Tehillah Talks

Tehillah Talks

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Tehillah Talks episodes

  • How to Find Common Ground When You Come From Different Perspectives
    In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
    Being in a heated conversation, what happens when you really listen?
    If you don’t know someone who disagrees with you, how do you find respect for them?
    How easy is it to hear other people’s stories?
    How hard is it to find commonality with someone with whom you disagree?
    What it means to be taught how to compromise
    How we can get out of our corners
    Learn more about our community that is committed to an environment in which all are welcome wherever they or their families find themselves on their Jewish journey, inclusive of any age, race, orientation, gender identity, ability and economic status at www.congregationtehillah.org andhttps://www.facebook.com/congregationtehillah/.
    33 min
  • The Meaning of Our Prayers and How They Influence Us
    In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
    What is love?
    Can you command someone to love?
    How easy is it to love your neighbor as yourself?
    The challenges and benefits of connecting being a stranger in a strange land with loving your neighbor
    How looking at love as paying attention changes the transaction and focus
    How breaking bread with strangers can build connections
    Learn more about our community that is committed to an environment in which all are welcome wherever they or their families find themselves on their Jewish journey, inclusive of any age, race, orientation, gender identity, ability and economic status at www.congregationtehillah.org andhttps://www.facebook.com/congregationtehillah/.
    33 min
  • How Our Tradition Teaches Us to Listen
    In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
    How can you command people to listen
    What it takes to listen to and hear another person’s voice
    How God’s unity helps us listen to people we don’t agree with
    How to discern the biases in someone else’s viewpoint
    Using the Sh’ma as a context for listening to the world
    Taking time to listen before we talk
    Learn more about our community that is committed to an environment in which all are welcome wherever they or their families find themselves on their Jewish journey, inclusive of any age, race, orientation, gender identity, ability and economic status at www.congregationtehillah.org and https://www.facebook.com/congregationtehillah/.
    26 min
  • The Power of Story
    In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
    Why it matters to tell the story on Passover
    The desire to remember the story of the Holocaust and to forget it
    How objects connect us to story
    Our connections to our family stories
    How stories change as we reread them over time
    What stories may obligate us to do
    Story as a way in
    Learn more about our community that is committed to an environment in which all are welcome wherever they or their families find themselves on their Jewish journey, inclusive of any age, race, orientation, gender identity, ability and economic status at www.congregationtehillah.org and https://www.facebook.com/congregationtehillah/.
    31 min
  • Searching for Identity Through the Themes of Purim
    In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
    Dressing in ridiculous costumes
    What roots us in our identity
    The tension between our public and private identity
    How to get beyond judgments that are based on appearance
    How to keep going forward in challenging times
    Fear vs. solidarity in response to a threat
    What holds us up during difficult moments
    Learn more about our community that is committed to an environment in which all are welcome wherever they or their families find themselves on their Jewish journey, inclusive of any age, race, orientation, gender identity, ability and economic status at www.congregationtehillah.org and https://www.facebook.com/congregationtehillah/.
    26 min
  • Reflections on Genesis: Being in Formation
    In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
    The definition of the word genesis
    Where we are in our own personal formation journey
    How the Joseph narrative may relate to our own transitions
    How we find a good starting point for something new
    How to find the positive amid negative messaging
    Communities we can turn to when we are feeling overwhelmed or struggling
    What we are grateful for that supports our transitions
    Learn more about our community that is committed to an environment in which all are welcome wherever they or their families find themselves on their Jewish journey, inclusive of any age, race, orientation, gender identity, ability and economic status at www.congregationtehillah.org and https://www.facebook.com/congregationtehillah/.
    30 min
  • Reflections on Noah: The Righteous Person in Our World today
    In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
    What does it mean to be a good person?
    Should we give Noah a bad rap?
    What does it take to get out of our places of comfort?
    Are we being trained to think before we act?
    What can we do differently to build positive impact?
    Learn more about our community that is committed to an environment in which all are welcome wherever they or their families find themselves on their Jewish journey, inclusive of any age, race, orientation, gender identity, ability and economic status at www.congregationtehillah.org and https://www.facebook.com/congregationtehillah/.
    26 min
  • Welcoming the New Year
    In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
    Why we have to mark beginnings
    Why we start with the same texts and stories at the beginning of every year
    How we highlight the importance of beginnings
    Our wishes for the New Year
    Learn more about our community that is committed to an environment in which all are welcome wherever they or their families find themselves on their Jewish journey, inclusive of any age, race, orientation, gender identity, ability and economic status at www.congregationtehillah.org and https://www.facebook.com/congregationtehillah/.
    21 min
  • Why is Caring for the Environment a Jewish Value?
    In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
    Why the environment has lost attention
    Learning about long-term impact
    The way values about our land are embedded in our Jewish texts
    How can we focus more on the communal and less on the individual
    How can we create a sense of urgency with the environment
    How can we make choices for the future where the environment fits in
    Learn more about our community that is committed to an environment in which all are welcome wherever they or their families find themselves on their Jewish journey, inclusive of any age, race, orientation, gender identity, ability and economic status at www.congregationtehillah.org and https://www.facebook.com/congregationtehillah/.
    27 min
  • Grappling with Anti-Semitism – Part 2
    In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we speak about what Anti-Semitism means as a young person today.
    We discuss:
    What Anti-Semitism demands of us in relation to other groups under attack
    How we tell the story of Ant-Semitism without blinding ourselves to the suffering of others
    How our laws are embedded in our story, giving empathy a voice
     
    Learn more about our community that is committed to an environment in which all are welcome wherever they or their families find themselves on their Jewish journey, inclusive of any age, race, orientation, gender identity, ability and economic status at www.congregationtehillah.org and https://www.facebook.com/congregationtehillah/.
    29 min

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Teens discuss their Jewish journeys with Rabbi Linda Shriner-Cahn