Verses:Where Broadway and Torah Meet

Verses:Where Broadway and Torah Meet

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Verses:Where Broadway and Torah Meet episodes

  • Pippin’s CORNER OF THE SKY w/ the Book of Ecclesiastes
    In the search for the meaning of life, what matters most? Love? Wealth? Pleasures? How old you are? Anita and Rabba Rachel discuss Pippin and how it relates to the Book of Ecclesiastes.

    Read the Biblical text and the song lyrics on this Sefaria source sheet.
    https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/370926?editor=1

    Join the Verses Facebook group to continue the conversation!
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/941182063491276

    Visit Anita's website at https://www.anitasilvert.com

    Visit the Jewish Living Lab at www.jewishlivinglab.com
    26 min
  • Into the Woods’ PROLOGUE w/ Lech L’cha
    Why do you start on a journey? What do you want? And what do you take with you from the journey? Listen to the conversation about Abraham and the fairy tale characters of Into the Woods.

    Read the Biblical text and the song lyrics on this Sefaria source sheet.
    https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/359097?editor=1

    Join the Verses Facebook group to continue the conversation!
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/941182063491276

    Visit Anita's website at https://www.anitasilvert.com

    Visit the Jewish Living Lab at www.jewishlivinglab.com
    29 min
  • Les Miserables’ WHO AM I? w/ Moses Kills the Egyptian
    When standing up for justice means putting your own life in danger and forcing you to flee, Anita and Rabba Rachel discuss the complexities of personal identity in the life of Moses and the character of Jean Valjean.

    Follow along with the Sefaria source sheet at
    https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/365529?editor=1

    Join the Verses Facebook group to continue the conversation!
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/941182063491276

    Visit Anita's website at
    https://www.anitasilvert.com

    Visit the Jewish Living Lab at
    www.jewishlivinglab.com
    24 min
  • Newsies’ SEIZE THE DAY w/ David & Goliath
    On the inaugural episode Anita and Rachel discuss the musical Newsies and the classic Bible narrative where the little guy stands up to the big man.

    Read the Biblical text and the song lyrics on this Sefaria source sheet:
    https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/297462?lang=bi

    Join the Verses Facebook group to continue the conversation:
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/941182063491276

    Visit Anita's website at https://www.anitasilvert.com/

    Visit the Jewish Living Lab at www.jewishlivinglab.com/podcasts
    28 min
  • Introducing Verses
    Introducing Verses, a new podcast from The Jewish Living Lab. On each episode Rabba Rachel Kohl-Finegold in Montreal and Anita Silvert in Chicago select a song from the Broadway canon and match it with a selection from the Biblical canon putting the texts in conversation with one another.

    Watch for episode 1 launching later this month!
    1 min

About Verses:Where Broadway and Torah Meet

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Welcome to Verses: Where Broadway and Torah Meet, a place to geek out on Broadway musicals, Biblical text, and the interplay of the verses in both. On each episode of Verses, Anita Silvert in Chicago…