Prayer Shawl/Red Flag: What Sparks Protest Most? Word 35.

WORD: A Word a Week from the World’s Best Seller. Follow the Annual Torah Re-Run Series with Amichai Lau-Lavie’s Newest Year-Long Blog. To subscribe via email click here. To listen to the audio version click here.   play ENOUGH !רב   We tried different slogans for the protest: “Everybody’s Equal!”, “No More Mo!”, “Enough Already!” […]

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Two People, One Talit: Protest at the Wall

 SCROLL DOWN FOR ENGLISH . שנים אוחזין בטלית .בראש חודש אייר האחרון לא עצרו אותנו הבוקר ברחבת הכותל     הצטרפה אלי נעמה, חברה ללימודי הרבנות, ועמדנו  יחד ברחבת המבקרים, טלית אחת פרושה על שנינו, סידור אחד וכוונה אחת לתפילת אמת ושלום במקום הזה שכה מעורבבים בו קודש וחילול למה? כבר ראשי חודש רבים שנינו באים […]

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Taking Torah off the scroll and bringing it to life/Ha’aretz Online 12/2/12

Taking Torah off the scroll and bringing it to life/Ha’aretz Online 12/2/12   By Judy Maltz | Dec.02, 2012 | 10:45 AM   Amichai Lau-Lavie is breathing new life into ancient Biblical tales with his project ‘Storahtelling,’ a method of Torah engagement that has won fans in the United States and is starting to find […]

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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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