Yael Kanarek: Judaism Unbound Episode 245 - Her Torah
Yael Kanarek, an Israeli-American artist, has spent the past few years rewriting the entire Torah -- in Hebrew and English -- by changing the genders of all characters (and animals, and more). In this episode she speaks with Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg about her project, called Toratah (Her Torah), and what it might mean for the future of Jewish text and Jewish practice. This episode is the sixth in a series of episodes exploring the history, and contemporary leadership, of America's Jewish women.
[1] You can learn more about Kanarek's Regendered Bible at BeitToratah.org, and you can check out her other projects (past and present) at YaelKanarek.com.
[2] Kanarek mentions Mira Rivera as one of two rabbis who led a service for the holiday of Simchat Torah, utilizing the text of Toratah. For a conversation featuring Rivera on Judaism Unbound, see Episode 233: The Torah of Jews of Color. To sign up for future Toratah services, led by Rivera and Emily Cohen, click here.
[3] For a wide variety of source sheets that Kanarek has created, which include text from Toratah (often alongside text from Torato — the masculine Torah that has been utilized for millennia), click here.