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Drinking and Drashing: Torah with a TwistEp. 214 - Beshalach with Cantor Julia Cadrain and Elana ArianReady to make those good and healing vibrations during an Omicron spread in 2022? So are we! Get ready to raise your timbrels and your glasses with and to Cantor Julia Cadrain and Elana Arian in this incredibly special music-based episode on Beshallach! And surprise—Gabe might have some extra cheer for you during this week’s Midrashic Mixology. Shiru—make some noise!
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Elana Arian’s Facebook: @E...2022-01-1045 min
Drinking and Drashing: Torah with a TwistEp. 35 - Devarim with Rabbi Rick JacobsWe’re beginning a new book—hooray! Well, kind of? It seems to us that there’s a crazy amount of re-storying here—but maybe we’re just imagining things? Or are we? To help us summarize and begin a new chapter, we are thrilled to have Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism. Rabbi Jacobs helps us understand how to not get too comfortable in the moment, understand where we might fit in among improvers, transformers, and disruptors, and reminds us that it’s always up to us to change and to question. We are also pleased...2021-07-121h 01
Star Trek and the JewsBonus: Day of Atonement / Day of HonorShana tova! As we approach Yom Kippur, this bonus episode looks back at our interview with Rabbi Steve Wernick of Beth Tzedec Congregation. We talk about Jewish ideas of wrongdoing, repentance, community, and the season 4 Star Trek: Voyager episode "Day of Honor".
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Attributions: Opening: 8-bit adaptation of Avinu Malkeinu by Benjamin Alembik, part of the Hag Sameah Remixes project. Used with permission. // Shofar blowing by Sarit Silverman of Temple Israel of Westport, Connecticut.
2020-09-2117 min
The Rabbi's HusbandRabbi Jonah Dov Pesner on Deuteronomy 10:18-19– “Loving The Stranger”Mark is thoroughly delighted to welcome Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, to the podcast today. Through his work with this Center, he engaged clergy, professional, and volunteer leaders in interfaith efforts in pursuit of social justice. Rabbi Pesner has also sat on the Boards of the NAACP, JOIN for Justice, the National Religious Partnership for the Environment, and other such organizations, and has been a congregational rabbi at Temple Israel in Boston and at Temple Israel in Westport, Connecticut. The passage he has chosen to discuss today is Deuteronomy 10:18-19.2020-09-1726 min
Temple Israel of WestportRabbi Michael S. Friedman | Mar 6, 2020 SermonFear, Awe, Respect and Love2020-03-1009 minTemple Israel of WestportRabbi Elana Nemitoff-Bresler | Feb 28, 2020 SermonWorld Zionist Congress Elections2020-03-0209 minTemple Israel of WestportRabbi Michael S. Friedman | Feb 21, 2020 SermonSeeing the World Through Jewish Eyes2020-02-2709 minTemple Israel of WestportRabbi Michael S. Friedman | Jan 31, 2020 SermonWe’re Not So Different from Pharaoh2020-02-1010 minTemple Israel of WestportRabbi Elana Nemitoff-Bresler | Jan 24, 2020 SermonFemale Empowerment2020-01-2811 minTemple Israel of WestportRabbi Danny Moss | Jan 17, 2020 SermonWhat is Dr. King’s Legacy?2020-01-2814 minTemple Israel of WestportRabbi Michael S. Friedman | Jan 10, 2019 SermonExcluding and Including2020-01-1316 minTemple Israel of WestportCantor Dan Sklar | Jan 3, 2020 SermonCantor Dan Sklar | Jan 3, 2020 Sermon by Temple Israel of Westport2020-01-1310 minTemple Israel of WestportRabbi Danny Moss | Dec 20, 2019 SermonRabbi Moss’ Jedi Sermon #2: The Rise of Skywalker2020-01-1314 minTemple Israel of WestportRabbi Elana Nemitoff-Bresler | Nov 22, 2019 SermonThe Details of our Lives2020-01-1308 minTemple Israel of WestportRabbi Danny Moss | Nov 15, 2019 SermonBecoming our own Future2020-01-1310 minTemple Israel of WestportInstallation of Rabbi Elana Nemitoff-BreslerInstallation of Rabbi Elana Nemitoff-Bresler by Temple Israel of Westport2020-01-1317 minTemple Israel of WestportRabbi Danny Moss | Nov 1, 2019 SermonGo your Own Way2020-01-1314 minTemple Israel of WestportRabbi Michael S. Friedman | Oct 25, 2019 SermonTaking Responsibility for the Jewish Story2020-01-1310 min
Temple Israel of WestportRabbi Danny Moss | Oct 18, 2019 SermonLook out for the Helpers2020-01-1300 minTemple Israel of WestportRabbi Michael S. Friedman | Oct 11, 2019 SermonA Jew Stands on Principle2020-01-1300 minTemple Israel of WestportRabbi Elana Nemitoff-Bresler | Sept 20, 2019 SermonLiving in Community2020-01-1300 minTemple Israel of WestportRabbi Danny Moss | Sept 13, 2019 SermonThe Power of Stories2020-01-1300 minTemple Israel of WestportRabbi Michael S. Friedman | Sept 6, 2019 SermonThe Value of Saying No2020-01-1300 minTemple Israel of WestportRabbi Danny Moss | Aug 30, 2019 SermonRabbi’s Letter from the ‘Chronicle’, 20892020-01-1300 minTemple Israel of WestportCantor Dan Sklar | Aug 2, 2019 SermonMisogyny and Gender Bias:
Is It Even Possible To Put Ourselves In The Shoes Of Another?2020-01-1300 minTemple Israel of WestportCantor Dan Sklar | Jun 28, 2019 SermonBorder Crisis: Will We Look The Other Way?2020-01-1300 minTemple Israel of WestportRabbi Michael S. Friedman | Jun 7, 2019 SermonThe Importance of Saying Yes2020-01-1300 minTemple Israel of WestportRabbi Danny Moss | May 31, 2019 SermonRabbi Danny Moss | May 31, 2019 Sermon by Temple Israel of Westport2020-01-1300 min
Tablet StudiosHanukkah HelperNew York-area listeners: Enter to win a spot at our first-ever Unorthodox Shabbat dinner, January 3rd at the Freehand New York.This week on Unorthodox, we’re getting into the Hanukkah spirit. But first, a discussion of the terrifying anti-Semitic shooting at a Jersey City kosher market that killed four people.Then, Rabbi Ari Lamm explains the real story of Hanukkah, which is less about oil and miracles and more about Jews battling each other over assimilation.And since the holiday season is synonymous with movies, we talk to Clive...2019-12-191h 12