Thursday, June 25, 2009

Parshat Balak

What's a cartoon series without talking animals? Thank G-d the Bible includes a loquacious donkey. Join Rabbi Andy Shapiro Katz for the gutsy, brainy story of a donkey who knew better than its rider.

This is Episode 40 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!

Parshat Chukat

Enough is enough! We have had it with these #@$%*$! snakes in this #@$%*$! desert!A curious incident happens in Parshat Chukat, when a plague of burning snakes attacks the wandering Israelites...and Moses gets to work on a curious plan to stop the fearful biting. Malki Rose joins us from Melbourne, Australia to talk about the legacy of snakes in the Bible, and what we can do about them.

This is Episode 39 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, June 21, 2009

Parshat Korach

Ready for a rumble? It's Korach versus Moses ONE NIGHT ONLY! At the TABERNACLE! Who will prevail as the leader....who will face God's fury?

This is Episode 38 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, June 14, 2009

Parshat Shelach Lecha

Will the Promised Land be flowing with milk and honey, or giants and battles? This week's guest narrator, Jay Michaelson invites the spies of Parshat Shelach Lecha to look inside themselves and see what the true story behind the challenges to come is: WE CAN DO IT!!

This is Episode 37 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, June 7, 2009

Parshat Beha'alotcha

It's raining chicken! Hallejuah! And trumpets and divine wrath! Lots of stuff happens in Beha'alotcha, the parsha so eventful you can't pronounce its name without going to rabbinical school. So Jon Madof and Charlie Buckholtz strapped on their banjos and wrote a folksong about it.

This is Episode 36 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!