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Hevruta: Jewish texts and their influence on our lives episodes
- Michael Hopkins: Open Your HandThis month, Ali and Phil interview Michael Hopkins, the CEO of Jewish Family Service of San Diego. We discuss Deuteronomy 15: 11 and our responsibility to open our hands to "the poor and needy kin in our land."51 min
- David Horovitz: The Rest is InterpretationThis month, Ali and Phil interview David Horovitz, the founding editor of The Times of Israel. David teaches us about Hillel, journalism, and the current state of Israeli politics.You can check out our new website at the Jewish Federation of San Diego: https://www.jewishinsandiego.org/our-community/hevruta54 min
- Karen Parry: Imposter Syndrome
Welcome back to the third season of Hevruta: Jewish texts and their influence on our lives, now a podcast by the Jewish Federation of San Diego. This month, we learn from Karen Parry, the executive director of Hillel of San Diego. Karen teaches us about Moses, humility, and struggling with impostor syndrome.
You can check out our new website at the Jewish Federation of San Diego: https://www.jewishinsandiego.org/our-community/hevruta
40 min - 2 min
- Rabbi Wayne Dosick: Inside of the Insides
In our final episode of Season two of Hevruta, Ali and Rabbi Graubart discuss Exodus 33: 17-23 with Rabbi Wayne Dosick.
44 min - Live Show in Commemoration of Yom HaShoah
In this episode we partner with the Jewish Federation of San Diego for our first live podcast! As part of our community's Yom Hashoah commemoration, we interview Dr. J. Luke Wood, Vice President of San Diego State University and chief diversity officer, and high school activist (and rising SDSU student) Anna Maya. Our theme is "Never Again. . . But How?"
27 min - In Every Generation and the Problem of Evil
In this month's episode, Ali and Phil teach each other their (current) favorite Jewish texts. Ali discusses a line from the Pesach Haggadah, and her play of the same name. Phil discusses the dual nature of God, and the problem of evil.
49 min - Tammy Gillies: Scary Times
In this month's episode we learn from Tammy Gillies, head of San Diego's ADL. She shares with us texts that bring inspiration during genuinely frightening times. We dedicate this episode to the memory of Morris Casuto, Tammy's predecessor at the ADL, who passed away the day after we recorded this. Morris was a giant, and Tammy is a worthy successor.
41 min - Rabbi Richard Agler: The Tragedy Test
In this episode, Rabbi Richard Agler discusses his book "The Tragedy Test" - a theology he developed after the tragic loss of his young adult daughter.
40 min - Zalmen Mlotek, Brothers in Pain
This month, Ali and I learn from Zalmen Mlotek. Zalmen is an internationally recognized authority on Yiddish folk and theater music as well as a leading figure in the Jewish theatre and concert worlds. He is the Artistic Director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene. His vision brought the critically acclaimed award-winning Fidler Afn Dakh (Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish ) directed by Joel Grey, for which he served as music director, to Broadway.
The link to Chana Gonshor's beautiful rendition of Zalmen's text can be found here.
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About Hevruta: Jewish texts and their influence on our lives
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Ali Viterbi and Philip Graubart interview great teachers, scholars, artists and writers, who share with us their favorite Jewish text.