This week on the podcast we’re talking about synagogue fundraising, and about a Modern Orthodox shul’s visit to a gay bar after the massacre in an Orlando gay bar.
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This week on the podcast we’re talking about non-Ashkenazi Judaism with Sigal Samuel, Opinion editor of the Forward, and about the great Kitniyot debate. This year the Conservative movement released a responsum permitting Ashkenazi Jews to do what non-Ashkenazi Jews have been doing for centuries: eat rice, beans, and other legumes on Passover. Further reading Non-Ashkenazi Judaism Jews of Color Get Personal and Political at...
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This week on the podcast we’re talking about White Walls: A memoir about motherhood, daughter, and the mess in between by Judy Batalion. And for our second topic we’re doing a mini-seder, sharing some questions and answers about things from the seder.
Read MoreThis month on the podcast we’re talking about Judaism and the presidental election. Bernie Sanders, the first serious Jewish candidate for President of the United States, is seen by some as not Jewish enough, while Donald Trump eschews the usual Republican stances on Israel, and is seen by some as fascistic and anti-Semitic. In our second segment we’re talking about the Hereville books, a series of graphic novels whose...
Read MoreThis month on the podcast we talked about the The Shul/Church Project, an art project by Zoe Cohen. In our second segment, we spoke about the women of the wall. Their new compromise, and what it means for women who pray in Jerusalem.
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This month on the podcast we’re talking about Marc Gafni, Barry Freundel, and the sexual misdeeds of rabbis. How can our communities appropriately respond to sexual predators, and how can we prevent them from getting positions of power in the first place? In our second segment, we’ll be talking about something much lighter–Jewish viral videos.
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