RABBI DEBRA KOLODNY

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Boundary Crosser: Bisexuality and Judaism

Posted by on Jun 3, 2021

Boundary Crosser: Bisexuality and Judaism

Rabbi Debra Kolodny February 2021 Origin story Many scholars say that the word ivri, or Hebrew, comes from the verb root avar, to cross over.  From this we learn that embedded in the core identity of the Jewish people is the invitation or perhaps the mandate to cross over–to transcend our current status and seek something deeper, higher, better and find the bridge between here and there. ...

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Yesod Foundation Video on the Legacy of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l Rabbi Debra Kolodny leading pre-panel Mincha service

Posted by on Jan 27, 2021

  A Panel discussion of the legacy of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (1924-2014) with Rabbi Chava Weissler, Rabbi Or Rose, and Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, moderated by Dr. David Shneer, professor of Jewish Studies, with a minhah service led by Rabbi Debra Kolodny, and an introduction by David Friedman and Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, and chief archivist Bruce Montgomery, at the University of...

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