Orthodox Judaism Is The Only True Judaism (But I Don’t Follow It)
“If the Torah has changed over time, then there is nothing to believe in, so we might as well throw it away.” In a conversation at a Hanukkah party about matriarchal versus patriarchal descent, I...
View ArticlePunkTorah Radio: Ortho-what?!
What’s up ya’ll! This week we talk about conversion, Michael Jackson, and orthodoxy. Check it out! Ortho_what?! Or subscribe on iTunes here!
View ArticleIt Gets Better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWwbBJVgvcA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7IvRuWXOfk Click here and take the pledge and help spread our message of hope. It Gets Better. THE PLEDGE: Everyone deserves...
View ArticleParshat Sh’mot Slideshow Extravaganza!
A little something different this week. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3P9Bu-tkyk
View ArticleReclaim The Name: A Statement of Revolutionary Judaism
This is a brief statement of revolutionary Judaism. In it we try to address some of the possible failings and potential answers to issues plaguing Judaism today. It is not an official statement of...
View ArticleGod Doesn’t Care If You Wear A Black Hat
By Heshy Fried (Originally Posted Here) The RaHaF ZT”L in his sefer nefesh hahesh brings down a story of a man who left his body and went to the beis din sehl mala where he spoke to God about gaining...
View ArticlePunkTorah Radio: Kosher Vegan Cookbooks and Birthday Trees
This week is all about Kosher Vegans, Tu B’Shvat and a big OneShul announcement! PunkTorah Radio: Kosher Vegan Cookbooks and Birthday Trees Also, subscribe on iTunes!
View ArticleParshah Terumah: Tents and Tents-Ability
(Subscribe to R. Michael’s weekly D’var Torah at OneShul’s IndieYeshiva by clicking here) In this week’s Torah portion, Hashem tells us all about the construction of the Sanctuary, how big each piece...
View ArticleVayakhel and the Tabernacle of the Heart
At the beginning of this portion this week, Vayakhel, Moses reiterates the commandment to observe Shabbat, and then goes on to explain, in more excruciating detail, the construction of the Mishkan, the...
View ArticleParshah Tzav
By Michael Sabani In this week’s Torah portion, Tzav, we learn all about the duties and right of the Kohanim, the priests, who offer the sacrifices in the Sanctuary. We hear about how the fire must be...
View ArticleRabbi Drew Kaplan: The Prophet Micah and Atheist Jews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwHwVMThrDo What does it take to be good? The G-d Project is the world’s first social media platform dedicated to Jewish spirituality. We bring God back to the...
View ArticleThe Bible Is Dumb (or How To Deal With Life’s Uncertainty or How To Finger...
One Shabbat, I was sitting around talking about how the Bible often tells conflicting stories about the same event, or just doesn’t give us any clues about anything at all. For example: Which version...
View ArticleParsha Vayakhel
Parsha Vayakhel is one of those parshot that is easy to just gloss over. It seems, at first glance like one of the “listing” parshot. You know the ones, lists of begats or lists of things that just...
View ArticleParshat Pekudei (Jodie Foster, Adult ADD and Zen Buddhism for Jews)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnswnXcRnec Editor’s Note: It’s #FlashbackFriday with this old video from PunkTorah, originally posted March 2009! The insights I got from watching the really bad Jodie...
View ArticleThe Bible Is Really Boring
The Bible is filled with tiny, mundane details that are boring at best and that frankly don’t apply to our lives today. Why would someone read the Bible when most of it is about people “begatting” each...
View ArticleDeath, Sex, Experience and Loyalty: The Biblical Understanding of Knowledge
There is an entire school of philosophy on knowledge called epistemology. While most of us go through our lives without thinking about the nature of knowledge (at least I do), there are geniuses around...
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