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NYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason #4.....An Announcement2023-09-2210 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason #3 Final Episode - Musings2023-06-1628 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason #3 Episode 16 Rabbi- what does it meant to be a rabbi today?2023-06-0135 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason #3 Episode 15 On Women's Bodies and Violence2023-05-1833 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason #3 Episode 14: Parenting Peer Pressure2023-05-0539 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason #3 Episode 13 Passover Episode!2023-04-0231 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason #3 Episode 12 Special Guest: Rabbi Sharon Brous2023-03-1736 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason #3 Episode 11 On Breastfeeding2023-03-0344 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason #3 Episode 10: Bodies2023-02-1636 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason #3 Episode 10 A New Judaism2023-02-0342 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason #3 Episode 9 - Mental Health and Our Kids2023-01-2042 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason #3 Episode 8 The Juggle2022-12-1639 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason 3 Episode 7 The Anxiety of Parenting or Parental AnxietyParenting can be the source of deep anxiety - how do Tova and Elianna cope with the worries, tension and all around culture of anxiety 2022-12-0248 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason 3 Thanksgiving Bonus Mini-EpisodeHappy Thanksgiving from Tova and Elianna2022-11-2222 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSpecial Guest: Rabbi Nicole GuzikElianna, Tova and special guest, Nicole Guzik who is the incoming co-senior rabbi at Sinai Temple chat about all the things!2022-11-1844 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherThe Episode We Wish We Didn't Have to Do: Anti-Semitism2022-11-0439 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherFailure of Our Educational Systems: This Time HasidicElianna and Tova discuss the recent New York Times piece revealing the lack of general education, abuse and trauma in some of the Hasidic schools in New York. They discuss their personal thoughts and feelings on educational systems. They conclude with a beautiful Poem by Nikita Gill. 2022-10-2133 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason 3 Episode 3 - Harried Parenting and Joyous Sukkot!Where we explore why we feel so harried and overwhelmed - is it us? Being a parent of young-ish children? Societal challenge?2022-10-0941 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason 3 Episode 2 - The High Holiday Edition2022-09-2339 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason 3 Episode 1-Is Covid Over?2022-09-0941 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherBloopers and Season 3 Trailer2022-09-0209 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason 2 Episode 20 - Special Guest Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt2022-06-0346 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason #2 Episode 19 - Sacred RestSabbatical. Rest. Breathe. How do we connect to the notion of radical rest - finding space to breathe and find room to connect to ancient notion of stopping. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/opinion/teach-children-to-be-lazy.html2022-05-2035 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason 2 Episode 18 - On Women, Society and Ally-ship2022-05-0632 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherPassover: All The ThingsElianna and Tova discuss this important holiday and all that it brings up. This episode also has some great tips on ways to make the seder feel as welcoming and creative as possible. 2022-04-0832 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherBonus Reflections on 100 Years of Bat Mitzvah2022-03-2508 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherHunt. Gather. Parent2022-03-2536 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSpecial Guest #2 Rabbi Sari LauferJoin Tova and Elianna for a wide ranging conversation with colleague and friend Rabbi Sari Laufer. 2022-03-1039 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherDeconstruction and ReconstructionThere is a great deal of change happening in the jewish world between congregations in search of rabbis, major jewish establishments selling their property and everything in between. We discuss the deconstruction and reconstruction of this Jewish institutional life and the possibilities of the moment. 2022-02-2531 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSurface Pressure: Carrying Expectations, Untangling Burdens and Creating JoyUsing the beautiful song from Encanto, Surface Pressure, Tova and Elianna wonder how do we manage the demands of modernity? Society asks us to juggle so much and seek out perfection in every aspect of who we are -- what do we loose as a consequence and how do Tova and Elianna experience this tension and try to create space for more joy and less pressure. https://www.google.com/search?q=surface+pressure+lyrics&oq=surface+pressure+l&aqs=chrome.0.35i39j69i57j0i433i512j46i512j0i512j69i60l3.4623j0j7&s...2022-02-1132 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason 2 Episode 12: After Text - Reflections on Anti-SemitismBased on this article: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/texas-synagogue-anti-semitism-conspiracy-theory/621286/Elianna and Tova discuss some reflections on Anti-Semitism today, where we have been and where we are going...2022-01-2835 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherAfter Texas: On Anti-SemitismUsing this article as a jumping off point Elianna and Tova begin to unpack anti-semitism....https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/texas-synagogue-anti-semitism-conspiracy-theory/621286/2022-01-2835 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason #2 Episode 11- Facing Covid in the New Year2022-01-1435 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherProcessing The PodcastIn this episode Tova and Elianna discuss the origin story of NYJM and what this process brings up for each of them. 2021-12-1736 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason #2 Episode 9: The Good Enough Mother2021-12-0232 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSpecial Guest: Rabbi Shira StutmanThis is our first special guest! Tova and Elianna interview Shira on the many journeys: her rabbinate, jewish-spiritual life, parenthood and more! Rabbi Shira Stutman is a nationally known faith-based leader and change-maker with more than twenty years of experience motivating and inspiring groups large and small, most recently as the founding rabbi of Sixth & I in Washington DC. She teaches and speaks nationally on topics including growing welcoming Jewish spiritual communities; building the connective tissues between different types of people; and the current American Jewish community zeitgeist. She also is writing a book on the blessing of...2021-11-2439 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherNot An Episode Trailer for Special Release2021-11-1903 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason 2 Episode #7 - Scenes from a Marriage2021-11-0538 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherWhat's it like to be a female rabbi? Our smashing the patriarchy series continuesElianna and Tova continue the series on smashing the patriarchy and discuss their personal experiences of being female rabbis. 2021-10-2232 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherA bonus mini episode on wellness, sports and JewsTova and Elianna discuss their connection to wellness and sports as players and spectators. 2021-10-2212 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason 2 Episode 4: Small Animals - Parenting in the Age of FearIn this episode Tova and Elianna explore the nooks and crannies of parenthood in a world that at times seem scary and dangerous and ask how should we think about our parenting and how much risk we are willing to take and teach our kid. 2021-10-0834 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason 2 Episode 3: Feminism, Identity and A Touch of Smashing the PatriarchyWhere Tova and Elianna discuss what Feminism means (or doesn't) to them. 2021-09-2430 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason 2 Episode # 2: Another High Holiday Pandemic: How To Gather In This New Old RealityJoin Rabbis Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic Douglass as they explore how to think of gathering, spirituality and life during a sacred season for a second year of pandemic living. 2021-09-1030 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherSeason 2 Episode 1: Thinning Break Pads - Being in the World During Difficult TimesThe second season opens as we discuss how we cope when the world feels like it is falling apart, when we are stuck, when we despair and trying to find the light. 2021-08-2729 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherNYJM Season Two TrailerWelcome back to season two of NYJM! This is a podcast with rabbis, two women and two mothers (Elianna Yolkut Tova Leibovic-Douglas) discussing spirituality, judaism, parenthood and how it all intersects. This season you can expect some tears, laughter, disagreement and special guests. 2021-08-2000 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherEpisode 10: Finale! Our Rabbinic Origin Stories.Join Tova and Elianna for an intimate conversation on how they became rabbis - what inspires their rabbinates, what is challenging for them as rabbis and the sparks of their rabbinic vision.2021-06-2544 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherEpisode #9: On Boundaries, Protecting Wellness and the Work of Changing SystemsJoin as we explore what it means to say no in a public and private way. How do women confront the reality of a system set up for constant production even to our determinant. A story about Star Wars and a piece of Torah wisdom on Good and Evil Inclination. 2021-06-1831 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherEpisode #8: Pride Month - What Does It Mean To Identify As QueerAn exploration of identity during this season of offering love and acceptance to all. 2021-06-1138 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherEpisode #7 On Parenting and Success2021-06-0335 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherEpisode #6 Murky Waters: A reflection on Israel-PalestineTova and Elianna reflect on the role of rabbis during this painful moment. They both, as usual, have different opinions and thoughts and bring their personal reflections to this episode. This is a hard topic and we at NYJM recognize that many of our listeners will have different thoughts and feelings on this. Our goal as always is to create a space which at the heart contains discourse, human to human and soul to soul conversation. Article/Letter Discussed:https://forward.com/scribe/469900/my-rabbinical-students-letter-shows-imbalance-and-a-lack-of-empathyfor/https://forward.com/scribe/469583/gates-of-tears-rabbinical-and-cantorial-students-stand-for-solidarity-with/2021-05-2842 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherEpisode #6 Murky Waters: A Reflection on Israel-PalestineTova and Elianna reflect on the role of rabbis during this painful moment. They both, as usual, have different opinions and thoughts and bring their personal reflections to this episode. This is a hard topic and we at NYJM recognize that many of our listeners will have different thoughts and feelings on this. Our goal as always is to create a space which at the heart contains discourse, human to human and soul to soul conversation. Article/Letter Discussed:https://forward.com/scribe/469900/my-rabbinical-students-letter-shows-imbalance-and-a-lack-of-empathyfor/https://forward.com/scribe/469583/gates-of-tears-rabbinical-and-cantorial-students-stand-for-solidarity-with/2021-05-2801 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherNot Really An Episode2021-05-1401 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherEpisode #5 On EducationIn this episode Elianna and Tova focus on education. They discuss the power of amazing teachers, their personal thoughts on education and the purpose of school and conclude with an amazing rabbinic story related to the theme. 2021-05-0733 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherEpisode #4 On Gender Superhero Origin StoriesA surprising tidbit of trivia about Elianna revealed in our story.The beginning of what will be an ongoing conversation on equity and gender.Stunning Torah on the nameless voices of our sacred texts. Join us. 2021-04-3034 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherEpisode #3 Virtual Religious LifeWalking in the world with our kids, how will the pandemic change faith communities and where love meets rebuke. 2021-04-2335 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherEpisode #2 Re-Entry RealityJoin us for a wide ranging conversation on parenting as our communities begin to open and we start to navigate what it mean to parent our children through this time. Bonus of some deep Torah of the moon cycle by Tova and Elianna shares a personal story of coming out. 2021-04-1633 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherEpisode #1Tova and Elianna explore their personal connection to traditional Judaism and the longstanding trend of the decline of organized religion membership throughout the world. They explore if there is a difference between religion and spirituality and share thoughts on the current moment of deconstruction of structures that contained religion/spirituality for a long time.2021-04-0847 minNYJM - Not Your Jewish MotherTrailer NYJM (Not Your Jewish Mother)Meet us and hear about our plans for NYJM (Not Your Jewish Mother)...2021-03-2509 min