A special episode on October 7th: A year after the attack by Hamas on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza, Rabbi Shira and Hanna mourn the loss of life and talk about what else has been lost in the trauma of ongoing war with an uncertain future. A young Jewish listener asks for advice on how to navigate tension between her two friend groups on opposite sides of the Israel debate. Read Can We Talk About Israel by Dan Sokatch Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Ins...
Oct 07, 2024•21 min
Live from Washington D.C.! Rabbi Shira and Hanna are answering your real life questions live at a special event in Washington D.C. – a city known for its scandal and intrigue. A married listener is having an affair and has no plans to stop. Should he still repent on Yom Kippur? Special thanks to Adas Israel Congregation in Washington D.C. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn...
Oct 02, 2024•34 min•Season 4Ep. 5
After her wife of more than two decades passed suddenly, our listener is struggling how to spend time by herself again, and how to tell her wonderful, well-meaning community to give her space. More on being "alone" More on Jewish Shiva rituals Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Sep 25, 2024•33 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Rabbi Shira and Hanna are joined by Rabbi Sharon Brous to talk about what she calls the “ The Amen Effect ” – what it means to be heard and seen during times of joy and grief and how a deeper connection to the Jewish community can actually help us cross tribal lines. Rabbi Brous is the founder of IKAR , an influential progressive Jewish congregation in Los Angeles and the author of The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World. See Chutzpod! live in D.C.! Read Mishnah Midot...
Sep 18, 2024•38 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Rabbi Shira and Hanna help a new rabbi navigate her first high holiday season – what she calls “her Oscars and big debut.” What do rabbis wish you knew about services, why does Rabbi Shira hate when people only attend on Yom Kippur, and, gasp, what should a rabbi wear?! See Chutzpod! live in D.C.! Read the Talmud story about being flexible like a reed. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on...
Sep 11, 2024•40 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Dogs on a plane are kosher, but are they annoying? Rabbi Shira and Hanna kick off a new season and Elul with a Rosh Hashanah LaBehemot celebration. What are the Jewish ethics around animals? Is the Torah ableist? Bring your apples, honey, and dog biscuits and tune in. See Chutzpod! live in D.C.! Read more about Jewish pet names Read more about Rosh Hahanah LaBehemah Learn about ableism in the Torah Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on In...
Sep 04, 2024•35 min•Season 4Ep. 1
This season on Chutzpod! Rabbi Shira Stutman and Hanna Rosin dive into all things high holidays. How do you really start over in the new year. How can you forgive others if you can't forgive yourself on Yom Kippur. And what should we think about snakes (and dogs) on a plane? New episodes launch September 4th. Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss a thing. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Foll...
Aug 21, 2024•1 min
Rabbi Shira and Hanna close out Season 3 with by celebrating Shavuot*, which commemorates the receiving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. But how do you celebrate a sacred text that's often problematic? * This year Shavuot at sundown on Tuesday June 11, 2024, and concludes at nightfall on Thursday, June 13. Story of Dinah Torah Portion Nasso Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn a...
Jun 12, 2024•35 min
A listener in an interfaith and interracial relationship asks for advice on how to navigate conversations about antisemitism, race and Israel. Rabbi Shira and Hanna are joined by antiracist educator Rachel Faulkner from the National Council of Jewish Women . Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Jun 05, 2024•30 min
Do you suffer from Friendship FOMO? Heartburn, fatigue, painful stabs of jealousy while looking at Instagram? Rabbi Shira and Hanna will provide some relief. Podcast host and producer Lauren Ober writes in. And Shira lets out her inner mean girl. Biblical Moments of Jealousy: Exodus 20.5 , Joseph & his brothers Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: ...
May 29, 2024•42 min•Season 3Ep. 26
Rabbi Shira and Hanna fire through a bunch of your letters and voice memos. Shira imagines having an audience with the Pope. Hanna reimagines her concept of Jewish power. And, yet another plug for the mikvah. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
May 22, 2024•30 min•Season 3Ep. 25
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 maintain close contact. Are mitzvahs still mitzvahs if you have an ulterior motive? More on Judaism & Fertility Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
May 15, 2024•29 min•Season 3Ep. 24
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 them rotten. Rabbi Shira and Hanna talk about money myths, values and honoring thy father and mother. The Torah on Money Babylonian Talmud , Tractate Kiddushin 31b Rav Asi had an elderly mother. She said to him: “I want jewelry.” He made jewelry for her. “I want a man,” and he said: I will seek one for you. “I want a husband who is as handsome as you...
May 08, 2024•32 min
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) seder. Priya Parker on the “Art of Gathering” Why do you spill the wine? On the interplay between Purim and Passover Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Apr 17, 2024•37 min
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 secret with her father. More on secrets of the Torah Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Apr 10, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 21
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. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Apr 03, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 20
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 Era” for Jewish Americans. Read Frank’s piece Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Mar 27, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 19
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. More about Jewish polyamory Rachel Adler’s Brit Ahuvim Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Mar 20, 2024•32 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Comedian, podcaster and “Subculture Vulture” Moshe Kasher joins Rabbi Shira and Hanna to help a listener pull (or not pull) a geographic. More about Moshe Kasher Listen to Moshe in conversation with Lauren Ober at Sixth & I. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Mar 13, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 17
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 at chutzpod.com . While you’re there support the show. And follow Chutzpod , Shira & Hanna . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Mar 06, 2024•22 min•Season 3Ep. 16
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 about weaponizing myths, conspiracies, and the always helpful “I” statements. More on dispelling that myth Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Feb 28, 2024•26 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Rabbi Shira and Hanna help a listener who wants to know what Judaism says about choice when it comes to the end of life. What are the Jewish ethics around medical aid in dying? And is there a Jewish value in suffering? Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Feb 21, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Rabbi Shira and Hanna are really Jewish. Charlotte York Goldenblatt is really Jewish. But what about the many of us who live in the gray in-between? We answer this week’s listener question: who gets to be Jewish? Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Feb 14, 2024•35 min
Can you be “Friends Forever”? And should you? Pulling from the ancient texts Saved by the Bell and the Talmud, Rabbi Shira and Hanna help a listener who wants to bring her oldest and dearest friendships back to life. More on friendships & friend fights from Hanna . And check out more of Lanie Fefferman’s music , including the song featured at the end of the show: “ One by One ” by Beverage Station. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna o...
Feb 07, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 12
When channeling your inner Dead Poets Society isn’t enough…Rabbi Shira & Hanna help a high school teacher figure out when and how to talk with students about the war in Israel and Gaza. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Jan 31, 2024•28 min•Season 3Ep. 11
What does Judaism (and the universe) have to say about dating and divorce? Dating BEFORE divorce? And are Jews better at New Year’s Resolutions? Rabbi Shira & Hanna are back to answer these questions and more. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Jan 24, 2024•31 min•Season 3Ep. 10
The decision to have children is often difficult, but what about the decision to have MORE children? Rabbi Shira and Hanna advise a listener on what they think and Judaism says about having a third kid, and whether they regret having their own (spoiler: they don’t). More: Genesis 1:28 Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Jan 17, 2024•24 min•Season 3Ep. 9
I really love Judaism...should I be a rabbi? Rabbi Shira and Hanna help a listener decide whether to take the jump. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Dec 27, 2023•25 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Is a Jewish Santa kosher? Rabbi Shira & Hanna Rosin ponder the ethics of Christmas cosplay in this very merry episode. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Dec 20, 2023•27 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Rabbi Shira and Hanna give advice on how to say you’re sorry, and really (sorta) mean it. Like Chutzpod? Please rate, review and subscribe! Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Dec 13, 2023•22 min•Season 3Ep. 6
