JewQueeries

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A Trans Jewish podcast exploring the intersections of queerness and Judaism run by friends Charlie E. Skilling and Jaime McConachie. Using close reading practices and Mussar ideology, JewQueeries integrates our queerness into our spiritual lives. How do we practice justice in an unjust world? How do we navigate thousands of years old traditions as our entire trans selves, and what new ones do we create? These questions and more ahead!

Charlie Skilling and Jaime McConachie

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    • Oct 24, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 37m AVG DURATION
    • 7 EPISODES


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    Episode 6: Disability Justice in my Judaism? It's more likely than you'd think

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 56:33


    How do we practice Judaism from disabled bodies? In this episode Charlie and Jaime study disability justice texts from Leah Lakshmi, Mia Mingus, and Rabbi Elliot Kukla to explore the ways we show up in our spiritual and relational lives. Both hosts grapple with recent diagnoses, and share their processes of grief and rediscovery of lives centering disability.Sources in this episode include:Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice (2018)Mia Mingus, "Access Intimacy: The Missing Link" (2011)Rabbi Elliot Kukla, "The Holiness of Being Broken: Trauma and Disability Justice" (2022)Cover art by Noa SkyeMusic by PixabaySupport the showTell us what you think on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jewqueeries/Love the show? Support us at: https://ko-fi.com/jewqueeries

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    Episode 5: Ancestors and Artifacts

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2023 41:56


    How do we create our family history? What objects do we consider meaningful both to our Jewish identities and our queer identities? In this episode we dive into family stories and discuss what makes a meaningful historical artifact. Sources in this episode include:Martin F. Manalansan IV, "The Stuff of Archives: Mess, Migration and Queer Lives" (2014)Gordon Hall, "Reading Things" (2016)Kendra Saperstein, "The Time-Traveling Talmud" (2023)Cover art by Noa SkyeMusic by PixabaySupport the showTell us what you think on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jewqueeries/Love the show? Support us at: https://ko-fi.com/jewqueeries

    Episode 4: Stories of Chevruta (Partnership) and Intimacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 45:37


    What does it look like to build partnership through religious study and spirituality? How do we think about different kinds of attractions and intimacies? What does being aroace have to do with all of this? We turn to stories from the Talmud and the split-attraction model to learn more.Cover art by Noa SkyeMusic by PixabaySupport the showTell us what you think on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jewqueeries/Love the show? Support us at: https://ko-fi.com/jewqueeries

    Mini-Episode: Humility of a Worm

    Play Episode Play 21 sec Highlight Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 5:13


    Jaime and Charlie talk about the world's most humble animal, the worm. Stay tuned for more!Cover art by Noa SkyeMusic by Purple PlanetSupport the showTell us what you think on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jewqueeries/Love the show? Support us at: https://ko-fi.com/jewqueeries

    Episode 3: Humility in Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2023 37:42


    How do we show up for ourselves and our communities? How do we balance taking space and giving to others? What can queer Jewish community look like? We turn to the voices of Mussar scholars and revered Black feminist bell hooks to learn more.Cover art by Noa SkyeMusic by Purple PlanetSupport the showTell us what you think on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jewqueeries/Love the show? Support us at: https://ko-fi.com/jewqueeries

    Episode 2: What the heck is Tzedek?

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Aug 4, 2023 43:07


    In this episode, Jaime and Charlie take on the Musar ethic of Tzedek, or Justice. What does it mean to move from thinking of justice to practicing it? How do we 'do' queer Judaism? Interpret some Torah, some queer theory, and more!Cover art by Noa SkyeMusic by Purple PlanetSupport the showTell us what you think on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jewqueeries/Love the show? Support us at: https://ko-fi.com/jewqueeries

    Episode 1: Welcome to the Treehouse

    Play Episode Play 18 sec Highlight Listen Later Jul 31, 2023 33:23


     Welcome to JewQueeries, where we've got questions! Join Charlie and Jaime on their exploration of intersections of faith and queerness. In this special introductory episode, Charlie and Jaime talk about the cornerstone queries, themselves, and what they're most excited for in the episodes to come! Cover art by Noa SkyeMusic by Purple PlanetSupport the showTell us what you think on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jewqueeries/Love the show? Support us at: https://ko-fi.com/jewqueeries

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