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Exploring Teshuvah with Incarcerated Congregants
Episode 22
Rabbi Mia Simring was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary, in her native New York City. She also holds a certificate in Pastoral Care and Cou…
9 months, 1 week ago
Hurricane Katrina Twenty Years Later: Rabbi Myrna Matsa Remembers
Episode 21
Rabbi Myrna Matsa, BCC, D. Min., was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary and served as a congregational rabbi both as senior rabbi in a small…
10 months ago
Finding Hope Beyond Your Diagnosis with Rabbi Rebecca Kamil
NeshamaCast is off for the summer, gearing up for an engaging Season 3. But in the meantime, we’re pleased to bring you this special bonus episode fe…
1 year ago
Rising from the Ashes in LA: A Conversation with Rabbi Shira Stern and Rabbi Jason Weiner
Episode 20
Rabbi Dr. Shira Stern, BCC, serves as Disaster Spiritual Care Manager for the American Red Cross and as ARC Division Advisor for the Northeast and Le…
1 year, 1 month ago
From Rikers to Redemption: Rabbis Gabe Kretzmer Seed and Mia Simring on jail chaplaincy
Episode 19
Rabbi Gabe Kretzmer Seed serves as a Jewish chaplain in the New York City Department of Correction where he provides religious services and spiritual…
1 year, 2 months ago
Making Music with What Remains: Rabbi Aaron Lever on long-term facility spiritual care
Episode 18
Rabbi Aaron Lever serves as Director of Spiritual Care at Menorah Life in St. Petersburg, FL. He received rabbinical ordination at the Jewish Theolog…
1 year, 3 months ago
Psalms and Stories: A Conversation with Rabbi Jack Riemer
Rabbi Jack Riemer is a master story teller and preacher and one of the most frequently quoted rabbis in the U.S. who artfully describes the relevance…
1 year, 4 months ago
Chaplain David Balto joins NeshamaCast
Episode 17
David Balto is a volunteer chaplain at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington and Western Correctiona…
1 year, 4 months ago
The hardest mitzvah: Honoring parents
Rabbi Ed Bernstein delivered the talk "Beyond Cleaning Our Room: Responsibilities and Opportunities in Honoring Our Parents As They Age" to Valley Be…
1 year, 4 months ago
From Trauma to Resilience: NeshamaCast in Israel
Episode 16
NeshamaCast host Rabbi Ed Bernstein travels to Israel and interviews Jewish chaplains from Israel and across North America attending a rabbinic conf…
1 year, 5 months ago