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You can tell a lot about people from what they read. And by looking at Jewish wedding books, it’s painfully clear that the Jewish community has no clue what Judaism is. Soon-to-be Jewish bride Stefanie goes on a quest to find the perfect Jewish wedding book, learning in the process that Judaism is America is in huge trouble.
Plus, how to run a synagogue out of your apartment when you’re too poor and too annoyed to deal with institutions.
All this an more in this PunkTorah podcast!
In the spirit of Levi Strauss, the second most famous Jewish cowboy next to Kinky Friedman, we’ve rounded up our favorite Passover videos and wrangled them into a video rodeo! Check it out…
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=029__uuKYBI&feature=player_embedded
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMM9iiskhw4&feature=player_embedded
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPK8StycUjw
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHTvqY3DCQY
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkJ14uRRZ4s
WOW…we are just SLAMMED over here in PunkTorah land. Circle Pit the Bimah was just released, and our vegan cookbook is flying off the virtual shelves for Passover (that’s what happens when you give something away for free). Not to mention two local grants we have received (more details to come) and a host of other exciting adventures that await us.
Problem is, that doesn’t leave a lot of time for Torah Video Mashup. At least not this week. So instead, we’re going all retro-rewind style with this old dvar Torah from back in the good old days.
So here’s the deal: if you consider yourself creative, love YouTube and want to volunteer at PunkTorah, consider becoming our Torah Video Mashup extraordinaire. You write the script, pick the videos from around the intertubes that best relates to the weekly Torah portion, and either you edit them together or give it to us to [Read more…]
The original Judaism was pay to play. And with Nirvana’s song Pay To Play, we hope you’ll learn more about why giving your time and financial resources to your favorite Jewish cause…is…well…pretty holy!
Feeling inspired? Click here to donate to PunkTorah.
Got no money, but got the time? Email us to volunteer.
Sometimes, you just have to let Kevin Smith movies do all the talking. This week’s Torah portion, Ki Tissa, is about the sin of the Golden Calf. Wonder what that would look like now? Apparently, so did Kevin.
