Talking in Shul - Jewish Public Media

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 at One of Jerusalem’s Holiest Sites by Nina Strochlic at The Daily Beast Armenian and […]

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 congregation on the East Coast. For our second segment we have Beth, who was a rebbetzin for 8 years in Chicago.

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 Deena, a single Jewish woman in New York who will give us some real talk.

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 Indignation.

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 the Jewish take on policing with Rabbi Jill Jacobs, executive director of T'ruah.

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 have been doing for centuries: eat rice, beans, and other legumes on Passover. Further reading […]

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 the seder.

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 Republican stances on Israel, and is seen by some as fascistic and anti-Semitic. In our […]

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 pray in Jerusalem.