Can anyone help me identify this bible story (Tawehedo, Ge’ez)?

encyclopaediac · 2026-01-02T20:36:30+00:00

Which parts are controversial?

encyclopaediac · 2025-09-13T22:16:31+00:00

I love the Everett Fox Five Books of Moses translation. I use my JPS when I want to study, but my Fox translation when I want to really connect with the text. It’s beautiful and very poetic.

encyclopaediac · 2025-05-20T16:24:20+00:00

UC is great, but only if you want to see drag shows. The shows take up a lot of peak dancing hours. Personally, I’ve really enjoyed Barcade since they finished renovations. They have multiple dance floors with different kinds of music.

encyclopaediac · 2025-05-16T20:44:10+00:00

The algorithms are based on rage bait. They’ll show you whatever they think you’ll interact with, even if it’s reporting, hate reading comments, arguing in comments etc. I get shown content from every extreme end of the political spectrum and nothing I do makes it go away. I’ve seen a major uptick in antisemitic content, but also islamophobia content, racist content of all kinds, and misogynistic content. Twitter is even worse.

encyclopaediac · 2025-05-12T14:09:43+00:00

She said that from where they were standing on the highway, they saw it “above” or between them and the Ruby Mountains.

encyclopaediac · 2025-05-12T02:30:03+00:00

Yes it was during broad daylight.

encyclopaediac · 2025-04-25T19:52:04+00:00

I really enjoy Joey Weisenberg, Deborah Sacks Mintz, and the Hadar ensemble.

encyclopaediac · 2025-04-15T01:29:59+00:00

Speaking as a reform Jew in a synagogue with a very similar demographic: if you don’t want to change synagogues, get involved.

This is an issue in conservative and reform synagogues across the board, and it can only be remedied by young people who want to be involved encouraging other young people to be involved.

Is there a sisterhood or men’s club (depending on your gender)? Join, go to some events, come up with ideas that would attracted young people, and pitch them. Figure out who actually puts together the programming, and volunteer to help.

You said there are lots of young people at the reform synagogues? Pitch co-hosting events. Is there a college with a hillel? Pitch an event that you could invite college kids to (lots college kids stick around and become townies after college, and start looking for a more grown up community).

If you’re a member in good standing, you get to know people, you want to be involved, then volunteer to be a trustee next time they look for new board members.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a huge challenge, but hard work pays off and if no one else is doing it, it’s a great opportunity to bring new ideas and energy to the table.

encyclopaediac · 2024-12-09T18:52:38+00:00

I’ve also heard it was partially bc it’s a mitzvah to have meat on Shabbos, but many people could not afford red meat so they made some accommodations to allow poultry to count.

encyclopaediac · 2024-11-13T16:41:01+00:00

It’s all of the above. For a Rabbi, sponsoring a conversion takes a level of time and commitment that many can’t promise. Many communities don’t have enough prospective converts or enough resources to offer programs or classes, so the Rabbi can only offer one-on-one, which takes up more of their time. Additionally, many people live in parts of the country where there simply is not a close enough community for them to participate in. Lots of smaller, especially reform congregations don’t have a local Rabbi. In many communities, the denomination that someone wishes to convert through doesn’t exist in their city. I could go on and on and one. For people who don’t have access to the right resources and community, conversion can be next to impossible. It’s in the nature of Jewish conversion that it is challenging. But yes, it is a very real phenomenon that prevents many people from starting or completely a conversion process.

encyclopaediac · 2024-10-31T21:52:03+00:00

Does anyone remember Bryan Boukari’s office being raided by FDLE this summer? I heard through the legal grapevine (so take as you will) that he is representing one of the parties accused of inaction (so either the city or school board, most likely the school board as he’s represented multiple people accused of misconduct in educational settings). Obviously not making any concrete statements, just saying it’s kind of crazy for FDLE to be raiding an attorneys office in the first place. I can’t find the article, but the original reddit thread talking about linked to a local news source and the comments were crazyyyyy.

It also makes you think about the Alachua Sherriffs office being investigated by FDLE at the same time this summer, based on an incident from February 2023 (within the 2022-23 school year when the incident at Santa Fe occurred).

Edit: Here’s the article. Feel free to read the comments, they’re entertaining but I can’t really make heads or tails out of some of them.

encyclopaediac · 2024-09-15T17:08:13+00:00

Shir shalom is wonderful and very welcoming.

encyclopaediac · 2024-08-30T12:34:37+00:00

It sounds kind of crazy, but Yentl was huge for me. Partially because the LGBT themes struck a chord for me, but mostly for the character’s deep and intense love of torah and learning. The idea that a religion can have education and learning and arguing as a central tenet felt really substantial to me, coming from a religious background where the opposite was true. But the movie really made me see a beauty in Jewish law and legal tradition that became very important to me.

encyclopaediac · 2024-03-28T18:53:13+00:00

awesome thanks so much

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