The Betrayal of Language/Thinking about the Holocaust (1)

In summer 2012 I enrolled at a JTS summer course: Holocaust and Post-Holocaust Jewish Thinking. The course enabled me to focus on several philosophical, historical, aesthetic and theological issues related to this complex topic. I wrote several papers examining some of these issues. This is the first one – examining the role of language in […]

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CJLS vote just passed…YES to Same Sex Weddings!

MAZAL TOV! The Conservative Movement votes YES to Same-Sex Marriage and Divorce Ceremonies. For the past two days I was privileged to sit in on the proceedings of the CJLS – the Committee on Jewish Laws and Standards of the Conservative Movement at JTS. Many important and interesting issues were on the table but the […]

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Great Gay News from Jerusalem

Today’s date has been on the radar for a while – we knew that a fateful meeting would take place in Jerusalem to finalize the vote that will enable Gay and Lesbian Israelis be ordained as Masorti rabbis  Israel’s Conservative Movement. We just didn’t know if we’d get the news today.  I got a photo […]

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Snake, Shiva, Schechter – Report from Jerusalem 1/12

Mourning rituals. Gay rights. Policy change and the silent scream that is the shedding of a snake’s skin and the process of change in the world. Somehow this all comes together in my report from a few meetings and encounters in Jerusalem in the first week of January 2012.  This Midrash came to my mind […]

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Big Women Vs. Bigotry: Gay Rights ARE Human RIghts

‘Gay Rights are Human Rights and Human Rights are Gay Rights’ (H. Clinton) Big week of big news and big headlines from big women vs bigotry – with important steps and statements for more dignity, diversity and celebration of humanity in all its forms. In honor of Human Rights Day – 12/10 – Hillary Clinton […]

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