Emerging Torah as Rabbi Nachshon emerges
Discerning Light from the closet formerly known as Rabbi Nadia
A year ago, I was still stuck in my conversionary/colonial closet of gendered violence and oppression, trying to discern how to even want to live. Indeed, most of us who have been forced into a gender closet of transphobia have experienced severe trauma, leading to severe suffering... and it has taken my healing to be … Continue reading Exiting our conversionary closets: Speaking our Truth/Torah
I am honored and grateful for to have been invited to speak at Kolot Mayim Reform Temple's Building Bridges virtual speaker series on the theme of L'dor V'dor: From Generation to Generation. I hope you will join me on Sunday, March 3rd at 3PM Atlantic (3:30 PM NFLD/2PM Eastern/11 AM Pacific Time), on "Our Evolving Understanding of G!d and Gender". I look forward … Continue reading Our Evolving Understanding of G!d and Gender: Reflections on the healing power of Joy
This past Shabbat, Jews around the world began studying the biblical book of Exodus, by immersing ourselves in the Torah Portion (assigned biblical reading) of the week. The first section is called: Shemot, which literally means "names" and corresponds to the beginning of the story of Exodus, as the Children of Israel awaken to their … Continue reading A Blueprint for Healing: The Holiness of the Words we use and the Liberating/Decolonizing Questions we ask
Dear Dr. Babar, I want to thank you for your courage. Your courage inspires mine, and your speaking out inspires me to speak out. You and so many others of your Muslim brothers and sisters have courageously spoken out against members of your family who have highjacked your religion in the name of hate and … Continue reading Love Letter to my Muslim “Brother from Another Mother”
This blog is my answer to everyone who does not understand how I could possibly love Israel and support decolonization at the same time. It is also a crash course on decolonization for people who have mistakenly believed the colonial lie that one person's problems do not affect others, or who think that colonization is … Continue reading Hatikvah (my hope): Decolonizing our Prayers for the Middle East
This blog begins with an apology to those who subscribe and got emails with earlier versions that did not say what I meant to say. Apologies for yet another repeat- this is yet another updated version of an unfinished Torah that keeps continuing to evolve as I keep discarding old understandings that I slowly understand … Continue reading Lessons from my closet for the Days of Awe
Emerging Torah as Rabbi Nachshon emerges 