Sunday, December 28, 2008

Parshat Vayigash


Are you ready for Joseph's big reveal? Judah and his brothers are in for an ancient Biblical extreme makeover, as Liz Nord tells the tale, when they find out who's *really* Pharoah's right hand man in Egypt.

This is Episode 11 of the weekly Torah cartoon from HasidicStrip.com. Each week, a different storyteller - some musical, some poetic, some just straight-up, tell the story of the current Torah portion...and then we animate it!

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Parshat Miketz


Parshat Miketz is positively dreamy. From cows to corn, this story is full of enigmatic clues to what's up in Egypt. Sociologist Tobin Belzer brings us inside the brain of the great dream interpreter: Joseph.

This is Episode 10 of the weekly Torah cartoon from HasidicStrip.com. Each week, a different storyteller - some musical, some poetic, some just straight-up, tell the story of the current Torah portion...and then we animate it!

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Parshat Vayeshev


Remember Joseph? Yeah, the many-colored-coat guy. Well, it seems to bring out the nasty in a bunch of Original Ganstas - Joseph's bros. Hip Hop artist Daniel Silverstein (aka Anomaly MC) lays down the story for us in rhyme.

This is Episode 9 of the weekly Torah cartoon from HasidicStrip.com. Each week, a different storyteller - some musical, some poetic, some just straight-up, tell the story of the current Torah portion...and then we animate it!

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Parshat Vayishlach


Ready to rumble? Award-winning novelist Dara Horn brings a real chiddush - new angle - to the incredible story of Jacob's midnight wrestling match. Prepare to get the wind knocked out of you.

This is Episode 8 of the weekly Torah cartoon from HasidicStrip.com. Each week, a different storyteller - some musical, some poetic, some just straight-up, tell the story of the current Torah portion...and then we animate it!

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Parshat Vayetze


Count yourself lucky - you've got expert Esther Kustanowitz helping you keep score in a soap opera of, well, biblical proportions. Meet Jacob's family...and pay attention: there's a lot of members.

This is Episode 7 of the weekly Torah cartoon from HasidicStrip.com. Each week, a different storyteller - some musical, some poetic, some just straight-up, tell the story of the current Torah portion...and then we animate it!

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Parshat Toldot


Ready for a rumble? Meet twins Jacob and Esau as they begin their tumultuous relationship on the inside. Let Y-Love's mellifluous voice guide you through this nasty bit of sibling rivalry.

This is Episode 6 of the weekly Torah cartoon from HasidicStrip.com. Each week, a different storyteller - some musical, some poetic, some just straight-up, tell the story of the current Torah portion...and then we animate it!

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Parshat Chayei Sarah


Step into a desert oasis and get to know Rebecca as a young girl. What narrator Goldie Goldbloom wants to know is "Are you kind?" As kind as Rebecca, that is.

This is Episode 5 of the weekly Torah cartoon from HasidicStrip.com. Each week, a different storyteller - some musical, some poetic, some just straight-up, tell the story of the current Torah portion...and then we animate it!

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Parshat Vayeira


There's so much to see in this week's parsha that Evan Wolkenstein, experiential educator, decides to zoom in and focus on the story of two relatively minor characters. (One of them - a baby - is an actual minor!)

This is Episode 4 of the weekly Torah cartoon from HasidicStrip.com. Each week, a different storyteller - some musical, some poetic, some just straight-up, tell the story of the current Torah portion...and then we animate it!

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Parshat Lech Lecha

"Go forth" and listen to Stereo Sinai tell the story of a divinely inspired journey - through the Biblical matriarch Sarah's voice. It's a music video set in the ancient world, and we can't get the soundtrack out of our heads.

This is Episode 3 of the weekly Torah cartoon from HasidicStrip.com. Each week, a different storyteller - some musical, some poetic, some just straight-up, tell the story of the current Torah portion...and then we animate it!

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Parshat Noah


Writer and performance poet Matthue Roth tells it like it is (or was?) about Noah, the ark, different types of birds and two ways to be in the world.

This is Episode 2 of the weekly Torah cartoon from HasidicStrip.com. Each week, a different storyteller - some musical, some poetic, some just straight-up, tell the story of the current Torah portion...and then we animate it!

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Parshat Bereshit

Rabbi Lawrence Kushner asks some mystical questions about the creation of the world in the year's first Torah portion! Take a trippy voyage through Kabbalah and Torah with a Star Wars-tinged style.

This is Episode 1 of the weekly Torah cartoon from HasidicStrip.com. Each week, a different storyteller - some musical, some poetic, some just straight-up, tell the story of the current Torah portion...and then we animate it!