Won't You Be My Rabbi?

There's so much variety in modern Orthodoxy, Laura decided to cover it twice. While Rabbi Rachel Kohl Finegold, in another episode, represented a more liberal strain, Ellie Bass, director of the Jewish Family Institute in Toronto, falls under the more traditional camp. Can Laura understand the appeal?

This show is hosted by Laura Leibow. Michael Fraiman is the producer and editor. Our theme music is by The Underscore Orkestra. For more great Jewish podcasts, visit thecjn.ca.

Laura didn't really know what Reconstructionist Judaism was all about before speaking with Rabbi Boris Dolin, the head rabbi at Congregation Dorshei Emet in Hampstead, Que. But now that she knows, she might be sold.

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Could Laura be a modern Orthodox Jew? Probably not. But if anyone could pitch her on it, it's Rabbi Rachel Finegold Kohl, the director of education and spiritual enrichment at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Montreal

This show is hosted by Laura Leibow. Michael Fraiman is the producer and editor. Our theme music is by The Underscore Orkestra. For more great Jewish podcasts, visit thecjn.ca.

Laura speaks with a rabbi who recently left his Conservative synagogue—which may not even be all that Conservative anymore. Rabbi Matthew Leibl was the senior rabbi at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Winnipeg until April 2021.

This show is hosted by Laura Leibow. Michael Fraiman is the producer and editor. Our theme music is by The Underscore Orkestra. For more great Jewish podcasts, visit thecjn.ca.

Laura starts with the basics: Reform Judaism. She speaks with Rabbi Dan Moskovitz, the senior rabbi at Temple Sholom in Vancouver and chair of the Reform Rabbis of Canada organization.

This show is hosted by Laura Leibow. Michael Fraiman is the producer and editor. Our theme music is by The Underscore Orkestra. For more great Jewish podcasts, visit thecjn.ca.