“Queer Talmud Nerd.” Those three words on the cover of a welcome pack greeted a couple of dozen folks last week at an offbeat Talmud study workshop in Palo Alto. The phrase is one way to describe the organizer of the workshop, Rabbi Benay Lappe, who uses nontraditional methods to inspire people to re-engage with […]
Michael Kohn
Michael Kohn is a Bay Area-based freelance reporter and has written about Israel for Lonely Planet.