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Rebecca Levi posted a blog post“Just to Make a Statement”: Power, Sincerity, and the Women of the Wall
My girlfriend and I recently became engaged, which event has sent us into the religious and social minefield that is the process of planning a wedding ceremony. One issue that is of paramount importance to me, both as a scholar of Judaism and as a feminist, is that our ceremony addresses and tries to ameliorate the sexist narratives and legal mechanisms of “acquiring” a bride present in the traditional Kiddushin ceremony;[1] I’d also like to pass out a text…See More
Rebecca Levi posted a blog postWorthy is the Cat: Reflections on Feline Mortality and Psychological Mercy
My cat is dying.I have had Libby since my childhood. She is 16—a good old age for a cat—and has weathered some health scares before. Three years ago, what we worried was some sort of intestinal cancer turned out instead to be hyperthyroidism, a chronic but manageable condition. But this fall, when all of the vet’s tricks failed to stem her chronic diarrhea, when she lost almost half of her body weight, and when an ultrasound revealed a severely thickened intestine, cancer (probably lymphoma)…See More
Rebecca Levi posted a blog postMy Heart Is In Tumult: Reflections on Lamentations in the Age of Global Warming
Lamentations 2:11-12 11My eyes are spent with tears My heart is in tumult,My being melts awayOver the ruin of my poor people,As babes and sucklings languishIn the squares of the city.12They keep asking their mothers,“Where is bread and wine?As they languish like battle-woundedIn the squares of the town,As their life runs outIn their mothers’ bosoms.The book of Lamentations (or, in Hebrew, Megillat Eicha) is one of the Hebrew canon’s five megillot, or scrolls, which are read at different points…See More
Rebecca Levi posted a blog postThe Wronging Of Alan Turing: Sex, Shame, and the Complexity of a Human Being
Are you reading this on a computer? Then thank the guy on the left. The English mathematician Alan Turing, who would have turned 100 this June 23, is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern computer science. As Jack Copeland writes:Turing conceived the principle of the modern computer. He described an abstract digital computing machine consisting of a limitless memory and a…See More
Indigo Moon liked Rebecca Levi's blog post Rise up, Sotah: Contraception, Religion, and Slut-ShamingRebecca Levi's blog post was featured“Rules By Which They Could Not Live:” My Bat Mitzvah Drash
For the past few weeks, I've found myself neck-deep in finals and in preparing for my Bat Mitzvah, which took place on April 28th, at Congregation Beth Israel in Charlottesville, VA. As such, in lieu of content specifically written for State of Formation, I offer the d'var torah I delivered that day (on parshat K'doshim-Acharei Mot). Some of the content may sound familiar, since I dealt with a very similar topic in my first post here at State of Formation,…See More
Rebecca Levi posted a blog post“Rules By Which They Could Not Live:” My Bat Mitzvah Drash
For the past few weeks, I've found myself neck-deep in finals and in preparing for my Bat Mitzvah, which took place on April 28th, at Congregation Beth Israel in Charlottesville, VA. As such, in lieu of content specifically written for State of Formation, I offer the d'var torah I delivered that day (on parshat K'doshim-Acharei Mot). Some of the content may sound familiar, since I dealt with a very similar topic in my first post here at State of Formation,…See More
Kathryn Ray liked Rebecca Levi's blog post Rise up, Sotah: Contraception, Religion, and Slut-Shaming
Mystic Tourist liked Rebecca Levi's blog post Rise up, Sotah: Contraception, Religion, and Slut-ShamingRebecca Levi posted a blog postRise up, Sotah: Contraception, Religion, and Slut-Shaming
I have a truly shocking announcement: I am a woman, and I enjoy sex.Apparently, admitting to this makes me a slut.I am not, of course, unusual. For many of us, sex is fun. For many of us—cis-women[1] who sleep with cis-men, thereby risking pregnancy, included[2]—sex is a thing that brings joy to life and contributes to its being worth living. One of the great things about the technological age is that we have a range of medicines and devices that make…See More
Rebecca Levi's blog post was featuredThe Times We Shouldn’t Defend Our Traditions
“Philosophers,” says Martha Nussbaum, “don’t write like prophets….they have to believe, I think, that at least a part of evil is not innate or necessary, that at least a good part of it is based on error, whether societal or personal.”For prophets, on the other hand, “the urgency and magnitude of the evils they see admit of no delay, no calm and patient dialogue…Suppose Jeremiah had said, ‘the heart of Israel is corrupt utterly, but on the other hand there are some very nice people there.’”…See More
Rebecca Levi posted a blog postThe Times We Shouldn’t Defend Our Traditions
“Philosophers,” says Martha Nussbaum, “don’t write like prophets….they have to believe, I think, that at least a part of evil is not innate or necessary, that at least a good part of it is based on error, whether societal or personal.”For prophets, on the other hand, “the urgency and magnitude of the evils they see admit of no delay, no calm and patient dialogue…Suppose Jeremiah had said, ‘the heart of Israel is corrupt utterly, but on the other hand there are some very nice people there.’”…See More
Rebecca Levi posted a blog postThe Obligation to Vaccinate: “Health Freedom” and communal responsibility
While visiting my hometown over winter break, I stopped by the local natural foods store. As I waited at the cash register, I noticed a poster on the wall. Above a stock photo of a (white) mother blissfully cradling a newborn read the caption, “Oppose Mandatory Vaccination.”Two thoughts came to mind. First, “I will no longer spend money here.” Second, “What beliefs and fears is this poster trying to exploit?” With the language of “mandatory,” the ad clearly speaks to a fear of losing the…See More
Fr Simon Falk commented on Rebecca Levi's blog post Building Hedges: What the Rabbis Taught Me About Managing ADHD"Hi Rebecca. Thanks for this blog which I find interesting on a number of levels.
1) You have used medical, cultural and religious media - in an integrated way - to manage your experience of ADHD.
2) While you have approached this experience from the…"
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“Just to Make a Statement”: Power, Sincerity, and the Women of the Wall
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:51am 0 Comments 0 Likes
My girlfriend and I recently became engaged, which event has sent us into the religious and social minefield that is the process of planning a wedding ceremony. One issue that is of paramount importance to me, both as a scholar of Judaism and as a feminist, is that our ceremony addresses and tries to ameliorate the sexist narratives and legal mechanisms of “acquiring” a bride present in the traditional Kiddushin ceremony;[1] I’d also like to pass out a…
Continue Worthy is the Cat: Reflections on Feline Mortality and Psychological Mercy
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 11:59am 0 Comments 0 Likes
My cat is dying.
I have had Libby since my childhood. She is 16—a good old age for a cat—and has weathered some health scares before. Three years ago, what we worried was some sort of intestinal cancer turned out instead to be hyperthyroidism, a chronic but manageable condition. But this fall, when all of the vet’s tricks failed to stem her chronic diarrhea, when she lost almost half of her body weight, and when an ultrasound revealed a severely thickened intestine, cancer (probably…
Continue My Heart Is In Tumult: Reflections on Lamentations in the Age of Global Warming
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:39am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Lamentations 2:11-12
11My eyes are spent with tears
My heart is in tumult,
My being melts away
Over the ruin of my poor people,
As babes and sucklings languish
In the squares of the city.
12They keep asking their mothers,
“Where is bread and wine?
As they languish like battle-wounded
In the squares of the town,
As their life runs out
In their mothers’ bosoms.
11My eyes are spent with tears
My heart is in tumult,
My being melts away
Over the ruin of my poor people,
As babes and sucklings languish
In the squares of the city.
12They keep asking their mothers,
“Where is bread and wine?
As they languish like battle-wounded
In the squares of the town,
As their life runs out
In their mothers’ bosoms.
The book of…
Continue The Wronging Of Alan Turing: Sex, Shame, and the Complexity of a Human Being
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 8:59am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Are you reading this on a computer? Then thank the guy on the left. The English mathematician Alan Turing, who would have turned 100 this June 23, is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern computer science. As Jack Copeland writes:
ContinueTuring conceived the principle of the modern computer. He described an abstract digital computing machine consisting of a…
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- At 6:12am on January 3, 2013, zainabdosi said…
Hello
zainab is my name
i was moved to write you on facebook.com for a heart2heart discussion when
i came across your page .so If u don't mind,write me directly with this mail ID,
(zainabdosi@yahoo.in)i will send u my photo
(zainabdosi@yahoo.in)
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