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**The Art of Dying: Insights from Jewish Mysticism and Meditation**
In "The Art of Dying: Insights from Jewish Mysticism and Meditation," embark on a profound spiritual journey that explores the mysteries of life, death, and the eternal soul. Drawing from the rich traditions of Jewish mysticism, this book delves into the Kabbalistic teachings that illuminate the soul's journey beyond the physical realm.
Discover how ancient wisdom and meditative practices can offer solace and understanding in the face of mortality. This book provides a compassionate guide to the art of dying, emphasizing the sacredness of...2024-07-221h 24
Jewish Meditation for EveryoneSitting into ShabbatThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on July 12, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-07-1822 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneNo Degrees of SeparationThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on July 11, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-07-1525 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneSitting into Tammuz: Holding our Heartbreak with LoveThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on July 8, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-07-1126 minJewish Meditation for EveryonePutting God at the Center, Meeting the Truth of Each MomentThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on July 2, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-07-0428 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneSoothing Ourselves in the WildernessThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on June 17, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-06-2425 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneTo and Fro: Connecting with Divine, Through High and LowThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on June 7, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-06-1326 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneUniting the Letters in LoveThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on Thursday June 6, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-06-1027 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneExploring the Wilderness WithinThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on June 4, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-06-0625 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneBeing a Living Halleluyah: Practicing PraiseThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on May 31, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-06-0324 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneLove, PerseveringThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on May 15, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-05-2024 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneShowing Up, Moment by MomentThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place on May 13, 2024 during Shevet: A Mindfulness Community for Young Adults, a weekly sit offered by IJS specifically for those in their 20s and 30s. To join these FREE weekly meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-05-1625 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneEntering a Month of HealingThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on May 8, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-05-1324 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneCultivating Compassion on Yom HaShoahThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on May 6, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-05-0927 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneSitting at the Front Lines, with Love and StrengthThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on May 01, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-05-0625 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneA Case of Mistaken IdentityThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on April 18, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-04-2239 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneKnow ThyselfThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on April 15, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-04-1836 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneBreaking Open, Birthing LiberationThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on April 11, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-04-1527 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneSeeing the World AnewThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on April 8, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-04-1126 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneHolding the Cup of Joy and the Cup of TearsThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on April 04, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-04-0824 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneGod Is ...ThisThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on April 1, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-04-0424 min
Tablet StudiosJoin the ClubThis week on the show, we’re sharing stories from our second reporting trip to Israel. Former First Lady of Israel Lihi Lapid joins us to discuss her newly translated novel, On Her Own, about two Israeli families in crisis, as well as finding a way through the Jewish state’s present crises. Jon Polin shares his experience advocating for the return of his son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, nearly 200 days after he was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7. And we visit Tel Aviv’s Social Grocery S...2024-04-041h 13Jewish Meditation for EveryoneFinding our Purpose, Finding JoyThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on March 25, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
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It's Who You Know! The PodcastFinding The Space Between with Rabbi Josh Feigelson, President and CEO of the Institute for Jewish SpiritualityRabbi Feigelson and I delve into his leadership journey both as a Rabbi and a PhD holder, exploring how he has nurtured the growth of the organization. We discuss the impact of his work on individuals at various levels, including himself, and examine the intersection between mindfulness and the ideals of democracy.www.jewishspirituality.orgThis episode is part of a collaboration with A More Perfect Union, The Jewish Partnership for Democracy: www.jewishdemocracy.orgListen to all IWYK episodes on our website: https://itswhoyouknowthepodcast.buzzsprout.comLook for new live streamed...2024-03-291h 02Jewish Meditation for EveryoneThe Wisdom of Silence: Spring AwakeningThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on March 19, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-03-2827 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneBasking in the GoodThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place on March 18, 2024 during Shevet: A Mindfulness Community for Young Adults, a weekly sit offered by IJS specifically for those in their 20s and 30s. To join these FREE weekly meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-03-2627 min
Tablet StudiosA Beautifully Jewish ShabbatThis week on the show, we are all about Shabbat. First, we’re sharing the latest installment of Beautifully Jewish, in which Stephanie Butnick and Tanya Singer explore all the beauty of Shabbat with the help of Adeena Sussman, author of the new cookbook, Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Table to Yours, and AHYIN Judaica designer Micaela Ezra. We’re also showcasing our newest Tablet Studios podcast, Sivan Says: Taking the Torah Personally with Sivan Rahav-Meir. Each week, Israeli journalist and Torah scholar Sivan Rahav-Meir sits down with our ow...2024-03-211h 10Jewish Meditation for EveryoneEvery Moment is a Question Posed to Us by GodThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on March 12, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-03-1524 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneSpiritual Cardiology: Cultivating a Giving HeartThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on March 4, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-03-0725 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneWhat Comes Down Must Go UpThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on February 26, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Full meditation series here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-03-0127 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneTrusting into JoyThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on February 13, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-02-1525 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneHow to Protect an Open HeartThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on February 1, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-02-1123 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneTending our Inner FireThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on January 26, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-02-0127 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneNoticing the Divine in our BodiesThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on January 23, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-01-2527 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneGrounding Into our RootsThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on January 11, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-01-1816 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneShabbat as a MeditationThe meditation featured in this episode was previously recorded by Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg for the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-01-1122 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneNow. Here. This. Yes. Perfect. Thank You.The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on December 21, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2024-01-0426 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneIt'll be OK (Even If It's Not)The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on December 18, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-12-2124 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneExpanding Our Inner LightThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on December 13, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-12-1426 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneSpeaking with the HeartThe teaching and meditation featured in this episode is based on a rabbinic interpretation of this verse and originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on November 28, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-12-0727 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneHealing Our ShadowsThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on November 22, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-11-3028 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneThe Shema as a Meditative PracticeThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on November 15, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-11-2325 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneCultivating Trust in Trying TimesThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on November 10, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
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People of the BookThe Prophetess: Evonne Marzouk talks her new novel, Israel and the global increase in antisemitismMeryl chats with Evonne Marzouk about her novel, The Prophetess. They discuss how Evonne came to write and publish the book over the course of 20 years and what inspired her. They also talk about the current situation in Israel, the increase in antisemitism around the world, and what it means “to grow into your gifts.”
Evonne grew up in Philadelphia and received her B.A. from the Johns Hopkins University. As founder and Executive Director of the Jewish environmental organization Canfei Nesharim, she worked with rabbis, scientists, educators, and community leaders to create and distribute Torah teachings on t...2023-11-0936 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneDrawing from The Well; Going Out into the FieldThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on November 6, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-11-0927 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneEven in the Heat of the DayThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on October 30, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-11-0225 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneAs the Stars of HeavenThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on October 26, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-11-0125 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneOn Our Inner Sacred JourneyThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on October 24, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-10-2628 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneSilence is a Fence for WisdomThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on October 23, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-10-2427 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneCome into the Ark of Protection, Light, and LoveThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on October 17, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-10-1924 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneIn Hard Times, Begin with CompassionThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on October 11, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-10-1726 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneCalling Out From the Narrow PlacesThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on October 9, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-10-1224 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneWe Are Always Building a SukkahThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on October 4, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-10-1026 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneWe're All in This TogetherThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on October 2, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-10-0525 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneHow Tension Can Expand Our HeartsThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on October 3, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-10-0525 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneSeeing the GoodThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on September 12, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-10-0324 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneThe Trance of UnworthinessThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on September 11, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-10-0324 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneGrounding in Our Basic GoodnessThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on September 13, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-10-0326 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneInto the Ocean of WisdomThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on September 14, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-10-0325 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneMeditation as Teshuvah, Returning to Our Place, to Our Divine SourceThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on September 6, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-09-2825 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneWhen We Feel Unprepared, Let the Heart Guide Us ForwardThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on August 31, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
2023-09-2624 minJewish Meditation for EveryoneCultivating AweThe meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on August 28, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.Like IJS on FacebookFollow IJS on Instagram
2023-09-2125 min
Making Mensches: Not Your Bubbe's Torah SchoolLet Yourself Belong with Rebekah Erev [Rosh Chodesh Tishrei]This episode we talk all about the month of Tishrei with Rebekah Erev (they/them) 🪐 Rebekah is the co-creator of the Dreaming The World To Come planner and podcast and of the Queer Mikveh Project! They bring us all of the wisdom and nourishment we could ask for leading into Tishrei. For more of their work, visit https://rebekaherevstudio.com/
We talk about…
🕯️ embracing all the tiny moments of joy and love
🕯️what it really means to dream the world to come
🕯️how time is just a spiral and we are constantly starting o...2023-09-1847 min
Holy Sparks PodcastSeason 2, Episode 5: Part Two of my Interview with Rabbi Sam FeinsmithAs Senior Core Faculty at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality (IJS), Rabbi Sam Feinsmith directs the Clergy Leadership Program and serves on the faculty of Yesod: Foundations for Deepening Jewish Mindfulness Meditation. He is passionate about practicing and teaching Jewishly-grounded mindfulness meditation and teaching Hasidic text through a mindfulness lens, making these texts accessible to spiritual seekers who don't have the knowledge or skill to access them on their own. Before joining the faculty of IJS in 2016, he taught Judaic Studies at Chicagoland Jewish High School, Illinois, and the Heschel School in New York, where he spearheaded initiatives to...2023-07-2038 min
Holy Sparks PodcastSeason 2 Episode 4: Interview with Rabbi Sam FeinsmithIn part One of my interview with Rabbi Sam Feinsmtih we explore his musical lineage as the son of the famous Marvin Feinsmith, composer of the Isaiah Symphony and principal bassoon of many symphonies Internationally.He explores his wildly diverse childhood, his connection to the Indian Nation, the Hassidic lineage, how he discovered meditation and Mindfulness.Also, you'll hear how he founded Orot, the Center for New Jewish Learning, and taught mindfulness in Jewish High Schools before becoming full-time core faculty at the IJS Insititute of Jewish Spirituality.Learn more about Orot here2023-07-1447 min
Tablet StudiosUs PeopleThis week on Unorthodox, Belgium is still the worst. Our Jew of the Week is the novelist Gabrielle Zevin. She joins us to talk about her newest novel, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, plus how video games can be vehicles for teaching morality and how she approaches writing about Holocaust survivors. Plus, the hosts discuss the new Netflix disaster that is You People, with insight from our managing producer and Hollywood correspondent, Courtney Hazlett. We love to hear from you! Send us emails and voi...2023-02-091h 08
Take One Daf YomiNedarim 17 and 18Today’s Talmud pages, Nedarim 17 and 18, give us a peek beyond good and evil. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us for a taste of why vows and words continue to have meaning long after the people who spoke them are gone. What supremely optimistic lesson may we learn from today's page? Listen and find out.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer. C...2022-11-1109 min
Take One Daf YomiNedarim 16Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 16, raises one of Judaism's most central questions: Do we keep the Mitzvot, or commandments, because they're beneficial to us, or simply because we were told? Rabbi Lauren Tuchman joins us to offer an unorthodox and insightful perspective. How important is kavanah, or intentionality, when we do anything Jewish? Listen and find out.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder, Robert Scaramuccia, and T...2022-11-1009 min
Tablet StudiosSpirited DebateThis week on Unorthodox, an upcoming Oppenheimer simcha sparks a spirited debate. Our Jew of the Week is the one and only Letty Cottin Pogrebin—feminist icon, writer, activist and author of the new book Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy. She tells us about her personal Jewish awakening, and about reckoning with her Jewish identity within the feminist movement. (If Cottin Pogrebin’s description of being excluded from the minyan at her mother’s shiva sounds familiar, here is her daughter Abigail Pogrebin sharing a similar story from Ruth Bader Ginsburg.) 2022-11-101h 13
Take One Daf YomiNedarim 15Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 15, asks whether you can take a vow on something that is already prohibited to you. To discuss this further, we are joined by producer Quinn Waller who discusses the ways in which being Kosher brings her closer to God. Does abstaining from oysters and shrimp deepen her Jewish journey? Listen and find out.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder, Robert Scara...2022-11-0912 min
Take One Daf YomiNedarim 14Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 14, launches a meditation on vows, intentions, sleep, and speech. Commemorating the second yahrzeit of the late, great Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, we bring a sermon of his that addresses these very subjects. How can the things we say and don't say transform our reality? Listen and find out.To learn more about the annual Day of Learning in Rabbi Sacks's memory, click here.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. Our team also inclu...2022-11-0811 min
Take One Daf YomiNedarim 12 and 13Today’s Talmud pages, Nedarim 12 and 13, offer a moving meditation on the significance of anniversaries. Why do we bother with birthdays? Why light candles annually to commemorate the passing of a loved one? And what spiritual energy is unleashed on an anniversary that is not available on any other day of the year? Listen and find out.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder, Robert Scaramuccia, and T...2022-11-0708 min
Take One Daf YomiNedarim 10 and 11Today’s Talmud pages, Nedarim 10 and 11, warns us against taking unnecessary vows and practicing needless restraint. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to talk about boundaries, and how different people struggle with different temptations in different ways. Is there a good way to deny yourself pleasure? Or is it always wrong? Listen and find out.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer. C...2022-11-0409 min
Take One Daf YomiNedarim 9Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 9, gives us a master class in personal productivity. Stephanie Butnick joins us to explain why Hillel the Elder was a model for all multitaskers to emulate, and share her own intricate, and Talmudically-inspired, system of maximum efficiency at the office. What's the Gmail Gemara, and why should you study it carefully? Listen and find out.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder...2022-11-0309 min
Take One Daf YomiNedarim 8Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 8, helps us find some inspiration to do good deeds. Rabbi Mordechai Lightstone joins us to talk about the Hakhel, an ancient tradition that brought all Jews together to hear the King read the Torah. Why is it still relevant today, particularly this year? Listen and find out.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer. Check...2022-11-0208 min
Take One Daf YomiNedarim 7Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 7, kicks things off with an amusing story about a man who spoke in a confusing way leading his peers to be uncertain which room he had designated to be the bathroom. It's a strange little anecdote, but it eerily recalls one of Soviet history's most beloved tales, about the time Stalin's confusion led to the building of a monstrosity right in the heart of Moscow. How did the Hotel Moskva come to have two completely different designs in one building? And what does that teach us about making sure we speak very clearly? Listen an...2022-11-0110 min
Take One Daf YomiNedarim 5 and 6Today’s Talmud pages, Nedarim 5 and 6, warn us that if you don't speak your mind clearly, it's like you never spoke your mind at all. But how to speak and write well? How to make sure we're always understood? For advice, we turn to an unearthed gem, a 1978 commencement speech by the late William Safire, Richard Nixon's speechwriter and longtime columnist for The New York Times. What advice does he have on how to make sure we're never misunderstood? Listen and find out.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and...2022-10-3120 min
Tablet StudiosDog DaysOur annual fundraiser is underway, and this year we’re upping the stakes: for every $100 you donate, you’ll be entered to win a mystery gift box curated by Stephanie, Mark, or Liel. Donate at tabletm.ag/mysterybox, and thank you for your support.Our Jew of the Week is Ilana Horwitz, who teaches the sociology of religion and education at Tulane. She joins us to talk about her new book, God, Grades, and Graduation: Religion's Surprising Impact on Academic Success. Our gentile of the week is Australian writer Tim Winton...2022-08-1848 min
Tablet StudiosInside and OutThis week on Unorthodox, we’re kicking off our annual fundraiser and upping the stakes: for every $100 you donate, you’ll be entered to win a mystery gift box curated by Stephanie, Mark, or Liel. Donate at tabletm.ag/mysterybox.Abby Pogrebin returns to the show to tell us about the latest installment of The Minyan, her roundtable interview series for Tablet. She spoke with 10 Orthodox women about their identities and experiences and shares some of that conversation, and the insights it inspired. Check out The Minyan at tabletmag.com/minyan. ...2022-08-1149 min
Rav Ariel PodcastFeaturing Rabbi Sam Feinsmith - Retreats Help Everything Come TogetherIn this episode we feature Rabbi Sam Feinsmith. Hear about his journey to becoming a practitioner and teacher of Jewish mindfulness.
Connect with Sam via email sam@jewishspirituality.org or through https://www.jewishspirituality.org/
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Tablet StudiosHeroes and VillainsThis week on Unorthodox, we’re bringing you a conversation with Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker of Temple Beth Israel in Colleyville, TX, who was held hostage along with three congregants during a Shabbat service two weeks agoSubscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our recording sessions on our YouTube channel!Check out The Tab, Tablet magazine's new printable weekly digest. Laid out in an attractive PDF for reading on a tablet or...2022-01-271h 10
Tablet StudiosSafe and SoundThis week, we’re reflecting on the rabbi and three congregants held hostage at a Texas synagogue last Saturday. We’re also sharing an interview with Mark Podwal, an artist who has illustrated for the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Times —and who has a day job as a dermatologist. He tells us how his art, rich with Jewish themes and imagery, is his expression of his Jewish identitySubscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twit...2022-01-201h 02
The Voice of BreathDr. Mira Neshama Niculescu + Hitbonenut (Contemplative meditation techniqu)We sit down with Dr. Mira Neshama Niculescu and discuss her journey through Zen meditation to Jewish meditation, her studies on the JuBu phenomenon and the incredible work she does teach Jewish meditation worldwide.
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Dr. Mira Neshama Niculescu is a Paris -born scholar and teacher of Jewish spirituality and meditation. She received her Doctorate in Sociology of Religion from the Ecole de Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris and is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at the Center for Hebrew and Jewish Studies...2021-08-2051 min
Tablet StudiosReviewing ElulThis week on Unorthodox, we have a very special guest host! Former all-star Unorthodox guest Kylie Unell joins Mark and Liel to talk about the important news of the Jews, including Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher's lack of showers, and Argentina's lack of tact.Enjoy a sneak peak of Kylie's upcoming Tablet podcast How to Fix a Soul in 30 Days. Get ready for Jewish Year 5782 by traveling along with Kylie as she searches for her soul.We also speak with GOTW Liam McCabe, senior staff writer for Wirecutter, about th...2021-08-051h 01
Drinking and Drashing: Torah with a TwistEp. 14 - Yitro with Rabbi Josh FeigelsonInhale, exhale, and get comfortable with yourself—that’s some advice that comes from Rabbi Josh Feigelson, the Executive Director of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. We learn about taking our time, embracing our space, and really entering into deeper conversations. We also welcome Hannah Kearney, the Director of Havayah, The Teen Community at Temple Beth Elohim.
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Tablet StudiosRocky Mountain ChaiThis week on Unorthodox, one Mark Oppenheimer is not enough.Our first guest is Colorado Governor Jared Polis, who is the state’s first Jewish governor and the first openly gay governor in the U.S. He tells us about his Jewish upbringing, extolls the many virtues of the State of Colorado, and explains why he’s got his eyes on 2022, not 2024.Next we talk to the other Mark Oppenhemer: the South African advocate, podcaster (our own Mark Oppenheimer was a guest on his show, Brain in a Vat), and...2020-12-031h 12
Tablet StudiosTour GuidesThis week on Unorthodox, we puzzle over swastika jewelry and celebrities saying anti-Semitic things. We also hear from Zack Banner, the Pittsburgh Steelers player who spoke out against anti-Semitism. Read his full interview with Tablet’s Yair Rosenberg on tabletmag.com.Our Jewish guest is Brad Kolodny, author of Seeking Sanctuary: 125 Years of Synagogues on Long Island, a photo-filled survey of Jewish life in the New York City suburb. He tells us about some of the most iconic synagogues in the area, and quizzes Stephanie about Jewish celebrities from Long Island.Nex...2020-07-161h 06
Tablet StudiosDeep CutsThis week on Unorthodox: Nazi alligators and Hitler's childhood home.First we talk to Naama Shefi of the Jewish Food Society, who returns to the show along with Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper, the fourth-generation owners of Russ and Daughters, to tell us about their work feeding healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. You can support the Jewish Food Society's initiative here.Then we sit down with Israeli musician Yair Nitzani, who talks about the strange reality of being a rock star in Israel (he'd head home o...2020-06-111h 02
Take One Daf YomiTake One, Ep 64: Shabbat 27Today’s Daf Yomi page, Shabbat 27, features the debut of what is arguably the oddest and most difficult to comprehend of all the mitzvot: The prohibition to wear Shatnez, or clothes made of both wool and linen. Why this specific ban? We welcome AJ Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically, to make sense of this curious commandment and tell us about the time he invited a Shatnez inspector to raid his closet. What do wool and linen have to do with Cain and Abel? Listen and find out.
Take one is sponsored this week by the Institute for Jewi...2020-04-0210 min
Tablet StudiosOur Socially Distanced Seder GuidePassover has always offered solace and meaning during difficult times. This year's Seder looks very different from all other Seders, and we've got you covered. This episode walks you through the steps of the Seder, with special guests, perfect-for-Passover music, and more. Our guide is Tablet's new Passover Haggadah: An Ancient Story for Modern Times, which you can still order online on Amazon or Barnes and Noble. A digital version is available at bit.ly/tablethaggadahdigital.Tell us how you're making this year's Passover Seder special. Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com or leave a m...2020-04-021h 18
Take One Daf YomiTake One, Ep 63: Shabbat 26Today’s Daf Yomi page, Shabbat 26, begins with the Talmud's equivalent of a Law & Order episode, telling a gruesome tale of a woman who sets her daughter-in-law on fire. Thankfully, not all of us have such murderously acrimonious relationships with our-laws; Stephanie Butnick, co-host of Tablet's popular Unorthodox podcast, joins us to make sense of the grizzly story and give us some tips about how to manage your relationship with the family you had married into. What's the secret to being close with your mother-in-law? Listen and find out.
Take one is sponsored this week by the Institute for Jewish Spi...2020-04-0107 min
Take One Daf YomiTake One, Ep 62: Shabbat 25Today’s Daf Yomi page, Shabbat 25, finds the rabbis in an existential kind of mood. What truly matters in life? Some say money, others say companionship, and others yet, well, go a more scatological path. Mark Oppenheimer, the self-styled Corduroy Rav and co-host of Tablet's popular Unorthodox podcast, returns to talk about how your desires shape your life. Would you trade a large sum of money for an uninterrupted hour in the bathroom? Listen and find out.
Take one is sponsored this week by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. In this time of anxiety, Jewish based mindfulness and meditation may the...2020-03-3107 min
Take One Daf YomiTake One, Ep 61: Shabbat 23 and 24Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Shabbat 23 and 24, revolve around a fascinating question: Should we treasure life's beautifully mundane moments, or hold up for rare and splendid miracles? Rabbi Scott Hoffman joins us to talk about getting our priorities straight, especially in times of crisis. What can candles and menorahs teach us about our values? Listen and find out.
Take one is sponsored this week by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. In this time of anxiety, Jewish based mindfulness and meditation may the thing you need. Find out at Jewishspirituality.org/Takeone and when you check out, put in the code Tak...2020-03-3008 min
Take One Daf YomiTake One, Ep 60: Shabbat 21 and 22Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Shabbat 21 and 22, contain a well-known discussion of how to light the Hanukkah menorah. Which, coincidentally, has been the subject of a famous 1989 Supreme Court case, still considered a landmark shaping religious liberties for decades to come. Nathan Lewin, the legendary lawyer who argued the case and convinced the highest court in the land to allow the display of a menorah in a public space, joins us to talk about this important chapter in American Jewish history. What surprising pronouncement did the ACLU's lawyer make after losing the case? Listen and find out.
This episode is sp...2020-03-2712 min
Take One Daf YomiTake One, Ep 59: Shabbat 20Today’s Daf Yomi page, Shabbat 20, includes a famous paragraph on candle lighting we recite every Friday evening. Rabbi Rachel Ain of the Sutton Place Synagogue in New York joins us to meditate on this ancient custom and its surprisingly modern resonance. Why do we light two candles each Shabbat? Listen and find out.
This episode is sponsored by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. In this time of anxiety, Jewish-based mindfulness and meditation may the thing you need. Find out at Jewishspirituality.org/Takeone and use the code Takeone20 at checkout for a 20 percent discount.2020-03-2606 min
Tablet StudiosMimes of the TimesThis week on Unorthodox, the hosts catch up from their home studios and discuss the latest News of the Jews in this strange new world.Actor and writer Jesse Eisenberg returns to the show to discuss his two new movies out this week, Resistance and Vivarium. He tells us about playing a young Marcel Marceau saving Jewish children in France during the Holocaust in Resistance, and how Coronavirus shutdowns are affecting the movie industry. (You can watch Resistance on Video on Demand starting March 27.)We’re going to continue dropping mi...2020-03-261h 00
Take One Daf YomiTake One, Ep 58: Shabbat 19Today’s Daf Yomi page, Shabbat 19, dives into a nautical question: Is it permitted to go a-sailing just before Shabbat? It's a conundrum that has inflamed Talmudic minds for millennia, and we welcome Lisa Ann Sandell, author and sailing enthusiast, to share her story of hi jinx on the high seas and her thoughts on taking to open waters. Did the rabbis believe sailing could ever be pleasurable? Listen and find out.
This episode is sponsored by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. In this time of anxiety, Jewish-based mindfulness and meditation may the thing you need. Find out at Jewishspirituality.or...2020-03-2508 min
Take One Daf YomiTake One, Ep 57: Shabbat 18Today's Daf Yomi page, Shabbat 18, revolve around a strange question: Should we let our utensils, too, rest on Shabbat? Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin returns to explain why this conundrum is far from theoretical, and what it tells us about how preparation and rest are always intertwined. What can those of us who spent the last few weeks getting ready for social distancing learn from the rituals of ushering in Shabbat? Listen and find out.
This episode is sponsored by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. In this time of anxiety, Jewish-based mindfulness and meditation may be the thing you need. Find out...2020-03-2411 min
Take One Daf YomiTake One, Ep 56: Shabbat 16 and 17Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Shabbat 14 and 15, tell a dramatic story of a particularly vehement disagreement between two of the Talmud's greatest rabbis, Hillel and Shammai. When one of them loses the debate, all go into mourning. Why? And what does this millennia-old quibble have to teach us about the importance of kindness and compassion? Listen and find out.
Take one is sponsored this week by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. In this time of anxiety, Jewish based mindfulness and meditation may the thing you need. Find out at Jewishspirituality.org/Takeone and when you check out, put in the code...2020-03-2305 min
The Chicagoland GuideSam Feinsmith-Jewish Mindfulness ExpertIn this episode, we sit down with Rabbi Sam Feinsmith. Rabbi Sam Feinsmith has been immersed in the world of Jewish contemplative living, learning, and teaching for over fifteen years. Serving as a consultant on a number of cutting-edge projects related to prayer, spirituality, and education, he has conducted Jewish meditation workshops and retreats for young children, teens, and Jewish educators and community leaders. After fourteen years of teaching Jewish mindfulness to teens and educators in NY and Illinois, Rabbi Feinsmith currently directs the Institute for Jewish Spirituality’s National Educating for a Jewish Spiritual Life pilot for Jewish da...2019-03-2441 min