Dear Düsseldorf Egalitarian Minyan:
It moved me more than I can say to have seen your response when I came to visit in January. I have not looked forward to working with a Jewish community this much in a long time. Simply . . . thank you.
Eure Reaktion auf meinen Besuch im Januar hat mich sehr bewegt. Ich habe mich schon lange nicht mehr so gefreut, mit einer jüdischen Gemeinde zusammenzuarbeiten. Einfach ... danke.
Please find below, as promised, my contact information and links to my various activities and of course my books. I look forward to seeing you all again in March!
Wie versprochen gibt es hier meine Kontaktdaten und Links zu meinen verschiedenen Aktivitäten und natürlich zu meinen Büchern. Ich freue mich auf ein Wiedersehen im März!
ADULT EDUCATION and BEIT VIRTUALI
For those of you that just cannot get enough of Shiurim or online Jewish content, in 2021 I started an online project called “Beit Virtuali” that includes public videos on my YouTube Channel, and a Patreon-membership-based online Beit Midrash. At the bottom of this page is a partial list of the classes that have been taught via zoom since fall of 2021. All members chevar/a level and above have access to 2-3x a month classes (English language only, currently, although if enough primarily German speakers join, I will change this). Members at all levels have access to the online archive, now at more than 100 hours of past classes!
And Contact Info:
Beitvirtuali@gmail.com
PARTIAL list of archived classed: Netzitzot (Sacred Sparks of the Divine), Messianism in Judaism (3 classes), Thou Shalt Not Lie(?), Dream and Nightmare Interpretation, Xtheism (What do we believe?), Maslow and Spirituality, Values, Morals, and Ethics, God’s Best One-Liners, Reincarnation in Judaism, Numerology and Typology, Angels in the High Holy Days, The Surprising Story of Azazel, Teshuva-not at all what we think it is!, Speaking with the Dead (4 classes), What, Who, and Why were the Prophets? (3 Classes), Practical Kabbalah (4 classes)
Books books books!
For those wishing to fully embrace Judaism, both its ritual and narrative, while staying grounded in rationality and the late modern, this is the series for you! Volume One of Gateways Into Judaism, JEWISH NARRATIVE AND ORIGINS, is NOT an intro to Judaism. Rather, it is an exploration of the creativity, politics, and polemic that went into creating the sacred texts for a group that still exists against all odds.
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Die deutsche Ausgabe wird später im Jahr 2024 erscheinen.
For those wishing to experience a little Schadenfreude with the darker side of Jewish communities in Germany, my first novel (published in 2017) was an exploration of a fictional community where it all goes wrong, from questionable leadership to fist fights in services to Russian Mafia takeovers of synagogues, WOMEN, CONVERTS, AND AZERBAIJANIS takes a sometimes humorous, sometimes painful look at the unspeakable realities that can often accompany renaissance. (Written under my Fiction pseudonym, P. A. Moses)
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