For Times Such As These by Rabbi Ariana Katz and Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg

Avid Bookshop invites the public to an book event with Rabbi Ariana Katz and Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg featuring For Times Such As These: A Radical’s Guide to the Jewish Year on Tuesday May 28 from 7pm to 8pm at Avid Bookshop. Masks are required for this in-store event.

For accessibility requests contact [email protected]. Please submit your request at least two weeks before the event.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

This contemporary companion to the Jewish year cycle is not only a bellwether for radical Jews who want their lives and practice to be rooted in their political commitments but also an educational resource in Jewish tradition holidays and ritual. With a chapter for each month of the Hebrew calendar For Times Such as These offers spiritual practices and holiday rituals rooted in movements for racial justice decolonization feminism and queer and trans liberation. Each chapter opens with an invocation by liturgist and healer Dori Midnight and illuminated by artist Sol Weiss. Highlighting each month’s spiritual and cultural qualities Rabbi Ariana Katz and Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg summarize and provide commentary on Torah readings; examine the texts histories and contemporary customs of Jewish holidays; and offer questions to reflect on and engage spiritually with the month. This work provides a guide for creative action and ritual-making throughout the seasons an exploration of anti-Zionist Judaism and a spiritual-cultural invitation to embody and expand decolonial anti-racist queer and feminist Jewish practice.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Rabbi Ariana Katz is the founding rabbi of Hinenu: The Baltimore Justice Shtiebl a warm and joyful congregation in Baltimore Maryland. She is a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.

Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg is an organizer educator and writer based in South Minneapolis. She is a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and core organizer of the Radical Jewish Calendar project.

Host or Publisher rachel watkins