This month on the podcast we got a request from a listener to discuss the graphic novel Unterzakhn by Leela Corman. For our second segment we’ll be discussing the recent triple wedding in New York of couples who couldn’t or wouldn’t get married in Israel under the rabbinate.
Further reading
Unterzakhn
Buy Unterzakhn by Leela Corman
Rob Clough reviews Unterzakhn in the Comics Journal
Kirkus review
Review by Lightsy Darst in Bookslut
The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less by Sarah Glidden
Civil marriage in Israel
This Normal Life: Breaking the Rabbinate’s Monopoly on Marriage by Brian Blum in the Jerusalem Post
A Triple Wedding. A Defiant Protest by Bari Weiss in the New York Times
Tzohar Engaging Secular Israelis by Peter Kohn in the Australian Jewish News
In a first, Tel Aviv rabbis partner to ease burdens of Israel’s religious wedding establishment from JTA
Who Was She? A DNA Test Only Opened New Mysteries by Libby Copeland in the Washington Post
Endorsements
Zahava offers her weekly dvar Torah template at Sefaria, and Pledges of Jewish Allegiance by David Ellenson and Daniel Gordis, and a twitter thread by Laura Moser. recommends how Judaism has pre-set things to say in call kinds of situations, including grief, and seeing old friends.
Mimi recommends My sisters I hear you by Neshama Carlebach in the Times of Israel, and You’ve Come a Long Way, Sister: 20 Years After Carlebach Allegations, His Daughter Hears #MeToo by the staff of Lilith magazine.
Tamar recommends The Power and Disobedience by Naomi Alderman, the divrei Torah by Bar Ilan faculty available for each week’s parasha, the Mormon Stories podcast interview with Tova Mirvis.
