This month we’re talking about a YouTube special called Recipe for Change: Standing up to Antisemism. And for our second segment we’re talking about how the expected end of Roe v Wade impacts the Jewish community, and how the Jewish community can and should be responding. For that segment we’ll be talking with my good friend, and a speaker at the NCJW abortion rights rally, Rabbi Annie Lewis. Recipe for Change:...
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This month we’re talking about the TN school ban of Maus, and other attempts to limit education around difficult or uncomfortable subjects like the Holocaust and slavery. And for our second segment we’re, oof, we are getting ready for pesach and thinking about some Seder topics we are (and aren’t) excited to discuss at our Seders. Book bans The Fight Over ‘Maus’ Is Part of a Bigger Cultural Battle in...
Read MoreThis month we’re talking Marcie Greenfield Simons about what it’s like to be an interfaith chaplain in these intense covid times. And for our second segment we’re talking about a series of video documentaries from the Times of Israel about three somewhat neglected populations within Jerusalem: secular Jews, Christians, and Arabs who might want to become Israeli citizens. First segment Marcie...
Read MoreThis month we’re talking about the new book, Warm and Welcoming: How the Jewish Community can Become Truly Diverse and Inclusive in the 21st Century, edited by Warren Hoffman, and Miriam Steinberg Egeth. And for our second segment we’re talking about The Club, a new show on netflix that centers on a Jewish woman in Istanbul in the 1950s. Endorsements Mimi endorses ridiculous Chasidic pop songs. In particular,...
Read MoreThis month we’re talking about several recent scandals involving Jewish youth groups and youth leaders. What if anything can we hope Jewish organizations do to keep children and employees safe from sexual predators? And for our second segment we’re talking about Hanukkah kitsch. Sexual abuse and assault in Jewish youth spaces Celebrated Haredi children’s author accused of sexually abusing teen girls by TOI staff in...
Read MoreThis month we’re joined by guest host Miriam Steinberg-Egeth. Among Miriam’s many claims to fame are her Jewish advice column in the Exponent, and her forthcoming book, Warm and Welcoming: How the Jewish Community Can Become Truly Diverse and Inclusive in the 21st Century which she co-edited with Warren Hoffman and which is coming out in December. This month we’re talking about Jewish day planners. We’ve...
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