Chutzpod!

By Chutzpod!Religion & Spirituality Judaism

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Chutzpod! episodes

November 26, 2025 Dogs on a Plane (Revisited)
As many of you are traveling for Thanksgiving this week, we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes.
Dogs on a plane are kosher, but are they annoying? Rabbi Shira and Hanna discuss the Jewish ethics around animals. And, is the Torah ableist?
If you have any interesting Jewish travel moments, let us know!
Read more about Jewish pet names
Read more about Rosh Hahanah LaBehemah
Learn about ableism in the Torah
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35 min
November 19, 2025 The All Death Episode
Our Chutzsquad sends in so many great questions about death and dying. Today, Hanna and Rabbi Shira attempt to answer as many as possible.
Why, how and when do we say Mourner’s Kaddish, and for whom? What happens when you don’t have access to your loved one’s body and what’s the Jewish approach to a eulogy?
Listen to Death With Dignity episode
Read more about the Mi Sheiberach
Read more about the Jewish afterlife
Read more about Tahara
Read more about the Jewish approach to giving a eulogy
Read more about what to do when you can’t or don’t want to grieve through prayer
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49 min
November 12, 2025 Three Rabbis Walk Into a Bar: A Rabbinic Roundtable
Ever wish you could listen in as a group of rabbis kibbitz about their jobs–the good, the bad and the ugly? Rabbi Shira hosts a roundtable for her rabbinic friends where they can laugh, commiserate and get some things off their chests.
We’re joined by Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt of Adas Israel in Washington D.C. and Rabbi Seth Goldstein of Temple Beth Hatfiloh in Olympia, Washington.
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40 min
November 05, 2025 Jewish Geography
Everyone loves to play Jewish geography, right? But what if you find the practice exclusive, confusing or even offensive? Is it time to reconsider and leave “bageling” in the past?
Why don’t you ask a convert to tell their story?
Sing-a-long to “Wherever You Go”
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37 min
October 29, 2025 Robot Rabbis
A listener tells Rabbi Shira and Hanna that her rabbi uses AI to write sermons…and she doesn’t like it.
What are the Jewish ethics of AI? And how does Shira utilize this new technology?
Read more about “the law of the land is the law”
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35 min
October 22, 2025 Tradition!
What’s most important when it comes to preserving Jewish tradition for future generations? Is it sharing Jewish stories? Food? Singing Hatikvah as a lullaby?
And what if…the baby isn’t even Jewish?
Rabbi Shira and Hanna offer advice to a soon-to-be Saba who wants to share his Jewish joy with his grandchild.
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41 min
October 15, 2025 Tattoo Taboos
A newly committed Jew is wondering if he should remove his old celtic cross tattoo. Rabbi Shira and Hanna talk about the complex relationships between Jews and tattoos, including their own!
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43 min
October 08, 2025 Shopping for Shuls
What should you look for when shul shopping besides “that feeling”? How do you know a synagogue is right for you? And what role should a temple play in our modern lives? As we celebrate Sukkot and Simchat Torah, Rabbi Shira and Hanna offer one congregation consumer their advice.
Visit a BASE Jewish Community
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41 min
October 01, 2025 "As a Jew" on Yom Kippur with Sarah Hurwitz
Rabbi Shira and Hanna welcome former White House speechwriter and author Sarah Hurwitz for a conversation about her latest book As a Jew, an urgent exploration of how antisemitism has shaped Jewish identity, the complexities of modern Jewish life, and what lessons Sarah learned from being a hospital chaplain.
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Make malawach!
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1 hr
September 24, 2025 Rabbi Shira's High Holiday Sermon
Shana Tova Chutzsquad! Welcome 5786 with Rabbi Shira’s annual high holiday message.
Study the Unetaneh Tokef
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20 min

About Chutzpod!

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Chutzpod! is a frank and wide-ranging conversation on how to build a good life, using real-life quandaries and millennia-old Jewish wisdom. Each week, Rabbi Shira Stutman and journalist Hanna Rosin…