Sunday, March 8, 2009

Parshat Ki Tisa


You've gotta SEE it to believe it - the Israelites are out in the desert, and apparently have nothing better to do than melt down all their jewelry to build a golden calf. What the #$@%#Q@? Award-winning author and speaking trainer Sarah Gershman gives an EYEbrow raising explanation of what went down one hot summer's day at Sinai.

This is Episode 21 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, March 1, 2009

Parshat Tetzaveh


You're never fully dressed without a smile...or if you're a priest, a tunic made of crimson, gold and purple linen and wool. New York's most sartorially sophisticated Kohein - Berwin Cohen - talks uniforms in this week's Hasidic Strip.

This is Episode 20 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, February 22, 2009

Parshat Terumah





What would YOU build to house your most precious possessions? Who would you hire as the architect? Furniture designer Rafael Kushick helps us understand the divinely architected blueprints for the holiest - and most confusing - building project ever attempted.

This is Episode 19 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, February 15, 2009

Parshat Mishpatim


People of the book, dive in to a video, won't you? Author and professor David Henkin talks about the act of writing in this week's Hasidic Strip...in an attempt to discover what we need books for, anyway.

This is Episode 18 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, February 8, 2009

Parshat Yitro

Overworked? Got no time for friends or family? Take a tip from Yitro. In this week's Hasidic Strip, Leah Jones shares with us some wisdom from Moses's non-Jewish father-in-law that pretty much changes the course of Jewish history.

This is Episode 17 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!