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...
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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...
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Who gets to decide that a minyan has been reached?
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And how much should they pay for it?
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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...
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You’re supposed to open up a mezuzah every few years. But why?
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