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The films ranged from poignant renderings of love and loss of faith to high energy concepts toying with the forms of Judaism and film alike.
The Jewish performer’s new essay collection is “part exclusive backstage pass and part long-form literary striptease.”
“To ignore my emotions would be to ignore the empathy I have for Israelis and Palestinians who are being driven from their homes and who are being killed as collateral damage.”
“Formless and void, tohu v’vohu is the swirling celestial wilderness, before divinity started forming creation. It feels cosmically significant that we have been brought here, now.”
“When a rabbi takes it upon themselves to forge a Golem, there is an emergency. The being represents an attempt to rebuild, to protect, and most literally, to physicalize the truth.”
“Let us dance, feel, celebrate the rarity of this fleeting life before we return to stardust in the cosmos / Let us usher our descendants in for a good time.”
“With this siddur addition, LGBTQ+ young adult Jews get to truly share their voices in religious life.”
“In declaring that the only way for Jews to be safe is for Israel to be safe, the safety of Jews everywhere else has effectively been compromised.”
“The Yiddish word haymishe comes to mind… It immediately made sense to me as an equal-parts ironic and sincere evocation of the joy and warmth of Midwestern Jewishness.”
“At this moment of heightened conflict, we must remember, and draw inspiration from the Mizrahi legacy of intersectional activism through the Mizrahi Black Panther Party in Israel.”