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This week’s Torah portion is a double portion and continuing in the format used for other double portions the Dvar for this week will follow the split… [more]
Emor is an explosive portion. Within these four chapters commandments and prohibitions for or against everything from grooming, honor killing, mixed marriages,… [more]
The first thing a newcomer to a synagogue wants to do is scoot into an inconspicuous seat and blend in. Finding a seat is easy for me, because I travel… [more]
I get the feeling that Jewish holidays were developed by drunk rabbis throwing darts at a dartboard with words like "etrog", "no leaven" and "bows and… [more]
Adam Yauch, rapper in the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 48 from cancer. Yauch had been sick since 2009, after the discovery… [more]

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The epic fantasy miniseries by Rivkah Raven is back with two new chapters from Steampunk Torah, a re-imagined series of Jewish midrashim (legends) based on the parshah of the Torah. Never read Steampunk Torah? Catch up on what you’ve missed by reading the archives! Download the next two chapters, Chayei Sarah and Toldot by clicking [...]

This week’s Torah portion is a double portion and continuing in the format used for other double portions the Dvar for this week will follow the split 7 inch record format where each chapter gets its own track. So here you have it folks Circle Pit The Bimah Split EP Vol. 3. Parsha Acharei Mot [...]

In, this PunkTorah podcast, Patrick Aleph responds to the comments on his article about the Jewish tradition and elitism, defends “fringe” Jews, discusses his feeling about being an “impostor” and answers your questions about Jews of color, synagogue life and more. Click here to play or check us out on iTunes. Share this:

Counting the Omer, which starts on the second day of Passover, is the primary religious activity of the month of Iyyar. When you start reading about the practice of Counting the Omer, it seems super esoteric and ethereal. This means for a lot of people — time to tune out — which is too bad [...]