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This month we’re talking about An American Pickle, and for our second segment we’re talking about politics in shul. How and how much, if at all, should politics show up in our prayer communities? Endorsements Mimi endorses Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, and Tinyletter.com/Pome, and Things to Do In the Belly of the Whale by Dan Albergotti  Tamar endorses Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents by Isabel...

This month we’re talking about creative ways different jewish communities are and should celebrate the High Holidays, with the spectre of covid-19 making many traditional services too dangerous. And for our second segment we’re talking about our favorite representations of Judaism on TV.  Endorsements Mimi endorses Campfires and Color Wars Jewish Geography Zoom Racing Tamar endorses “Bananot” a song by Static and Ben...

This month we’re talking about the Resource Generation with Kate Poole and Jessica Rosenberg for our first segment. And for our second segment we’re talking about different sources around giving tzedakah as we think about our own giving philosophies.  Resource Generation Resource Generation describes itself as “a multiracial membership community of young people with wealth and/or class privilege committed to the...

This month we’re talking to Tema Smith about the current Black Lives Matter protests, and how the Jewish community has been and should be working for racial justice. And for our second segment we’re talking with Nissa Mai-Rose about a recent uproar around determining how many Jewish people are also People of Color. Tema Smith is Director of Professional Development at 18Doors (formerly InterfaithFamily), and a contributing...

This month we’re talking to Philissa Cramer, the new editor in chief of JTA. For our second segment we’re talking about a short film called Broken Bird.  Show Notes JTA JTA.org Broken Bird Broken Bird is a moving coming of age film about a black jewish teen by Ariella Kaplan in alma  Rachel Harrison Gordon on Giving Wings to Broken Bird by Stephen Saito in Movable Feast  Rachel Harrison Gordon’s...

This month we’re talking to Hila Ratzabi, a writer and editor based in Israel, about Etty Hillesum, a Jewish writer, academic and diarist who lived in Amsterdam during World War II, and was killed in a concentration camp. For our second segment we’re talking about cleaning for Passover.  So for our first topic we’re joined by Hila Ratzabi, managing editor of Ritualwell, joining us from Israel to speak with us...