Posts by tamar

Awesome Historical Jewish Women, and Rituals We’d Like to Create or Destroy

Posted By tamar on Nov 5, 2017

This month on the podcast we’re talking about awesome historical Jewish women that we didn’t learn about when we were kids. And we’re going to talk about Jewish rituals that we wish existed, and ones we could do without. Further reading Awesome Jewish women in history Take the Prominent Jewish Women in History quiz from MyJewishLearning.com. Regina Jonas, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi who died in the Holocaust Short film:...

If All the Seas Were Ink and How Parenting Changes Our Jewish Practice

Posted By tamar on Oct 9, 2017

This month on the podcast we’re talking about If All the Seas Were Ink by Ilana Kurshan, and we’ll be speaking with Ilana. And for our second segment we’re talking about how parenting can/should change your Jewish practice. Further reading If All the Seas Were Ink Ilana recommends the Dafyomi4women podcast, as well as A Bride for One Night by Ruth Calderon, Maggie Anton‘s books, and a new book by Dr. Ruhama...

Menashe and Biblical fiction

Posted By tamar on Aug 24, 2017

This month on the podcast we’re talking about Menashe, a new film about a single Hasidic father in Brooklyn, shot entirely in Yiddish. And for our second segment we’ll be talking about Biblical fiction–from The Red Tent to…everything else. Have these books helped or changed our thinking or understanding of the Bible? Further reading Menashe Menashe trailer Biblical Fiction The Gilded Chamber by Rebecca Kohn...

Mixed seating on El Al, and Jewish Senior Services

Posted By tamar on Jul 26, 2017

This month on the podcast we’re talking mixed seating on El Al flights to and from Israel. The Israeli Supreme Court has ruled that El Al employees cannot ask women to move in order to please Haredi men. And for our second segment we’ll be talking about older adults in the Jewish community–how is the Jewish community serving or not serving this demographic. Further reading El Al Israeli Woman Who Sued El Al for...

Choosing to be Childfree, and Band Aid

Posted By tamar on Jul 7, 2017

This month on the podcast we’re talking about the choice to be childfree, with writer Chanel Dubofsky. In our second segment we’re talking about the film Band Aid with the film’s director and co-star Zoe Lister-Jones. Further reading Choosing to be Childfree No Kids, No Regrets by Esti Ahronovitz in Haaretz An Open Letter to Sarah Silverman by Rabbi Yaakov Rosenblatt in the Jewish Press Low-Touch Parenting by Tamar...