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An IVF Mitzvah
Season 3 Episode 24
Rabbi Shira and Hanna help a couple navigate the decision to donate their embryos. They’d like to give the gift to a Jewish family. They’d like to ma…
2 years, 5 months ago
Spoiled Rotten
What to do when you want to teach your children gratitude, humility and the value of a dollar, but your mother’s “greatest joy in life” is spoiling t…
2 years, 5 months ago
Israel and this Year's Seder
Israel is destined to be top of mind during Passover this year. Rabbi Shira and Hanna give advice on how to have a meaningful (and less contentious) …
2 years, 6 months ago
Long-Held Secrets
Season 3 Episode 21
There's something titillating about secrets in Judaism, but should we have them? Rabbi Shira and Hanna help a listener who wants to unburden a big se…
2 years, 6 months ago
Jews of Discretion
Season 3 Episode 20
Have you ever hid your Judaism? Whether for safety or comfort? A listener in France wonders if and when it’s ok to conceal your Jewish identity.
Suppo…
2 years, 6 months ago
The End of a Jewish Golden Age
Season 3 Episode 19
Rabbi Shira and Hanna talk with Franklin Foer about his cover story for The Atlantic, which argues that Anti-Semitism is threatening to end a “Golden…
2 years, 7 months ago
A Kosher Throuple
Season 3 Episode 18
Can three be the magic number in a Jewish marriage? Rabbi Shira and Hanna help a listener understand what Judaism says about marriage and polyamory. …
2 years, 7 months ago
Not Enough Townies, with Moshe Kasher
Season 3 Episode 17
Comedian, podcaster and “Subculture Vulture” Moshe Kasher joins Rabbi Shira and Hanna to help a listener pull (or not pull) a geographic.
More about M…
2 years, 7 months ago
Shira’s Week of Torah Study
Season 3 Episode 16
Rabbi Shira returns from Israel where she engaged in a week of Torah study, rabbinic debates and shepherding in the West Bank.
Send us your questions …
2 years, 7 months ago
The Jews Killed Jesus
Season 3 Episode 15
A listener’s friend insists that the Jews killed Jesus. How should she respond? And why does this myth continue to hurt? Rabbi Shira and Hanna talk a…
2 years, 8 months ago