nation, I have spent days in despair,...
View ArticleBe the Donkey: On Parshah Balak by Ivy Helman.
The Torah portion for July 16, 2022 is Balak (Numbers 22:2 -25:9). Some of what happens in Balak is familiar: idolatry, divinely-sanctioned death penalties, and a plague. But, did you know that this...
View ArticleThe Legacy of Carol P. Christ: “We Say the Silence Has Been Broken”
We treat the physical assault and the silencing after as two separate things, but they are the same, both bent on annihilation. Rebecca Solnit When I was in my twenties and in therapy I had a recurrent...
View ArticleDeath By Drowning: A Poem Written the Day After The Supreme Court Overturned...
Today at 10:06amI found himbelly uponly a little bloatedwater his deepdark grave. Turn the bucketoverTalk gently“How long have you beenin here, friend?” Turn him overhis final restdecomposing...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Recognizing Abuse by Karen Tate
This was originally posted on March 8, 2019 I’ve been thinking a lot about abuse. Of course, most of us know about the domination, exploitation and need for control meted out by patriarchy, but I...
View ArticleAbundant Life Is for Women, Too by Liz Cooledge Jenkins
I lived in East Palo Alto, CA, for two years in my mid-twenties. During the first year, a man was killed down the street from my apartment building, in the parking lot of the building where my friends...
View ArticleRe’eh: When Turning to Monotheism Requires Violence.
I have covered all of the Torah portions for the month of August except for Re’eh (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17), which was the parshah for yesterday the 12th of August, 2023. It contains discussions of...
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