Deborah Achtenberg
@achten.bsky.social
Philosopher and amateur gardener, photographer and derbouka player
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These High Holiday prayers for God's mercy and forgiveness seem even more poignant than ever this year.
I learned wonderful new tunes for them at an online workshop offered by the Egalitarian Sephardi Mizrahi Kehilla in NYC. Check out their High Holiday services. www.instagram.com/egalsmkehill...
I learned wonderful new tunes for them at an online workshop offered by the Egalitarian Sephardi Mizrahi Kehilla in NYC. Check out their High Holiday services. www.instagram.com/egalsmkehill...
September 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
These High Holiday prayers for God's mercy and forgiveness seem even more poignant than ever this year.
I learned wonderful new tunes for them at an online workshop offered by the Egalitarian Sephardi Mizrahi Kehilla in NYC. Check out their High Holiday services. www.instagram.com/egalsmkehill...
I learned wonderful new tunes for them at an online workshop offered by the Egalitarian Sephardi Mizrahi Kehilla in NYC. Check out their High Holiday services. www.instagram.com/egalsmkehill...
1200 Israeli academics--the Black Flag group--call for the war in Gaza to end. "For the sake of the lives of innocents & the safety of all the people of this land, Palestinians and Jews; ...if we do not call to halt the war immediately, history will not forgive us." www.academia.edu/129552518/An...
June 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
1200 Israeli academics--the Black Flag group--call for the war in Gaza to end. "For the sake of the lives of innocents & the safety of all the people of this land, Palestinians and Jews; ...if we do not call to halt the war immediately, history will not forgive us." www.academia.edu/129552518/An...
If you're in NYC . . .
February 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If you're in NYC . . .
This week's find, from The Life of Moses by David Wander (the image on the left portrays the Israelites drinking water laced with ground gold from the golden calf)
January 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This week's find, from The Life of Moses by David Wander (the image on the left portrays the Israelites drinking water laced with ground gold from the golden calf)
This week's find, Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law by Marc Chagall
January 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This week's find, Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law by Marc Chagall
Here's hoping we can keep an inner light going as we meet the dark storms coming.
January 2, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Here's hoping we can keep an inner light going as we meet the dark storms coming.
Tonight is for light over all living beings, the trees, the rams, the camels, and all the rest. May we all live in peace.
December 31, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Tonight is for light over all living beings, the trees, the rams, the camels, and all the rest. May we all live in peace.
Hanukkah sameach! Here's hoping the light of the menorahs will bring sparks of light and peace to the whole world.
December 26, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Hanukkah sameach! Here's hoping the light of the menorahs will bring sparks of light and peace to the whole world.
This week's find, The Golden Calf by Ora Lerman
December 21, 2024 at 1:11 AM
This week's find, The Golden Calf by Ora Lerman
Dinner (again)!
December 20, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Dinner (again)!
Yes. We have to remember and embody our love for one another and for nature and the planet at the same time as we fight like hell against the fascism to come.
December 17, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Yes. We have to remember and embody our love for one another and for nature and the planet at the same time as we fight like hell against the fascism to come.
Re-posting my long-form starter pack of some excellent Western U.S. researchers of the far right.
December 12, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Re-posting my long-form starter pack of some excellent Western U.S. researchers of the far right.
This week's find, The Mishkan (Korbanot) by Joel Silverstein
December 12, 2024 at 8:12 AM
This week's find, The Mishkan (Korbanot) by Joel Silverstein
This week's find, Ki Tissa by Gerard Darmon (“The people of Israel rebelled against the divine commandments, made an idol--a golden calf--and indulged in revelry at the foot of Mt. Sinai.”)
December 2, 2024 at 9:17 PM
This week's find, Ki Tissa by Gerard Darmon (“The people of Israel rebelled against the divine commandments, made an idol--a golden calf--and indulged in revelry at the foot of Mt. Sinai.”)
This week's find, Bezalel Made Two Cherubim
November 23, 2024 at 1:28 AM
This week's find, Bezalel Made Two Cherubim
Here's the first page of the church's voter guide as reported by Johnson. /2
November 22, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Here's the first page of the church's voter guide as reported by Johnson. /2
For antifascist and dual power ideas, you can't beat the extensive news and long-form ideas posting from Its Going Down @igd.bsky.social. Their stream is very informative. /8
November 21, 2024 at 7:40 PM
For antifascist and dual power ideas, you can't beat the extensive news and long-form ideas posting from Its Going Down @igd.bsky.social. Their stream is very informative. /8
I'll be posting a contemporary Jewish artist's illustration of a Torah passage every week. I do this for my Reno rabbis' Torah Study. We study Torah, line by line. We started with Bereshit (Genesis) 1:1 four-plus years ago. Below is Golden Calf by Croatian Jewish artist, Melita Kraus. 💛🪬💛
November 18, 2024 at 2:05 AM
I'll be posting a contemporary Jewish artist's illustration of a Torah passage every week. I do this for my Reno rabbis' Torah Study. We study Torah, line by line. We started with Bereshit (Genesis) 1:1 four-plus years ago. Below is Golden Calf by Croatian Jewish artist, Melita Kraus. 💛🪬💛
I personally can recommend their weekly zoom Mincha service for purposes of Jewish left fellowship and grieving the losses of our current situation. /end
November 17, 2024 at 9:01 PM
I personally can recommend their weekly zoom Mincha service for purposes of Jewish left fellowship and grieving the losses of our current situation. /end
OK, I'm off Twitter. I learned a lot there. During quarantine, I discovered important Covid experts. During the Israel-Gaza war, I have found sites that allowed me to grasp events. Now, I've disconnected. It's time--time to find a new way in a new period. Solidarity, everyone. And, hello!
November 14, 2024 at 4:56 AM
OK, I'm off Twitter. I learned a lot there. During quarantine, I discovered important Covid experts. During the Israel-Gaza war, I have found sites that allowed me to grasp events. Now, I've disconnected. It's time--time to find a new way in a new period. Solidarity, everyone. And, hello!
We're getting a crash course in the idea that, in authoritarianism and fascism, loyalty is valued more highly than competence.
November 13, 2024 at 6:54 AM
We're getting a crash course in the idea that, in authoritarianism and fascism, loyalty is valued more highly than competence.
This Jewish-Arab solidarity group in Israel is growing rapidly. DM me for local US info or contacts.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
January 9, 2024 at 7:26 AM
This Jewish-Arab solidarity group in Israel is growing rapidly. DM me for local US info or contacts.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...