Interleaved: A Talmudic Podcast

Does the Talmud dream? The final chapter of Berakhot dives into the Talmudic unconscious, delving into dreams, interpretations, and what it all means.

Dr. Cheryl Goldstein is a practicing relational psychoanalyst and faculty member of the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles, California. A UCLA graduate in Comparative Literature, with a Masters in Rabbinic Literature, her research focuses on the interfaces of literature, psychoanalysis, and Jewish identity. She also is the author of several articles examining literary works with a psychoanalytic lens.

Special thanks to our executive producer, Adina Karp.

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Why does an ancient article of clothing share a name with a heinous act of violence? Can one wear an ankle monitor on Shabbat in a coronavirus surveillance state? Explore these and other questions of Talmudic attire in the sixth chapter of Shabbat.

Annie Sommer Kaufman received her Master’s in Fashion Design from Drexel University and is a clothing designer, patternmaker, cutter, sewer, and salesperson with her own label called Annie the K.  She is also the founder of the Lace Midrash Talmud study group and studied at Svara where she is training as a Talmud teacher.

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"Midnight Tale" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

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What, and how, did people cook in the times of the Talmud? What is Haroset, and why are there so many ways to make it?

Dr. Susan Weingarten is an archaeologist and historian. As a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Jewish Studies at Tel Aviv University, Dr. Weingarten began to concentrate on the history of Jewish food, more specifically on food in talmudic literature. She has published over forty papers and is author of the book Haroset: A Taste of Jewish History. At present she is an Associate Fellow of the Albright Institute for Archaeological Research in Jerusalem.

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"Midnight Tale" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

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In the midst of a global pandemic and widespread quarantine―when every day seems like Shabbat―how do we preserve the sanctity of our cherished sanctuary in time and space?

Zackary Sholem Berger, MD, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Johns Hopkins Division of General Internal Medicine and Core Faculty in the Berman Institute of Bioethics, with joint appointment at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. A clinical epidemiologist, bioethicist, and practicing primary care physician, Zack is the author of two books for the lay public on doctor-patient communication and on patient preference in the context of medical evidence. He is also the co-founder of Clinicians for Progressive Care. 

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What’s it like to be a Jewish farmer in 2020, and how can living off the Earth teach us to make better blessings on our food?

Janna Siller is the Farm Director at Adamah Farm in Falls Village, and represents the Jewish non-profit Hazon as a member of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and the National Young Farmers Coalition. She writes about, teaches, and lives the Jewish values of ethical and Earth-conscious eating.

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How did the Rabbis of the Talmud understand how time works, and how does our modern understanding of change how we think about the laws they wrote?

David Zvi Kalman is a fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, co-founder of Jewish Public Media, and owner of Print-O-Craft, an independent publisher of Jewish art books.He received his PhD in 2019 from the University of Pennsylvania with his dissertation entitled “Unequal Hours: The Jewish Reception of Timekeeping Technology from the Bible to the Twentieth Century.

Special thanks  to Avigayil Halpern for her contributions to this episode, and to our executive producer, Adina Karp.

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