This month on Talking in Shul we're talking about Halloween, and the sad state of parental leave in Jewish organizations.

18 Halloween and Parental Leave in Jewish Organizations

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This month we’re joined by Rabbi Shani (pronounced Shah-Knee)  Rosenbaum also in Somerville, MA. Shani is a teacher of Talmud and Halakhah at the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in Newton, Mass. Welcome, Shani!  This month we’re talking about The Book of V. by Anna Solomon.  NYT review by Jennifer Haigh: “The Book of V.” […]

Talking In Shul Ep. 95: The Book of V

Hello! and welcome to Talking in Shul, a roundtable podcast. I’m your host, Tamar Fox, and I’ve got Zahava Stadler joining us from Toronto. Hi Zahava! And Mimi Lewis is joining us from Somerville, MA. Hi Mimi! And this month we’re joined by Hannah Lebovits, Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Arlington. Hannah […]

Talking In Shul Ep. 94: The Tunnels Under 770

This month we’re joined by special guest, Hila Ratzabi. Hila has joined us in the past to discuss Etty Hillesum. Hila is a poet, writer, and editor whose book of poems, There Are Still Woods was published by June Road Press in September 2022, and won a 2023 gold Nautilus Award and was a finalist […]

Talking In Shul Ep. 93: Deep Dive into Jewish Poetry

This month we’re talking about the television show Little Bird, available on PBS, and CBC. Created by Jennifer Podemski and Hannah Moscovitch with the participation of Jeremy Podeswa as an executive producer, the series centres on a First Nations woman who was adopted into a Jewish family during the Sixties Scoop, as she attempts to […]

Talking In Shul Ep. 92: Little Bird

This month we’re doing kind of an unusual episode. Given how hard things have been for everyone since the events of October 7th, and the ongoing war in Gaza, we wanted to talk about things that are bringing us some Jewish joy.  Mimi’s Jewish joy My daughter entering shul shouting “Amen!”  Romantic Comedy by Curtis […]

18 Halloween and Parental Leave in Jewish Organizations

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