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RUTH 5781: CLING
A film by Jacob Blumberg
Can You Hear Me Now? : Walking in the Garden
Can You Hear Me Now?: Walking in the Garden
If you run you'll be far from me, says God
But you don’t have to run
No one is actually chasing you
The Skin We’re In
Parashat Tazria-Metzora
Our skin, our boundaries,
must be permeable to receive nutrients from the sun,
from light reflected in one another’s faces, from touch.
Porous enough to breathe in and release out.
Facing the Field
Facing the Field
When the plague is gone
When we have declared it safe
How do we avoid the strong pull towards endless self protection?
How do we return to life?
What direction do we face?
Going Out The Door You Came In
Going Out the Door We Came In
Parashat Shmini
In our holiest places
It's not even that everyone is welcome —
But that everyone is flawed, no one is unblemished, everyone can make t’shuvah
and that is the point
What do you pack when you don't know where you are going?
Parashat Chol Hamoed
What would you pack in the middle of the night, in hipazon/frenzy? What do you drop at the edge of the sea before crossing?
What are your non-negotiables?
Karev Yom // The Day is Coming
A musical collaboration between our own Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer & Jacob Blumberg, Aviva Chernick, Daniel Ori, Eliyahu Sills, & percussionist Rich Stein.
Open Your Invitation
Parashat Vayikra
Even when we think we’re standing on the outside looking in,
even when we can’t hear the divine voice calling our name,
we use our own voice to call someone else’s.
The act of inviting brings us all inside.
Back from the Dead
Parashat Ki Tissa
In that moment Moses knows
God is mistaken
For God, like it or not, is always with us
The Mask That Reveals
Parashat Terumah
If the space between the wings of the כרובים were too close, obscuring the Divine Presence titrating through the schach, the keruvim themselves would become idols--masechot--as heretical as the golden calf. Key difference? The schach.
Unmistakable, Irreducible, Recognizable, Treasured
Parashat Yitro
I imagine hearing that voice was like finding a long lost relative
Only, we realized, still trying to shake slavery off, we had been the lost ones
“How Could You Do This Thing?”: Mobs and Midwives, Then and Now
Parashat Shemot
There is one thing Pharaoh does not do —
he never appeals to the moral sense of the midwives
He never tries to make the case that he is doing the right thing,
Only that he has the power to get away with doing what he wants
These are the Days of Miracles and Wonder
Parashat Vayishlach
Sometimes we miss the miracles
Even really obvious ones
Sometimes we need other people to tell us:
“That thing that happened? The fact that you are a totally different person now? That was a miracle. Say the blessing.”
Father Son Rock Mountain
Parashat Toldot
America, America
Parashat Vayera
Maybe, just maybe, there is the America we know
And there is also a second America
An America of Not Yet
An America of the Possible
40 Days + 40 Nights
Parashat Noach
It couldn’t have taken God 40 days and 40 nights to flood the world. There must have been something else.
Do Not Withhold Water
For life, and not for death. May it be for satiety and not for lack. For your sake, and the sake of all your people. Do not withhold water.
No One Likes a Prophet: Isaiah Redux
Torah House Calls
Our version of a covid friendly, high holiday SF hakafah // Directed by Jacob Blumberg
