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Circumcision: Our Community Dialogue
August 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In our first of several multimedia community discussions on controversial issues in Judaism, PunkTorah is proud to present Cut, a film by Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon about circumcision.
White is Right (in this context anyway)
August 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
What do we as Jews do that makes us so deserving of G-d’s praise and warm light? What have we done in order to wear white on Yom Kippur and not deem ourselves hypocrites within the halls of our shuls and the streets of our communities? White is such an unflattering color! Yet, this white [...]
OneShul: The First Completely Online Synagogue
August 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
PunkTorah is proud to announce the fund-raising launch for OneShul.org, the world’s first web-based, community run synagogue. OneShul was inspired by group of PunkTorah volunteers who began meeting online to daven with one another, using PunkTorah’s recently released Indie Yeshiva Pocket Siddur (available online and through ModernTribe.com). With the popularity of this “DIY Prayer Service” [...]
Events Calendar
August 11, 2010 By 2 Comments
Hey y’all! Have you seen our new Online Event Calendar? It has all of the dates and times for upcoming services and classes. We have a lot of great things planned for the near future, like interactive classes, groundbreaking online services, and some live streaming surprises, so check it out regularly! You can also subscribe [...]
Tisha B’Av: We Messed Up!
July 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
PunkTorah will be holding an interactive online Lamentation. Together we will mourn and lament. Right here! At 9:15 PM Central. Participate in the “build-a-lamentation” where we will work together to create a work to be featured on PunkTorah.org! Tonight starts the fast of Tisha B’Av, the ninth of Av. What does that mean? There are [...]
Service of the Heart?
July 12, 2010 By 9 Comments
I’ve neglected going to services lately because I am really not comfortable there. We go in, we pick up a siddur, we sit down, and invariably our daughter either wakes up or jumps down and starts running around. All the old bubbies start to murmur and give us dirty looks and then my wife has [...]
PunkTorah Afternoon Prayer Service
June 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
We held our first afternoon prayer service today and it was awesome. Interacting with everyone was great! We would love for everyone to come and participate. ALL ARE WELCOME! They will be held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at around 2PM Eastern time. To watch, go here or here! We look forward to seeing you all [...]
Meet our Newest Project: 3xDaily.org
June 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I would like to introduce you to a new project by PunkTorah: 3xDaily.org 3xDaily is a resource for Jews who want to begin building a practice that includes daily prayers. It there to show those who may be curious one version of how things can work, to ask questions, and to figure out if and [...]
