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• 03.22.2024

  Talking In Shul Ep. 95: The Book of V

  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...

  
• 02.01.2024

  Talking In Shul Ep. 94: The Tunnels Under 770

  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...

  
• 12.11.2023

  Talking In Shul Ep. 93: Deep Dive into Jewish Poetry

  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...

  
• 11.15.2023

  Talking In Shul Ep. 92: Little Bird

  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...

  
• 11.09.2023

  Talking In Shul Ep. 91: Jewish Joy

  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...

  
• 07.16.2023

  Talking In Shul Ep. 90: Talking About Kiddush

  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! Mimi Lewis is taking a break this month, but we’re thrilled to welcome past...

  
• 03.29.2023

  Talking In Shul Ep. 89: Passover Favorites

  This month we’re talking about Passover, talking about our favorite rituals, texts, foods, and more.  Passover favorites Ritual Mimi: Hallel (when it happens!) and washing each others hands Zahava: Reciting the entire Hagaddah out loud, in unison, with my family...

  
• 03.05.2023

  Talking In Shul Ep. 88: Jewish Influencers

  This month we’re talking about Jewish influencers. What/how are the influencing us, and what trends do we see and like or dislike? “Influencer” can feel like a very shallow field–one that’s obsessed with trends and how things look to attract...

  
• 02.07.2023

  Talking In Shul Ep. 87: Good Shabbat Programming for Kids

  This month we’re talking about how we prioritize kid services and programming versus our own communal needs. What is our ideal, and what we have we seen that didn’t work for us. Endorsements Mimi endorses Kapelya, an album of women...

  
• 01.03.2023

  Talking In Shul Ep. 86: Jewish at Work

  This month we’re talking about being Jewish at work.  How do we explain and present ourselves as Jews at a Jewish workplace, or a non-Jewish workplace? 1 in 4 hiring managers say they’re less likely to hire Jewish applicants by...

  
• 12.15.2022

  Christmas & Hanukkah

  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!  You may have...

  
• 07.13.2022

  Beauty Queen of Jerusalem & The Shivah by Gog

  Beauty Queen of Jerusalem Beauty Queen of Jerusalem is a new show on Netflix (it previously came out as 20 30 min episodes in Israel. Netflix has made it into 10 hour long episodes). It follows the ​​Hermosas, a wealthy...

  
• 05.27.2022

  Recipe for Change: Standing Up to Antisemitism & Abortion Rights

  This month we’re talking about a YouTube special called Recipe for Change: Standing up to Antisemism. And for our second segment we’re talking about how the expected end of Roe v Wade impacts the Jewish community, and how the Jewish...

  
• 03.23.2022

  Talking In Shul Ep. 82: Book Bans & Sedar Topics

  This month we’re talking about the TN school ban of Maus, and other attempts to limit education around difficult or uncomfortable subjects like the Holocaust and slavery.  And for our second segment we’re, oof, we are getting ready for pesach...

  
• 02.22.2022

  Interfaith Chaplain Marcie Greenfield Simons & Times of Israel “State of Jerusalem” Documentaries

  This month we’re talking Marcie Greenfield Simons about what it’s like to be an interfaith chaplain in these intense covid times.   And for our second segment we’re talking about a series of video documentaries from the Times of Israel about...

  
• 01.28.2022

  “Warm & Welcoming” Book Review and “The Club”

  This month we’re talking about the new book, Warm and Welcoming: How the Jewish Community can Become Truly Diverse and Inclusive in the 21st Century, edited by Warren Hoffman, and Miriam Steinberg Egeth.  And for our second segment we’re talking...

  
• 11.29.2021

  Keeping Jewish Kids Safe from Abuse & Hannukah Kitsch

  This month we’re talking about several recent scandals involving Jewish youth groups and youth leaders. What if anything can we hope Jewish organizations do to keep children and employees safe from sexual predators? And for our second segment we’re talking...

  
• 10.19.2021

  Jewish Day Planners & Jewish Romance Novels

  This month we’re joined by guest host Miriam Steinberg-Egeth. Among Miriam’s many claims to fame are her Jewish advice column in the Exponent, and her forthcoming book, Warm and Welcoming: How the Jewish Community Can Become Truly Diverse and Inclusive...

  
• 08.03.2021

  Climate Change & “My Unorthodox Life”

  This month we’re talking about climate change, grief, and how the Jewish community is and can respond to climate change.  And for our second segment we’re talking about the newish Netflix show My Unorthodox Life. My Unorthodox Life My Unorthodox...

  
• 07.09.2021

  Anti Semitism & Perfect Summer Shabbats

  This month we’re talking with Dr. Hannah Lebovits, assistant professor of Public Affairs at the University of Texas- Arlington, to talk about the different kinds of anti-semitism and discrimination. And for our second segment we’re talking about our perfect summer...

  
• 06.20.2021

  “The Last Days” & the Pew Survey of Jews in America

  For our first segment, we’re talking about The Last Days, a documentary that originally came out in 1998, directed by James Moll, and focuses on the lives of five hungarian Jews who survived the Holocaust. Recently rereleased on Netflix, it...

  
• 05.03.2021

  Beyond the Synagogue & Shiva Baby

  This month we’re talking with Dr. Rachel B. Gross about her new book, Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish nostalgia as religious practice.  And for our second segment we’re talking about Shiva Baby, a new film written and directed by Emma Seligman....

  
• 03.19.2021

  Fat Torah & Fake Kosher Foods

  This month we're interviewing Rabbi Minna Bromberg about Fat Torah and their work in fat activism and ending weight stigma in the Jewish community. And for our second segment we're talking about fake food--by which we mean pareve foods like...

  
• 02.14.2021

  Crossing Delancey & Jewish Conspiracy Theories

  This month we’re talking about Crossing Delancey, a film that’s new to us, as we honor the memory of Joan Micklin Silver, the director, who recently died. And for our second segment we’re talking about the recent conspiracy theory exposed...

  
• 01.15.2021

  Jewish Life in 2021 & The Prayer for our Country

  This month we’re making some predictions. How will the Jewish community, and Jewish communal life, change in this year as we (hopefully) transition out of covid-isolation. And for our second segment we’re talking about the prayer for our country. As...

  
• 12.20.2020

  “The Gett: A Young Wife’s Tale” & Jewish Gift Giving Practices

  This month we’re talking about The Gett: A Young Wife’s Tale, a new play written by Liba Vaynberg and directed by Daniella Topol, available on Youtube. And for our second segment we’re talking about Jewish gift giving practices.  The Gett...

  
• 10.19.2020

  Mayyim Hayyim and Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  This month we’re talking about a new online training to become a mikveh guide from Mayyim Hayyim. For that segment we’ll be joined by Jessica Rosenberg, the director of the Rising Tide Open Waters Mikveh Network from Mayyim Hayyim. And...

  
• 09.04.2020

  An American Pickle & Politics in Shul

  This month we’re talking about An American Pickle, and for our second segment we’re talking about politics in shul. How and how much, if at all, should politics show up in our prayer communities? Endorsements Mimi endorses Eleanor & Park...

  
• 08.10.2020

  High Holidays in a Pandemic & Judaism on TV

  This month we’re talking about creative ways different jewish communities are and should celebrate the High Holidays, with the spectre of covid-19 making many traditional services too dangerous. And for our second segment we’re talking about our favorite representations of...

  
• 07.13.2020

  Resource Generation & Giving Tzedakah

  This month we’re talking about the Resource Generation with Kate Poole and Jessica Rosenberg for our first segment. And for our second segment we’re talking about different sources around giving tzedakah as we think about our own giving philosophies.  Resource...

  
• 06.15.2020

  Black Lives Matter Protests & Jews of Color

  This month we’re talking to Tema Smith about the current Black Lives Matter protests, and how the Jewish community has been and should be working for racial justice. And for our second segment we’re talking with Nissa Mai-Rose about a...

  
• 05.19.2020

  Philissa Cramer & Broken Bird

  This month we’re talking to Philissa Cramer, the new editor in chief of JTA. For our second segment we’re talking about a short film called Broken Bird.  Show Notes JTA JTA.org Broken Bird Broken Bird is a moving coming of...

  
• 04.05.2020

  Bonus Episode: Coronavirus & Judaism

  On this bonus mini episode, we discuss how the Coronavirus has affected us personally. We also chat about our plans for Pesach in light of social distancing and Zoom Seders.

  
• 04.05.2020

  Hila Ratzabi & Etty Hillesum

  This month we’re talking to Hila Ratzabi, a writer and editor based in Israel, about Etty Hillesum, a Jewish writer, academic and diarist who lived in Amsterdam during World War II, and was killed in a concentration camp. For our...

  
• 03.16.2020

  Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter & Debbie Friedman

  This month we talked to Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter, the leader of a new Modern Orthodox shul in Philadelphia called The South Philadelphia Shtiebel. And for our second topic we’re talking about Debbie Friedman, her impact on Jewish music, and on...

  
• 02.14.2020

  Beyond the Pale and Favorite Jewish Verses

  This month our first topic is Beyond the Pale, a recent episode of the TV show Finding Your Roots. And for our second topic, we’re talking about our favorite verses from tanakh and Jewish aphorisms. Beyond the Pale Finding Your...

  
• 12.31.2019

  Honeycake Magazine and talking about God

  This month our first topic is Honeycake, a new Jewish magazine for kids. And for our second segment we are taking about God. Why isn’t God the topic of more Jewish conversation? And how do we talk about God in...

  
• 11.22.2019

  Talking in Shul Ep. 59: Covered Up and This American Life

  This month our first topic is Covered Up, a documentary about wearing a wig by director Rachel Elitzur. For our second segment we’re talking about a recent episode of This American Life that featured a segment about the Chabad community...

  
• 09.26.2019

  The Spy and Psalms

  This month our first topic is The Spy, a new show starring Sacha Baron Cohen on Netflix. And our second topic is Psalms, or tehillim. How do we approach this mainstay of women’s prayer? Further reading The Spy The real...

  
• 08.27.2019

  Apologies and Golda’s Balcony

  This month our first topic is apologies. We’re joined by Miriam Steinberg-Egeth, a Jewish advice columnist in Philadelphia to discuss what makes a good apology? What makes a bad apology? As we approach the High Holidays, how are we reflecting...

  
• 07.31.2019

  The Rabbinic Pipeline and Holocaust Comparisons

  This month our first topic is the rabbinic pipeline. We’re talking to Rabbi Leora Kling-Perkins about her experiences going through the process to get a job as a pulpit rabbi, and about our own experiences being on the other end...

  
• 06.21.2019

  Talking in Shul ep. 55- Women’s Balcony and Eiruv in the Media

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• 05.28.2019

  Women Erased and the Long Shadow of Megadonors

  This month on the podcast, we talk to Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll of Chochmat Nashim about the erasure of women in many Jewish publications, a worsening trend. Then, in our second segment, we discuss the influence of megadonors on the Jewish...

  
• 03.31.2019

  Gender and Jewish burial, and the ticking clock of Jewish life

  This month on the podcast we’re talking about Jewish burial and tahara, and how that intersects with questions about gender with Emily Fishman. For our second segment, we’re talking about timebound commandments and how they stress us out. Further readings...

  
• 02.26.2019

  Looking Jewish, and Jewish Burnout

  This month on the podcast Zahava is back from maternity leave, and we’re talking about what it means to “look Jewish” from Jewish noses to Jewish hair and more. For our second segment we’re talking about being burnt out in...

  
• 01.28.2019

  Shtisel and gender in life cycle events

  This month on the podcast Rabbi Annie Lewis is joining us to talk about the Israeli TV show Shtisel, which is now available on Netflix, and making decisions about gender for Jewish baby namings and bar/bat/bnei? mitzvah celebrations. Further readings...

  
• 12.02.2018

  Chanukkah Books and the Forward’s Sexiest Jewish Intellectuals

  This month on the podcast Yael Kalman is joining us to talk about Chanukkah books for kids. For our second topic, we’re discussing the Forward’s list of “Sexiest Jewish intellectuals Alive (and one Dead).” Plus, endorsements, and a special round of...

  
• 11.12.2018

  HIAS, Synagogue security, and Observance

  This month on the podcast we’re talking with Rebecca Kirzner the HIAS Campaigns Director of Community Engagement, about the work HIAS does and how it has been dealing with the wake of the shooting at Tree of Life synagogue. We also...

  
• 10.24.2018

  High Holiday Recap and the Matriarchs

  This month on the podcast we’re talking about the High Holiday season. We’re just off a solid month of holidays, and we thought it might be a good time to reflect on what makes the chagim, or holidays, successful and/or...

  
• 08.29.2018

  #MeToo in the Jewish community and BlackkKlansman

  This month on the podcast we’re talking about #MeToo in the Jewish world and about Spike Lee’s new film, Blackkklansmen, which follows a black detective in Colorado Springs as he and a Jewish colleague infiltrate the local chapter of the...