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Temple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Report from Israel" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 8/22/25Support the show
2025-08-2206 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy CornerQabbalat Shabbat with Dror Israel and Kibbutz Be'eri, 3/28/25Alice Shahar, a preschool teacher from Kibbutz Be'eri and a survivor of the October 7th massacre, bravely took on the challenge of helping the kibbutz children heal from their trauma. Along with Elad Pelleg, the former director of Dror Israel's high school for at-risk youth in Tel Aviv, she re-established the kibbutz preschool system at a hotel at the Dead Sea, where the survivors had been evacuated. Together, they led this life-affirming initiative in the kibbutz's temporary residence, in partnership with Dror Israel, one of Israel's largest grassroots educational organizations. Eyal Tarchitzky, an educator from Dror Israel whose family...
2025-03-2925 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Why I Am Going to Israel Right Now (on Sunday Night)," Rabbi Elaine Zecher's Shabbat AwakeningsSupport the show
2024-03-0103 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"May Israel Be" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 9/29/23Support the show
2023-09-2921 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"I Was in Israel" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 8/4/23Support the show
2023-08-0419 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Israel Repair the Breach" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 7/28/23Support the show
2023-07-2806 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"I am in Israel: Modah Ani" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 7/14/23Support the show
2023-07-1403 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"I am in Israel: A Land of Great Promise" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 7/7/23Support the show
2023-07-0705 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"I am in Israel. Here is what I see." Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 1/6/23Support the show
2023-01-0605 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Avinu Malkeinu: God of Life, God of Love, God of Change," Rabbi Suzie Jacobson's Yom Kippur Sermon"Avinu Malkeinu: God of Life, God of Love, God of Change" Rabbi Suzie Jacobson's Yom Kippur 5783 SermonCommunity-wide ServiceOctober 5, 2022Temple Israel of BostonSupport the show
2022-10-0719 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy CornerRabbi Suzie Jacobson's Kol Nidre Sermon, Young Family Service 5783Rabbi Suzie Jacobson's Kol Nidre SermonYoung Family Service 5783Tuesday, October 4, 2022Temple Israel of BostonSupport the show
2022-10-0707 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy CornerRabbi Elaine Zecher's Yom Kippur Sermon, Family Service 5783Rabbi Elaine ZecherYom Kippur Sermon 5783Family ServiceWednesday, October 5, 2022Temple Israel of BostonSupport the show
2022-10-0711 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"The Responsibility to Remember," Rabbi Jacobson's Yizkor 5783 Sermon"The Responsibility to RememberRabbi Suzie Jacobson's Yizkor SermonYom Kippur 5783 Afternoon ServiceWednessday, October 5, 2022Temple Israel of BostonSupport the show
2022-10-0719 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy CornerRabbi Dan Slipakoff's Yom Kippur Sermon, Young Family ServiceRabbi Dan SlipakoffYom Kippur Sermon 5783Young Family ServiceWednesday, October 5, 2022Temple Israel of BostonSupport the show
2022-10-0705 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Go Be AWESOME," Rabbi Suzie Jacobson's Kol Nidre 5783 Sermon, Family Service"Go Be AWESOME"Rabbi Suzie JacobsonKol Nidre 5783 sermonFamily ServiceTuesday, October 4, 2022Temple Israel of BostonSupport the show
2022-10-0710 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"A Judaism of Enthusiasm!" Rabbi Elaine Zecher, Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon"A Judaism of Enthusiasm!"Rabbi Elaine ZecherErev Rosh Hashanah Sermon 5783Sunday, September 25, 2022Community-Wide ServiceTemple Israel of BostonSupport the show
2022-09-2814 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy CornerRabbi Suzie Jacobson's Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon, Young Family ServiceRabbi Suzie JacobsonErev Rosh HashanahSunday, September 25Young Family ServiceTemple Israel of BostonSupport the show
2022-09-2814 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy CornerRabbi Andrew Oberstein's Rosh Hashanah 5783 Sermon at the Young Family ServiceRabbi Andrew ObersteinRosh Hashanah 5783 SermonYoung Family ServiceTemple Israel of BostonMonday, September 26, 2022Support the show
2022-09-2808 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Enough," Rabbi Dan Slipakoff's Rosh Hashanah 5783 Sermon, Community-Wide ServiceRabbi Dan SlipakoffRosh Hashanah 5783 SermonCommunity-Wide ServiceMonday, September 26, 2022Temple Israel of BostonSupport the show
2022-09-2715 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy CornerRabbi Elaine Zecher's Rosh Hashanah 5783 Sermon, Family ServiceRabbi Elaine Zecher's Rosh Hashanah 5783 Sermon at the Family Service.Monday, September 26, 2022Temple Israel of BostonSupport the show
2022-09-2705 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Closer" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 3/19/21Support the show
2021-03-1905 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"The Recesses Of Our Heart" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 3/12/21Support the show
2021-03-1205 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Circle Around the Sun" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 2/26/21Support the show
2021-02-2604 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Slavery. Freedom. Torah. Tabernacle." Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 2/19/21Support the show
2021-02-1904 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Let Me help you" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 2/5/21Support the show
2021-02-0502 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Do Not Despair" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 1/29/21Support the show
2021-01-2904 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Moral Courage" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 1/8/21Support the show
2021-01-0804 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Not You But God" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 12/25/20Support the show
2020-12-2505 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Two Pharoahs" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 12/18/20Support the show
2020-12-1805 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Eight Ways to Celebrate Chanukah Again" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 12/11/20Support the show
2020-12-1104 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Denouement" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 12/4/20Support the show
2020-12-0404 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Struggling?" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 11/20/20Support the show
2020-11-2004 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Legacy" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 11/13/20Support the show
2020-11-1305 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Release" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 10/30/20Support the show
2020-10-3004 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Scattered" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 10/23/20Support the show
2020-10-2304 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Follow Up Questions" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 10/16/20Support the show
2020-10-1604 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Exposed and Protected" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 10/02/20Support the show
2020-10-0203 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"A Shofar Blast From The Heart" Rabbi Jacobson, Rosh Hashanah 5781 Family SermonSupport the show
2020-09-3006 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Grace in the Time of Covid" Rabbi Jacobson, Yom Kippur Sermon 5781Support the show
2020-09-2914 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"A Giant Future" Rabbi Zecher, Kol Nidre Community-Wide Sermon 5781Support the show
2020-09-2815 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"All in the Same Boat" Rabbi Slipakoff, Kol Nidre Family Sermon 5781Support the show
2020-09-2807 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Unfolding Our Theology in a Force Majeure World" Rabbi Gubitz, Kol Nidre Riverway Project Sermon 5781Support the show
2020-09-2816 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Please Read This" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 9/25/20Support the show
2020-09-2505 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy CornerErev Rosh Hashanah 5781, Rabbi Zecher, The Roots of HumanitySupport the show
2020-09-2012 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"When We Can't See the Future; Creating Light in the Darkness" Rabbi Gubitz, Erev Rosh Hashanah 5781Support the show
2020-09-2012 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Dreaming at the Gates" Rabbi Slipakoff, Rosh Hashanah 5781Support the show
2020-09-2014 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Rosh Hashanah Starts NOW" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 9/18/20Support the show
2020-09-1805 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Serendipity: Israel and the UAE" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 9/11/20Support the show
2020-09-1010 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"God" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 9/4/20Support the show
2020-09-0403 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Reclaim Our Vote" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 8/28/20Support the show
2020-08-2805 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Integrity" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 8/21/20Support the show
2020-08-2105 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Today" Rabbi Elaine Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 8/14/20Support the show
2020-08-1404 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Planetary Influences" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 8/7/20Support the show
2020-08-0705 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"A Modern Midrash: A Letter From the Past to the Generations Who Would Come After Them" Rabbi Elaine Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 7/31/20Support the show
2020-07-3104 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Continue the work of Congressman John Lewis" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 7/24/20Support the show
2020-07-2404 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Melancholy and Hope" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 7/17/20Support the show
2020-07-1704 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"The Broken Passions" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings 7/10/20Support the show
2020-07-1305 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Forty More" Rabbi Elaine Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 6/26/20Support the show
2020-06-2604 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Ruach" Rabbi Elaine Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 6/12/20Support the show
2020-06-1205 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Forgive Us, Pardon Us, Grant Us Atonement" Rabbi Elaine Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 6/5/20Support the show
2020-06-0500 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Grim Milestone" Rabbi Elaine Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 5/29/20Support the show
2020-05-2904 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"High Anxiety" Rabbi Elaine Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 5/22/20Support the show
2020-05-2204 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Cursed Blessings?" Rabbi Elaine Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 5/15/20Support the show
2020-05-1504 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Tendentious" Rabbi Elaine Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 5/8/20Support the show
2020-05-0804 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Grey Days" Rabbi Elaine Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 5/1/20Support the show
2020-05-0105 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Self Quarantine" Rabbi Elaine Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 4/24/20Support the show
2020-04-2404 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Prayer for Boston Interfaith Service" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 4/17/20Support the show
2020-04-1704 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Now" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 4/10/20Support the show
2020-04-1004 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Where Fear Resides" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 4/3/20Support the show
2020-04-0305 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"This Poem" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 3/27/20Support the show
2020-03-2703 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Transformation" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 3/20/20Support the show
2020-03-2005 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Social Distancing" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 3/13/20Support the show
2020-03-1304 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Persistent Vashti" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 03/06/2020Support the show
2020-03-0604 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"A Prayer for Healing" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 02/28/20Support the show
2020-02-2802 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"No Clemency" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 02/21/20Support the show
2020-02-2104 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Mountain" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 02/14/20Support the show
2020-02-1404 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"No Intellect" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 01/17/20Support the show
2020-01-1705 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Netflix, Torah and Chill: Finding Strength in Uncertain Times" Rabbi Jen Gubitz, 01/10/20Support the show
2020-01-1409 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"I am in Israel" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 01/10/20Support the show
2020-01-1004 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Conciliatory Confrontation" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 01/03/20Support the show
2020-01-0306 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Menschy" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 12/20/19Support the show
2019-12-2005 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Royal Autocracy" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 12/6/19Support the show
2019-12-0604 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Belonging" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 11/22/19Support the show
2019-11-2204 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"We Offer Our Children..." Rabbi Dan Slipakoff, 11/15/19Support the show
2019-11-1909 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Loneliness and Hospitality" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 11/15/19Support the show
2019-11-1505 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Rave" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 11/8/19Support the show
2019-11-0804 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"It's About Time" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 11/1/19Support the show
2019-11-0105 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"A Tribute to the Eleven" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 10/25/19Support the show
2019-10-2503 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Like No Other Moment in the Year" Rabbi Zecher's Shabbat Awakenings, 10/18/19Support the show
2019-10-1805 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Taking the High Holy Days with Us into A New Year" Rabbi Suzie Jacobson, 10/11/19Support the show
2019-10-1613 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Provocative Kugel: a.k.a. What will I make of my life today?" Rabbi Jen Gubitz, Riverway Project Kol Nidre 2019/5780Support the show
2019-10-1016 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Embracing Uncertainty" Rabbi Dan Slipakoff, Yom Kippur 2019/5780Support the show
2019-10-1015 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Intentional About the Unintentional" Rabbi Elaine Zecher, Yom Kippur 2019/5780Support the show
2019-10-1025 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy CornerKol Nidre, Chanted by Cantor Roy Einhorn, Yom Kippur 2019/5780Support the show
2019-10-1010 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Living By the Moon: Making Jewish Choices in Today's World" Rabbi Jen Gubitz, Yom Kippur Family Service 2019/5780Support the show
2019-10-1011 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Grief and Memory Hold Hands" Rabbi Jen Gubitz, Yom Kippur Yizkor 2019/5780Support the show
2019-10-1009 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"We Need HOPE: Let's Hear From Our Kids" Rabbi Suzie Jacobson, Kol Nidre Family Service 2019/5780Support the show
2019-10-1016 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"The World Is Yours" Rabbi Dan Slipakoff, Erev Rosh Hashanah 2019/5780 Family ServiceSupport the show
2019-10-0210 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Beyond and Because of Anti-Semitism" Rabbi Elaine Zecher, Erev Rosh Hashanah 2019/5780For sources, Rabbi Zecher drew from Deborah Lipstadt's book: Antisemitism: Here and Now, authors such as Jonathan Weisman and Bari Weiss, a plethora of articles in the New York Times and elsewhere, the work of organizations such as the ADL, and Jewish sources such as the Talmud.Support the show
2019-10-0218 minTemple Israel of Boston's Clergy Corner"Is Your Suffering Dear To You?" Rabbi Suzie Jacobson, Rosh Hashanah 2019/5780A conversation on suffering, community, and the human condition.Support the show
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