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Painting of a man in a turban sitting in a chair, looking at a book held by a kneeling man. There are tall candles.

Seeking the History Behind The Mythtory

The Backstory On That Scroll They, Uh, Found That One Time

Two people sitting in a sukkah, one with guitar and kippah and beard, amongst gorgeous art depicting biblical figures

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Be Our Guest

Flowery illuminated manuscript of the opening page of Deuteronomy

Tools for the Long Haul

Wooden sculpture of a book with river stones spiraled inside

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The Book of (Your) Life

“Inscribe us in the Book of Life,” Kotvenu b’sefer he-ḥayyim, Jews pray between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. This comes from a midrash in the Talmud (Rosh Hashana 32b) about our fates in the year to come, but it also brings to mind an equally important question of this

Expressionist-style painting of a person looking at horror at someone killed, house on fire

"...a being whose anguish may reach the heart of God."

October Seventh

A manuscript with a series of interlocking circles with calendar months, weeks, etc.

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Chronograms for the New Year

apple carved to look like a butterfly

Head of the Year

Purple image of an older man and a woman singing with their eyes closed, images super imposed on each other

easier to ask for forgiveness...?

Penitential Prayers and A Family Legacy, Revitalized

Biblically accurate angel with halo and wings and horns and tail

Guest Post: S. Bear Bergman is feeling... inclined

On the yetzers -- the good and evil inclinations in Judaism

the place of all possibility adina allen

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the wild, fertile place of all possibility

A dedication stone to Christopher Columbus and STOLEN LAND is graffiti'd on top of it

Jews and Colonialism

tell every truth, push your understanding of power

blue fabric with a tear, being mended with white thread and needle

repenting, and, hopefully, repair

a community conversation

Photo of a white masc person with a goatee and a cowboy hat outside, looking pensive

read this instead

a party platter of bites for heart, brain and soul

A graphic illustration with 3 people (women? femmes?) who are Black, Brown and Asian, and the words Envision Peace

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the work of peacemaking

Rabbi Alan Lew, z'l

Food. Money. Sex. Tech.

a practice to see yourself more closely, from Rabbi Alan Lew

gorgeous sparkly dotted watercolor

Soul Cycles

top image is a before/after nose job drawing. Bottom is prince charming putting the slipper on Cinderella.

Jews, Gender and Assimilation

Roots! Tropes! Tensions!

Joachim Prinz in black and white speaking into mics

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the law and the land

photo of a white young man

May his memory be for a blessing ❤️

Friends, there's been a significant loss in our extended community, and one of our own has an ask of us during this agonizing time. There is a tradition of reciting Psalms (and yes, though Hebrew is traditional, whatever language you've got is great) on behalf of

It's an album cover for the band the Liz Pharisees

Wrapping up Jesus

A sample platter of Gospel x Rabbinics mashups

Japanese print of ocean sea and flowers

Another Batch of Q & As

Hey all– Another round of questions, with my answers, opinions, thoughts, ruminations, references, etc. Any advice for handling fear of family and friends dying? My psychologist and I talk about it, but it’s still paralyzing at times. Listen, I'm a parent– and one who's already

Painting of two figures, similar to each other, though one is blue and one is more violet-toned.

GUEST POST: On Tisha B'Av, Grief and Transformation After Assault, by Rabbi Amalya Volz

On seeking-- and finding-- God even in the horrors that defy explanation.

Image of the US/Mexico wall from above-- big picnic table stretching across it; tablecloth is a haunting photo of eyes

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spirituality x justice

taking a moment to see the forest as a whole

Jesus on the cross wrapped in a tallis, Jews persecuted elsewhere in the frame

Jesus and Beit Hillel (Part 2!)

And Matthew 23. Let's have a look.

drawing of bunnies all around a pond full of froggies

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ask the rabbi and each other!!

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