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Cheshvan 5785
October 25, 2024
Jewish Calendar: High Holy Days and Sukkot (after the fact) We’ve been through so many holidays lately. A collection of links from them: OpenSiddur has four...
Tishrei 5785
September 27, 2024
I cannot believe we’re already at this point in the year. A fresh start’s coming soon! Jewish Calendar: High Holy Days I hope you already have plans for the...
Elul 5784
August 30, 2024
Hello everyone! Honestly, there are so many links I could have added to the newsletter this week I just didn’t have time to review first. It’s a busy time...
Av 5784
August 2, 2024
Good personal news—I have a job again! Less good effect of that: I am not certain this newsletter will be quite as thorough or as well-edited as it has been,...
Tamuz 5784
June 28, 2024
Hi everyone! I missed you over the past month; how’s it going? Jewish Calendar Tammuz contains one holiday: a minor fast on the 17th of Tammuz, commemorating...
Sivan 5784
May 31, 2024
Jewish Calendar Shavuot is coming up! As we count up to 49 I’m increasingly aware of how close we are to the holiday, which I suppose is the point. Also,...
Iyar 5784
May 3, 2024
Hi everyone! I am chatty in this one—hope that’s alright with you! Jewish Calendar (and…nature?) How was your passover? Mine was pretty great. I went to two...
Pesach edition 5784
April 19, 2024
Welcome to Weird Jewish Digest! This issue is entirely passover-themed. Some parts may look familiar from last time, but most of it is new. There are so many...
Nisan 5784
April 5, 2024
Welcome to Weird Jewish Digest! This week we have some post-purim links, passover preparations, cholent, horrible behavior from Israel, a new siddur release,...
Adar II 5784
March 8, 2024
Welcome to Weird Jewish Digest, and also to the month of March! Jewish Calendar Purim Purim is a perfect holiday to organize a small get-together with...
Adar I 5784
February 2, 2024
Welcome to Weird Jewish Digest! Winter is a slog and also a race to survive. Change feels impossible yet everything moves so quickly; half the links I...
Shvat 5784
January 5, 2024
Welcome to Weird Jewish Digest! There is, as always, more going on in the world (and in the jewish world) than I have room in my brain and heart for, but...
Tevet 5784
December 8, 2023
Welcome to Weird Jewish Digest and Happy Chanukah, however you spell it! There are so many links this week, so skim along until you find something important...
Kislev 5784
November 10, 2023
Welcome to Weird Jewish Digest! This issue is mostly about the war in Gaza, unfortunately, as that is for good reason taking up nearly all the air in the...
Cheshvan 5784
October 13, 2023
Welcome to Weird Jewish Digest! I do talk about the war in this one, but there's plenty of other content as well. Jewish Calendar Before the next issue of...
Tishrei 5784
September 8, 2023
Welcome to Weird Jewish Digest! We're about to be starting a new year. Do you have any intentions for how you want the new year to go? I'm hoping to include...
Elul 5783
August 11, 2023
Welcome to Weird Jewish Digest! Every month there is so much amazing stuff for me to link to, and this time is no exception. Jewish Calendar Before the next...
Av 5783
July 14, 2023
Welcome to Weird Jewish Digest. I've been doing this newsletter for three years as of the end of July! I might get myself a cupcake to celebrate. This time...
Tamuz 5783
June 16, 2023
Welcome to Weird Jewish Digest! Jewish Calendar Before the next issue of Weird Jewish Digest goes out, we'll go through the following parts of the weekly...
Sivan 5783
May 19, 2023
Welcome to Weird Jewish Digest! This week we've got online study opportunities for shavuot, a trans read of Yentl, the jewish x italian handshake, and plenty...
Iyar 5783
April 14, 2023
Welcome to Weird Jewish Digest! Rosh Chodesh Iyar is still a week away, but the shabbat announcement of it is tomorrow, which is why you're seeing this email...
Nisan 5783
March 17, 2023
Welcome to Weird Jewish Digest! I am having surgery the week this is going out (good surgery! it's fine! feel free to put me in your prayers for healing...
Adar 5783
February 17, 2023
Welcome to Weird Jewish Digest! This month we have Bayard Rustin, two megillah puns, so many events and classes, and an illustrated pet of the week! I'm...
Shvat 5783
January 20, 2023
Welcome to Weird Jewish Digest! This month we have content relating to Tu Bishvat; fan art of Spock's bar mitzvah; midcentury Reform antizionism; Algerian...
Tevet 5783
December 16, 2022
Welcome back to Weird Jewish Digest! This month we have chanukah (including the world's largest lego menorah), gorgeous old (and new) jewish books, several...
Kislev 5783
November 18, 2022
Before we begin: I rely on twitter for finding and embedding content in this newsletter, and that service is--to put it politely--undergoing some upheavals...
Cheshvan
October 21, 2022
Hello all! Welcome to the first real monthly issue of weird jewish digest! This is all in trial mode still. Let me know what you think! Content notes...
Vaiyelech
September 30, 2022
Hello! The next Jewsletter will go out October 21st, which is the day before the shabbat mevarchim rosh chodesh cheshvan. I'm excited for the break but I'll...
Nitzavim
September 23, 2022
Hello! Reminder, once again, that I'll be sending newsletters out weekly through the end of September (right before Shabbat Shuva) to make sure everyone's...
Ki Tavo
September 16, 2022
Hello! I'll be sending newsletters out weekly through the end of September (right before Shabbat Shuva) to make sure everyone's got the high holy days...
Ki Teitzei
September 9, 2022
Hello! I missed you last week. As a reminder, I'll be sending these out weekly through the end of September (right before Shabbat Shuva) to make sure...
Re'eh
August 26, 2022
Hello! I'm gonna be skipping next week due to spending a few days in the woods, but I'll be back to send a Jewsletter out on September 9th. It’s gonna be a...
Eikev
August 19, 2022
Hello! I really appreciate the replies from readers last week! I'll be making the switch to monthly emails some time after Yom Kippur, so your access to...
VaEtchanan
August 12, 2022
Hello! I've been thinking about changing this newsletter to be monthly rather than weekly. I imagine the events list would be less helpful but I've been...
Devarim
August 5, 2022
Hello friends! Great to see you. Jewish Calendar Devarim We start the last book of the torah this week! Devarim (meaning words or things or stuff) is a much...
Matot-Masei
July 29, 2022
Hello friends! Great to see you. I missed you last week. Unfortunately we're in a bit of a heatwave where I am and it's causing my chronic illness problems...
Balak
July 15, 2022
Hello friends! This week in jewsletter we have: the 17th (or 18th) of tammuz, a jewish astrology guide, community safety training, several new events for the...
Chukat
July 8, 2022
Hello friends! This week in jewsletter we have some stuff about the parsha and a very cute cat as pet of the week, with various thoughts and links in...
Shelach
June 24, 2022
Hello friends! This week in jewsletter we have: tzitzit and gender; bodily autonomy and judaism; gefilte fish hot dogs; and my very own cat Jam as Jewish Pet...
Beha'alotcha
June 17, 2022
Hello everyone! This week in Jewsletter we have: multiple zine-related links, pesach sheni, anti-queer anti-trans nonsense, links to book sales, and a babka...
Naso
June 10, 2022
Happy pride month, friends! I'm skipping over some of the heavy stuff this week not because there isn't relevant news, but as a burnout prevention strategy,...
Bamidbar
June 3, 2022
Happy pride month, friends! Jewish Calendar Parshat Bamidbar This week we're starting a new book of the torah: Bamidbar/Numbers! Bamidbar means "in the...
Bechukotai
May 27, 2022
Hello and welcome. I wish these times were less full of horrors, but here we are, doing our best to survive. I am glad you are here. CN: child sex abuse,...
Behar
May 20, 2022
Hello! Last week we had some technical difficulties, so you might not have gotten the email on time (or at all), but never fear! you can read it online....
Emor
May 14, 2022
Hello! My apologies for the delay. I clicked the send button yesterday afternoon as usual and it seems that it did not work. Let's try this again, eh? CN:...
Kedoshim
May 6, 2022
Welcome back jewsletter friends! I missed you last week but it was also nice to have a break. This week we have: holiness (whatever that means), @swordsjew...
Pesach's ending! Mimouna?
April 22, 2022
This week in Jewsletter we have: some links about Mimouna, my take on LibsOfTiktok and the aftermath (with context links), The Temptations doing a Fiddler...
Pesach alegre!
April 15, 2022
Jewish Calendar Pesach starts tonight! "What to the Black Jew is passover? It should be haven from white supremacy." full article link. Related: don't sing...
Metzorah
April 8, 2022
This week in jewsletter we have: historical haggadahs, a reading list of good leftist writings about antisemitism, and new events (including a lecture about...
Tazria
April 1, 2022
Hello everyone! Let's jump right in. Jewish Calendar This week's torah portion is tazria! We're introduced to tzaraat (biblical leprosy), and talk some about...
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