This week on the podcast we’re talking about the new webseries about Orthodox dating, Soon By You, and for that segment we’ll be joined by creator and actress Leah Gottfried, and for our second segment we’ll be talking about the Jewish take on policing with Rabbi Jill Jacobs, executive director of T’ruah.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreDoes the source of the money matter? What if the donor’s lifestyle conflicts with your morals?
Read MoreContinuing our investigation of outsiders, oppressors, and people the Rabbis just plain don’t like, we tackle Christianity. What happens when someone claims to love the same book you do, but is reading it inside-out?
Read MoreCan you say Hallel at night if your minyan doesn’t meet during the day?
Read MoreThis 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 First-Ever...
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