Category Archives: opinion
“Hannah Arendt” by Julia Kristeva— Kristeva on Arendt
Kristeva, Julia. “Hannah Arendt”, (translated by Ross Guberman), Columbia University Press, 2003. Kristeva on Arendt Amos Lassen When I was a graduate student working in feminist literary criticism I was introduced to the writings of Julia Kristeva, a world famous psychoanalyst and critic who is professor of linguistics at the University of Paris VII. I …
Out In Lubavitch— Growing up and coming out in the Chabad Lubavitch community of Crown Heights
Out In Lubavitch Growing up and coming out in the Chabad Lubavitch community of Crown Heights by Chaim Levin The atmosphere buzzed with energy and talk about who we are as Chassidim and disciples of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe at a farbrengen (gathering) for a former classmate’s birthday a few months ago. While familiar with …
Testing My Faith—- I’d left Orthodoxy. But as I waited for HIV test results, I looked to God and the Talmud for comfort. By Matt Goodman
Testing My Faith I’d left Orthodoxy. But as I waited for HIV test results, I looked to God and the Talmud for comfort. By Matt Goodman|November 30, 2012 7:00 AM| (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The clinic looked like many clinics I’d visited before as part of my work around HIV and …
Instead of Chinese food this Christmas–let’s dance
RSVP to the Facebook event here Click here for limited $10 tickets New York’s hottest party for gay jews! This year… at XL! A CHRISTMAS EVE JEWBILEE December 24, 2012 XL NIGHTCLUB 512 West 42 Street New York City 9pm-3am DJ Steve Sidewalk $10 tickets (limited) / $15 tickets online / $20 at door Pix …
Building True Acceptance— By helping gay kids, synagogues and Jewish schools can make the community better for all of us
Building True Acceptance By helping gay kids, synagogues and Jewish schools can make the community better for all of us By Marjorie Ingall|November 14, 2012 7:00 AM| Jeanne Schwartz called her husband John at work one afternoon in June 2009. “Joe has taken a lot of pills,” she said. Their 13-year-old son Joe, who’d …
“A Strange and Separate People” by Jon Marans— “Betrayal and New Beginnings”
Marans, Jon, “A Strange and Separate People”, Chelsea Station Editions, 2012. “Betrayal and New Beginnings” Amos Lassen I was very lucky to have been able to see Jon Marans’s “The Temperamentals” when I first moved to Boston last spring after having read the script. Quite naturally I was anxious to read his new play “A …
“Penn State: A Modern-Day Akeda: Did Society Pass or Fail Moral Test on Joe Paterno Scandal?” by Samuel G. Freedman—an amazing analysis (from “The Forward”)
“Penn State: A Modern-Day Akeda”* “Did Society Pass or Fail Moral Test on Joe Paterno Scandal?’ * Akeda is the Hebrew word for binding and the Abraham/Issac story is traditionally referred to as the “Akeda”. For me this is the most dfficult story to fully understand in the Five Books of Moses. Worshipping a Fallen …
Leveling Leviticus
Leveling Leviticus Amos Lassen Those of us who choose to be identified with religion are forced to deal with the question of how to live our lives while facing the issue that we are created in the image of God but that our acts of love are punishable by death by that same God. This punishment …
“Abraham’s Attributes: A Source of Strength”—Thinking about Abraham— an excellent article
Abraham’s Attributes: ‘A Source of Strength Ilana Goldhaber-Gordon There was a time when I could not read the story of the binding of Isaac without wishing for a different ending — that Abraham would stand up to God, refusing to harm his son. Some of my rabbinic colleagues redefine the story, ignoring God’s words, …
Ten Interesting Facts about LGBT History (from David Mixner.com)
Ten Interesting Facts about LGBT History (thanks to David Mixner.com) Aug 24 2011 Jose Sarria The more we know about our history is the more we know about ourselves. If you feel you have no past and come out of ‘nothing’ then you will feel like ‘nothing’. Our history is extremely important to record …
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