Talking in Shul - Jewish Public Media

Talking in Shul - Jewish Public Media

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Talking in Shul - Jewish Public Media episodes

  • 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 Shtisel TV show ‘Shtisel’ subtly changes ultra-Orthodox perceptions by Jessica Steinberg in the Times of […]

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    1 hr 10 min
  • 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 endorsements in honor of Zahava, who couldn’t join us for the recording this week. Further […]

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    59 min
  • 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 talked about how synagogues can and should deal with security, and about the play Observance, […]

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    1 hr 22 min
  • 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 meaningful to us. And we’re talking about the matriarchs. How do we feel about the […]

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    1 hr 26 min
  • #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 KKK. Further reading #MeToo in the Jewish community My personal and professional reckoning with Steven […]
    1 hr 11 min
  • Ashkenazi Jewish food renaissance, and Neshikot B’Ivrit
    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 B’Ivrit, or Hebrew Kisses, by filmmaker Manya Lozovskaya. Further reading Ashkenazi Jewish food renaissance The Gefilte Manifesto: […]
    1 hr 5 min
  • A Jewish Man’s Rebellion and Disobedience
    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 new film Disobedience, based on the novel by Naomi Alderman, and starring Rachel Weisz and […]
    57 min
  • Jewish music and Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach’s music
    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 in part by renewed discussions about Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, famed composer of many Jewish liturgical […]
    1 hr 1 min
  • Unterzakhn and a Triple Wedding in New York
    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 wouldn’t get married in Israel under the rabbinate. Further reading Unterzakhn Buy Unterzakhn by Leela […]
    1 hr 8 min

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