Parashat Noah 5783: Noah and the Climate Crisis, Then and Now
Rabbis Meesh Hammer-Kossoy and Elisha Ancselovits bring poetry, midrash, Talmud and a Nobel Prize winning economist into dialogue about how Noah and the 7 Noahide laws are relevant to our current clim...
25 Okt 202224min
Parashat Bereishit 5783: Difficult Choices
Bereishit takes us from Creation to God's decision to destroy the world. From "Tov" - a world filled with good - to "Ra" - a world in which evil prevails. How do we get there? In this podcast, Alex I...
20 Okt 202222min
Sukkot 5783: Sukkot and the Secret of Jewish Happiness
Sukkot 5783 - Sukkot and the Secret of Jewish Happiness This podcast is a republication of last year's Sukkot special. Why is Sukkot described as the "Season of our Rejoicing"? What is the objectiv...
12 Okt 202225min
Ha’azinu 5783: Breathing God into Our Lives
Ha'azinu speaks of God as a parent, as the Being that created and formed us all. What implications does this fact have for our spirituality and consciousness? Yiscah Smith presents a teaching of the H...
7 Okt 202226min
Yom Kippur 5783: Everything is Contingent
How do we approach the complicated dynamic in the High Holiday liturgy? What is the dynamic between Rosh Hashana's haftarah reading of the Binding of Isaac and Yom Kippur's reading of the Book of Jona...
30 Sep 202234min
Rosh Hashana 5783: Two Days, Two Messages?
This Rosh Hashana podcast is sponsored by Ricki and David Bernstein in memory of Ricki’s parents, Beatrice and Murray Kirschblat, survivors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, respectively. Beatrice and Murr...
19 Sep 202227min
The Jewish Story Season 6 – Prologue: A New Perspective
Love learning Jewish history? Join Rav Mike Feuer for the Jewish Story Live! The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 1: Prologue: A New Perspective Season 6 of The Jewish Story has finally begun! Here is...
15 Sep 202235min
Ki Tavo: History and Memory – The Declaration of the First Fruits
How does the law of bikkurim (sacrifice of the first fruits) relate to the Exodus from Egypt? Why does the blessing from the farmer use the plural tense, and why would a farmer who had never experienc...
14 Sep 202221min
