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This month on the podcast we’re talking about the Ashkenazi Jewish food renaissance with Liz Alpern, entrepreneur and co-founder of the Gefilteria, and co-author of the Gefilte Manifesto. And for our second segment we’re talking about the new film Neshikot...
This month on the podcast we’re talking about a now infamous op-ed in the Washington Post, “I am tired of being a Jewish man’s rebellion” by Carey Purcell, and the resulting backlash. And for our second segment we’re talking about the...
This month on the podcast we each read a different book about someone leaving Orthodoxy, and we’re going to discuss the themes and reactions that came up for all of us. In our second segment we’re going to discuss the...
This month on the podcast we’re talking about Jewish music, about prayer, and about what happens when these things come together. These three interrelated topics are an amalgam of various conversations we’ve been wanting to have with one another, spurred...
This month on the podcast we got a request from a listener to discuss the graphic novel Unterzakhn by Leela Corman. For our second segment we’ll be discussing the recent triple wedding in New York of couples who couldn’t or...
This month on the podcast we’re talking about the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, a new show on Amazon Prime, and we’re talking about what it’s like to be Jewish during the (secular) holiday season. Further reading The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel The...
This month on the podcast we’re talking about awesome historical Jewish women that we didn’t learn about when we were kids. And we’re going to talk about Jewish rituals that we wish existed, and ones we could do without. Further...
This month on the podcast we’re talking about If All the Seas Were Ink by Ilana Kurshan, and we’ll be speaking with Ilana. And for our second segment we’re talking about how parenting can/should change your Jewish practice. Further reading...
This month on the podcast we’re talking about Menashe, a new film about a single Hasidic father in Brooklyn, shot entirely in Yiddish. And for our second segment we’ll be talking about Biblical fiction–from The Red Tent to…everything else. Have...
This month on the podcast we’re talking mixed seating on El Al flights to and from Israel. The Israeli Supreme Court has ruled that El Al employees cannot ask women to move in order to please Haredi men. And for...
This month on the podcast we’re talking about the choice to be childfree, with writer Chanel Dubofsky. In our second segment we’re talking about the film Band Aid with the film’s director and co-star Zoe Lister-Jones. Further reading Choosing to...
This month on the podcast we’re talking about Jewish weddings–how can/should we create Jewish wedding rituals that are interesting, relevant, and/or feminist? And for our second segment we’re talking about a divisive piece in Jewish Currents called, A Taxonomy of...
This month on the podcast we're talking about Rabbi Wolff, a documentary about a German/British Reform rabbi, and then we'll be sharing some of our favorite insights from the haggadah.
This month on the podcast we’re talking about the bomb threats to JCCs, and Queen Esther beauty pageants–a fascinating, inclusive and problematic chapter in Zionist history. Further reading JCC Bomb threats Bomb Threats to Jewish Community Centers and Organizations By...
This month on the podcast we’re talking about the documentary There are Jews here, by filmmaker Brad Lichtenstein, and the recent Executive Order banning people from seven countries from coming into the US. Further reading There Are Jews Here There...
This week on the podcast we’re talking about Jerusalem (the exhibit at the Met, and the City), and sufganiyot. Further reading Jerusalem Jerusalem: 1000-1400 Every People Under Heaven at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the audio guide Christian Monks Square Off...
This week on the podcast we're talking about what it's like to be a female rabbi, and what it's like to be a rebbetzin. For our first segment we have a guest, Rabbi Aviva, who is the rabbi of a Conservative...
This week on the podcast we're talking about Yizkor, the memorial prayer that's said on Yom Kippur, and about what it's really like to be a single Jewish woman looking for a partner. For the second segment we'll be joined by...
This week on the podcast we're talking about the new podcast Kaddish: The Podcast, and for that segment we'll be joined by creator and producer Ariana Katz, and for our second segment we'll be talking about the new movie...
This week on the podcast we're talking about the new webseries about Orthodox dating, Soon By You, and for that segment we'll be joined by creator and actress Leah Gottfried, and for our second segment we'll be talking about...
This week on the podcast we're talking about synagogue fundraising, and about a Modern Orthodox shul's visit to a gay bar after the massacre in an Orlando gay bar.
This week on the podcast we’re talking about non-Ashkenazi Judaism with Sigal Samuel, Opinion editor of the Forward, and about the great Kitniyot debate. This year the Conservative movement released a responsum permitting Ashkenazi Jews to do what non-Ashkenazi Jews...
This week on the podcast we're talking about White Walls: A memoir about motherhood, daughter, and the mess in between by Judy Batalion. And for our second topic we're doing a mini-seder, sharing some questions and answers about things from...
This month on the podcast we’re talking about Judaism and the presidental election. Bernie Sanders, the first serious Jewish candidate for President of the United States, is seen by some as not Jewish enough, while Donald Trump eschews the usual...
This month on the podcast we talked about the The Shul/Church Project, an art project by Zoe Cohen. In our second segment, we spoke about the women of the wall. Their new compromise, and what it means for women who...
This month on the podcast we're talking about Marc Gafni, Barry Freundel, and the sexual misdeeds of rabbis. How can our communities appropriately respond to sexual predators, and how can we prevent them from getting positions of power in the...
This month on Talking in Shul we're talking about Holocaust comparisons--are they ever okay? If so, when? If not, why not? And we're talking about the story of Judith, a complex Hanukkah heroine.
This month on Talking in Shul we're talking about Halloween, and the sad state of parental leave in Jewish organizations.
This month on Talking in Shul we're talking about how the Jewish community responds to and works to prevent suicide. We spoke with Rella Kaplowitz, of Elijah's Journey, a Jewish Response to Suicide for that segment. Our second topic is...
This month on Talking in Shul we're talking about the Jewish media landscape--how does it work, and what do we wish it did better? Our second topic is breastfeeding in shul. A new blog allows people to submit their experiences...
This month on Talking in Shul we’re talking about how expensive it is to be a Jew, and whether or not expense should be a limiting actor for those wishing to convert. In our second segment we’ll be discussing the...
This month on Talking in Shul we’re talking about shul shopping–how do you find a synagogue or Jewish community you like? What do you look for and what do you avoid? Our second topic is the ever-elusive Shabbat atmosphere. How...
Moishe House, AVODAH House—Why is everyone so interested in young Jews living together after college? Tamar, Zahava, and Mimi investigate, with special guest Jenny Smith.
Tamar, Mimi, and Zahava talk about their favorites, and also how to make your seder as excellent as theirs.
This month on Talking in Shul we're talking about sex and the single Jewish Orthodox woman, and about Purim, a holiday that's often billed as kid friendly. Is it really kid friendly, and what makes a holiday or a Jewish...
This month we spoke about the recent brouhaha around USY changing it's language around interdating for its regional board members, and about a new study that says being a member of a synagogue makes you healthier.
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This episode was recorded live at the JOFA UnConference. Tamar, Mimi, and Zahava talk about modesty codes and dress codes for women, and how to make bar or bat mitzvah celebrations meaningful.
In this month's episode we discuss the school board controversy in East Ramapo New York, and the television show Transparent, available on Amazon Prime.
In this month's episode we discuss the way the social justice and Judaism are often billed as interchangeable terms, and best practices for sex and relationship education for pre-teens and teens in Jewish schools.
In this month's episode we discuss the burka ban in France, and its implications for Jewish hair-coverers. Then we talk to guest Beth Wolf about her secret facebook group, Undercover Beauties for women of all religions and backgrounds who cover...
In this month's episode we discuss the three weeks of mourning leading up to Tisha B'Av, and the Jewish wedding ceremony and how it's changing (or not changing) with guest Naomi Socher-Lerner. We close with some Jewish endorsements.
In this month's episode we discuss how the Jewish community can better serve single people, and the joys and oys of Jewish summer camp. We close with some Jewish endorsements.
We discuss modern antisemitism in the context of the recent violence in Ukraine, the significance of Fiddler on the Roof 50 years later, and share a Jewish win and an endorsement.
We discuss the Jewish response to the Hobby Lobby case that was recently heard by the Supreme Court, and our own takes on kosher stores. We closed with a recent Jewish win and fail.
On the first episode of Talking in Shul, we talked about prayer spaces--what makes for a good place to pray, and what doesn't, plus some odd prayer spaces we have known. Featuring Tamar Fox, Mimi Lewis, and Zahava Stadler.