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Nehirim East 2013

Fri, May 31

2013

at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
116 Johnson Road
Falls Village, CT
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Celebrating Gender Diversity in Jewish Text, Tradition, and Theology | Bet Am Shalom, White Plains NY
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My prediction on the #debtceiling crisis: an "emer

My prediction on the #debtceiling crisis: an "emergency option" is likely to be used, and this whole matter is going to the courts. @cnn #cnntonight @alisyncamerota

Honored to be awarded the NY Society for Professio

Honored to be awarded the NY Society for Professional Journalists deadline club award for opinion writing. Thank you @rollingstone for the support !

How to be the messiah, by 13th century Kabbalist #

How to be the messiah, by 13th century Kabbalist #abrahamabulafia . What a remarkable redefinition.

I've had enough of living in interesting times. I'

I've had enough of living in interesting times. I'd like four years of boring, please. My new piece on the Biden announcement, in @rollingstone .

Happy to talk to WGVU about heresy, spiritual inno

Happy to talk to WGVU about heresy, spiritual innovation, ambiguity, and of course #jacobfrank . Link in bio to listen.

The vague borderlands between enlightenment and de

The vague borderlands between enlightenment and derangement, so beautifully rendered by #virginiawoolf , particularly in this budding Spring season in the northern hemisphere.

Excited to be talking with Melila Hellner-Eshed an

Excited to be talking with Melila Hellner-Eshed and @sam.shonkoff about psychedelics and Judaism at Harvard Divinity School later this month. The event is free and online - register at https://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/ or at the link in my bio.

It's a nice irony -- having spent decades politici

It's a nice irony -- having spent decades politicizing the legal system, Republicans now complain about politicizing the legal system. Link in bio -- I'll be on @cnn tonight talking about this some time between 9pm and 11pm ET tonight (Friday).

I find this poignant and true, from the sublime to

I find this poignant and true, from the sublime to the ridiculous. Even when our pre-frontal cortex knows a pattern is unhelpful, other parts of the brain follow it out of fear of the unknown, whether it's a religious practice or doctrine, or a relationship pattern, or a self-defeating story, or so many other examples.

This really is a fun new gig on @cnn . I usually d

This really is a fun new gig on @cnn . I usually don't get a lot of advance notice of when I'll be on -- follow me on Twitter, which is where I post about it.

Discussed: After the Ecstasy the Laundry, the nost

Discussed: After the Ecstasy the Laundry, the nostalgia of Billy Joel, seed retention as spiritual practice, the meaning of enlightenment, and a track-by-track analysis of the #velvetunderground 's "quiet album." Link in bio for the two hour podcast ep!

Calling my own number on this one. I feel like thi

Calling my own number on this one. I feel like this is the defining distinction between the contemplative practice I love and the various forms of spirituality that I find... not for me. #buddha #buddhism #jubu

Happy to share that I'll be an occasional panelist

Happy to share that I'll be an occasional panelist/pundit on @CNN Tonight, a nightly free-for-all about the news. I'll try to post in advance of my next hit. Here's the moment where everyone enjoyed laughing at me as an author who I'd criticized got the chance to respond live on air...

Bringing together the #redheifer , #larsvontrier ,

Bringing together the #redheifer , #larsvontrier , #purim , #passover , and #paganism . Link in bio to article at @myjewishlearningcom .

= Contemplative practice.

= Contemplative practice.

If you like #gnosticism , Western #esotericism , h

If you like #gnosticism , Western #esotericism , heresy, and/or #kabbalah , well have I got a podcast episode for you. It sure was fun being on Talk Gnosis talking about #jacobfrank and assorted hashtags -- links to video and audio in bio.

Not sure what's going on with my facial expression

Not sure what's going on with my facial expression here, but it was an honor to receive this award and a treat to do so in person! Thank you @jewishbookcouncil

I'm delighted to share that my latest book, "The H

I'm delighted to share that my latest book, "The Heresy of Jacob Frank," has won the National Jewish Book Award for scholarship. Thank you to @jewishbookcouncil and to everyone who has supported this work along the way.

How has Ron DeSantis's "Anti-Woke" campaign affect

How has Ron DeSantis's "Anti-Woke" campaign affected real people on campus? I talked to students and faculty at University of Central Florida and here's what they said. (Link in bio or at rollingstone.com now) @rollingstone

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