Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Unreal and the Real - Rabbi Deborah Silver
Season 5785
As we move closer to the High Holydays, what do Ursula Le Guin, a provocative Midrash and the opening word of our Torah portion have to teach us abou…
1 year, 1 month ago
A Tale of Two Torahs - Rabbi Hannah Jensen
Season 5785
In this week's parsha we learn that the king had to write a Torah for himself. Or was it two - a Torah that accompanies him throughout his life and o…
1 year, 1 month ago
Preparing, and Unprepared - Rabbinic Intern Jacob Schatz
Season 5785
Both the Jewish calendar and the Torah come to a close leaving our people in a state of active preparation. But do we ever feel truly ready?
1 year, 1 month ago
Show the World What a Jew Looks Like - Rabbi Sharon Brous
Season 5785
An earnest message to my child as she makes her own way in a broken, angry, anguished world, and a quiet plea to us all to open our hearts with love.
1 year, 1 month ago
Break the Ax - Rabbi Morris Panitz
Season 5785
At first glance, Tu B’av, the Festival of Love, seems to be the Jewish equivalent of Valentine’s Day. But, a deeper look at the strange origins of t…
1 year, 2 months ago
For Those Who Cannot Rise - Rabbi Deborah Silver
Season 5785
Tisha B'Av is the day we devote to contemplating destruction and ruin. How should we observe it, this year, when we are already carrying so much g…
1 year, 2 months ago
Lonely Sits the City - Rabbi Hannah Jensen
Season 5785
Right now we are in the period of the most concentrated grief in the Jewish calendar leading up to Tisha b'Av next week. This year, in Los Angeles, w…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Best Seat in Hell - Rabbi Morris Panitz
Season 5785
Buried in a list of names is the mysterious fact that the sons of the mutinous leader Korah did not die. What follows is the bizarre journey of the s…
1 year, 2 months ago
Reflections from a Bomb Shelter - Rabbi Morris Panitz
Season 5785
Sharing a personal, first-hand account of my time in Israel during the war with Iran.
1 year, 3 months ago
The Folly of Those Dark Fantasies - Rabbi Sharon Brous
Season 5785
Trauma, history, fear—all of these lead us down a path that is as futile as it is dangerous. At the end of one terrible war and in the midst of anoth…
1 year, 3 months ago