Kosher Queers
124 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsKosher Queers is a podcast with at least two Jews and generally more than three opinions! Each week Jaz and Lulav bring you queer takes on Torah.
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101 — Shavuot in Cheshvan
October 08, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBDid you miss us? As a treat, we've crafted some deluxe Kosher Queers bonus material for you; here's all the short parsha summaries we did throughout the two years of making the podcast, all neatly collected in one place. Get ready for a lot of very rapid speech. Transcript available here! Tip us on Ko-fi! Our music is by the band Brivele. This week, our audio was edited by Lulav, and our transcript was written by Jaz Twersky. Our logo is by Lior Gross, and we are not endorsed by or affili...
100 — V'Zot HaBerachah: What If The Real Blessing…
September 23, 2021 11:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBThis week, we talk about the dubious metaphor of Gog and Magog, name our city Pluralism and then rename it again, talk about crumbling empires, and reflect on what we’ve learned about the text over the last two years. We do that because this is our last episode of season 2 and thus, the formal end of the podcast!!!! Bye y'all; thanks for these last couple years. (But stay tuned for a small surprise in the feed coming soon.) Transcript here. Lulav listens to the podcast Emojidrome, which y...
99 — Haazinu: Can I Get a Selah?
September 17, 2021 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBThis week, we debate the unholy combination that is polyamory, ponder the beauty of limericks, flirt briefly with pornoprophetics, and talk frankly a lot about words related to "gadol." Transcript available here, but this week's transcript is also a little delayed due to the holiday, and the full thing will be up and correct shortly. You can check out the band Really From at their bandcamp! You can also check out the work of Fat Torah at their website, where Jaz's classmate Emily Rogal has...
98 — Vayelech: Ice-Skating Tzadikim
September 09, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBShana tova! This week, we talk about unsatisfying endings, concise prophets, and how a DM slide can be a radical gift of honesty. Also, the pluses and minuses of smooth roads, insufficiently Jewish translation choices, and what having four different answers to the same question means, Talmudically speaking. Transcript here. This week's reading is a combination of Hosea 14:2-10, and Micah 7:18-20 and Joel 2:15-27. Next week's reading is Samuel II 22:1-51. Support us on Patreon or Ko-f...
97 — Nitzavim: Am Bartholomew Chai
September 02, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBThis week, we are strongly in favor of having help (both from people and canes), have mixed feelings about Jericho walks, and dislike when trans people are rude about the ways other people are trans. Plus, being flirty but judgemental with G-d! Transcript available here. Here's the Cowbody Rap that Lulav referenced. For our listener Consolations, you can listen to "Back in the Ring" by Chris Pureka and the poem "Hope Is Not A Bird, Emily, It's A Sewer Rat" by Caitlin Seida, which is ava...
96 — Ki Tavo: The Top Surgery of Kings
August 26, 2021 11:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBThis week, we return to the text from our very first pilot episode, and take a fresh look at it two years later! We talk about taking some distance in different types of relationships to be able to return to them better, the importance of mourning, and excellent gay novels. Plus, no kings! They're all too busy working in service jobs to rule. Transcript available here. You can find out more info about the most recent Philly Trans Wellness Conference. There's also an overview Wikipedia ar...
95 — Ki Teitzei: Queer Futurities
August 19, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBThis week, we discuss metaphorical big-tent design, and the joys and perils (mostly joys) of not getting back together with your exes. Also, a reminder not to argue with randos on the internet and skepticism about people who talk in vague, idealitistic terms about "queer elders." Plus, journaling as a reality check on our fallible memories and impression of self and the value of just keeping things to yourself for a change. Transcript available here. You can listen to "Fire Back About You...
94 — Shoftim: Go Touch Grass
August 12, 2021 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBThis week, we ponder things that can be both liberatory or oppressive depending on the circumstances, discuss interesting translation choices, and compare divine retribution to "buy one, get one free" sales. Plus, thoughts about debt. Transcript here. The part of Job that Jaz was referencing starts at chapter 38:4. Lulav references the "RIP but I'm different" meme. We asked if anyone knows things about modern Jewish Greek translations of the Tanakh and how those compare to Christian trans...
93 — Re'eh: SHABBATPISODE
August 05, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBThis week, people are gay for Shabbat, the Shabbos bride brings a dowry of relaxation, and people re-write prayers to make them more gender-balanced, but forget that Judaism has more than four women. Plus, a formal announcement about what's happening at the end of this season of KQ! Transcript here. There are so many different kashrut certifying organizations that each have their own hechsher; you can see a list of some of their symbols here. Here's an Orthodox list of the 39 types of wo...
92 — Eikev: What Makes a Parent
July 29, 2021 11:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBThis week, we talk about bioessentialist familial claims, the metaphorical home renovations you need to do if you want to rekindle an intimate relationship with your estranged children, and gay math. Also, Lulav fails to pluralize in a language she doesn't know, and we touch the merest surface of the topic of punishing Jeff Bezos. Transcript available here. The podcast otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, a.k.a. Métis in Space, is hosted by Molly Swain and Chelsea Vowel and is on the Ind...
91 — Va’etchanan: All Flesh Is Grass
July 22, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBThis week, we talked about creating accessibility rather than uniformity, finding joy for the future out of really tough situations, and keeping kindness on your person in as ordinary a way as wearing your clothes. Also, we shared our first consolation with you; tell us yours, either on social media or at [email protected] Content note: we discuss suicide at a whole bunch of different points throughout the episode, non-graphically. Transcript available here. Lulav's cool and queer o...
90 — Devarim: When Your Kid Becomes A Cop
July 15, 2021 16:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBThis week, we talk about paradigms of childrearing, giving people space for low-stakes disagreement, and also Kanye lines from 2010. Transcript available here. You can probably still do games on Dreamwidth. Also, Lulav is running and Jaz is playing a game of Heart: The City Beneath by Grant Howard and Christopher Taylor, which you can buy a PDF of here. Lulav references "POWER" by Kanye West, which you can see here. Support us on Patreon or Ko-fi! Our music is by the band Brivele. This we...
89 — Matot-Masei: Born All at Once
July 08, 2021 11:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBThis week, we talk about abolishing air forces, the human capacity to change large social institutions, and driving lessons. Plus, Jaz can't remember things about Christian theology but does know you can learn different lessons from history, and Lulav is always down to fight Hashem out back behind your fast food joint of choice. Transcript available here. Here are our episodes with Jill and the Hawk! Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott is a public domain work available for your bedtime re...
88 — Pinchas: Treated Like Children, Acting Like Adults
July 01, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBThis week, we learn about how if you see a stick in a dream, it's because G-d is sticking by you. Also, we diagnose Jeremiah with ADHD, discuss how new relationship energy can disguise problematic dynamics, and Lulav starts writing A Gamer's Translation of Tanakh. Transcript available here. Lulav is running a game of Heart: The City Beneath by Grant Howard and Christopher Taylor, which you can buy a PDF of here. You can listen to the newest season of the tabletop roleplay podcast Friend...
87 — Balak: The Rest is Commentary
June 24, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBThis week, we talk about mountains as metaphors, Rashi's genital jokes, and being an anti-astrology gay. Plus, we debate anti-assimilation vs anti-colonial readings, and Lulav is a slut for economic interpretation. Transcript available here. Seen and Not Heard is a touching narrative podcast about not getting in fistfights with ableist mothers, and instead figuring out how to live your best deaf Jewish life. You can find a comprehensive list of other works Caroline Mincks here or follow...
86 — Chukat: The Other Woman's Son
June 17, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBThis week, we discuss whether it's a good idea to tell your girlfriend your secrets and let her tie you up, unearned dramatic plot resolutions, and how rough a position messengers must have been in. Plus, what does it really mean to have land "belong" to a "nation" or a "person" anyway? Transcript available here. You can check out Yente Over the Rainbow, which is "a matchmaking service for LGBTQIA+ Jewish people" that Jaz works for. Here's the story about Arnold Schwarzenegger's illegiti...
85 — Korach: Party Down In Stone Town
June 10, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBWe brush up on Shmuel's reasons to hate kings, listen to him brag about not being a jerk, name a sheyd, make folk etymologies about a coronation party at Gilgal, and sneak a Degrassi reference in there. Also, in more serious news, we discuss our preferences for positive vs negative mitzvot and compare commandments to perennial queer discourse. Transcript here. Check out Xai, How Are You? a queer Talmud podcast hosted by Xava de Cordova, which we like. Lulav references the Bartimaeus Seque...
84 — Shelach: Historical Hotties and Horrible Hebrews
June 03, 2021 11:00 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBThis week, we discuss a sex worker who hangs out with a king, extremely inconsiderate invaders, and the vibes of different names. Plus serious dilemmas of moral relativity, words that mean "red," and overly horny Talmudic rabbis. We had to mark it explicit because the text is sexually explicit; it's not our fault. Transcript here. Here's Austin Walker's old tumblr blog clockworkworlds and his current work on the podcast Friends at the Table. You can also check out The Objective and follow...
83 — Behaalotecha: He’s Not Being A Yankee
May 27, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBThis week, Jaz is back, with some sad personal news but (with the benefit of Lulav's editing prowess) decent podcasting energy! We're talking about mistakes and new connections, condescending to unpleasant people who are nevertheless your people, and $2000 fancy dresses. Plus, elaborate wagon metaphors and the connection between personal breakdown and societal breakdown. Transcript here. Jaz mentioned some book recommendations about death. For talking to Jewish children, there's Zayde Com...
82 — Naso: Angel's on First
May 20, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBThis week, Jaz was out, so Lulav and guest host Iscah discuss role models who fight altogether too much, being way smarter than your husband, and having your prophesied child take after said husband anyway. They also revisit favorite motifs from Season 1 — like the oath of the nazirite and angels being random messenger dudes who tell you about pregnancy — because they're strangely relevant to this first chapter of Samson's story. Also, the points of reference for Lulav's cohost have shifted ...
81 — Bamidbar: SWERP
May 13, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBThis week, we brought it back around to pornoprophetics by talking about Hoshea. Jaz and Lulav disagree about what level of reality to read the haftarah on, but both agree that the plain reading of this text describes a really gnarly dude being abusive to a sex worker and to their children together. Due to discussion of sexual violence, including descriptions of physical & emotional abuse and mention of a book about sexual abuse of a child, as well as just us talking about sex and kink sligh...
80 — Behar-Bechukotai: Bleep Around & Find Out
May 06, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBThis week, we were joined by Jill Levinson, Jaz's good friend whose bat mitzvah happened on this Torah portion. We touch on a variety of topics, including BBYO, the nature of man, being a thirsty little desert flower, and cuckoo-lding. Full transcript here. Jill's erstwhile band is The Ruach. Also, Jill mentions in passing the School Colors podcast and the season of StartUp about Success Academy. Both of those are good podcasts about New York public schools. To see the part of the Castl...
79 — Emor: Big Transliteration would have you believe it's "zedakah"
April 29, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBThis week, we talked hereditary leadership, divorce contracts, and illegal sweat. Plus vows in moderation, righteous people that were maybe actually just power-grabbing, and 5D Chess. Full transcript here. We really enjoyed 5D Chess. Here's a pretty good overview page on Zadok, and here's a good example of a ketubah text with a halachic prenup from Geek Calligraphy. There are a bunch of other options on ketubah.com if you're looking for one. Also, if you're trans and Jewish, check out th...
78 — Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: Builders and Falconers
April 22, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBThis week, we have a special guest on the show, Jaz's friend the Hawk, to talk about ghosts, patriotism, and big parental disses. Our transcript will be delayed this week unfortunately, but will be up as soon as possible. The poem Jaz quotes that opens the episode as an epigraph is "You've heard of Ritalin, now what if I told you governments make bodies into crime scenes for no reason at all," by Ray Filar, found in We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics edited by Andrea Ab...
78 — Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: Builders and Falconers
April 22, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBThis week, we have a special guest on the show, Jaz's friend the Hawk, to talk about ghosts, patriotism, and big parental disses. Our transcript will be delayed this week unfortunately, but will be up as soon as possible. The poem Jaz quotes that opens the episode as an epigraph is "You've heard of Ritalin, now what if I told you governments make bodies into crime scenes for no reason at all," by Ray Filar, found in We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics edited by Andrea Ab...
77 — Tazria-Metzora: Magical Separatists
April 14, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBThis week, Jaz has hot takes about major Jewish community events, Elijah's boyfriend says some unnecessarily cryptic stuff, and there are problems with magic systems. Also, there's discussion about magic and then different literary genres for a loooong time, so enjoy that. It even segues into a discussion about the nature of truth, which is always fun. Full transcript here. If you were also at the Trans Jews are Here Convening and would like to share your thoughts about it with the orga...
76 — Shemini: Populist Dancing
April 08, 2021 11:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBThis week, we discuss the holiness of workplace safety guidelines, the numerous possible interpretations of a woman with too little few lines on-page, deciding not to create a family with an incompatible partner, and suggestively dancing for G-d. Full transcript here. We played five dimensional chess and you can too. Here's "Freedom" by Langston Hughes, which someone brought to our seder. Here's the thing where conservatives claimed monarchy was key to democracy. I thiiink the novel ref...
81 — 18 June 2012: Tefillin Modus
April 01, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBOn this week's episode of "where jewing it man.", the very real podcast about the webcomic Homestuck that we have definitely been running since September 2019, we're talking about if gender is the same as species, why the Statue of Liberty lasts for billions of years, and as always, what on Earth or Alternia is going on? Anyway, happy April Fools y'all, and thank you for joining us in an alternate universe in which we made a queer Jewish Homestuck podcast instead. Full transcript here. H...
74 — Tzav: Mandatory Parent-Child Teshuvah
March 25, 2021 11:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBThis week, we talk parallels between guillotines and ritual sacrifice, wrestle with ideas of Messianics and also a messianic age more generally, and point out that we apparently all have the power to rob G-d. Plus, there's a 300 year old prophet, and never a golden age. Full transcript available here. If you're interested in hearing more about brin solomon's nonbinary siddur, you can follow brin on Twitter @nonstandardrep, where, as a bonus, you also get to hear its thoughts on daf yomi,...
73 — Vayikra: Made to Glitterify You
March 18, 2021 11:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBThis week, we talk about how God needs to give humans scaffolds to learn, holy princes are turned to evil nonsense, a Jewish dude gets a tattoo, and there are some rad name shenanigans. Also, craftspeople are literally magical, but then you gotta take responsibility for the things you create. Full transcript available here. The first couple seasons of "Ink Master" are available on Netflix. The Shrieking Shack podcast is cool and can be found here. The bit that Lulav quotes from the Quran...
72 — Vayakhel-Pekudei: Masculinity is a Solitary Prison
March 11, 2021 12:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBThis week, we talk scent sensitivity, princes who are separate from the people, and which parts of gender are worth salvaging. Plus, pet peeves around new gender trinaries and special days in the calendar where the haftarah has literally nothing to do with the parsha (including this week)! Full transcript here. Lulav negatively reviews Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown. Jaz has a new part-time job at Yente Over the Rainbow, where you can go if you're looking for a queer Jewish partner. ...
71 — Ki Tisa: Cleansing Vibes
March 04, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBThis week, we talk pornoprophetics, which is a delight, and I guess some other things too, like the ritual impurity of a menstruator and the follies of C.S. Lewis' naming choices. Plus, being Jewish in public and avoiding a chillul Hashem. Transcript available here; unfortunately, we're currently only transcribed up to 26 minutes, but will have the rest up shortly. You can get "I Can't Wait To Finally Meet You" by KatSelesnya here or check out the whole Fraudulent Gays game jam bundle he...
70 — Tetzaveh: Everlasting, Everchanging
February 25, 2021 12:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBThis week, Isaiah is multiple people, G-d is fractal, and names are everlasting yet malleable and also full of family drama. Plus, converts are important and weather is confusing. Full transcript here. There's some more information about the origin of the fast day here and general features of minor fast days like it. Lulav said "quaternary and quintery" and meant "quaternary and quinary." You can also check out Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown and A Year Without A Name by Cyrus ...
69 — Terumah: Nice.
February 18, 2021 12:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBThis week, Lulav laughs about the episode number, but then we have to get down to the very serious business of distinguishing between fun gifts and war profiteering. Plus, very sweet eight-year-olds and very unsweet terrible kings. Also, there's lots of music excerpts edited in, so enjoy that. Full transcript here. Lulav was listening to "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With G-d)” off of Kate Bush's 1985 album Hounds of Love, and has that song on a playlist shipping the characters Edelgard a...
68 — Mishpatim: Instead Of Fiscal Oversight, How About None?
February 11, 2021 12:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBThis week, we discuss landlords abusing their power, bizarre managerial strategies, and the esoteric details of synagogue finances. Plus, random questions about vegetarianism and deciding not to trust everybody who shares an identity with you. Full transcript here. You can check out Travis Alabanza's play "Overflow" here. The song Lulav quote near the end of the episode is "Power" by Kanye West (lyrics here). You can read more about religious organizations exemptions from the usual rules...
67 — Yitro: What's Up with the Lips?
February 04, 2021 12:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBThis week, G-d wears a cute waterfall dress, Isaiah has hot lips, and we all pretend to be angels. Plus, bad survey design and gender-affirming conversion rituals that still involve small amounts of pain on sensitive areas. Transcript here (still in progress - only finalized through page 9). Francis Fukuyama wrote a famous book called The End of History and the Last Man, in which he argued that the progression of history was basically over, because with liberal democracy, we've reached ou...
66 — Beshalach: Oh My Darling, Devorah
January 28, 2021 12:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBThis week, there are so many women in the story! By which we mean, a full three women, two of whom even get names. This we also get some sung folktales, a female friend who is too cool for you who you know is silently or not-so-silently judging you, and intermarried rabbis (meaning, of course, rabbis who marry other rabbis). Full transcript here. Lulav recommends Harry Potter and the Lack of Lamb Sauce by imagitory. She also mentions the podcast The Shrieking Shack, which is a Harry Pot...
65 — Bo: As Sure As Miami Is Above Water
January 21, 2021 12:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBThis week, we talked about nations being destroyed and assuming that things will always be the same as they are now and also sang some Woody Guthrie, all while saying almost nothing about the news! Also, some thoughts on fairy cows from an angry man. Full transcript here. We encourage saying the shehecheyanu for your first time doing something cool like standing on a frozen lake, but also, not falling in like a March sister in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Also, neat fact: the lake ...
64 — Va'eira: Awful Animal Appellations
January 14, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBThis week, we talk about ancient puns, trust in intentional living communities, the fallacy of safety, and and a cool crocodile. Plus, Lulav really enjoys some fanfiction and does some sewing. Full transcript available here. The fanfic that Lulav re-read recently and was inspired by is Truth and Measure by Telanu on Archive of Our Own. Also, props to SR Harris, the fabric company that we shopped at for Lulav's T-shirt quilt. This week's reading is Ezekiel 28:25–29:21. Next week's rea...
63 — Sh'mot: Mitzvah Shmitzvah
January 07, 2021 12:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBThis week, we're talking about visions of apocalypse, and also the name game. Plus, sometimes a prophet tells people that obviously, things aren't going to work out, and they laugh. Full transcript available here. This week's reading is Isaiah 27:6–28:13 and 29:22-23. Next week's reading is Ezekiel 28:25–29:21. Support us on Patreon or Ko-fi! Send us questions or comments at [email protected], follow us on Twitter @kosherqueers, and like us on Facebook at Kosher Queers. Our music ...
62 — Vayechi: Specifically Instructed Not To Be Gals
December 31, 2020 12:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBThis week, we talk about a king's hitlist, deathbed revenge speeches, trusting the state, and the dubious nature of certain Jewish claims to indigeneity. Full transcript here. Jaz made a knitted item using the pattern "Mountain Capelet" by Purl Soho. Here's the Matisyahu song that Lulav referenced, "Jerusalem," and here are its lyrics. Yerushalayim shel Zahav, which Jaz references, is a different famous song about Jerusalem. Jaz mentioned thinking a particular commentary was from the Ra...
61 — Vayigash: New Trans Bones
December 24, 2020 12:00 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MBThis week, we look at some fun goth performance art, which plays with bones and death and a messianic age. We also talk art curation practices, fanfiction vs canon, and the value or lack thereof of inherited roles. Full transcript here. The book with lesbians that Jaz recently read was We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia. The two movies we watched were Happiest Season , which you can watch on Hulu, and Last Christmas, which appears to only be available on HBO. Jaz also mentions ...
60 — Mikeitz: Fetch Me A Sword
December 17, 2020 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBThis week, we learn about how camels are nonbinary, attempt to define what makes a "real parent," and dissect a famous story in which the women are way cooler than we were led to believe as children. (Like, for real, there are some single moms in this story who maybe do sex work and maybe are lovers, and definitely roommates who do not get along with the existing power structures of kings and judges.) Full transcript here. Lulav mentions doing quiz bowl with NAQT. Here's the reading from...
59 — Vayeishev: On Occupiers' Time for 2500 Years
December 10, 2020 12:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBThis week, we ponder creating your own separate traditions before returning to join the Jewish people, visions of angels and holy prosecuting attorneys, and calendars. Plus, some fun bonus stories of said prosecuting attorney messing with some rabbis. Full transcript here. Also, a neat fact that we didn't mention in the episode is that the Orit is the five books of the Torah, plus Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, written in Ge'ez rather than Biblical Hebrew; there's a picture here. Commedia de...
58 — Vayishlach: The Prophecy of G-d's Secretary
December 03, 2020 12:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBThis week, we read a very short books, take some digressions into more interesting stories, and discuss how power protects itself. Plus, Jaz would be bad at thievery because all they'd take are some children's books. (Btw, in case you were worried about how much crying was happening, we are okay! It may offer partial context that we did record this on November 6th, 2020.) Full transcript here. Remy's Instagram is @ rat_dog_remy and Princess' Instagram is @cessprin_the_chug. Jaz highly rec...
57 — Vayeitzei: G-d as Domme?
November 26, 2020 12:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBThis week, we talk about famed prophet and noted bad husband Hosea, learning from our pasts, and if "cow-kisser" is an insult (apparently, yes, but only as a way to tell off rich people). Plus, you get Biblical poetry served with extra bonus poetry on the side, and TSwift standing in a window with a sign reading "I Brought You Out of Egypt." Full transcript available here. This week's reading is Hosea 12:13–14:10 and also there's a single line from Micah, 7:18. Next week's reading is Obad...
56 — Toldot: Respect for Music-Based Celebrity
November 19, 2020 12:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBThis week, we discuss whether G-d is threatening people or whether a prophet is just a lady or nonbinary person super burdened by being a divine messenger and also super exasperated at their generation. Plus, a questionable mixed drink, an equally questionable bike ride, and some incredibly snarky Kaplan. Full transcript available here. This week's reading is Malachi 1:1–2:7. Next week's reading is Hosea 12:13–14:10. Jaz was reading Questions Jews Ask: Reconstructionist Answers by Mord...
55: Chayei Sarah — The Prophet-Wife Tag Team
November 12, 2020 12:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBThis week, we have an unfortunately timed conversation and totally coincidental conversation about the feasibility of coups. Plus, Lulav introduces us to Bigger Batsheva, we scoff at (and also honor) the idea of personal continuity, and encounter David being an extraordinarily messy bisexual. Transcript available here. This week's reading is Kings I 1:1-1:31. Next week's reading is Malachi 1:1–2:7. Go listen to Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. Also, a note: depending on how you define 'resig...
55 — Chayei Sarah: The Prophet-Wife Tag Team
November 12, 2020 12:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBThis week, we have an unfortunately timed conversation and totally coincidental conversation about the feasibility of coups. Plus, Lulav introduces us to Bigger Batsheva, we scoff at (and also honor) the idea of personal continuity, and encounter David being an extraordinarily messy bisexual. Transcript available here. This week's reading is Kings I 1:1-1:31. Next week's reading is Malachi 1:1–2:7. Go listen to Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. Also, a note: depending on how you define 'resig...
54 — Vayeira: Old Thou, Younger-Looking You!
November 05, 2020 12:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBThis week, we talk about a cool trans Ishmael who is really good at her archery, an abundance of father figures and bio dads, and some cute gay prophets. Lulav also attempts — and absolutely whiffs — a literary reference derived from one of the kings mentioned. Here's a nonacademic summary of the history of how we stopped using "thou." Jaz recently read Modern Reform Responsa by Solomon Freehof and is currently reading Questions Jews Ask: Reconstructionist Answers by Mordecai Kaplan. You c...