Zvika Krieger

Generally, those gatekeepers have a culturally conservative agenda. And so like, oh, no, you're not allowed to do that. And I'm like, well, it doesn't say it in there. So I'm going to do it.

Generally, those gatekeepers have a culturally conservative agenda. And so like, oh, no, you're not allowed to do that. And I'm like, well, it doesn't say it in there. So I'm going to do it.

So there's kind of there's this quote, I think is Audre Lorde, who said, you can't dismantle the master's house with the master's tools. I'm gonna be really embarrassed if it's not. I think that's right. And like, I kind of was like, well, like, I guess maybe sometimes you can add the tools. The masters gave me the tools to dismantle the house.

So there's kind of there's this quote, I think is Audre Lorde, who said, you can't dismantle the master's house with the master's tools. I'm gonna be really embarrassed if it's not. I think that's right. And like, I kind of was like, well, like, I guess maybe sometimes you can add the tools. The masters gave me the tools to dismantle the house.

So there's kind of there's this quote, I think is Audre Lorde, who said, you can't dismantle the master's house with the master's tools. I'm gonna be really embarrassed if it's not. I think that's right. And like, I kind of was like, well, like, I guess maybe sometimes you can add the tools. The masters gave me the tools to dismantle the house.

Yeah, old man on a throne in the sky, long beard, kind of wagging his finger at you, recording all of your good and bad deeds in a book, and you're praying to this person just like you were sharing. And so, yeah, that was definitely the God that I believed in as a kid.

Yeah, old man on a throne in the sky, long beard, kind of wagging his finger at you, recording all of your good and bad deeds in a book, and you're praying to this person just like you were sharing. And so, yeah, that was definitely the God that I believed in as a kid.

Yeah, old man on a throne in the sky, long beard, kind of wagging his finger at you, recording all of your good and bad deeds in a book, and you're praying to this person just like you were sharing. And so, yeah, that was definitely the God that I believed in as a kid.

You know, it's funny because people assume that if you're Orthodox or if you grow up really religious, you have a very close relationship with God. Yeah. And that was not my experience growing up because there was so many rules about what it meant to be an observant Jew, right, in terms of ethics. Everything about what you eat, literally how you get out of bed, which shoe you put on first.

You know, it's funny because people assume that if you're Orthodox or if you grow up really religious, you have a very close relationship with God. Yeah. And that was not my experience growing up because there was so many rules about what it meant to be an observant Jew, right, in terms of ethics. Everything about what you eat, literally how you get out of bed, which shoe you put on first.

You know, it's funny because people assume that if you're Orthodox or if you grow up really religious, you have a very close relationship with God. Yeah. And that was not my experience growing up because there was so many rules about what it meant to be an observant Jew, right, in terms of ethics. Everything about what you eat, literally how you get out of bed, which shoe you put on first.

First, it's the right foot and then it's the left foot. And there's like all these things. Well, this is like, you know, the Jewish version of it. And now as an adult, I can see how much of it is based in like post-Holocaust trauma, OCD. I remember always growing up being like, this feels like OCD. And now I'm just like, oh, yeah, that's like not a coincidence.

First, it's the right foot and then it's the left foot. And there's like all these things. Well, this is like, you know, the Jewish version of it. And now as an adult, I can see how much of it is based in like post-Holocaust trauma, OCD. I remember always growing up being like, this feels like OCD. And now I'm just like, oh, yeah, that's like not a coincidence.

First, it's the right foot and then it's the left foot. And there's like all these things. Well, this is like, you know, the Jewish version of it. And now as an adult, I can see how much of it is based in like post-Holocaust trauma, OCD. I remember always growing up being like, this feels like OCD. And now I'm just like, oh, yeah, that's like not a coincidence.

Like, when people spend so much of their life having their agency taken away from them and, like, being abused and traumatized, the way they deal with that is by creating these incredibly specific rituals for every aspect of your life. You've got to wake up, and before you do anything, you have to wash your hands, and there's a certain way that you do it.

Like, when people spend so much of their life having their agency taken away from them and, like, being abused and traumatized, the way they deal with that is by creating these incredibly specific rituals for every aspect of your life. You've got to wake up, and before you do anything, you have to wash your hands, and there's a certain way that you do it.

Like, when people spend so much of their life having their agency taken away from them and, like, being abused and traumatized, the way they deal with that is by creating these incredibly specific rituals for every aspect of your life. You've got to wake up, and before you do anything, you have to wash your hands, and there's a certain way that you do it.

Two scoops on the left, two scoops on the right, and then there's a prayer that you say before you do anything, and then which shirt sleeve do you put on first? Which pant leg do you put on first? And so, like... And it's for every part of your day, like literally every step you take, you're thinking about, okay, what's the Jewishly prescribed way of doing this?

Two scoops on the left, two scoops on the right, and then there's a prayer that you say before you do anything, and then which shirt sleeve do you put on first? Which pant leg do you put on first? And so, like... And it's for every part of your day, like literally every step you take, you're thinking about, okay, what's the Jewishly prescribed way of doing this?

Two scoops on the left, two scoops on the right, and then there's a prayer that you say before you do anything, and then which shirt sleeve do you put on first? Which pant leg do you put on first? And so, like... And it's for every part of your day, like literally every step you take, you're thinking about, okay, what's the Jewishly prescribed way of doing this?