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(Trump) Covenant of Pieces (2024)

Posted on November 9, 2024 by zjb

Kudos to Jeremy Kolmanofsky for connecting the dots between the re-election of Donald Trump election this week and this week’s parsha read in the synagogue as part of the yearly cycle of ritual reading. In Genesis 15, God takes Abram … Continue reading →

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(Isaiah) Place of Consolation (7 Weeks)

Posted on August 20, 2024 by zjb

(Isaiah) What is Consolation (7 Weeks) In the prophetic imagination, consolation is a super violent and theopolitical counter-reality. Other-worldly without being otherworldly is the liturgical view drawn from the 7 haftaroth of consolation recited in the synagogue on Shabbat between … Continue reading →

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(Amalek) Regime Change in Israel (Note from the Liberal Pew)

Posted on March 5, 2023 by zjb

Last Shabbat was Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat before the commemoration of Purim. On this Shabbat Jews are enjoined to remember Amalek and to blot out his name. In the Bible, Amalek falls upon the camp of the Israelites, attacking those … Continue reading →

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Space and Martian Synagogues (Larry Yudelson)

Posted on November 21, 2021 by zjb

To fantastic effect, Larry Yudelson put a bunch of images together at NeuralBlender, an AI site. From what I understand, you enter the prompt and the machine folds, in this case, a synagogue-look into 1970s sci fi cover art. For more … Continue reading →

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(Jewish) Prayer (Gentile Kings and Democratic Country)

Posted on January 11, 2021 by zjb

  This 16th prayer, of Portuguese origin, Ha’Noten Teshua (He Who Gives Salvation) was then translated into English and presented by  Menasseh ben Israel to Oliver Cromwell in 1655. It became the template in traditional Jewish prayer and still appears … Continue reading →

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(1948) Reconstructionist Machzor (Holocaust & Zionism)

Posted on September 21, 2020 by zjb

This 1948 Machzor is a neat little time capsule. Of particular interest is the names of authors and translators in the back of the text. Included below are the authors and translators to the Yom Kippur section (vol.2). Also in … Continue reading →

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A Painted Memory (Shana Tova u’Metuka)

Posted on September 18, 2020 by zjb

This year during Coronavirus, alone at home with family, an apple and honey and a Machzor, this painted memory by Mayer Kirshenblatt is even more dream-like than it was last year. The memory builds upon the passage of time and … Continue reading →

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(Zohar Says) Burn Incense To Forge Bonds with Ein Sof (Coronavirus)

Posted on March 30, 2020 by zjb

Reading around I learned something, this about the Zohar on the power of the Tabernacle-Temple incense and, today, regularly reciting the verses concerning it to stay the plague and all other demonic forces. The Zohar picks up its cue from … Continue reading →

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(Liberal Judaism) Virtual Synagogue (Ansche Coronavirus)

Posted on March 23, 2020 by zjb

Is the future of liberal Judaism the religion of inwardness: prayer, study, and mindfulness? Will be curious to hear how participation tanks or actually ticks up a little or a lot.  Every Monday, Mar 23 – Jun 29 Monday Meditation … Continue reading →

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Virtual Shabbat (Liberal Judaism) (Coronavirus)

Posted on March 22, 2020 by zjb

Not terribly enthusiastic, I’ve been not thinking enough about the phenomenon that will be live streaming Shabbat and other tefilot and the many aesthetic choices that will matter going forward. This one conveys something to do with the aesthetics of … Continue reading →

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