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Book Talk with Tzedek Chicago

May 12, 2022 ~ vspatz ~ Leave a comment

Thanks to Tzedek Chicago for the terrific conversation about Rereading Exodus along the Anacostia, May 11, 2022. https://youtu.be/iMF8IkBZAps Transcript, slightly edited from auto-generated captions provided by Zoom. book-talk-transcript-may-11Download

Omer on the Anacostia

May 6, 2022 ~ vspatz ~ Leave a comment

It's always time to move toward greater liberation for all.

Rereading with Tzedek Chicago

May 6, 2022 ~ vspatz ~ Leave a comment

Tzedek Chicago members and friends gather on May 11 to discuss Rereading Exodus Along the Anacostia. Join us.

Join in Rereading Exodus Along the Anacostia

March 30, 2022April 14, 2022 ~ vspatz ~ Leave a comment

This Spring, Charnice Milton Community Bookstore and We Act Radio are launching reading and conversation with the aim of understanding the workings of oppression and our part in them.

Predictable Results and Grief

January 3, 2022January 4, 2022 ~ vspatz ~ Leave a comment

When Pharaoh tells the people to “cast (off)” the baby boys (Exodus 1:22), do we ask, horrified: How could any people behave as Pharaoh directs?! Or do we acknowledge that we are those people?

Dick Gregory, z”l, and the Joseph Story

December 9, 2021 ~ vspatz ~ Leave a comment

Some words about Dick Gregory's Bible Tales from something I wrote in the Before Time, just barely pre-Covid.

Rachel-the-upRooter

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 ~ vspatz ~ Leave a comment

Rachel is a powerful biblical character, in her showing up and in her disappearing, and possibly the biggest "oker/uprooter" of the whole family....

Akiva and Ishmael at the Mountain

November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 ~ vspatz ~ Leave a comment

"Acher and ben Zoma in the orchard. Akiva uprooting the mountain...." some SVARA-inspired thoughts on rabbinic image-language.

Bent, Barren, Essential and Abundant

November 14, 2021November 16, 2021 ~ vspatz ~ Leave a comment

Midrash calls Rachel ikarah [chief] as play on the word "akarah [barren]." But what about Sarah and Rebekah? More on roots, uprooting, and essence.

UncertainTree

November 5, 2021November 5, 2021 ~ vspatz ~ Leave a comment

What was Isaac doing in the field at the eventide? Uncertainty is more powerful than a simple answer.

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