Talking in Shul

Memoirs About Leaving Orthodoxy and Anti-Semitism in the Women’s March

Posted By tamar on Mar 25, 2018

This month on the podcast we each read a different book about someone leaving Orthodoxy, and we’re going to discuss the themes and reactions that came up for all of us. In our second segment we’re going to discuss the recent blowup around Women’s March leaders Tamika Mallory and Carmen Perez and their support of Louis Farrakhan, a virulent anti-Semite and misogynist. Further reading Memoirs about leaving Orthodoxy...

Jewish music and Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach’s music

Posted By tamar on Feb 25, 2018

This month on the podcast we’re talking about Jewish music, about prayer, and about what happens when these things come together. These three interrelated topics are an amalgam of various conversations we’ve been wanting to have with one another, spurred in part by renewed discussions about Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, famed composer of many Jewish liturgical melodies, who has been accused of sexual assault by several women in...

Unterzakhn and a Triple Wedding in New York

Posted By tamar on Jan 16, 2018

This month on the podcast we got a request from a listener to discuss the graphic novel Unterzakhn by Leela Corman. For our second segment we’ll be discussing the recent triple wedding in New York of couples who couldn’t or wouldn’t get married in Israel under the rabbinate. Further reading Unterzakhn Buy Unterzakhn by Leela Corman Rob Clough reviews Unterzakhn in the Comics Journal Kirkus review Review by Lightsy...

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and “the Holiday Season”

Posted By tamar on Dec 11, 2017

This month on the podcast we’re talking about the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, a new show on Amazon Prime, and we’re talking about what it’s like to be Jewish during the (secular) holiday season. Further reading The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Is the Ultimate ‘Winning the Breakup’ Fantasy by Anna Silman in The Cut The holiday season Jews & Christmas by Rabbi Joshua E. Plaut on MyJewishLearning.com...

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...