Congregation Etz Hayim welcomes Rabbi Avigayil Halpern as Pride Shabbat scholar-in-residence. On Friday night, Rabbi Avigayil will discuss Queer Torah: A Collaborative Chevrutah. What do traditional Torah texts sound like in conversation with the lives of LGBTQ people in our communities today? Stay after services for an oneg and conversation.
Rabbi Avigayil is a writer and educator who is passionate about the Torah that emerges in the conversation between our own lives and traditional texts. Avigayil’s work focuses on queer and feminist Torah, and she is currently at work on a book about queer niddah. You can read her writing here.
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