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The Torah of Kink

from $72.00

The Torah of Kink: Jewish Text Through the Lens of BDSM
with Margot Valles

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When

Tuesdays - 3 Weeks - 7-8:30 pm ET / 4-5:30 pm PT
January 13 · 20 · 27

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What if in the Torah, God is a brand new Dominant bumbling through issues of negotiation and consent? What if Isaac is a good boy who is the full-time, live-in submissive of Rebecca, his Mommy Domme? What if Moses and Aaron share a fetish for sticks and poles? This class will explore what happens when we apply a BDSM or kinky lens to challenging stories and issues in the Torah. What new insights emerge? Do we find new paths into the text? Do we develop greater empathy for the biblical characters? Or do we see new challenges to connecting? Regardless of where you find yourself kink-wise or where you see yourself Jewishly, this type of reading will teach you something about yourself and the Torah text you explore through it.
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This class will be recorded and available to enrolled students to watch later.

Cost

This course is available at a sliding scale cost of $126 (the true cost), $99 or $72.

If you can afford the full price, we hope you will choose that option, which allows us to continue to offer lower rates and scholarships to those who otherwise would not be able to access this learning because of financial barriers.

If you need financial aid beyond the sliding scale, please fill out this simple form, and we will get right back to you.

Click here to donate to JUs financial aid fund to support financial equity and access to education for all students.

Sliding Scale Prices:

The Torah of Kink: Jewish Text Through the Lens of BDSM
with Margot Valles

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When

Tuesdays - 3 Weeks - 7-8:30 pm ET / 4-5:30 pm PT
January 13 · 20 · 27

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What if in the Torah, God is a brand new Dominant bumbling through issues of negotiation and consent? What if Isaac is a good boy who is the full-time, live-in submissive of Rebecca, his Mommy Domme? What if Moses and Aaron share a fetish for sticks and poles? This class will explore what happens when we apply a BDSM or kinky lens to challenging stories and issues in the Torah. What new insights emerge? Do we find new paths into the text? Do we develop greater empathy for the biblical characters? Or do we see new challenges to connecting? Regardless of where you find yourself kink-wise or where you see yourself Jewishly, this type of reading will teach you something about yourself and the Torah text you explore through it.
—

This class will be recorded and available to enrolled students to watch later.

Cost

This course is available at a sliding scale cost of $126 (the true cost), $99 or $72.

If you can afford the full price, we hope you will choose that option, which allows us to continue to offer lower rates and scholarships to those who otherwise would not be able to access this learning because of financial barriers.

If you need financial aid beyond the sliding scale, please fill out this simple form, and we will get right back to you.

Click here to donate to JUs financial aid fund to support financial equity and access to education for all students.

 

Margot B. Valles (she/her) is an independent rabbi based in East Lansing, Michigan. She taught Jewish literature in the English and Religious Studies departments at Michigan State University from 2013-2020 (PhD '13, IU-Bloomington). She was a Lilly Teaching Fellow in 2017-2018. In 2021 she earned a Certificate in Jewish Leadership for Educators from the Spertus Institute. She received rabbinic ordination from the Pluralistic Rabbinical Seminary (PRS) in 2023. For the last seven years, she has worked as the Director of Congregational Lifelong Learning at a local synagogue. In 2023 she also founded The Shtibl (www.shtibl.org), an organization that helps local folks enrich, connect and empower themselves Jewishly. Now she is starting a new project focusing on the intersection of kink and Judaism.