Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
@theradr.bsky.social
Rabbi/award-winning author.
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You know you wanna hear @miriamjayne.bsky.social's new band and their new song about golems and anxiety and what keeps you safe, right?
Yeah you do.
Yeah you do.
Yudi and the 50 Gates
Home page of Yudi and the 50 Gates, a solo artist
50gates.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
You know you wanna hear @miriamjayne.bsky.social's new band and their new song about golems and anxiety and what keeps you safe, right?
Yeah you do.
Yeah you do.
“We're here today to express dismay that Leslie Wexner is avoiding service of a court ordered subpoena for deposition in the case of Richard Strauss," a former campus doctor said to have abused dozens of men.
OSU’s board chair is both the father & law partner of Wexner’s lawyer, Matthew Zeiger.
OSU’s board chair is both the father & law partner of Wexner’s lawyer, Matthew Zeiger.
OSU alumni hold photos of billionaire Les Wexner with Jeffrey Epstein while demanding testimony
“We believe Wexner’s testimony will shed light,” former OSU wrestler Tom Lisy said about the abuse allegations against Dr. Richard Strauss.
www.nbcnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“We're here today to express dismay that Leslie Wexner is avoiding service of a court ordered subpoena for deposition in the case of Richard Strauss," a former campus doctor said to have abused dozens of men.
OSU’s board chair is both the father & law partner of Wexner’s lawyer, Matthew Zeiger.
OSU’s board chair is both the father & law partner of Wexner’s lawyer, Matthew Zeiger.
Any of you Internet Sleuths (tm) 🔎 know how to figure out the origin of the meme phrase
"sad that we need a dead man's emails to believe the testimony of 1,000 living women." ?
(I might use a stronger word than, 'sad', personally, but...)
"sad that we need a dead man's emails to believe the testimony of 1,000 living women." ?
(I might use a stronger word than, 'sad', personally, but...)
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Any of you Internet Sleuths (tm) 🔎 know how to figure out the origin of the meme phrase
"sad that we need a dead man's emails to believe the testimony of 1,000 living women." ?
(I might use a stronger word than, 'sad', personally, but...)
"sad that we need a dead man's emails to believe the testimony of 1,000 living women." ?
(I might use a stronger word than, 'sad', personally, but...)
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
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December 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Life is a Sacred Text
Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Fuel for the heart, soul and noggin during some of the greatest moral threats of our lifetimes.
(and here's the 20% off subscriptions for you link, because you deserve the goodies from the room full of treasures and wisdom, too. These times are HARD.)
(and here's the 20% off subscriptions for you link, because you deserve the goodies from the room full of treasures and wisdom, too. These times are HARD.)
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
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December 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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That's a year of weekly deep dives, monthly Zoom Salons, access to 4 1/2 years of archives, and a bunch of other things.
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It's been a *hard* year.
I'm guessing that most of the people in your life don't need another scarf?
Could be that they (and you, too, maybe?) could use some liberatory nourishment and fortification for this next chapter, though?
1/x
I'm guessing that most of the people in your life don't need another scarf?
Could be that they (and you, too, maybe?) could use some liberatory nourishment and fortification for this next chapter, though?
1/x
December 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It's been a *hard* year.
I'm guessing that most of the people in your life don't need another scarf?
Could be that they (and you, too, maybe?) could use some liberatory nourishment and fortification for this next chapter, though?
1/x
I'm guessing that most of the people in your life don't need another scarf?
Could be that they (and you, too, maybe?) could use some liberatory nourishment and fortification for this next chapter, though?
1/x
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
As the @theradr.bsky.social tells us time and again, there can be no true repentance without accountability and learning from your past mistakes and working to not make them again and well THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT THAT
LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
As the @theradr.bsky.social tells us time and again, there can be no true repentance without accountability and learning from your past mistakes and working to not make them again and well THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT THAT
Human lives have value, and it’s urgent that we do everything that we can to preserve them
even if they don’t contribute to capitalism.
I would say: I can’t believe we’ve forgotten this basic concept, but I wonder if we, as a society, broadly understood– that is to say power – ever understood it.
even if they don’t contribute to capitalism.
I would say: I can’t believe we’ve forgotten this basic concept, but I wonder if we, as a society, broadly understood– that is to say power – ever understood it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Human lives have value, and it’s urgent that we do everything that we can to preserve them
even if they don’t contribute to capitalism.
I would say: I can’t believe we’ve forgotten this basic concept, but I wonder if we, as a society, broadly understood– that is to say power – ever understood it.
even if they don’t contribute to capitalism.
I would say: I can’t believe we’ve forgotten this basic concept, but I wonder if we, as a society, broadly understood– that is to say power – ever understood it.
Honored !!!
And
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Was literally just typing a mortifyingly sycophantic post about how good an essayist you are but look what happened when I started typing your name?! No I don't mean that!!!
December 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Honored !!!
And
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December 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
House of Study folks meet monthly—
(in addition to getting weekly nourishment, Ask The RabbiS sessions, access to 4 1/2 years of archives and more)
and subscriptions are 20% off through December only!
For you (at this link)—
Or to buy a gift subscription (at the link in the next skeet!)
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and subscriptions are 20% off through December only!
For you (at this link)—
Or to buy a gift subscription (at the link in the next skeet!)
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
These posts are great. My son and I had a very wide ranging discussion about the origin of monotheism amd its impact on human culture jsut a few days ago. These articles enrich such discussions a lot!
If you do a close read not only of the Bible but the archeology,
it starts to look like the Israelites, & all but a couple of Judean kings, worshipped a goddess for pretty much the whole First Temple era.
The implications of this are... far ranging--
& her name might not be what we've believed.
it starts to look like the Israelites, & all but a couple of Judean kings, worshipped a goddess for pretty much the whole First Temple era.
The implications of this are... far ranging--
& her name might not be what we've believed.
Israelite Goddess Mystery Quest
smashing pillars / tracing echoes
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
These posts are great. My son and I had a very wide ranging discussion about the origin of monotheism amd its impact on human culture jsut a few days ago. These articles enrich such discussions a lot!
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
I haven't stopped thinking about this essay since I read it.
To choose life, not just for ourselves but for everyone and a bountiful one for all.
To choose life, not just for ourselves but for everyone and a bountiful one for all.
The work of bringing a more whole world into being is us, friends.
If there's anything else that might happen, great, but in the meantime: we have our marching orders to fight for love, care, justice, compassion, life.
Not complicated.
If there's anything else that might happen, great, but in the meantime: we have our marching orders to fight for love, care, justice, compassion, life.
Not complicated.
Our Side Of The Deal
the tl;dr of covenant, and everything since Creation: Choose Life
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I haven't stopped thinking about this essay since I read it.
To choose life, not just for ourselves but for everyone and a bountiful one for all.
To choose life, not just for ourselves but for everyone and a bountiful one for all.
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
It's also about an insane echelon of elite media that is totally indifferent to the basic facts of the people they lift up. She got a vasoline-lensed feature profile in the NYT weeks ago!
December 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It's also about an insane echelon of elite media that is totally indifferent to the basic facts of the people they lift up. She got a vasoline-lensed feature profile in the NYT weeks ago!
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
THIS.
THIS, THIS, THIS, THISSY THIS.
Ultimately, the story here isn't Olivia Nuzzi, but the incredibly insular and dysfunctional Beltway Media cult that shapes so much of our political coverage.
THIS, THIS, THIS, THISSY THIS.
Ultimately, the story here isn't Olivia Nuzzi, but the incredibly insular and dysfunctional Beltway Media cult that shapes so much of our political coverage.
If you go look at her twitter, nuzzi was (is??) supported by A LOT in the DC press corps
We need to have serious conversations about 1/ nuzzi was never, ever a “genius” or “unusually talented writer”, 2/ the DC press corps is highly problematic
We need to have serious conversations about 1/ nuzzi was never, ever a “genius” or “unusually talented writer”, 2/ the DC press corps is highly problematic
December 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
THIS.
THIS, THIS, THIS, THISSY THIS.
Ultimately, the story here isn't Olivia Nuzzi, but the incredibly insular and dysfunctional Beltway Media cult that shapes so much of our political coverage.
THIS, THIS, THIS, THISSY THIS.
Ultimately, the story here isn't Olivia Nuzzi, but the incredibly insular and dysfunctional Beltway Media cult that shapes so much of our political coverage.
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Well met Mr. Bread, it's been a pleasure to meet you. What a wild ride, you even got me digging in basement boxes. Not many people can inspire that 🤓😇. I hope we can both find copies.
I'm not sure if this is your wheelhouse, but this was really interesting imo. She's an amazing follow too
I'm not sure if this is your wheelhouse, but this was really interesting imo. She's an amazing follow too
If you do a close read not only of the Bible but the archeology,
it starts to look like the Israelites, & all but a couple of Judean kings, worshipped a goddess for pretty much the whole First Temple era.
The implications of this are... far ranging--
& her name might not be what we've believed.
it starts to look like the Israelites, & all but a couple of Judean kings, worshipped a goddess for pretty much the whole First Temple era.
The implications of this are... far ranging--
& her name might not be what we've believed.
Israelite Goddess Mystery Quest
smashing pillars / tracing echoes
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Well met Mr. Bread, it's been a pleasure to meet you. What a wild ride, you even got me digging in basement boxes. Not many people can inspire that 🤓😇. I hope we can both find copies.
I'm not sure if this is your wheelhouse, but this was really interesting imo. She's an amazing follow too
I'm not sure if this is your wheelhouse, but this was really interesting imo. She's an amazing follow too
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Jewish problems
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December 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Jewish problems
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
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I am not a musical theater person and though I read the book a while ago I have been a bit irritated at all the hype around this all this while
but THIS read on the movie and story and how it fits into now, from @chasestrangio.bsky.social and @imarajones.bsky.social is worth everyone's time:
but THIS read on the movie and story and how it fits into now, from @chasestrangio.bsky.social and @imarajones.bsky.social is worth everyone's time:
You Think You’re Elphaba, But a Lot of You Are Glindas
A conversation from the podcast Vibe Check on impending fascism and queer allegory in Wicked.
www.them.us
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I am not a musical theater person and though I read the book a while ago I have been a bit irritated at all the hype around this all this while
but THIS read on the movie and story and how it fits into now, from @chasestrangio.bsky.social and @imarajones.bsky.social is worth everyone's time:
but THIS read on the movie and story and how it fits into now, from @chasestrangio.bsky.social and @imarajones.bsky.social is worth everyone's time:
There’s an old story of a Russian Jew who was paid a ruble a month by the community council to stand at the outskirts of town so that he could be the first to greet the Messiah upon their arrival. When a friend said to him, "But the pay is so low," the man replied: "True, but the job is permanent."
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
There’s an old story of a Russian Jew who was paid a ruble a month by the community council to stand at the outskirts of town so that he could be the first to greet the Messiah upon their arrival. When a friend said to him, "But the pay is so low," the man replied: "True, but the job is permanent."
Reagan Fucked Everything Up: The visual:
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
December 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Reagan Fucked Everything Up: The visual:
Reposted by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
This print by contemporary Black artist Fred Wilson combines a 16th c engraving of the biblical Queen Esther (who saved the Persian Jews) & a photo of Harriet Tubman, who obvs brought many enslaved Black Americans to freedom, then was a scout/spy in the Civil War & an activist for women's suffrage.
December 5, 2025 at 5:36 AM
This print by contemporary Black artist Fred Wilson combines a 16th c engraving of the biblical Queen Esther (who saved the Persian Jews) & a photo of Harriet Tubman, who obvs brought many enslaved Black Americans to freedom, then was a scout/spy in the Civil War & an activist for women's suffrage.