Faith and Practice
Calling Jewish Activists: Synagogues Need You and You Need Them
Chanukah is the holiday celebrating the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. But what about the temples in our own backyards – can they be rededicated, to social justice?
Life and Action
Shever v'Tikkun/Shattering and Repair: Lessons from the Journey of Aging
In the journey of aging, shatterings are rampant, inevitable, and recurrent. We will all face them.
Faith and Practice
Lepers and Me
I chose to work as a chaplain in part because modern day leper colonies, the homes of those who are most estranged, are the places where God speaks to me the strongest. As a gender-ambiguous transgender person, I identify with them.
News and Politics
Birthright's Israel: The Political Bias of the Jewish Community’s Favorite Program
Birthright Israel is training right-wing activists, not informed and engaged American Jews. After seeing Israel on my own, it became clear that Birthright was not just guilty of failing to provide differing perspectives on Israel’s current situation, but was bending over backwards in order to ensure that we never saw a balanced picture of Israel.
God vs. Gay? Book Discussion at University of Wisconsin Hillel
Please join author Jay Michaelson for a reading and discussion of his new book God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality.
Thursday, December 1, 2011 6:30 p.m. UW Hillel (611 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53706)
Nov. 15, 2011, Los Angeles: Rabbi Denise Eger & Jay Michaelson discuss God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality
A conversation and reception celebrating the new book God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality by Zeek founding editor Jay Michaelson. Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 7-9pm, Congregation Kol Ami, 1200 North LaBrea, West Hollywood.
News and Politics
Gilat Shalit is home, and my son is going off to war
If you can understand why Gilad’s parents pushed for this swap, you can understand why I don’t want my son to serve in combat. It’s not rational. It’s not about my left wing political opinions or the fact that I am not a native Israeli. It’s because I am a mother. I am simply doing my job.
Oct. 27, 2011: God vs. Gay? No Way! in NYC
Join Zeek and 20 other pro-equality organizations at “Equality Town Fair” celebrating the publication of God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality by Jay Michaelson
Thursday, October 27, 2011, 7-9pm LGBT Center, 208 West 13th St, NYC Admission is free
Faith and Practice
What is the Purpose of Jewish Education?
The Jewish education our children receive should manifest itself in Jewishly-grounded ethical action. Interestingly, a very old method of Jewish learning – hevruta – can be a model for how this type of ethical education can proceed.
Faith and Practice
One Jewish Feminist’s Lifelong Companionship with a Misogynist
It was 1999 and I was a visiting scholar at a synagogue in Florida teaching a workshop on Ezekiel. Midstream, I found myself saying words I had not anticipated saying to these suburban mainstream Jews: “Ezekiel 16, verse 17 is referring to a strap-on dildo and Ezekiel is referencing the emasculation of God by the collective body of Israel who is assuming the phallic, penetrative role in the divine-human relationship.” Gulp.
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