JTA: Central Synagogue presents a 'regendered' version of the Hebrew Bible, with music and art

(New York Jewish Week) — What if the first book of the Hebrew Bible had a female God who created the world — and what if the first human created was a woman, not a man?

What if the story of the near sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham was flipped — and a mother was told by God to sacrifice her daughter? If the Torah were centered on women rather than on men, how would we understand these holy books, and ourselves, differently?

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