Daniel Libenson and Lex Rofeberg discuss Judaism Unbound, a project of the Institute for the Next Jewish Future, that catalyzes and supports grassroots efforts by “disaffected but hopeful” American Jews to re-imagine and re-design Jewish life in America for the 21st Century. Libenson and Rofeberg are the co-hosts of the Judaism Unbound podcast. [Read more...]
Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president emeritus of the Union for Reform Judaism, discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Jewish life and the relationships between liberal American Jews and the State of Israel. [Read more...]
As part of a series of discussions about the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the Jewish community worldwide, Rabbi Jill L. Maderer, senior rabbi at Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia, describes changes in Jewish worship, community life, and pastoral care needs. [Read more...]
Rabbi Jan Katzew, Associate Professor of Education and Jewish Thought at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, and Rabbi Stacey Schlein, rabbi-educator at The Temple-Tiferet Israel, Beachwood, Ohio, discuss the effect of the pandemic on Jewish Education. [Read more...]
Shelley Craig, program director of Faith & Grief, discusses the organization's mission to provide opportunities for comfort and hope to those who have experienced the death of a loved one. [Read more...]
Rabbi Address chats with Lane Gardner, president and co-founder of Thread (threadconnects.org). THREAD strives to address and alleviate the unrelenting presence of trauma in our world through arts centered and therapeutic workshops. [Read more...]
Audrey Lichter and Nina Woldin from Chai Mitzvah (www.ChaiMitzvah.org) discuss the program's efforts to build engagement among Jewish adults and teens over Jewish Education. [Read more...]
Author Janice Steinberg discusses her book, The Tin Horse, a rich multigenerational story about the intense, often fraught bond sisters share and the dreams and sorrows that lay at the heart of the immigrant experience. [Read more...]
Rabbi Ben David, senior rabbi at Congregation Adath Emanu-El in Mt. Laurel, NJ, discusses ways to cope with observing a second Passover with social distancing and use of remote video technology because of the continuing pandemic. [Read more...]
Nora Katz, Director of Heritage and Interpretation at the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life (ISJL) in Jackson, Mississippi, discusses the Institute's role in preserving and exploring Jewish heritage in the South. [Read more...]
