@ReconJudaism grad, Rabbi of West End Synagogue NYC, @jewtoopodcast Producer/Host, @hamhaggadah Co-Creator. I tweet for myself. (She/Her/Hers)
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Jun 18, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
I'm Queer AF.
But here's the thing, and it's nuanced for twitter so bear with me:
I *don't* know that I would have figured out I was Queer if I didn't share community with LGBTQ+ folks. That's because I'm bi/pan in a society based around compulsory heteronormativity (1/)
When I was a kid I crushed on boys. It was what my (mostly girl)friends were doing. Being attracted to anyone else would make me weird.
But I was a weird kid. And I think the reason I didn't let myself come out until I was older is that I was afraid to affirm my weirdness. (2/)
Dec 16, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Hanukkah starts Sunday night. It matters this year. Maybe more than it has in decades. Antisemitism is up— not just the subversive stuff but blatant, dangerous words and deeds from elected officials, popular figures, regular folk. It hurts. And that's why this holiday matters 🧵
"But rabbi, I always heard that Hanukkah wasn't a major holiday!"
Yeah. That's right. Hanukkah isn't Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur. It's not Passover or even Shavuot. It's a rabbinic innovation without Biblical precedent celebrating a dubious miracle. And it still matters.
