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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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61 — Vayigash: New Trans Bones

61 — Vayigash: New Trans Bones

This week, we look at some fun goth performance art, which plays with bones and death and a messianic age. We also talk art curation practices, fanfiction vs canon, and the value or lack thereof of i…

00:41:00  |   Thu 24 Dec 2020
60 — Mikeitz: Fetch Me A Sword

60 — Mikeitz: Fetch Me A Sword

This week, we learn about how camels are nonbinary, attempt to define what makes a "real parent," and dissect a famous story in which the women are way cooler than we were led to believe as children.…

00:37:16  |   Thu 17 Dec 2020
59 — Vayeishev: On Occupiers' Time for 2500 Years

59 — Vayeishev: On Occupiers' Time for 2500 Years

This week, we ponder creating your own separate traditions before returning to join the Jewish people, visions of angels and holy prosecuting attorneys, and calendars. Plus, some fun bonus stories  o…

00:48:39  |   Thu 10 Dec 2020
58 — Vayishlach: The Prophecy of G-d's Secretary

58 — Vayishlach: The Prophecy of G-d's Secretary

This week, we read a very short books, take some digressions into more interesting stories, and  discuss how power protects itself. Plus, Jaz would be bad at thievery because all they'd take are some…

00:52:34  |   Thu 03 Dec 2020
57 — Vayeitzei: G-d as Domme?

57 — Vayeitzei: G-d as Domme?

This week, we talk about famed prophet and noted bad husband Hosea, learning from our pasts, and if "cow-kisser" is an insult (apparently, yes, but only as a way to tell off rich people). Plus, you g…

00:48:25  |   Thu 26 Nov 2020
56 — Toldot: Respect for Music-Based Celebrity

56 — Toldot: Respect for Music-Based Celebrity

This week, we discuss whether G-d is threatening people or whether a prophet is just a lady or nonbinary person super burdened by being a divine messenger and also super exasperated at their generati…

00:51:20  |   Thu 19 Nov 2020
55 — Chayei Sarah: The Prophet-Wife Tag Team

55 — Chayei Sarah: The Prophet-Wife Tag Team

This week, we have an unfortunately timed conversation and totally coincidental conversation about the feasibility of coups. Plus, Lulav introduces us to Bigger Batsheva, we scoff at (and also honor)…

00:49:16  |   Thu 12 Nov 2020
54 — Vayeira: Old Thou, Younger-Looking You!

54 — Vayeira: Old Thou, Younger-Looking You!

This week, we talk about a cool trans Ishmael who is really good at her archery, an abundance of father figures and bio dads, and some cute gay prophets.  Lulav also attempts — and absolutely whiffs …

00:48:16  |   Thu 05 Nov 2020
53 — Lech Lecha: Don’t Have Heroes

53 — Lech Lecha: Don’t Have Heroes

This week, we talk hammer-based encouragements, raptor husbandry best practices,  and what's worth believing in or not believing in. Spoiler: parasocial relationships are not the way to go.  Also we …

00:40:40  |   Thu 29 Oct 2020
52 — Noach: It's The Captivity, Hazel Grace

52 — Noach: It's The Captivity, Hazel Grace

This week, we spend like half the episode on background info, and in the back half casually try to figure out what love is, what our obligations to each other are, and if G-d can consent to people hu…

00:49:34  |   Thu 22 Oct 2020
51 — Bereishit: In the Beginning, There Were Boyfriends

51 — Bereishit: In the Beginning, There Were Boyfriends

Welcome to season 2! Today we're talking about how this season is going to work, along with the haftarah for Bereishit, I Samuel 20:18-42 (and if you're like, "hey, I have a different haftarah," that…

00:35:20  |   Thu 15 Oct 2020
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X2 — "Judaism" from Rad Child Podcast

This is our season break! We'll be bringing you the beginning of season 2 next week, and in the interim, we have a crossover episode from Rad Child Podcast, which brought Jaz on a guest to talk about…

01:54:07  |   Thu 08 Oct 2020
50 — V'Zot HaBerachah: Snark for Screen Time & Sweet Send-offs

50 — V'Zot HaBerachah: Snark for Screen Time & Sweet Send-offs

This week, we finish up season 1! We argue about the grammar of G-d, expand the scope of what constitutes a name, and compare divine blessings to reality TV. Plus, Binyamin is a baby who likes to cud…

00:53:25  |   Thu 01 Oct 2020
49 — Haazinu: In Which We Have Opinions About Poetry

49 — Haazinu: In Which We Have Opinions About Poetry

This week, we try to define the concept of a parent and the even more confusing concept of a dad, G-d gets reminded about the existence of consequences, and Lulav tells you to drop out of grad school…

00:45:30  |   Thu 24 Sep 2020
48 — High Holy Days: Sweetnesses, Whoopsies, and Huts

48 — High Holy Days: Sweetnesses, Whoopsies, and Huts

This week, for our high holidays special episode, Lulav and Jaz talk about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot. Apologies: how do we feel about them? (Answer: we feel a lot of different ways, actua…

00:56:20  |   Thu 17 Sep 2020
47 — Nitzavim-Vayelech: Tenderqueers and Rude Gays

47 — Nitzavim-Vayelech: Tenderqueers and Rude Gays

This week, we talk about merisms that include everyone in a community, G-d modeling good public health and relationship boundaries, and the inherent holiness taking Torah wildly out of context as our…

00:46:45  |   Thu 10 Sep 2020
46 — Ki Tavo: Curse Mountain

46 — Ki Tavo: Curse Mountain

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This week, we talk about manga Jaz read in middle school, whether it's better or worse to read blessings and curses as gendered, and the possibilities of lesbian sep…

00:48:21  |   Thu 03 Sep 2020
45 — Ki Teitzei: When You Come Out

45 — Ki Teitzei: When You Come Out

This week, we talk about re-interpreting things out of existence, gay years, and how you can just be a girl if you want to. We also talk about why virginity is super fake and also a bad idea, and thu…

00:55:18  |   Thu 27 Aug 2020
44 — Shoftim: We Want

44 — Shoftim: We Want "Justice, Justice," Not "War, War"

This week, we figure out what proper conduct would look like for a king, if we absolutely must settle for a monarch (which, we're def not convinced on, but if we gotta have one, they can't be too foc…

00:51:02  |   Thu 20 Aug 2020
43 — Re'eh: G-d Doesn't Like Your Exes

43 — Re'eh: G-d Doesn't Like Your Exes

This week, we use an extended metaphor about monogamy and knowing G-d, raise some questions about Wicca, and have a good time with rubber ducks. Plus, cool historical info about Karaites and the Talm…

00:58:49  |   Thu 13 Aug 2020
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