This month we’re joined by Rabbi Shani (pronounced Shah-Knee) Rosenbaum also in Somerville, MA. Shani is a teacher of Talmud and Halakhah at the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in Newton, Mass. Welcome, Shani! This month we’re talking about The Book of V. by Anna Solomon. NYT review by Jennifer Haigh: “The Book of V.” is a meditation on female power and powerlessness, the stories told about women and the...
Read MoreHello! and welcome to Talking in Shul, a roundtable podcast. I’m your host, Tamar Fox, and I’ve got Zahava Stadler joining us from Toronto. Hi Zahava! And Mimi Lewis is joining us from Somerville, MA. Hi Mimi! And this month we’re joined by Hannah Lebovits, Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Arlington. Hannah is joining us from Dallas, TX. Welcome Hannah! This month we’re talking about the...
Read MoreThis month we’re joined by special guest, Hila Ratzabi. Hila has joined us in the past to discuss Etty Hillesum. Hila is a poet, writer, and editor whose book of poems, There Are Still Woods was published by June Road Press in September 2022, and won a 2023 gold Nautilus Award and was a finalist for a National Indie Excellence Award. This month we’re talking about Jewish poetry. Poetry Louise Gluck (obituary...
Read MoreThis month we’re talking about the television show Little Bird, available on PBS, and CBC. Created by Jennifer Podemski and Hannah Moscovitch with the participation of Jeremy Podeswa as an executive producer, the series centres on a First Nations woman who was adopted into a Jewish family during the Sixties Scoop, as she attempts to reconnect with her birth family and heritage. Further reading: “In PBS Series ‘Little Bird,’ a...
Read MoreThis month we’re doing kind of an unusual episode. Given how hard things have been for everyone since the events of October 7th, and the ongoing war in Gaza, we wanted to talk about things that are bringing us some Jewish joy. Mimi’s Jewish joy My daughter entering shul shouting “Amen!” Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld “Singing Through Fear,” a Spotify playlist from Hadar’s Rising Song Institute. ...
Read MoreHello! and welcome to Talking in Shul, a roundtable podcast. I’m your host, Tamar Fox, and I’ve got Zahava Stadler joining us from Toronto. Hi Zahava! Mimi Lewis is taking a break this month, but we’re thrilled to welcome past and future guest Yael Kalman, who is joining us from Minneapolis. Hi Yael! This month we’re talking about Kiddush. Not the blessing you saw before drinking wine, but the experience you...
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