Episode #4: Queer Judaism: Coming out again and again and again: Daniel Eisenberg and Rabbi Dave Yedid
Julie and Jason interview Daniel Eisenberg and Rabbi Dave Yedid. Daniel and Dave talk about establishing Base Denver in their home, the intersection between queer and Jewish identities, Passover as a “coming out” narrative (coming out again and again and again), and the erotic eco-poetics of The Song of Songs. We discuss crying on airplanes and at weddings, the necessary conjoining of sorrow and love, queer-time, Jewish-time, and the pleasure and power of submitting and surrendering to the divine feminine, the shekinah.
Daniel Eisenberg is a somatic therapist & Jewish educator. He is originally from London, UK and had been living in Denver since 2022 where he runs Base Denver with his husband Rabbi Dave Yedid. He is passionate about opening space for multiple identities to coexist.
Rabbi Dave Yedid is the founding rabbi and leader of Base Denver. Originally from New York state, he received his MA in Gender Studies and rabbinic ordination from Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Prior to rabbinical studies, Dave worked as a wilderness guide in therapeutic and camp settings. He is passionate about reclaiming the wild, witchy elements of Judaism.
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