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The Importance of HAPPINESS during Challenging Times
New animations from Hanan Harchol about finding happiness in challenging times. [Read more…]
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Cary Hillebrand Takes a Look at Parashat Vezot HaBerachah
Cary Hillebrand takes a look at Parashat Vezot HaBerachah. [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Seekers of Meaning 10/4-10/11/2024: High Holy Days Message from Rabbi Address
In this commentary, Rabbi Richard Address discusses the themes of the High Holidays and shares insights on aging and spirituality. He explores the concepts of acceptance and surrender, holding on and letting go, and the power of choice in shaping our lives. Rabbi Address emphasizes the importance of community and face-to-face interactions as we age and highlights the significance of the sacred and divine in our lives. He concludes with a prayer for peace and well-being in the year ahead. [Read more…]
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Seekers of Meaning 9/27/2024: High Holy Days Music with Hazzan Alisa Pomerantz-Boro
Rabbi Richard Address engages with Hazzan Alisa Pomerantz-Boro to explore the profound impact of sacred music in Jewish tradition, particularly during the High Holidays. [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Seekers of Meaning 9/20/2024: Poet Alden Solovy discusses his latest book, “Enter These Gates”
In this week’s Seekers of Meaning episode, Alden Solovy discusses his book, “Enter These Gates,” inspired by the October 7, 2023, Hamas assault. He shares poems reflecting themes of history, memory, and mortality. The book features more than100 new poems and meditations for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. [Read more…]
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Seekers of Meaning 9/13/2024: Rabbis Reflect on The High Holidays
Rabbi Jill Maderer and Rabbi Jack Paskoff reflect on the meaning of the High Holidays this year in the wake of the October 7 Hamas massacre of 1,200 Israelis and as antisemitism surges in the United States and around the world. [Read more…]
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Seekers of Meaning 9/6/2024: Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz Discusses His New Book of 45 Great Philosophers
On this week’s episode of the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast, Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz discusses his latest book, 45 Great Philosophers and What They Mean for Judaism. [Read more…]
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8/30/2024 ENCORE BROADCAST, Seekers of Meaning 7/12/2024: Elissa Strauss, author of “When You Care,” book about caregiving
On this week’s encore broadcast of the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast, Elissa Strauss discusses her new book, “When You Care: The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others.” [Read more…]
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8/23/2024 ENCORE BROADCAST, Seekers of Meaning 5/31/2024: Rabbi Dalia Marx, author of “From Time to Time: Journeys in the Jewish Calendar”
Rabbi Dalia Marx, Ph.D., the Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Professor of Liturgy and Midrash at HUC-JIR’s Taube Family Campus in Jerusalem, discusses her new book, From Time to Time, Journeys in the Jewish Calendar. [Read more…]
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8/16/2024 ENCORE BROADCAST, Seekers of Meaning 6/14/2024: Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, discusses the rising incidence of antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment in the United States and describes some of the programs in Jewish education and interfaith understanding supported by the Center. [Read more…]