Inspiration: Janet Echelman

Janet Echelman is a fiber artist that utterly challenges the notion of what it means to be a fiber artist! See her TED talk and be inspired.

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Adar I: The Lesson of Dinah

~Excerpt from Adar 1 Guide – Subscribe for Free and Receive the Complete Guide Each Month ~ (Cross Posted to PunkTorah.org) Adar I (אֲדָר א) is Dinah’s (דִּינָה) month, at least as far as I’m concerned.  Rabbinical tradition equates Naphtali with both Adar I & Adar II in a leap year, but many modern feminists have argued...

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Thoughts on Yitro – 5769

In reading Yitro (Ex 18:1-20:23) this week several things struck me.  I did a bit of a double-take with Tzipporah’s reappearance.  What happened to here?  Where did she go?  We last saw her in Ex 4:25, which is the infamous “bridegroom of blood” passage where she circumcises her son.  As far as I can tell,...

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