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This is our final episode and it’s an all endorsements episode! Tamar:From Zahava: From Mimi: My own: New:Escape the algorithm newsletter by Elan Ullendorf The Rest is Memory by Lily TuckConverting to Judaism in the Wake of October 7th By Jeannie Suk Gersen in the New YorkerYenta episode Jewish Lesbian Power Couple with Elana ArianRabbi Miles […]

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This month we’re pulling back the curtain on what it’s been like to make this podcast, what we’ve learned, and what we’ll miss when the podcast ends. Further Reading Here are some of our favorite episodes, mentioned in this episode:Interfaith Chaplain Marcie Greenfield Simons & Times of Israel “State of Jerusalem” Documentaries Beyond the Synagogue […]

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Sadly, we’ve decided to wind down the Talking in Shul podcast. We’ve produced almost 100 episodes over a decade, and a lot has changed for all of us. We are going to record two more episodes, in addition to this one, which will bring us to an even 100 episodes.  This month we’re talking about […]

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his month we’re talking about… politics. How does it show up in our Jewish communities? And how do we want it to show up in our communities? How and when do we talk about politics at shul? Endorsements: Zahava endorses (1) the Gabfest Reads episode about Tablets Shattered by Joshua Leifer; (2) Rav Yehuda Amital’s […]

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This month we’re talking about waste and Jewish practice, especially as we begin preparing for Passover. What if anything can we do on a global, local, and personal level about waste? Endorsements: Zahava endorses the folk song “Irish Eyes” by Rose Betts and encourages you to search for responses to Rose’s “Open Verse” challenge Mimi […]

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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.” […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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