Sheila Katz and Danya Ruttenberg , CEO and Scholar-in-Residence of the National Council of Jewish Women , join Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation about the history and legacy of their organization, along with the work that they're continuing to do today to build a more just, more liberated world. This episode is the fifth in a series of episodes exploring the history, and contemporary leadership, of America's Jewish women. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep th...
Oct 09, 2020•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Yehuda Kurtzer and Claire Sufrin , co-authors of the book The New Jewish Canon: Ideas & Debates 1980-2015 , join Dan and Lex for a conversation about what a contemporary Jewish canon even is, how they went about deciding the pieces that made it in, and how those questions connect to other Jewish textual canons, past, present, and (potentially) future. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound ...
Oct 02, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sarah Waxman , founder of an organization called At The Well , joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation about Rosh Chodesh (the Jewish practice of marking a new month). They explore the history of Rosh Chodesh, its relationship to women's spirituality, and At The Well's "Well Circles," which empower women to share this sacred monthly celebration in community with one another. This episode is the fourth in a series of episodes exploring the history, and contemporary leadership, of A...
Sep 25, 2020•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bovo-Buch: Chivalric Romance, Cultural Collision is a four-episode podcast series produced by theatre dybbuk , presented in collaboration with Judaism Unbound. Bovo-Buch is Elia Levita's 16th century Yiddish adaptation of the popular Italian chivalric romance Bovo d’Antona. The book was extremely popular among Jewish communities of the time, and is an example of the cultural convergence that occurs when a narrative is adapted into a new context. Our three episode podcast is a combination of scho...
Sep 23, 2020•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bovo-Buch: Chivalric Romance, Cultural Collision is a four-episode podcast series produced by theatre dybbuk , presented in collaboration with Judaism Unbound. Bovo-Buch is Elia Levita's 16th century Yiddish adaptation of the popular Italian chivalric romance Bovo d’Antona. The book was extremely popular among Jewish communities of the time, and is an example of the cultural convergence that occurs when a narrative is adapted into a new context. Our three episode podcast is a combination of scho...
Sep 22, 2020•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bovo-Buch: Chivalric Romance, Cultural Collision is a four-episode podcast series produced by theatre dybbuk , presented in collaboration with Judaism Unbound. Bovo-Buch is Elia Levita's 16th century Yiddish adaptation of the popular Italian chivalric romance Bovo d’Antona. The book was extremely popular among Jewish communities of the time, and is an example of the cultural convergence that occurs when a narrative is adapted into a new context. Our three episode podcast is a combination of scho...
Sep 21, 2020•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Aaron Henne and Erith Jaffe-Berg join Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg to kick-off a 4-part bonus series of Judaism Unbound, in partnership with Theatre Dybbuk, exploring and experiencing Bovo Buch, a 16th-century chivalric romance, written in Yiddish (yes, you read that right!). The remaining three episodes in this series will be released on consecutive days: September 21st, 22nd, and 23rd. Learn more about Theatre Dybbuk by heading to www.TheatreDybbuk.org. To access shownotes for this episode, c...
Sep 20, 2020•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jill Hammer and Taya Shere , co-founders of Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute , join Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation about the old, the new, and the ways in which Kohenet's work blurs the line between the two. This episode is the third in a series of episodes exploring the history, and contemporary leadership, of America's Jewish women. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbou...
Sep 18, 2020•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rosh Hashanah 2020/5781, as this episode is released, is less than a week away. But Wendie Bernstein Lash, Lex Rofeberg, and Estee Solomon Gray are ready to talk about Rosh Hashanah 2021/5782 already. Why? Well, next year's Rosh Hashanah will kick off a year-long observance called Shmitah (the Sabbatical year). And they think that if a year-long observance is really going to be meaningful, you gotta prep for it! In this bonus episode, they brainstorm what this coming year could look like, as an ...
Sep 13, 2020•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Aaron Koller , author of Unbinding Isaac: The Significance of the Akedah for Jewish Thought , joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg to dive deep into the story of the binding of Isaac in historical context and as it is utilized today. Check out The Akedah Project , which features over 30 different perspectives on the Binding of Isaac (“ akedah ” means “binding” in Hebrew), in video form, at AkedahProject.com . If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or...
Sep 11, 2020•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast The month of Elul, and the holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, are most often associated with personal forms of introspection and self-improvement. But how can we immerse ourselves not only in "I" work, but also "We" work? How can Elul be a time for introspection on a communal and societal level, and not just within each individual? In this bonus podcast, Wendie Bernstein Lash, Lex Rofeberg, and Dan Libenson explore those questions. This “mini-episode” is the 3rd of four that will be relea...
Sep 06, 2020•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Judith Rosenbaum , CEO of the Jewish Women's Archive (JWA), joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation exploring how, when you center the lives and narratives of Jewish women, the story of what Judaism has been fundamentally changes. This episode is the second in a series of episode exploring the history, and contemporary leadership, of America's Jewish women. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Sup...
Sep 04, 2020•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast What if, this whole time, we've been carving out these realms called "sacred" and "profane," but in reality, the mundane, everyday stuff of our lives could also potentially be holy? Wendie Bernstein Lash and Lex Rofeberg talk it out, and connect the conversation to the holi-month of Elul. If you're curious why this episode is marked "EXPLICIT," well, you'll just have to listen! This “mini-episode” is the 2nd of four that will be released as part of Elul Unbound 2020 . To listen to our first four...
Aug 30, 2020•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pamela Nadell , author of America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today , joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg to kick off a series exploring the history, and contemporary leadership, of America's Jewish women. America's Jewish Women was the recipient of 2019's National Jewish Book Award for Book of the Year. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here! To acce...
Aug 28, 2020•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Lash launch 2020’s edition of the “holi-month” known as Elul, which serves as an on-ramp into Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, by asking a simple (but not simple at all) question: Why is this Elul different from all other Eluls? This “mini-episode” is the 1st of four that will be released as part of Elul Unbound 2020 . To listen to our first four Elul bonus episodes, released in 2018, click here . For the next four, released in 2019, click here. Experience the journey of Elu...
Aug 23, 2020•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dan and Lex look back on recent conversations, featuring organizations created by and for Jews of Color. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here! To access shownotes for this episode, click here ....
Aug 21, 2020•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Eric Goldstein , author of The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity , joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation exploring the history of American Jews and their relationship to whiteness. Their conversation looks at the ever-evolving relationship between particularism and universalism for American Jews, contemporary discourse around white Jews and Jews of Color, and more. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthl...
Aug 14, 2020•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Audrey Sasson , Executive Director of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation looking back on the origins of her organization, looking out at the present moment our society is facing, and looking forward, toward the Jewish (and global) future. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here! To access shownotes for this episode, c...
Aug 07, 2020•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Arielle Korman and Mira Rivera , of Ammud: The Jews of Color Torah Academy , join Dan and Lex for a conversation about Ammud and its work. They explore the power of spaces created specifically by and for Jews of Color, the importance of blending traditional Jewish texts with contemporary struggles for justice, and more. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here! To access show...
Jul 31, 2020•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ilana Kaufman , Executive Director of the Jews of Color Initiative , joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about confronting racism, better understanding Jewish history, and why -- when counting Jews -- we need to do so in ways that reflect our contemporary reality. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here! To access shownotes for this episode, click here ....
Jul 24, 2020•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Yitz Jordan (also known as the hip-hop artist Y-Love), the co-founder of TribeHerald Media , joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about building online and offline communities that center Jews of Color. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here! To access shownotes for this episode, click here ....
Jul 17, 2020•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tal Frieden and Becca Lubow , two members of Never Again Action — a movement of thousands of Jews and allies fighting to end the United States’s cruel immigration policies — join Dan and Lex for a conversation reflecting on the first year of Never Again Action’s work. In doing so, they explore what it means to fight for justice through a Jewish lens, why the historic language of “Never Again” is so important, and why organizing that transcends generational divides can be particularly powerful. I...
Jul 10, 2020•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg reflect on recent episodes of Judaism Unbound, touching on topics ranging from Jewish t-shirts, to psychedelics, to intersectionality, along with asking questions about what the terms “rabbi” and “antisemitism” should and should not connote moving forward. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here! To access shownotes for this episode, click here ...
Jul 03, 2020•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast James Kahn , an ordained rabbi who works as the National Outreach Director for Holistic Industries (one of the largest privately-held cannabis operators in the United States) joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg to talk about the relationship between cannabis and Judaism. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here! To access shownotes for this episode, click here ....
Jun 26, 2020•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Casper ter Kuile, co-founder of Sacred Design Lab and author of the book The Power of Ritual (coming out June 23rd -- pre-order here ), joins Dan and Lex to talk about what rituals are, even, and why they can potentially be powerful in our lives. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here! To access shownotes for this episode, click here ....
Jun 19, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nati Passow , an Assistant Professor of sustainable food systems at Temple University and past executive director of the Jewish Farm School (of blessed memory), joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about biblical frameworks of sabbatical and jubilee. Together they explore what these ideas might have to teach us in the 21st century about how Judaism and food justice intertwine. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation...
Jun 12, 2020•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Zac Kamenetz , an educator, rabbi, and aspiring healer who enrolled in a clinical study to give clergy members high doses of psilocybin (a psychedelic compound), joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about mysticism, entheogens (psychedelic substances), and the future of Judaism. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here! To access shownotes for this episode, click here ....
Jun 05, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dan and Lex, in a conversation released one day early as prep for the festival of Shavuot, use that holiday as a jumping-off point into an exploration of how we might go about building new Judaism(s) in 2020 and beyond. Check out a wide variety of digital Shavuot opportunities, including ShavuotLIVE (from our jewishLIVE initiaitve), at jewishlive.org/shavuot . If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism...
May 28, 2020•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Beccs Lubow , the 2020 Judaism Unbound and New Voices fellow, opens up a conversation that connects a variety of seemingly distant topics: mutual aid networks, synagogue accessibility, and an unusual Kaddish prayer. At the heart of this episode is a unifying question: Who does Judaism belong to? To access shownotes for this episode, click here . If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by cli...
May 25, 2020•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sandy Cardin and Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi , of the Our Common Destiny initiative, join Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation exploring the topic of Jewish unity. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound , please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here! To access shownotes for this episode, click here ....
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