Diana Lipton, at The Blogs

Oct 4, 2023, 7:33 PM

Watching your mouth — in the parasha and at the protests

This is my 39th consecutive post connecting the parasha and Israel’s pro-democracy protests. To be notified by e-mail of future posts, write via ‘contact me’ (above right). In Israel and some Diaspora communities, this Shabbat is Shemini Atzeret and Simchat...

Sep 28, 2023, 9:46 PM

Sukkot in public — in the parasha and at the protests (38)

This is my 38th consecutive post connecting the parasha and Israel’s pro-democracy protests. If you'd like e-mail notifications of future posts, write via ‘contact me’ (above right). This first of this week’s two parshiot for the festival of Sukkot (Leviticus...

Sep 21, 2023, 11:53 PM

Who’s listening? In the parasha and at the protests (37)

This is my 37th consecutive post connecting the parasha and Israel’s pro-democracy protests. To receive e-mail notifications for future posts, write via ‘contact me’ on my banner (above right). We’re near the end of the book of Deuteronomy. Moses knows...

Sep 13, 2023, 12:43 PM

Blended families in the parasha and at the protests (36)

This is my 36th consecutive post connecting the parasha and Israel’s pro-democracy protests. To receive e-mail notifications for future posts, write to me using the contact form on my banner (above right). The two main readings from the Torah for...

Sep 10, 2023, 5:47 AM

Simanim for protesters & selichot for all

The Rosh HaShana evening meal traditionally begins with a set of symbolic foods, each of which is a siman, a sign. The first and best-known of these, apples and honey, is based on qualities of the food – goodness...

Sep 7, 2023, 12:48 AM

All of you — in the parasha and at the protests (35)

Jerusalem pro-democracy demonstration, 2 September. Photo credit: Diana Lipton

This is my 35th consecutive post connecting the parasha and Israel’s pro-democracy protests. To receive e-mail notifications for future posts, write to me using the contact form on my banner (above right). If you don’t have time or energy...

Aug 31, 2023, 1:29 AM

God’s eye view – in the parasha and at the protests (34)

This is my 34th consecutive post connecting the parasha and Israel’s pro-democracy protests. To receive e-mail notifications for future posts, write to me using the contact form on my banner (above right). This week’s parasha, Ki Tavo, includes a striking...

Aug 25, 2023, 7:17 AM

The kindness of strangers – in the parasha and at the protests (33)

This is my 33rd consecutive post connecting the parasha and Israel’s pro-democracy protests. To receive e-mail notifications for future posts, write to me using the contact form on my banner (above right). This week’s parasha, Ki Tetztei, specifies two nations,...

Aug 16, 2023, 12:01 PM

Judges and Justices — in the parasha and at the protests (32)

This is my 32nd consecutive post connecting the parasha and Israel’s pro-democracy protests. To receive e-mail notifications for future posts, write to me using the contact form above on my banner. Since I started my weekly parasha/protest posts back in...

Aug 10, 2023, 12:43 PM

Cognitive dissonance – in the parasha and at the protests (31)

This is my 31st consecutive post linking the parasha to Israel’s pro-democracy protests. Parashat Re’eh includes an extraordinary assurance: There shall be no poor among you, because the Lord your God will bless you in the land that the Lord...

About Me

Before I moved to Israel in 2011, I was a Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge (1997-2006), and a Reader in Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies at King's College London (2007-2011). In Israel, I've taught Bible at Hebrew University's International School and, currently, in the Department of Biblical Studies at Tel Aviv University, where I am a Teaching Fellow and chair the Academic Steering Committee of the Orit Guardians MA program for Ethiopian Jews. I give a weekly parsha shiur at Beit Moses home for the elderly in Jerusalem. I serve on the Boards of Jerusalem Culture Unlimited (JCU) and Hassadna Jerusalem Music Conservatory, and I'm a judge for the Sami Rohr Prize. I'm the very proud mother of Jacob and Jonah, and I live in Jerusalem with my husband Chaim Milikowsky. My last book was 'From Forbidden Fruit to Milk and Honey: A Commentary on Food in the Torah'; proceeds go to Leket, Israel's national food bank. The working title of my next book, co-authored with Micha Price, is 'A Biblical Guide to the Climate Crisis'.

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