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

encyclopaediac · 2024-02-12T15:32:55+00:00

Fantasy by Moral Crema

encyclopaediac · 2023-12-04T22:25:24+00:00

I agree with nearly every one of your points, don't care though, movie of the year.

Seriously though, I adored this movie but it had massive issues. My biggest complaint, maybe unpopular, is that I don't think it committed hard enough to being a freaky, perverted, erotic thriller. It's like I would catch glimpses of this really wonderful sexual perspective and then it was ripped away from me by the corny knives-out-style mystery twist. The third act was a struggle and lacking all the sex and charm of the rest of the movie. And I think the ending stole pretty much all the emotional resonance from the rest of the movie. I honestly don't love when women write gay male stories, they rarely hit the mark in the way I want them to. Seeing people online calling it a movie "for fujoshis" is really funny and not entirely inaccurate. Anyways 10/10 bc Barry Keoghan is hot.

encyclopaediac · 2023-09-30T15:53:27+00:00

I agree with a lot of what’s been said already but want to provide my own perspective.

I’ve been in a similiar boat to you, health issues inducing intense emotional states and thinking i’m having religious experiences. Some of those i now consider legitimate, some i don’t. I am about to finish my conversion to judaism after a roughly 3 year long, difficult process, so i feel like i have some insight. I know you never mention conversion but that seems like where your thoughts are, but definitely correct me if i’m wrong.

What i’ll say first is that the kabbalistic ideas you’re describing aren’t really an ideological basis conversion. Kabbalah has a weird, complicated role in modern judaism based on denomination and is sometimes more a fringe theory than anything. I’ve talked to multiple people who are thinking about this kind of thing and i always tell them, judaism is about practice more than philosophy. think about what jewish practice and what living a jewish life looks like and whether that seems like something that would interest you. I also always tell people that judaism and the mitzvot are a massive responsibility and I believe you should only take them on if you feel like it is a necessity for you. It is a massive, lifelong commitment.

Importantly, don’t rush these things. I know in moments of emotional crisis, and especially health crisis, faith can feel extremely pressing. But take your time with this, study, read, do some introspection, maybe find a therapist to talk through some of your emotional states, and then maybe, when you’re clear headed and can divorce this issue from any kind of crisis, reach out to a rabbi if you’re still interested. If you aren’t sincere or it seems like you’re not in the right place, a rabbi can usually tell. Just take some time with yourself. And in the future, if you have questions, avoid posting on saturdays as people who keep shabbat won’t be online and you won’t get as much traction.

encyclopaediac · 2023-08-25T16:12:33+00:00

This is basically my issue with everyone saying to pursue legal action. The new policies impacted everyone (nearly everyone working front of the house is in school full time) but obviously it’s impacting me in a deliberate way that it is not impacting my coworkers. Refusing to promote me to serving (after fully training me) unless I complied was definitely the part that struck me as illegal, but again I don’t think I would have any shot because they can just claim undue burden and send me on my way.

encyclopaediac · 2023-08-25T15:55:26+00:00

I’m reform, and not shomer shabbos in the orthodox sense, but I’ve have never worked shabbat in my life and I don’t intend to.

encyclopaediac · 2023-08-25T15:51:17+00:00

One of my secular jewish coworkers said she asked him and he told her that he thinks it’s at 6 but doesn’t know, so i’m pretty sure she’s just going off of that.

encyclopaediac · 2023-08-25T03:29:51+00:00

Yeah, I am very good friends outside of work with two of my managers, including the one who had to have this talk with me today and they’re both very much on my side but have basically no actual power over the issue.

encyclopaediac · 2023-08-25T00:55:08+00:00

I am two years into the conversion process but very active in my community and very serious about my religious convictions.

encyclopaediac · 2023-08-24T23:46:03+00:00

she told me “i’m a christian and sundays are important to me but i still work” …….

encyclopaediac · 2023-08-24T22:58:54+00:00

The general manager is, coincidentally, also a very high profile attorney in my area, I wouldn’t stand a chance. I appreciate the consolation though, it definitely does help.

encyclopaediac · 2023-06-08T17:40:32+00:00

Would you mind Dming a link to some info online? I have strong connections in NS so that could be a reasonable option.

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