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Porn Lady Reads the Shulchan Aruch (NSFW)
The Shulchan Aruch is a massive anthology of Jewish law (aka halacha) compiled in 1565 in Venice by Rabbi Joseph Karo that is still considered authoritative by many Jewish sects. It is also a prop in this porn clip for some reason.
Perhaps the volume was sitting around whatever house this was filmed in and the producers thought it would make a clever intro to the sexytimes. But the actors’ ad-libs raise more questions that they should. Such as:
- Is Liv Aguilera’s character pretending to read Hebrew or did her in-laws really teach it to her as she claims? She does know when it’s upside-down!
- Who are her in-laws?
- Are they her husband’s family?
- Did she convert to marry him?
- If she’s married, why is she having sex with this random dude whose relationship to her is never explained? Is she in an open relationship?
- Which volume of the Shulchan Aruch is she reading?
- Does she have a chavruta (study partner)? Does she want one?
I don’t have the answers to these questions. But I do have the very NSFW video, linked below the fold.
No Wives, Only Slaves: Crosspost With SAB
This is a guest post I wrote for Skeptic’s Annotated Bible. Read the full post here.
OMGWTFBIBLE is a new translation of the entire Hebrew Bible as a comedy. But that doesn’t mean I don’t take my translation very seriously. Beyond all the jokes, in retranslating Genesis, I’ve discovered two trends that reveal the approach to women and property taken in the culture surrounding the text that are not apparent in existing translations.
One of the earliest decisions I made when writing the OMGWTFBIBLE was to maintain an almost megalomaniacal consistency. If a word was translated a particular way, I stuck with that translating, regardless of context or traditional approaches. This led to some striking discoveries in Genesis, particularly regarding the words usually translated as “wife” and “servant.” I discovered that, depending on how the book is translated, nobody gets married in Genesis. And everyone owns slaves. And it’s not a coincidence those two words are so controversial.
Read the rest here.
11 Days Left!
There are just 11 days left to donate to OMGWTFBIBLE’s IndieGogo campaign! Head here now to help me keep this show going. Every donor from now until the end of the campaign will be automatically entered into a drawing for a $200 gift certificate to Fluent City!
Exodus Live Premiere
EXODUS IS COMING
I am kicking off Exodus on August 25th with Special Guest Mordechai Levovitz of Jewish Queer Youth. It’s going to be spectacular! And a little longer than usual! Check out the Facebook event here!
OMGWTFBIBLE Live / Mordechai Levovitz
Beauty Bar
231 E. 14th Street
August 25th; 8:00 PM
FREE!
21+
FREE FOOD
OMGWTFBIBLE is Going to England!
I’m very excited to announce that I’m going to be doing a live episode of OMGWTFBIBLE from Warwick, England at this year’s Limmud Conference sometime between December 28, 2014 to January 1, 2015. Limmud is an international organization dedicated to fostering new approaches to Judaism and I am honored to be among their presenters.
There are still a ton of details to work out, including the actual date of the show and the guest, but I can’t wait to bring OMGWTFBIBLE to the other side of the Atlantic.
Oh, and I kinda sorta need your help to pay for my airfare. So please donate at the Indiegogo!
UPDATE: I don’t need your help getting to Limmud because they are a very generous organization and are paying for my transportation! Oops! I don’t know how I got that wrong! Sorry for the confusion, everyone!
Still, if you’re going to Limmud UK, please come to see me live! It’s going to be very cool!
Sponsor An Episode!
There’s a new perk up at the OMGWTFBIBLE Indiegogo! Now, if you donate $250 or more, you can be the official sponsor for an entire Exodus episode! That means you get a mug, a T-shirt, and you get an episode dedicated to you. Your name will be plastered all over it, you’ll get to chat with me for 30 minutes over Skype (or phone) beforehand, and you’ll get the official script used on stage. But hurry! There are only 11 of this perk available!
Shalom, OMGWTFBIBLE!
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there’s a lot of crazy sex stuff in Genesis. I recently spoke with Andria Kaplan of Shalom Life for her #LoveJewce column about the weirdest, most provocative stuff. It’s all in the article there, so please check it out! For my part, I had this to say about rewriting the Bible:
“As Jews, our tradition of weekly Torah reading makes us all a part of the world’s longest-running book club,” Tuchman tells me in an exclusive interview. “I believe that reading it together and sharing our experience of the text and how it relates to our lives is central to our faith and can bring us closer together. With OMGWTFBIBLE, I’m hoping that I’m making that a little bit more fun.”
A least a little.
Episode 22
Behold! The extra-long Genesis Finale Episode 22 of OMGWTFBIBLE with a whole pile of guests is now available!
This episode was recorded at Beauty Bar in New York City.
There are so many ways to listen to Episode 22!
You can listen using the SoundCloud thingie above or by downloading here. Explore our SoundCloud and listen to past episodes here.
You can also: subscribe in iTunes, subscribe via RSS, or listen via Stitcher!
Help Me Translate the Bible
First of all, the finale is up at Jewcy here. A bigger post, and an episode page will show up on this site tomorrow, around the time you’ll be able to download episode 22 in iTunes.
Second of all, I’ve launched an Indiegogo campaign to help ensure this podcast keeps going and gets better and better. Please, watch the video above and head on over here to contribute. Every little bit helps!
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