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The laws of Niddah – Seder Birkat ha-mazon. Zürich, Braginsky Collection, B351, f. 10v  Hamburg and Altona, copied and illustrated by Jakob ben Juda Leib Schammasch · 1741
When we approach texts and traditions with assumptions that are fundamental to trans liberation, such as respect of bodily autonomy and self-definition, we end up with readings that never would have been possible before.
Euphoric halakhah is the process by which we uncover legal principles and applications that enable us to find the authentic, affirming, joyful and liberatory expressions of who we are.
The new coalition seeks to control almost every aspect of the state's treatment of women and their rights.
A genuinely egalitarian religious tradition can only exist when we consciously work to include voices that have been excluded, from the ancient world forward.
The Zohar, a collection of mystical teachings, tells us that “every person needs to be male and female at all time.”
The big news was the founding of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism (SAJ) earlier that same year, creating an institution where radical change could happen.
Reconstructionist experimentation beginning with the bat mitzvah — and continuing on in so many different ways — has been profoundly impactful and transformative. That’s where the revolution happened and continues to unfold.
Which narratives, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors cultivate well-being, and which reinforce systems of persistent and terrible harm?

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