This week on Kol Jeshurun, your clergy present reflections, music and moments of memory to honor the year that has passed and hope for what is to come.

Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz and Cantor Howard Stahl reflect on what they and we have learned throughout this past year of the pandemic.

Produced by Cantor Lucy B. Fishbein

Theme Music by Matthew J. Turk

This week on Kol Jeshurun, Rabbi Perolman is joined by Dr. Nancy Simpkins who has been our "North Star" throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Simpkins answers all our questions about the vaccine, who can get it, why we should get it, and what we can expect in the months ahead.

Produced by Cantor Lucy B. Fishbein

Theme Music by Matthew J. Turk

This week on Kol Jeshurun, Rabbi Karen Glazer Perolman is in Conversation with Rabbi Sari Laufer from Stephen Wise Temple (LA). They discuss the book of Esther, Vashti and how these women shape the holiday of Purim for all of us.

Cantor Lucy B. Fishbein offers a d'var torah on this week's Torah portion - Terumah - and its most famous line:

"וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹכָם."

“Prepare for me a sanctuary​, that I may dwell within you.” - Exodu​s 25:8

07:18 - Lord Prepare Me (J.W. Thompson & R. Scruggs)

Vocals: Cantor Emma Lutz & Cantor Lucy B. Fishbein

Audio Production, Piano & Guitar: David Kates

Produced by Lucy B. Fishbein

Theme Music by Matthew J. Turk

This week on Kol Jeshurun, Rabbi Karen Glazer Perolman is in conversation with Debbie Evans, LCSW and Jordyn Feingold, MAPP and Medical Student about how we navigate a COVID world with compassion for ourselves and others.

Produced by Lucy B. Fishbein

Theme Music by Matthew J. Turk

In this weeks installment of Kol Jeshurun, Rabbi Gewirtz has a roundtable discussion with four congregational lay leaders who have been at the helm of TBJ's Synagogue Board during times of communal and national crisis. Using this weeks Torah portion, Parshat Yitro, as a framework, Rabbi Gewirtz discusses what leadership means during times of acute crisis and how we move forward with wisdom and healing.

Transcription available: https://images.shulcloud.com/3262/uploads/Episode4LeadershipinTimesofCrisisTranscript.pdf

Featuring:

Charles Dreifus (President 1988-90)

Richard Zucker (President 2001-2)

Maureen Spivack (President 2011-14)

Craig Parker (President 2019-Current)

Produced by Lucy B. Fishbein

Theme Music by Matthew J. Turk

In this weeks episode of Kol Jeshurun, Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz and Rabbi Karen Glazer Perolman are in conversation with best-selling author, Erica Keswin. Listen as they discuss how rituals have the ability to impact the way we engage with our everyday activities and change the way we live our lives, particularly during these turbulent times.

Erica Keswin is the author of Rituals Roadmap (2021) and Bring Your Human to Work (2019).

To purchase Erica’s new book visit https://ericakeswin.com/rituals-roadmap/

Produced by Cantor Lucy B. Fishbein

Theme Music by Matthew J. Turk

Listen as Rabbi Karen Glazer Perolman reflects on the events of the 2021 Presidential Inauguration and this week's Torah Portion, Parshat Bo. How does the biblical story of the Egyptian Pharaoh's heart being hardened help us reflect on the ways in which the last 5 years have hardened our hearts? How might we become more open hearted in the weeks and months to come?

L’dor Vador - Music & Lyrics by Josh Nelson

Vocals: Lucy B. Fishbein

Guitar: Matthew J. Turk

Piano: Pedro D’Aquino

Percussion: Eran Fink Violin: Benjamin Sutin

Produced by Lucy B. Fishbein

Theme Music Composed by Matthew J. Turk

On this edition of Kol Jeshurun, Cantor Lucy B. Fishbein and Matthew J. Turk share American folk songs from Shabbat Services on January 8th, 2021. Listen as Cantor Fishbein shares thoughts on the ways in which music frames our experiences, prayers and identity.

This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie)

If I Had a Hammer (Lee Hays and Pete Seeger)

America the Beautiful (Katherine Lee Bates, Samuel A. Ward)

Oseh Shalom (Nurit Hirsch)

Produced by Lucy B. Fishbein & Matthew J. Turk

Theme music composed by Matthew J. Turk