2 Queers 4 Questions

A dvar Torah on parashat Shmini by Ezra Furman. Contains violent and disturbing images. With awakenings, Nadav, Avihu, Aaron Bushnell, Rabbi Yaacov Leiner of Izbica and the burning bush.

A dvar Torah on parashat Tzav by Agnes Borinsky. With fire, forever, the Sandlot, love, dance and matches.

A dvar Torah on parashat Vayikra by Ezra Furman. With The Blow, impossible love, Moses, God, Abraham, Agnes and transformation.

A dvar Torah on parashat Pekudei by Agnes Borinsky. With GPT-3, Serah bat Asher, language, Simone Weil, and dwelling.

A dvar Torah on parashat Vayakhel by Ezra Furman. With jewelry, shame, Gertrude Stein, Gaza, Moses and sin.

A dvar Torah on parashat Ki Tisa by Agnes Borinsky.

A dvar Torah on parashat Tetzaveh by Ezra Furman. With names, siblings, Miriam, Aaron, Moses, garments and Dinah.

A dvar Torah on parashat Trumah by Agnes Borinsky. With Cecillia Gentili, God, Moses, the exile of speech, Song of Songs and Gaza.

A dvar Torah on parashat Mishpatim by Ezra Furman. With Mt. Sinai, Moses, depression, Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld, slavery, angels, Avgi Saketopoulou and trauma.

A dvar Torah on parashat Yitro by Agnes Borinsky. With Joe Brainard, memory, Shabbat and the Vilna Gaon.

A dvar Torah on parashat Beshalach by Ezra Furman. Contains violent references concerning police murders. With Mario Woods, God, Pharaoh, water, wilderness, Shel Silverstein, Shabbat, Eric Garner and George Floyd.

A dvar Torah on parashat Bo by Agnes Borinsky. Featuring darkness, break-ups, Lou Reed, Pharaoh, God, Stephen Levine and light.

A dvar Torah on parashat VaEira by Ezra Furman. Featuring Moses, God, 6th grade sleepovers, transness, coming out, revolution and names.

A dvar Torah on parashat Shmot by Agnes Borinsky. Featuring silence, Carolee Schneeman, God, Moses, Pharaoh, elbows, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and colors.

A dvar Torah on parashat Vayechi by Ezra Furman. Featuring diaspora, exile, Jacob, B'nai Yisrael and the Sfat Emet.

A dvar Torah on parashat Vayigash by Agnes Borinsky. Featuring faith, friendship, Joseph, Egypt, Proverbs and the Song of Songs.

A dvar Torah on parashat Mikeitz by Ezra Furman. Featuring Joseph, his brothers, Menashe, Benjamin, queerness, assimilation, trauma and healing.

A blast from the past. Recorded 2 years ago in 5782 (or 2021 for all you assimilationists) as part of our podcast's first iteration, 2 Queers 4 Questions (which, is that still what we're called? I dunno it's blurry and we don't care). We both recently listened and were struck by some of the stuff in here, questions and texts that go very deep to the meanings and possibilities of this holiday. So w...

A dvar Torah on parashat Vayeshev by Agnes Borinsky. Featuring Jacob, Tamar, Judah, Christina Sharpe, blood, love and recognition.

A dvar Torah on parashat Vayishlach by Ms. Ezra Furman. Featuring Jacob/Israel, Eisav, a mysterious man, Abraham, and enemies.

A dvar Torah on parashat Vayetze by Agnes Borinsky. Featuring Jacob, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariyah, and angels.

A dvar Torah on parashat Toldot by Ezra Furman. Transness, queerness, disability, parenthood, siblinghood, the physical, the spiritual, family, the winding path.

A dvar Torah on parashat Chayye Sarah by Agnes Borinsky. Featuring Abraham, Eliezer, Rebecca, Isaac, ee cummings, Judith Butler and camels.

A dvar Torah on parashat Vayera by Ezra Furman. Content Warning: contains violent and disturbing imagery. Featuring Abraham, Isaac, Hagar, Ishmael, Sodom & Gomorrah.

A dvar Torah on parashat Lech Lecha by Agnes Borinsky.