Talking in Shul

Chanukkah Books and the Forward’s Sexiest Jewish Intellectuals

Posted By tamar on Dec 2, 2018

This month on the podcast Yael Kalman is joining us to talk about Chanukkah books for kids. For our second topic, we’re discussing the Forward’s list of “Sexiest Jewish intellectuals Alive (and one Dead).” Plus, endorsements, and a special round of endorsements in honor of Zahava, who couldn’t join us for the recording this week. Further reading Chanukkah books Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric A....

HIAS, Synagogue security, and Observance

Posted By tamar on Nov 11, 2018

This month on the podcast we’re talking with Rebecca Kirzner the HIAS Campaigns Director of Community Engagement, about the work HIAS does and how it has been dealing with the wake of the shooting at Tree of Life synagogue. We also talked about how synagogues can and should deal with security, and about the play Observance, by Elyssa Nicole Trust. Further reading HIAS HIAS, the Jewish Agency Criticized by the Shooting Suspect,...

High Holiday Recap and the Matriarchs

Posted By tamar on Oct 24, 2018

This month on the podcast we’re talking about the High Holiday season. We’re just off a solid month of holidays, and we thought it might be a good time to reflect on what makes the chagim, or holidays, successful and/or meaningful to us. And we’re talking about the matriarchs. How do we feel about the foremothers of the Jewish people. Further reading Rosh Hashanah Anatomy of Injustice by Raymond Bonner When God is...

#MeToo in the Jewish community and BlackkKlansman

Posted By tamar on Aug 28, 2018

This month on the podcast we’re talking about #MeToo in the Jewish world and about Spike Lee’s new film, Blackkklansmen, which follows a black detective in Colorado Springs as he and a Jewish colleague infiltrate the local chapter of the KKK. Further reading #MeToo in the Jewish community My personal and professional reckoning with Steven Cohen’s #MeToo moment by Jane Eisner in the Forward Me #MeToo moment haunts me...

Ashkenazi Jewish food renaissance, and Neshikot B’Ivrit

Posted By tamar on Jul 31, 2018

This month on the podcast we’re talking about the Ashkenazi Jewish food renaissance with Liz Alpern, entrepreneur and co-founder of the Gefilteria, and co-author of the Gefilte Manifesto. And for our second segment we’re talking about the new film Neshikot B’Ivrit, or Hebrew Kisses, by filmmaker Manya Lozovskaya. Further reading Ashkenazi Jewish food renaissance The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish...

A Jewish Man’s Rebellion and Disobedience

Posted By tamar on Apr 23, 2018

This month on the podcast we’re talking about a now infamous op-ed in the Washington Post, “I am tired of being a Jewish man’s rebellion” by Carey Purcell, and the resulting backlash. And for our second segment we’re talking about the new film Disobedience, based on the novel by Naomi Alderman, and starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams as two women who grew up Orthodox struggling with their love for...