Your Jewish Neighborhood

By Michele Holtz

Your Jewish Neighborhood is a weekly podcast from Temple Isaiah in Lafayette, California. Each week, your host, Michele Holtz, will introduce you to clergy, educators, and other leaders from Temple Is... more

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The podcast currently has 240 episodes available.

Your Jewish Neighborhood episodes:

February 20, 2012 YJN #231 - 02/19/12 - Rabbi Greninger on The Hebrew Project
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This week's links:
Hebrew Project Wiki Hebrew Language, resources from the University of Texas at Austin Hebrew Blackboard, Hebrew teaching resources What Happened to 'Hebrew' in Hebrew School? Expriment in Congregational Education The Jewish Education Project
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12min
January 30, 2012YJN #230 - 01/29/12 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on Temple Isaiah's Founding 60 Years Ago
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Temple Isaiah: Celebrating 60 Years
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12min
January 07, 2012 YJN #229 - 01/07/12 - Nina Simone Gotch, Education Director, Anti-Defamation League
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This week's links:
Anti-Defamation League What is Anti-Semitism?, from the ADL Anti-Semitic violence doubled in 2009, from the Jerusalem Post The shocking statistics ab out anti-Semitism in America, YouTube video FBI's 2010 hate crime statistics from ACoordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism Public education Campaign to End Campus Anti-Semitism, from the US Commission on Civil Rights Simon Wiesenthal Center
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12min
December 20, 2011 YJN #228 - 12/19/11 - Rabbi Shanks on the Significance of Chanukah
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This week's links
Chanukah, from the Jewish Virtual Library Rabbis shed light on Chanukah's importance, from the Palm Beach Daily News The Meaning of Chanukah, from Being Jewish Eight Days of Chanukah -- What's the Spiritual Significance, from aJudaica.com Judaism 101: Chanukah Chanukah, American Style, from the American Jewish Historical Society
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12min
December 11, 2011 YJN #227 - 12/11/11 - The Campaign for Youth Engagement
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This weeks links:
The URJ's Campaign for Youth Engagement Jewish Parents: how to Get Teens to Keep Engaged After 13, from Radical parenting Preventing Post B'nai Mitzvah Dropout-itis, from Reform Judaism Online Study Finds 'Man Crisis' in Liberal Jewish Circles
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9min
November 14, 2011 YJN #226 - 11/14/11 - Modern Synagogue Communications
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This week's links:
Who Reads Synagogue Newsletters? Marketing the Shul: What's Working and What Needs to Work U.S. Synagoges Lag in Use of Web and Social Media Technologies Temple Isaiah's Facebook page Rabbi Judy Shanks on Twitter
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14min
October 23, 2011 YJN #225 - Cantor Korn on Selichot - 10/23/11
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This week's links:
Questions and answers about Selichot from the Orthodox Union Selichot: Prayers of Repetence, from MyJewishLearning.com Selicot at the Western Wall, from YouTube When do we begin saying Selichot and why?, from AskMoses.com Music of Selichot and the High Holy Days from Sinai Temple, Springfield, MA Selichot for iPhone and iPad, from The Jewish iPhone Magazine
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12min
September 26, 2011 YJN #224 - 09/25/18 - Why Hebrew Letters are Used for Numbers
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Hebrew Numbers Numbers in Hebrew Video Lesson: Hebrew 101 - Numbers & Days The Confusion of Hebrew Numbers Kabbalah: Meaning of Numbers Symbolism of "Chai", 18
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12min
September 01, 2011 YJN #223 - 09/01/11 - Rabbi Graetz on Israel and the Arab Spring
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This week's links:
Arab Spring spells uncertainty for Israel, from BBC Israel's Arab Spring?, from The Huffington Post Israel must not ignore the Arab Spring, from Haaretz.com Israeli Summer is no Arab Spring, from USA Today What the Arab Spring Means for Israel and Palestine, from NPR Has the Arab Spring arrived in Israel?, from Al Jazeera English
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10min
August 02, 2011 YJN #222 - 08/02/11 - Judaism and "End Times"
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This week's links:
The apocalypse in Judaism from Jewish Encyclopedia Apocalypse Then, from Reform Judaism magazine Revelation/Apocalypse vs. Torah Prophesies? Apocalyptic Literature in the Old Testament and Early Judaism, a bibliography Apocalypses and the Apocalypse, from Messianic Jewish Musings Jewish End of Days, a blog dedicated to "a Jewish perspective on the end times and the coming of the Messiah" Judaism section of the Wikipedia listing for "End Time" Mashiach: The Messiah listing from Judaism 101
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11min

FAQs about Your Jewish Neighborhood:

How many episodes does Your Jewish Neighborhood have?

The podcast currently has 240 episodes available.