Judaism Unbound Episode 546: Worlds to Come - Lexi Kohanski
Lexi Kohanskiis a trans Jewish writer and educator, who recently created a Jewish TTRPG (table-top role-playing game) called Worlds to Come: The Hebrew Role-Playing Game. She is also a brand-new member of Judaism Unbound's staff team (our Education Content & Design Specialist)! Lexi joins Lex (confusing, we know!) and Rena Yehuda in this episode, for a podcast diving into the power of Jewish play, and the magic of weaving worlds through language. Also, for the first time ever, Judaism Unbound itself turns into a roleplaying game for 10 minutes? It's a modified version of Worlds to Come, featuring Jewish time-travel, magical creatures, and that thing many of you are thinking about all the time (the Roman empire).
[1] Follow the Kickstarter for Worlds to Come by clicking here!
[3] For Lexi’s article about learning Hebrew through role-playing, which she referenced in this episode, check out this link.
[4] Check out the Hebrew learning resources that Lexi shouted-out: Tamar Kamionkowski’s Bet Midrash, Helen Plotkin’s Mekom Torah
[5] For a previous episode of Judaism Unbound that explored the power of playing with Judaism, see Episode 338: More Chutzpah, Less Reverence - Junetember Jonez.
[6] Lexi references Benay Lappe’s Crash Talk. View a video of it here, and check out our 3rd-ever Judaism Unbound episode, which explored Lappe’s framework, at this link.
[7] For a written version of the story Rena Yehuda told, from the Ba’al Shem Tov (about the power of words, through exploring conflict between a fish-monger and their customer), click here.
[8] For the TTRPG called Ma Nishtana: Why is this Night Different? — which Lexi mentioned as a Passover-Seder TTRPG — click here.