Soul Searching

Rabbi Neil Amswych of Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, NM, interviews Rabbi Marc Katz, from Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield, NJ. They discuss Rabbi Marc's book, The Heart of Loneliness: How Jewish Wisdom Can Help You Cope and Find Comfort. Loneliness, a real problem before the pandemic, has only gown. This timely episode of Soul Searching explores what is loneliness, how we can relate to it, and how we need each other in those moments.

Rabbi Neil Amswych of Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, NM, interviews Victor Nelson on his spiritual direction counseling, spiritual development, and more. Victor Nelson is a former Lutheran pastor, and current faculty member at Southwestern College.

Recorded just three months before his death in August of 2018, Rabbi Ben Morrow spoke with Rabbi Neil Amswych, of Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, NM. Rabbi Ben was formerly the leader of Temple Beth Shalom (among many other things) and had previously been a guest on Soul Searching as well. In this second interview the two rabbis discuss what is a soul and how do we actually do "soul searching".

Rev. Gail Marriner of Unitarian Universalist Santa Fe, interview the usual host of Soul Searching - Rabbi Neil Amswych of Temple Beth Shalom, in Santa Fe. They discuss the journey from science to religion, gender, and what it means to be reforming Judaism.

Rabbi Neil Amswych from Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, NM, interviews Michael Robison, President of Feeding Santa Fe and a part of the Social Justice Team at St. Bede's Episcopal. They discuss the fact that 1 in 4 young people, and 1 in 5 adults experience food insecurity in Santa Fe (at the time of the recording in December 2019), and how Feeding Santa Fe does their best to help alleviate some of that. They also talk about how we give and seeing others as people instead of stepping over them.

Rabbi Neil Amswych of Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, NM interviews Rev. Gregory Toole, from the Centers for Spiritual living, and spiritual director of Somseva. They discuss what God is and isn't, whether we need suffering, and what it means to be "Spiritually Magnificent.

Rabbi Neil Amswych of Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, NM, interviews Yusef Cabaret, liaison to the imam at Masjid A Rahma. The two discuss prayer - being in conversation with God, atonement, and forgiveness. And they talk about the difference between "Islam" and "Muslim", what it means to be a human in a law system, humanity vs. tradition and customs.

Rabbi Neil Amswych of Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, NM, interviews Matthew Kozan Palevsky, a visiting teacher and former president, at the Upaya Zen Center. The two discuss Matthew's work with the Diamond Sutra, the idea of letting go of the self, and more.

Rabbi Neil Amswych of Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, NM, interviews Josue Damian Martinez of YUCCA (Youth United for Climate Change Action). They discuss the urgent climate emergency in the world, how young people are coming together to create power to demand that our governments intervene, the economic impact of the climate crisis, and much more. To find out more about YUCCA please visit climatestrikenm.org.

Rabbi Neil Amswych of Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, NM, interviews Deacon Andy Dimas of St. Anne's Catholic Church. They discuss how the bible helps the Deacon understand the world, how God makes good in the world, where Catholic thought comes from, and the infallibility of the Pope.