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Your Jewish Neighborhood

Your Jewish Neighborhood is a weekly podcast from Temple Isaiah in Lafayette, California. Each week, your host, Michele Holtz, will introduce you to clergy, educators, and other leaders from Temple Isaiah who will explore issues and topics of general interest to affiliated and unaffiliated Jews and anyone interested in the Reform Jewish movement. We hope you'll feel welcome here!
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Episodes

YJN #238 - 10/21/12 - Yom Kippur Sermon

In this special series of podcasts, all falling under the umbrella of episode #238, we are proud to offer the four serllmons from Temple Isaiah's High Holy Days services. This installment features the Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon by Rabbi Judy Shanks. Please be sure to visit our official home on at the web at: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org

Oct 21, 201220 min

YJN #238 - 10/21/12 - Kol Nidre Sermon

In this special series of podcasts, all falling under the umbrella of episode #238, we are proud to offer the four serllmons from Temple Isaiah's High Holy Days services. This installment features the Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon by Rabbi Judy Shanks. Please be sure to visit our official home on at the web at: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org

Oct 21, 201217 min

YJN #238 - 10/21/12 - Rosh Hashanah Sermon

In this special series of podcasts, all falling under the umbrella of episode #238, are proud to offer the four serllmons from Temple Isaiah's High Holy Days services. This installment features the Rosh Hashanah sermon by Rabbi Roberto Graetz. Please be sure to visit our official home on at the web at: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org

Oct 21, 20121 min

YJN #238 - 10/21/12 - Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon

In this special series of podcasts, all falling under the umbrella of episode #238, we are proud to offer the four serllmons from Temple Isaiah's High Holy Days services. This installment features the Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon by Rabbi Judy Shanks. Please be sure to visit our official home on at the web at: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org

Oct 21, 201226 min

YJN #237 - 08/19/12 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on Yizkor

Please visit our official home: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Yizkor, the Memorial Service , from My Jewish Learning Yizkor , from Jewish Virtual Library Yizkor: Just the Basics , from My Kaddish The Yizkor Book Project Yizkor: Online Yahrzeit Reminder & Memorials , from ORTVideo: Yizkor for Martyrs , a memorial concert by David Chevan...

Aug 19, 20128 min

YJN #236 - 07/29/12 - Rabbi Graetz on Havdalah

Be sure to visit our home site: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Havdalah , from the Jewish Virtual Library Havdalah: Taking Leave of Shabbat , from My Jewish Learning The Magic of Havdalah Havdalah Blessings The Havdalah Ceremony: Distinctions and origins Making Havdalah Simply (video)...

Jul 29, 201210 min

YJN #233 - 03/31/12 - Some Passover Music

Be sure to visit us at our official website: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Passover Music from TheHolidaySpot.com Alan Eder and Friends Debbie Friedman's website Passover Music from Kosher4Passover.com A downloadable PDF Passover Haggadah...

Apr 01, 201210 min

YJN #231 - 02/19/12 - Rabbi Greninger on The Hebrew Project

Be sure to visit our official home: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Hebrew Project Wiki Hebrew Language , resources from the University of Texas at Austin Hebrew Blackboard , Hebrew teaching resources What Happened to 'Hebrew' in Hebrew School? Expriment in Congregational Education The Jewish Education Project...

Feb 20, 201212 min

YJN #229 - 01/07/12 - Nina Simone Gotch, Education Director, Anti-Defamation League

Please visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Anti-Defamation League What is Anti-Semitism? , from the ADL Anti-Semitic violence doubled in 2009 , from the Jerusalem Post The shocking statistics ab out anti-Semitism in America , YouTube video FBI's 2010 hate crime statistics from ACoordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism Public education Campaign to End Campus Anti-Semitism , from the US Commission on Civil Rights Simon Wiesen...

Jan 07, 201212 min

YJN #228 - 12/19/11 - Rabbi Shanks on the Significance of Chanukah

Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at our official website: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links Chanukah , from the Jewish Virtual Library Rabbis shed light on Chanukah's importance , from the Palm Beach Daily News The Meaning of Chanukah , from Being Jewish Eight Days of Chanukah -- What's the Spiritual Significance , from aJudaica.com Judaism 101: Chanukah Chanukah, American Style , from the American Jewish Historical Society...

Dec 20, 201112 min

YJN #227 - 12/11/11 - The Campaign for Youth Engagement

Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at our official home: YourJewishNeighborhood.org This weeks links: The URJ's Campaign for Youth Engagement Jewish Parents: how to Get Teens to Keep Engaged After 13 , from Radical parenting Preventing Post B'nai Mitzvah Dropout-itis , from Reform Judaism Online Study Finds 'Man Crisis' in Liberal Jewish Circles...

Dec 11, 20119 min

YJN #226 - 11/14/11 - Modern Synagogue Communications

Visit the official home of Your Jewish Neighborhood: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Who Reads Synagogue Newsletters? Marketing the Shul: What's Working and What Needs to Work U.S. Synagoges Lag in Use of Web and Social Media Technologies Temple Isaiah's Facebook page Rabbi Judy Shanks on Twitter...

Nov 14, 201114 min

YJN #225 - Cantor Korn on Selichot - 10/23/11

Visit our official website at: www.yourjewishneighborhood.org This week's links: Questions and answers about Selichot from the Orthodox Union Selichot: Prayers of Repetence , from MyJewishLearning.com Selicot at the Western Wall , from YouTube When do we begin saying Selichot and why? , from AskMoses.com Music of Selichot and the High Holy Days from Sinai Temple, Springfield, MA Selichot for iPhone and iPad , from The Jewish iPhone Magazine...

Oct 23, 201111 min

YJN #224 - 09/25/18 - Why Hebrew Letters are Used for Numbers

Visit the official home of Your Jewish Neighborhood for show notes and more: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org Hebrew Numbers Numbers in Hebrew Video Lesson: Hebrew 101 - Numbers & Days The Confusion of Hebrew Numbers Kabbalah: Meaning of Numbers Symbolism of "Chai", 18...

Sep 26, 201111 min

YJN #223 - 09/01/11 - Rabbi Graetz on Israel and the Arab Spring

Please visit the official YJN website: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Arab Spring spells uncertainty for Israel , from BBC Israel's Arab Spring? , from The Huffington Post Israel must not ignore the Arab Spring , from Haaretz.com Israeli Summer is no Arab Spring , from USA Today What the Arab Spring Means for Israel and Palestine , from NPR Has the Arab Spring arrived in Israel? , from Al Jazeera English...

Sep 01, 201110 min

YJN #222 - 08/02/11 - Judaism and "End Times"

Be sure to visit our official website at YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: The apocalypse in Judaism from Jewish Encyclopedia Apocalypse Then , from Reform Judaism magazine Revelation/Apocalypse vs. Torah Prophesies? Apocalyptic Literature in the Old Testament and Early Judaism , a bibliography Apocalypses and the Apocalypse , from Messianic Jewish Musings Jewish End of Days , a blog dedicated to "a Jewish perspective on the end times and the coming of the Messiah" Judaism section of...

Aug 02, 201110 min

YJN #220 - Satan in Judaism - 6/28/11

Be sure to visit the official home of Your Jewish Neighborhood: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Satan from JewishEnyclopedia.com Jews believe in The Satan, and not in the devil , from WhatJewsBelieve.org Do Jews Believe in Satan? from About.com Does Judaism Believe in Satan? from BeingJewish.com...

Jun 28, 20117 min

YJN #219 - 06/11/11 - Rabbi Forrest on Making Shabbat Meaningful

Be sure to visit our official home: YourJewishNeighborhood This week's links How to Make Shabbat More Meaningful Top Ten Ways to Make Shabbat a Fun Family Celebration "Get Off the Internet, It's Shabbat!" Is it considered Melacha to use the internet on Shabbat? Shabbat in the Community Reimagining Shabbat , by Rabbi Eric H. Yoffe...

Jun 11, 201111 min

YJN #217 - 04/18/11 - Pesach melodies

Be sure to visit our official home: YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Passover tunes (the source for this week's music) Jewish music , including Sephardic tunes Passover songs and music Music for Passover Passover Music (from Holiday Spot)...

Apr 18, 201141 min

YJN #216 - 04/03/11 - Rabbi Shanks of Rabbinic Sabbaticals

Find our official podcast home at: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Preparing For A Rabbinic Sabbatical From The Perspective Of The Congregational Leadership , from the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation Sabbatical Preparations , from Rabbi Adam Morris of Denver, Colorado's Temple Micah Rabbinic Sabbatical Overview ( PDF ) Official Bhutan website Bhutan Travel Information and Travel Guide from Lonely Planet...

Apr 04, 201114 min

YJN #215 - 03/10/11 - Two Books, Two Views of the Israeli Political Situation

Be sure to visit us at our official home: www.yourjewishneighborhood.org This week's links: Saving Israel , by Daniel Gordis (from the right) Saving Israel on Amazon.com Reviews of "Saving Israel The Holocaust is Over , by Avraham Burg (from the left) The Independent's feature story on "The Holocaust is Over" The Holocaust is Over on Amazon.com...

Mar 11, 201114 min

YJN #213 - 01/23/11 - A Cantorial Concert at the Vatican

Please be sure to visit our official home: Your Jewish Neighborhood This week's links: American Cantors to Perform at Vatican , from The Jewish Week Cantor Sally Neff's Vatican Audition (video) 20 Jewish cantors walk into a church -- it's no joke , from JTA American Conference of Cantors...

Jan 23, 201112 min
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