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Kosher Queers

Kosher Queers is a podcast with at least two Jews and generally more than three opinions! Each week Jaz and Lulav bring you queer takes on Torah.

Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality Progressive Judaism
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
49 minutes
Episodes
105
Years Active
2019 - 2021
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101 — Shavuot in Cheshvan

101 — Shavuot in Cheshvan

Did you miss us? As a treat, we've crafted some deluxe Kosher Queers bonus material for you; here's all the short parsha summaries we did throughout the two years of making the podcast, all neatly co…

01:38:51  |   Fri 08 Oct 2021
100 — V'Zot HaBerachah: What If The Real Blessing…

100 — V'Zot HaBerachah: What If The Real Blessing…

This week, we talk about the dubious metaphor of Gog and Magog, name our city Pluralism and then rename it again, talk about crumbling empires, and reflect on what we’ve learned about the text over t…

00:55:46  |   Thu 23 Sep 2021
99 — Haazinu: Can I Get a Selah?

99 — Haazinu: Can I Get a Selah?

This week, we debate the unholy combination that is polyamory, ponder the beauty of limericks, flirt briefly with pornoprophetics, and talk frankly a lot about words related to "gadol."

Transcript ava…

00:44:37  |   Fri 17 Sep 2021
98 — Vayelech: Ice-Skating Tzadikim

98 — Vayelech: Ice-Skating Tzadikim

Shana tova! This week, we talk about unsatisfying endings, concise prophets, and how a DM slide can be a radical gift of honesty. Also, the pluses and minuses of smooth roads, insufficiently Jewish t…

00:43:40  |   Thu 09 Sep 2021
97 — Nitzavim: Am Bartholomew Chai

97 — Nitzavim: Am Bartholomew Chai

This week, we are strongly in favor of having help (both from people and canes), have mixed feelings about Jericho walks, and dislike when trans people are rude about the ways other people are trans.…

00:53:48  |   Thu 02 Sep 2021
96 — Ki Tavo: The Top Surgery of Kings

96 — Ki Tavo: The Top Surgery of Kings

This week, we return to the text from our very first pilot episode, and take a fresh look at it two years later! We talk about taking some distance in different types of relationships to be able to r…

00:42:53  |   Thu 26 Aug 2021
95 — Ki Teitzei: Queer Futurities

95 — Ki Teitzei: Queer Futurities

This week, we discuss metaphorical big-tent design, and the joys and perils (mostly joys) of not getting back together with your exes. Also, a reminder not to argue with randos on the internet and sk…

00:53:39  |   Thu 19 Aug 2021
94 — Shoftim: Go Touch Grass

94 — Shoftim: Go Touch Grass

This week, we ponder things that can be both liberatory or oppressive depending on the circumstances, discuss interesting translation choices, and compare divine retribution to "buy one, get one free…

00:52:31  |   Thu 12 Aug 2021
93 — Re'eh: SHABBATPISODE

93 — Re'eh: SHABBATPISODE

This week, people are gay for Shabbat, the Shabbos bride brings a dowry of relaxation, and people re-write prayers to make them more gender-balanced, but forget that Judaism has more than four women.…

00:57:28  |   Thu 05 Aug 2021
92 — Eikev: What Makes a Parent

92 — Eikev: What Makes a Parent

This week, we talk about bioessentialist familial claims, the metaphorical home renovations you need to do if you want to rekindle an intimate relationship with your estranged children, and gay math.…

00:56:54  |   Thu 29 Jul 2021
91 — Va’etchanan: All Flesh Is Grass

91 — Va’etchanan: All Flesh Is Grass

This week, we talked about creating accessibility rather than uniformity, finding joy for the future out of really tough situations, and keeping kindness on your person in as ordinary a way as wearin…

00:53:36  |   Thu 22 Jul 2021
90 — Devarim: When Your Kid Becomes A Cop

90 — Devarim: When Your Kid Becomes A Cop

This week, we talk about paradigms of childrearing, giving people space for low-stakes disagreement, and also Kanye lines from 2010.

Transcript available here.

You can probably still do games on Dreamw…

00:54:18  |   Thu 15 Jul 2021
89 — Matot-Masei: Born All at Once

89 — Matot-Masei: Born All at Once

This week, we talk about abolishing air forces, the human capacity to change large social institutions, and driving lessons. Plus, Jaz can't remember things about Christian theology but does know you…

00:56:05  |   Thu 08 Jul 2021
88 — Pinchas: Treated Like Children, Acting Like Adults

88 — Pinchas: Treated Like Children, Acting Like Adults

This week, we learn about how if you see a stick in a dream, it's because G-d is sticking by you. Also, we diagnose Jeremiah with ADHD, discuss how new relationship energy can disguise problematic dy…

00:50:02  |   Thu 01 Jul 2021
87 — Balak: The Rest is Commentary

87 — Balak: The Rest is Commentary

This week, we talk about mountains as metaphors, Rashi's genital jokes, and being an anti-astrology gay. Plus, we debate anti-assimilation vs anti-colonial readings, and Lulav is a slut for economic …

00:38:46  |   Thu 24 Jun 2021
86 — Chukat: The Other Woman's Son

86 — Chukat: The Other Woman's Son

This week, we discuss whether it's a good idea to tell your girlfriend your secrets and let her tie you up, unearned dramatic plot resolutions, and how rough a position messengers must have been in. …

00:54:52  |   Thu 17 Jun 2021
85 — Korach: Party Down In Stone Town

85 — Korach: Party Down In Stone Town

We brush up on Shmuel's reasons to hate kings, listen to him brag about not being a jerk, name a sheyd, make folk etymologies about a coronation party at Gilgal, and sneak a Degrassi reference in the…

00:53:53  |   Thu 10 Jun 2021
84 — Shelach: Historical Hotties and Horrible Hebrews

84 — Shelach: Historical Hotties and Horrible Hebrews

This week, we discuss a sex worker who hangs out with a king, extremely inconsiderate invaders, and the vibes of different names. Plus serious dilemmas of moral relativity, words that mean "red," and…

00:59:14  |   Thu 03 Jun 2021
83 — Behaalotecha: He’s Not Being A Yankee

83 — Behaalotecha: He’s Not Being A Yankee

This week, Jaz is back, with some sad personal news but (with the benefit of Lulav's editing prowess) decent podcasting energy! We're talking about mistakes and new connections, condescending to unpl…

00:43:29  |   Thu 27 May 2021
82 — Naso: Angel's on First

82 — Naso: Angel's on First

This week, Jaz was out, so Lulav and guest host Iscah discuss role models who fight altogether too much, being way smarter than your husband, and having your prophesied child take after said husband …

00:30:22  |   Thu 20 May 2021
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