The Akedah Project explores the story of the Binding of Isaac (“akedah” means “binding” in Hebrew), which is one of the most confounding narratives in the Bible. Scholars, rabbis, artists, teachers, poets, and readers have tried to make sense of this story for millennia, which has given us a range of lenses through which we can read it, even as we bring the new questions, ideas, and perspectives that come with every new generation of readers.

Traditionally, the Akedah is chanted in synagogue on the second day of Rosh Hashanah. Many of us will not attend synagogue in person this year due to the worldwide pandemic, and we are all looking for help making sense of our world in these challenging times. So, this year, we invited some of the most prominent scholars, teachers, thinkers, activists, and artists to investigate and present the story in their own way.

The Akedah Project – an online platform of specially curated content exploring the narrative of the Binding of Isaac – is brought to you by a unique partnership between 929 English, BINA: The Jewish Movement for Social Change, Oshman Family JCC, JewishLIVE, and Judaism Unbound.