Geoffrey SternGeoffrey Stern
Founder at Madlik
Westport, Connecticut USA•Torah Vodaas, Mesivta of Long Beach, Yeshivat Beer Yaakov, Columbia College in the City of New York.•Website•
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Torah on the Move141 Views•February 23, 2025•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Sefer Torah,Parshat Terumah,Ark of the Covenent,Tabernacle,Terumah,Ark
Torah - Not a Code of Law188 Views•February 16, 2025•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Torah,Code of Law,Mishpatim,Hammurabi,Umberto Cassuto,Parshat Mishpatim
The Art of the Steal206 Views•February 6, 2025•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Deception,Parshat Yitro,Sleep,Yitro,Livelihood,Gambling,Theft,Stealing
Making Lemonade from Lemons323 Views•January 1, 2025•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Blame,Reconciliation,Joseph and His Brothers,Vayigash,Forgiveness (מחילה)
Raise Your Hand357 Views•January 19, 2025•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Prayer,Non-Verbal Language,Gestures,Vaera,Hands,Kinyan,Washing of the Hands,Pledges,Oath
unto the third generation - grandparenting315 Views•January 7, 2025•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Blessings,Menashe,Grandchildren,Jacob,Grandparents,Efraim
What Israel Means407 Views•December 10, 2024•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Straight,Crooked,Limp,Heal,VaYishlach,Israel,Names,Yaakov
The Day After338 Views•November 18, 2024•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Ishmael,Abraham,Trauma,Reconciliation,Suffering,Sacrifice,Hagar,Chayei Sara
Splitting the Adam350 Views•October 22, 2024•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Unity,Creation,Bereishit,Diversity,Kiddush and Havdalah,Havdalah,Parashat Bereshit
What's New in the Jewish New Year426 Views•October 2, 2024•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Shofarot,Zichronot,Jubilee,Malchuyot,Sabbatical,New Year
Jew as Metaphor588 Views•September 18, 2024•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Literature,Caricature,Ki Tavo,Allegory,Proverbs,Metaphor
May God avenge his blood555 Views•September 4, 2024•Blood Feud,Ger,Fugitive,Bedouin,Tent,Converts,Cities of Refuge,Revenge,Refuge,City of Refuge
just war593 Views•August 7, 2024•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Parashat Devarim,Devarim,Deuteronomy,Wars,Sin of the Spies,Scouts
Wanderlust582 Views•June 25, 2024•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Scouts,Travel,Tourism,Wandering,Tzitzit,Journey,Spies
The Next Day with Ruth Calderon458 Views•March 27, 2024•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Secular Yeshiva,Shared Language,Ruth Calderon,Ahad Ha'am,Herzl,Bialik
Torat Kohanim, Then and Now1201 Views•March 20, 2024•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Torat Cohanim,Mikdashnikim,Rav A.I. Kook,Torah Study,Temple Mount
Shekels Count931 Views•March 6, 2024•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Cleaning the Temple,Money Changers,Half Shekel,Shekalim
Human-Divine Interactions / Covenants and Cross-Purposes in the Torah856 Views•February 27, 2024•Madlik Disruptive Torah•The Laver,Abraham,Esther,Sodom,Ruth,Copper Laver,Eve
The Sorcerer's Apprentice686 Views•February 20, 2024•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Sorcery,Urim and Thummim,Sorcery (קסם),Opinion Polling,Divination
Paradigm Shift792 Views•February 13, 2024•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Types,The Temple Menorah,Moses,Bezalel,Paradigm,Form
MLK and Exodus800 Views•January 10, 2024•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Exodus,Martin Luthur King Jr.,Liberation Theology
God - hanging here from these gallows1668 Views•August 23, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Capital Punishment,Image of God,Original Sin,Burial,Crucifixion
Courting Justice646 Views•August 16, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Menachem Elon,Judge (שופט),Majority,Jewish Law,Justice and Fairness,Democracy
Jewish Homeland or Homeland for the Jews?2033 Views•August 2, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Exile,Yeshayahu Leibowitz,Jewish State,Homeland,Famous Rashi
Eleven Days from Horeb1404 Views•July 19, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Devarim,Constitution,Mishneh Torah,Moses,Deuteronomy
The People v. Korach999 Views•June 21, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Hobbes,Josephus,Democracy,Korach,Moses,Philo,Spinoza
Prozbul & Iska LLC950 Views•May 10, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Laws of Interest on Loans and in Commerce,Herter Iska,Shemitah,Prozbul
rounding the corner2124 Views•May 2, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Corners,Tzitzit,Temple,Peah,Corners of the Head and the Beard,Tefillin
women who love women and The TORAH - a responsa1624 Views•April 26, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Nashim Mesolelot,Responsa,Marriage,Same-Sex,Fertility,Halacha,Sexuality,Lesbian
Protest Haggadah cont.1372 Views•March 28, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Halutzim,Kibbutz,Haggadah,Pioneers,State of Israel
High Five1713 Views•January 30, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Armed,Haluzim,Exodus,Sectarianism,Hamushim,Erev Rav
man-made764 Views•March 15, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Cherubim,The Ark Cover and the Cherubs,Idols,Idolatry
Wash your hands2523 Views•March 8, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Washing,Raising of the Hands,Netilat Yadayim,Washing of the Hands
Temple Politics1162 Views•March 1, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Oslo,Temple,Comandments Concerning the Temple,Temple Mount
WHEN GOD gets small cont.749 Views•February 22, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Zionism,Toldot,Sabbatai Zevi,Messianism,Tzimtzum,Gershom Scholem,Shechina,Tzimtzum (Kabbalah)
Shadows of Sinai cont.958 Views•February 15, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•"We Will Do and We Will Obey",Koran,Revelation,Mt. Sinai
Hard Hearts962 Views•January 25, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Free Will,Hardening of Heart,Repentance,Exodus,Plagues
Thank the Donkey of the Messiah1211 Views•January 18, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Hakarat Hatov,Gratitude,Donkey of the Messiah,Lack of Gratitude,Rav A.I. Kook,Zionism,Plagues
Liberation Theology - for Jews1198 Views•January 11, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Liberation,Exodus,Liberation Theology,Revolution,Yeshayahu Leibowitz
Imaginary Prayer926 Views•January 3, 2023•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Jacob and Joseph,Prayer,Tefila,Harry Wolfson,Maimonides,Ignatius,Imagination
body language1097 Views•December 20, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Prostrating Oneself,Brachah,Joseph,Prayer,Blessings,Bracha
Seventy faces929 Views•December 27, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Gematria,Languages,Septuagint,Sanhedrin,Seven,Seventy,Numerical Values
Joseph and the Spirit of Capitalism721 Views•December 14, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Joseph in Egypt,Success,Batlan,Capitalism,Vayeshev,Joseph
Mother Rachel comes to me1888 Views•November 30, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Zionism,Grave,Saint,Parshat Vayetzei,Shrine,Rachel's Tomb,Rachel
Circumspect about Circumcision639 Views•November 16, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Circumcision,Brit Milá,Eliezer,Laws of Circumcision,Abraham
Unbinding Isaac798 Views•November 9, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Abraham,Akeda,Martyrdom,Child Sacrifice,Obedience,Faith,Kiddush Hashem,Abraham and Sodom
Call me Ishmael2717 Views•October 31, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Abraham and Hagar,Chosen,Hagar,Isaac,Isaac's Blessing,Ishmael,Arabs
Steal This Book538 Views•September 21, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Deuteronomy,Nitzavim,Majority,Chronology,Mishnah Torah,Heaven
A time that never was799 Views•August 24, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Hazon Ish,Jewish History,Orthodox History,Re'eh,Jeroboam,Menashe of Judah
Enough849 Views•August 10, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Ivri,Beersheba,Hebrew,Moses,Promised Land,Vaetchanan
this land is MY land1050 Views•May 18, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Shmita,Promised Land,Jubilee,Ahuzah,Behar,Sabbatical
Murder in the Desert812 Views•July 7, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Miriam's Well,Aaron's Death,Death of Moses,Chukat,Haggadah
Milk and Money1255 Views•June 29, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Seven Species,Vegan,Bees,Kashrut,Dates,Korach,Devash,Milk and Honey
Make Challah1342 Views•June 22, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Relating to the Land,Challah,Shabbat Meals,Shabbat,Laws of the Challah Tithe
of woman born931 Views•March 30, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Tazria,Sexuality,Gender in Judaism,Female,Depression,Postpartum
No Martyrs No More849 Views•March 23, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Ten Martyrs of the Empire,Shmini,Nadab and Abihu,Martyrs
Jews with Tools912 Views•February 23, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Bezalel and Oholiab,Art,Boris Schatz,VaYakhel,Zionism,A D Gordon,Labor,Craft
Architecture in Time910 Views•February 15, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Menucha,Tabernacle,Rest,Place,Mishkan,Shabbat,Time,Abraham Joshua Heschel,Ki Tisa,Holiness
WHEN GOD gets small907 Views•February 2, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Tzimtzum,Temple,Isaac Lauria,Creation,Emanation,Tabernacle,Ex Nihlo,Mishkan
Moses' Code of Law - What's New3615 Views•January 26, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Mishpatim,Code of Law,Hammarabi,Parshat Mishpatim,Stela,Eshnunna,Eye Foir Eye
God's Gracious Ruse1204 Views•January 11, 2022•Madlik Disruptive Torah•40 Years in the Desert,Guide for the Perplexed,Confused,Wandering,Perpelexed,Moreh Nevuchim
Holy Crap1296 Views•December 29, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Pharaoh,Essenes,Asher Yatzer,Josephus,Moses,Vaera,Vayera
Members of the Tribe1282 Views•December 14, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Vayechi,Menashe,Ephraim,Levi,Conquest and Division,Jacob,Shimon,Tribes,Twelve Tribes,Joseph,Dinah
Genesis as Her-story580 Views•November 24, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Peretz,Kadesha,David,Lot's Daughters,Moab,Boaz,Vayeshev,Tamar,Harlot
Arguing with God and Man913 Views•November 17, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Arguing,Law-Court Patern of Prayer,Vayishlach,Prayer
Life is with People, and so is Death1137 Views•October 26, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Abraham,Sarah,Jon Levenson,Afterlife,Resurrection,Ishmael,Chayei Sara,Kever
The Miraculous Birth and Resurrection of Isaac1677 Views•October 21, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Child Sacrifice,Jon Levenson,Vayera,Passover Lamb,Kierkegaard,Resurrection
Abraham's Epic Journey and our Own910 Views•October 14, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•The Promised Land,Abraham,Lech Lecha,Pilgrimage,Akedah
Noah's Rainbow Family1169 Views•October 6, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Cuthites,Ham,Skin Color,Noah and His Sons,Race,Cush,Africa,Queen of Sheba
Exile and Return... from the Beginning1017 Views•September 27, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Trauma,Return,Adam,Otto Rank,Rashi,Anxiety,Exile,Bialik,Parashat Bereishit,Eve
Blame it on DAD909 Views•September 16, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks,Ingratitude,Adam,Eve,Teshuva,Hester Panim,Hidden Face,Richard Friedman
The Aleph Bet Revolution2138 Views•September 9, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Acrostic,Hakhel,Alphabet,Alphabetical,Aleph Bet
Not in Heaven3615 Views•September 2, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Aggada,Heavens,Nitzavim,Torah,The Oven of Akhnai,Oven of Achnai
Listening to the lyrics of Jewish Law1316 Views•August 18, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Rebellious Son,Ki Teitzei,Death Penalty,Aggada,Bialik,Halacha,Mamzer
You are not my Boss801 Views•August 11, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Coronation,Kings,Shofarot,Zichronot,Rosh Hashanah,New Year,Freedom,Monarchy,Malchiyot
Tisha B'Av and the Birth of Anti-Semitism1277 Views•July 13, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Kamtza,Bar Kamtza,Powerlessness,Martyrdom,Tisha B'Av,Suffering,Zionism
The Compromised Land1278 Views•July 8, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Jabotinsky,Peace,Greater Israel,Over the Jordan,Compromise,Matot
Zelophehad's daughters and Who's a Jew1566 Views•June 29, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Matrolinear,Patrilinear,Who Is a Jew,Parashat Pinchas,Zelophehad's Daughters
Ḥol HaMoed - Unholy Gatherings and how Secular Culture can inspire Judaism2226 Views•April 1, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Ḥiloni,Secular,Ahad Haam,Mordecai Kaplan,Rav Kook,Zionism,Chol Hamoed
Get Guts889 Views•June 2, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Rav Kook,Shlomo Carlebach,Parshat Shlach,Yitz Greenberg,Guts
MALKHUYOT, ZIKHRONOT AND SHOFAROT1434 Views•September 29, 2019•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Shofarot,Rosh Hashanah,Malkhiyot,High Holidays,Yom Kippur,Shofar,Zichronot
Thou Shalt Not lie Alone1638 Views•April 22, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Homosexuality,Loneliness,Gender Identity,Androgeny
The Preëxisting Torah - a contradiction in terms?1169 Views•February 18, 2021•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Matan Torah,Revelation,Eternal Torah,Wisdom,Creation Ex Nihlo
Let the Sun Shine1284 Views•December 13, 2020•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Solstice,Primordial Light,Hanukah,Or Haganuz,Christmas,Kwanzaa,Darkness,Adam Harishon
The Audacity of Torah2902 Views•February 23, 2020•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Novardok,Pride,Idol Worhsip,Maimonides,Mussar,Worship,Prayer,Audacity
The Hanukah Dilemma – The Birth of Judaism1268 Views•December 21, 2019•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Al Hanisim,Hasmanoim,Hanukah,Miracles,Rabbinic Judaism
Sinning For God942 Views•December 21, 2019•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Yael,Purim,Women,l'Shma,Lot's Daughters,Intention,Sin,Kavanah,Tamar,Esther
Pour out Your Wrath on my Hametz10211 Views•March 26, 2018•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Wrath,Elijah,Purification,Curse,Leaven,Redemption
Re-imagining God and Man for a New Year2248 Views•September 17, 2019•Madlik Disruptive Torah•Imagio Dei,Dmut,מל,Kingship,Images,Rosh Hashanah,Rosh Hashanah,Idols,מלכויות,Idolatry