As summer gets underway, the beach beckons, clothes come off, and we think about our bodies. This trailer (by the folks behind Tablet’s God & Co. series) for Melvin Konner’s The Jewish Body shows what happens when that body is clad not in a bikini but in clay.

2009 · 4 minutes
Aboard Noah’s ark, some of God’s creatures won’t get with the program.
Written by Stephen Levinson and Joel Moss Levinson. Animation by Ed Mundy. Illustration by Mike Herrod. Music by Craig Hillelson. Sound engineering by Jesse Novak. Featuring the voices of Bob Balaban, Aaron Bleyaert, Jonathan Katz, Jess Lane, Jesse Novak, ...

2008 · 5 minutes
After forty years in the desert, Moses has had enough.
Coming in December: Episode IV.
Written by Stephen Levinson and Joel Moss Levinson. Animation by Ed Mundy. Illustration by Mike Herrod. Music by Craig Hillelson. Sound engineering by Jesse Novak. Featuring the voices of Shek Baker, Todd Barry, Joe DeRosa, Jonathan ...

2008 · 3 minutes
Egypt wants the Hebrews to finish building the pyramids, but it’s time to move on.
Coming in October: Episode III, “Getting There Is Half the Fun.”
Written by Stephen Levinson and Joel Moss Levinson. Animation by Ed Mundy. Illustration by Mike Herrod. Music by Craig Hillelson. Featuring the voices of Julie Klausner and ...

2008 · 3 minutes
God holds Abraham to his word. Isaac goes along for the ride.
Written by Jonathan Katz, Stephen Levinson, and Joel Moss Levinson. Animation by Ed Mundy. Illustration by Mike Herrod. Music by Craig Hillelson.