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2 Queers 4 Questions


    • Nov 6, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 21m AVG DURATION
    • 63 EPISODES

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    The 2 Queers 4 Questions podcast is a captivating and inspiring exploration of Jewish thought, tradition, and queer experiences. Hosted by Ezra and Agnes, both Jewish queer individuals, the podcast provides a calm and welcoming space for listeners to delve into deep discussions on scripture, Jewish literature, and their own personal journeys. The conversational format allows for a double dose of intelligent and insightful perspectives, making each episode an enriching experience. As a non-Jewish listener, I found myself relating to the spiritual talk and the queer conversation that takes place, making this podcast a truly inclusive platform for all.

    The best aspect of The 2 Queers 4 Questions podcast is undoubtedly the intelligent and insightful discussions that are presented by Ezra and Agnes. Their ability to make connections between seemingly disparate topics such as religious concepts in Orthodox Judaism and their lives as queer/trans women is truly impressive. Each episode is filled with joyous conversations that leave listeners feeling calm and happy. Additionally, the exploration of how Punk and Jewish spiritual practice complement each other adds an interesting dimension to the podcast's content. This unique combination of topics ensures that there is always something new to learn and explore.

    While it may be difficult to find any drawbacks to The 2 Queers 4 Questions podcast, some listeners may find that the focus on Jewish thought and tradition limits its appeal to a specific audience. However, even as a non-Jewish individual, I found myself drawn in by the universal themes of spirituality and queerness that are explored throughout the episodes. It would be great if the hosts could occasionally branch out beyond Judaism to include other spiritual practices or traditions in their discussions, but this does not detract from the overall quality of the podcast.

    In conclusion, The 2 Queers 4 Questions podcast is a beautifully crafted platform for exploring Jewish thought, tradition, queer experiences, and spirituality. With its intelligent discussions, welcoming atmosphere, and unique perspective on the intersection of punk and Jewish spiritual practice, this podcast is a must-listen for anyone interested in deepening their understanding of these topics. Whether you are a fan of Jewish literature, queer narratives, or simply enjoy engaging conversations, The 2 Queers 4 Questions podcast is sure to captivate and inspire you.



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    Latest episodes from 2 Queers 4 Questions

    Ha'azinu, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 13:03


    A dvar Torah on parashat Ha'azinu by Ezra Furman. With dreams, songs, the Sifrei, Moses, Jewish holidays, the Sefat Emet and food.

    Nitzavim-Vayeilech, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 12:46


    A dvar Torah on parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech by Agnes Borinsky. With Ben Lerner, Caedmon, poetry, failure, Moses, today and possibility.

    Ki Tavo, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 13:00


    A dvar Torah on parashat Ki Tavo by Ezra Furman. With completion, storytelling, covenants, arrival and starting over.

    Ki Teitzei, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 11:25


    A dvar Torah on parashat Ki Tetzei by Agnes Borinsky. With vows, seeking, lost animals, Bob Kaufman and silence.

    Shoftim, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 10:58


    A dvar Torah on parashat Shoftim by Ezra Furman. With news, anxiety, authority, Rashi, prophets and trust.

    Re'eh, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 6:29


    A dvar Torah on parashat Re'eh by Agnes Borinsky. With circumference, crossing over, change, altars and Elul.

    Eikev, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 12:14


    A dvar Torah on parashat Eikev by Ezra Furman. With rain, love, the Ronettes, the Shma, Rabbi Chanina and awe.

    Devarim, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 10:39


    A dvar Torah on parashat Devarim by Ezra Furman. With Moses, Rabbi Yosei bar Chanina, murder in Gaza, Isaiah, Tisha B'av and rebuke.

    Matot-Masei, with Agnes & Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 55:00


    A special joint-parsha episode for the week of Matot-Masei: Agnes & Ezra in conversation about this week's double parsha (strangely, the first double parsha of the year this year). Really I think this was just a very difficult and upsetting Torah portion and we were both afraid to do it alone. This is a throwback to the first era of this podcast, when we had rambling conversations about the holidays and asked four questions. And our questions this time around are not even questions. They are just four topics that we were too busy/lazy/excited to turn into questions. They are four rooms in a little bungalow. Join us on an intimate walkthrough: Q1. Cities of asylum? Q2. Horrific war? Q3. Vows? Q4. The end of the book of Bamidbar? Also: this episode has noticeable technical flaws! Editing: weird. Timing: off, due to some delay issue. Sound: pretty low quality, Agnes's audio gets better after a rocky start but it's all pretty low-fi. What are we, professionals? Chazak Chazak, see you in the book of Deuteronomy babes. [Music by Ezra Furman & Sam Durkes in a little practice room in Los Angeles, February 7th, 2017.]

    Pinchas, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 11:41


    A dvar Torah on parashat Pinchas by Agnes Borinsky. With reassurance, Pinchas, murder, tractate Sanhedrin, the Sfat Emet, Rebbe Nachman and heartbreak.

    Balak, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 11:16


    A dvar Torah on parashat Balak by Ezra Furman. With transphobia, language, Balak, Bilam, art gigs, community and blessings.

    Chukat, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 7:13


    A dvar Torah on parashat Chukat by Agnes Borinisky. With water, the lake, death, Miriam, Avivah Zornberg and the unconscious.

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    Korach, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 11:19


    A dvar Torah on parashat Korach by Ezra Furman. With anger, Allen Ginsberg, Korach, Moses, God, Aaron, and liminality.

    Shlach, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 12:42


    A dvar Torah on parashat Shlach by Agnes Borinsky. With parents, children, therapy, God, hearts and eyes.

    Behaalotcha, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 12:39


    A dvar Torah on parashat Behaalotcha by Ezra Furman. With making records, speech, Moses, Cock Sparrer, Dr. Martin Luther King and Pesach Sheini.

    Naso, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 14:02


    A dvar Torah on parashat Naso by Agnes Borinsky. With James Baldwin, vows, betrayal, Rashi, Bob Dylan and Moses.

    Bamidbar, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 13:28


    A dvar Torah on parashat Bamidbar by Ezra Furman. With God, failure, numbers, Rabbi Yehoshua and language.

    Bechukotai, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 13:28


    A dvar Torah on parashat Bechukotai by Agnes Borinsky. With dreaming, New Year's resolutions, heartsickness, restitution, history and waking.

    Behar, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 11:34


    A dvar Torah on parashat Behar by Ezra Furman. With time, repentance, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, the Maharal of Prague, the Omer and the Baal Shem Tov.

    Emor, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 10:19


    A dvar Torah on parashat Emor by Agnes Borinsky. With Shabbat, Robin D.G. Kelley, imagination, priests and bodies.

    Kedoshim, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2024 11:14


    A dvar Torah on parashat Kedoshim by Ezra Furman. With justice, weirdness, holiness, homophobia, Julia Kristeva and strangers.

    Acharei Mot, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 13:19


    A dvar Torah on parashat Acharei Mot by Agnes Borinsky. With Aaron, grief, James Hillman, imitation, blood and gay sex.

    Metzora, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 11:29


    A dvar Torah on parashat Metzora by Ezra Furman. With chronic illness, the inhuman, blood, birds, the Sfat Emet and Passover.

    Tazria, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 8:01


    A dvar Torah on parashat Tazria by Agnes Borinsky. With skin outbreaks, high priests of Los Angeles, Rav Hamnuna, demons and bodies.

    Shmini, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 12:30


    A dvar Torah on parashat Shmini by Ezra Furman. Contains violent and disturbing images. With awakenings, Nadav, Avihu, Aaron Bushnell, Rabbi Yaacov Leiner of Izbica and the burning bush.

    Tzav, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2024 5:12


    A dvar Torah on parashat Tzav by Agnes Borinsky. With fire, forever, the Sandlot, love, dance and matches.

    Vayikra, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 13:01


    A dvar Torah on parashat Vayikra by Ezra Furman. With The Blow, impossible love, Moses, God, Abraham, Agnes and transformation.

    Pekudei, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 14:07


    A dvar Torah on parashat Pekudei by Agnes Borinsky. With GPT-3, Serah bat Asher, language, Simone Weil, and dwelling.

    Vayakhel, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 12:52


    A dvar Torah on parashat Vayakhel by Ezra Furman. With jewelry, shame, Gertrude Stein, Gaza, Moses and sin.

    Ki Tisa, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 11:15


    A dvar Torah on parashat Ki Tisa by Agnes Borinsky.

    Tetzaveh, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 10:47


    A dvar Torah on parashat Tetzaveh by Ezra Furman. With names, siblings, Miriam, Aaron, Moses, garments and Dinah.

    Trumah, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 14:36


    A dvar Torah on parashat Trumah by Agnes Borinsky. With Cecillia Gentili, God, Moses, the exile of speech, Song of Songs and Gaza.

    Mishpatim, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 14:36


    A dvar Torah on parashat Mishpatim by Ezra Furman. With Mt. Sinai, Moses, depression, Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld, slavery, angels, Avgi Saketopoulou and trauma.

    Yitro, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 9:02


    A dvar Torah on parashat Yitro by Agnes Borinsky. With Joe Brainard, memory, Shabbat and the Vilna Gaon.

    Beshalach, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 11:16


    A dvar Torah on parashat Beshalach by Ezra Furman. Contains violent references concerning police murders. With Mario Woods, God, Pharaoh, water, wilderness, Shel Silverstein, Shabbat, Eric Garner and George Floyd.

    Bo, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2024 10:33


    A dvar Torah on parashat Bo by Agnes Borinsky. Featuring darkness, break-ups, Lou Reed, Pharaoh, God, Stephen Levine and light.

    VaEira, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2024 10:27


    A dvar Torah on parashat VaEira by Ezra Furman. Featuring Moses, God, 6th grade sleepovers, transness, coming out, revolution and names.

    Shmot, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2024 12:36


    A dvar Torah on parashat Shmot by Agnes Borinsky. Featuring silence, Carolee Schneeman, God, Moses, Pharaoh, elbows, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and colors.

    Vayechi, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2023 12:39


    A dvar Torah on parashat Vayechi by Ezra Furman. Featuring diaspora, exile, Jacob, B'nai Yisrael and the Sfat Emet.

    Vayigash, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2023 10:13


    A dvar Torah on parashat Vayigash by Agnes Borinsky. Featuring faith, friendship, Joseph, Egypt, Proverbs and the Song of Songs.

    Mikeitz, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 12:03


    A dvar Torah on parashat Mikeitz by Ezra Furman. Featuring Joseph, his brothers, Menashe, Benjamin, queerness, assimilation, trauma and healing.

    Repost - 2Q4Q: Chanukah (recorded 5782 aka 2021)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 62:56


    A blast from the past. Recorded 2 years ago in 5782 (or 2021 for all you assimilationists) as part of our podcast's first iteration, 2 Queers 4 Questions (which, is that still what we're called? I dunno it's blurry and we don't care). We both recently listened and were struck by some of the stuff in here, questions and texts that go very deep to the meanings and possibilities of this holiday. So we wanted to share the conversation once again. Happy Chanukah, honey. Our questions are: 1. Who is the enemy and how do we fight them/it? 2. What ruins is it time for us to rededicate? 3. Which miracle? / Where do we want to look for our miracles? 4. What darkness are we hoping to light? / What do we do with darkness, what do we do with light?

    Vayeshev, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 11:20


    A dvar Torah on parashat Vayeshev by Agnes Borinsky. Featuring Jacob, Tamar, Judah, Christina Sharpe, blood, love and recognition.

    Vayishlach, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 11:17


    A dvar Torah on parashat Vayishlach by Ms. Ezra Furman. Featuring Jacob/Israel, Eisav, a mysterious man, Abraham, and enemies.

    Vayetze, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 11:39


    A dvar Torah on parashat Vayetze by Agnes Borinsky. Featuring Jacob, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariyah, and angels.

    Toldot, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 11:39


    A dvar Torah on parashat Toldot by Ezra Furman. Transness, queerness, disability, parenthood, siblinghood, the physical, the spiritual, family, the winding path.

    Chayye Sarah, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2023 7:05


    A dvar Torah on parashat Chayye Sarah by Agnes Borinsky. Featuring Abraham, Eliezer, Rebecca, Isaac, ee cummings, Judith Butler and camels.

    Parshat Vayera, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 7:18


    A dvar Torah on parashat Vayera by Ezra Furman. Content Warning: contains violent and disturbing imagery. Featuring Abraham, Isaac, Hagar, Ishmael, Sodom & Gomorrah.

    Lech Lecha, with Agnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 8:17


    A dvar Torah on parashat Lech Lecha by Agnes Borinsky.

    Parshat Noach, with Ezra

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 7:22


    Parshat Noach, with Ezra by 2 Queers 4 Questions

    2Q5B Breishit

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 7:40


    Parashat Breishit, by Agnes.

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