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Judaism

A Found Family Model to Solve the Loneliness Epidemic

Or: Recreating Jewish Havurah Through a Queer Lens When I was growing up, my family was part of a havurah ("fellowship" in Hebrew). To me at the time, that meant that I was a Jewish kid in a Jewish family and we went to events and had basement

How to Venerate Jewish Ancestors When You're Not a Jew

Because I grew up in the second most populous Jewish area in the world, I met a variety of Jews. Most of us were religiously Jewish to some degree, some of us were simply culturally Jewish, and then there were the few who had been raised completely outside of Judaism.

TRANSitional Astrology: Finding a Life-based Framework for my Practice

A couple of weeks ago I was fretting about finding a framework for my astrological practice. I resolved this fairly soon after by ordering over 20 books from my library system on astrology. I then pulled out my Thoth Tarot deck to locate which of the 20 to start with

The Pain of Being a Trans Anti-Zionist Jew

I am probably making a mistake writing this blog post given all I have to lose and how high tensions are about Palestine. I am subjecting what is a hugely personal and vulnerable side of me to the very nuance-lacking and mob-happy internet. So my second mistake would be making

Thoughts on Love Spells in the Jewish Tradition

Recently on Discord someone begged me for a love spell, which is one of those things that Just Happens on a semi-regular basis whenever you're in occult spaces. Like anyone remotely ethical, I always turn the person away when this happens. But I don't judge. In