When Chanukah and Christmas come around, for many interfaith families it can be a time of celebration and also some challenges. Join Rabbi Lapidus, Rabbi Medwin, and Elizabeth Foster, as they share their experiences as children of interfaith families and how that informs them today both personally and professionally. If you want to know more about how The Temple welcomes and supports interfaith families through our Leven Family Jewish Identity Institute, you can email Rabbi Lapidus at [email protected]. We look forward to sharing new episodes in 2021!

In honor of the beginning of Chanukah, our celebration of miracles, we speak with Elana Frank, CEO and founder of Jewish Fertility Foundation. This amazing organization provides emotional and financial support to those struggling with infertility, and is a resource to so many in our community. For more information, please go to www.jewishfertilityfoundation.org.

This week, we "take the plunge" into the mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath, by speaking with Jocelyn Schorvitz, the executive director of MACoM: Metro Atlanta Community Mikvah. Learn about this community mikvah, the ways people re-imagine the ritual, and ways you can visit MACoM. For more information, please visit atlantamikvah.org. 

We are so excited to talk with Mike Jarvis, The Temple’s first Cantorial Intern. A fourth-year student at HUC-JIR, Mike is spending this year as part of our clergy team leading worship services and bnei mitzvah. In our interview, we’ll learn more about Mike’s journey to cantorial school, what he likes about Jewish prayer, what’s on his playlist, and what he hopes to learn at The Temple this year!

We will not have a new episode next week due to Thanksgiving, but you review all of our episodes by going to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or www.anchor.fm/thetempleatl. And, as a reminder, you can send questions or feedback to [email protected].

One week after Election Day...and where do we go from here? We talk about sacred arguments especially in light of recent election results and Georgia's Senate runoffs. And then, we start to talk about Thanksgiving and how to approach this season of gratitude. 

This week we have the honor of speaking with Adrianne Hamilton-Butler, the executive director of the Zaban-Paradies Center. The ZPC is a shelter for homeless couples on The Temple's campus, and as we'll learn, there are numerous ways that it is extending its reach and needs our help! For more information, go to zabanparadiescenter.org. 

In this episode, Peter and Loren talk to Rabbi Micah Lapidus, who along with being the rabbi at the Davis Academy and Loren's husband, is the newly-named Composer-in-Residence at The Temple. We talk about how Micah got into Jewish songwriting, the inspiration behind the music we hear at MLK Shabbat, and have more than a few laughs. You can find links to his albums by going to micahlapidus.com or searching for "The Davis Academy" on iTunes or Spotify.

This week, we welcome Rabbi Alvin and Barbara Sugarman (and their dog, Daisy) to the podcast. We hear some stories and highlights about their decades of marriage and being leaders in our community. And, we even find out what they like to do for fun! This and all of our previous episodes are available at https://anchor.fm/thetempleatl, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other podcast apps.

As a reminder, send in your questions to [email protected] to be answered on a future episode!

We're back! To kick off the new year 5781, we are so excited to speak with Tomer Zvulun, General and Artistic Director of the Atlanta Opera and member of The Temple. He shares his journey to opera, the challenges and opportunities brought by the pandemic, and some insight into The Kaiser from Atlantis, which was written in 1943 in the Theresienstadt concentration camp, and will open in the Big Tent on October 23. For more information on the shows live or online, go to atlantaopera.org. And, send in any questions to be answered in a future episode to [email protected]

Do you ever wonder how the rabbis come up with their High Holy Day sermons? Join us as we debrief our respective writing and reflecting processes, and talk about the meaning of these particular sermons. If you are interested in joining us for High Holy Day services, please go to www.the-temple.org/high-holy-days for more information!