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A weekly podcast about Judaism in the 2020s—because the Torah was left for us to figure out on the ground. Sublime and irreverent conversations about the present and future of communal, religious and spiritual life, led by Avi Finegold, Yedida Eisenstat and Matthew Leibl.
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- Will another Netanyahu government push Diaspora Jews past their breaking point? · 38 min · Saison 1On Oct. 27, Israeli voters cast their ballots in the highest-turnout election in decades and gave their judgment on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu government. On the ballot…
- J’Oy Vey: What the push towards ‘Jewish Joy’ misses · 42 min · Saison 1“Jewish joy” is having a moment. It shows up in grant guidelines, new organizational mission statements and frothy headlines like “This Hanukkah Episode of NPR’s Tiny Desk Is…
- Can synagogues raise money without ruining Yom Kippur? · 41 min · Saison 1You know the scene. Darkness falls. A hush settles over the gathered crowd. The rabbi intones: “The hour is nigh! Yom Kippur is upon us! Atone, turn your hearts toward…
- All shepherd, no flock: With congregation numbers declining, freelance rabbis are on the rise · 51 min · Saison 1For Jews in the pews, the wail of the shofar is the signal sound of the Jewish New Year. But for congregational rabbis, it’s like the crack of a starting pistol, setting them off…
- Conservative Judaism cracked open the door to interfaith families. Critics say it should go further · 42 min · Saison 1Eight months after the Conservative movement issued a public apology to interfaith families for historically treating them as a threat to Jewish survival, the Committee on Jewish…
- High Steaks: With kosher meat prices soaring, should Jews eat less of it? · 48 min · Saison 1The prospect of summer grilling season might bring a tear to the eye of any patriotic Canadian, but it’s the eye-watering prices in the meat aisle that are stirring up the most…
- Hoax or Hasid: Why stay in a religious community after you’ve stopped believing? · 39 min · Saison 1As darkness fell last night, Jews around the world sat on synagogue floors and listened to the chanting of Eicha, the Book of Lamentations, marking the beginning of Tisha B’Av…
- Do you need to feel hate to commit a hate crime? · 36 min · Saison 1How much does motive matter when it comes to hate crimes? In recent years, Canadian Jews have been rocked by a series of attacks on their community institutions, including…
- Is enthusiasm for flags in synagogues flying at half-mast? · 57 min · Saison 1Canada Day and the Fourth of July are coming up, which means flags are popping up across North America like summer flowers. But Jewish Canadians — and Jewish Americans — have…
- Turns out Jews also live outside major cities · 45 min · Saison 1Too often, when people talk about Jewish life in Canada, they are really talking about Jewish life in Toronto and Montreal. But the truth is more than a quarter of Jewish…
- Don't rain on my pro-Israel parade · 51 min · Saison 1Two weekends, two parades, two attendance-taking exercises. On each of the past two Sundays, the United States and Canada each held their largest annual gatherings and…
- Gett Naked: A revealing campaign about community accountability · 47 min · Saison 1Adina Sash, known online to over 100,000 followers as Flatbush Girl, is an American Jewish social media influencer and activist based out of Brooklyn. Originally, her content…
- Do AI Rabbis Dream of Electric Herring? · 50 min · Saison 1On Monday, Pope Leo XIV (an unusual place for us to start, but bear with us) released “Magnifica Humanitas,” or “Magnificent Humanity,” a letter to the world’s 1.4 billion…
- Jewish communities must face an uncomfortable question: Who is a Jew? · 51 min · Saison 1Ask most Jews what their favourite holiday is and you’ll hear Hannukah, Passover, Purim, Sukkot—maybe even Yom Kippur for some diehards. But despite being one of the big three…
- Smartphone, dumbphone, kosherphone, anglophone, francophone: How Canadian Jews are trying to find a healthy relationship with their devices · 45 min · Saison 1Most parents share concerns about rising rates of depression, anxiety, and social disconnection among younger generations, especially how those issues intersect with increased…
- Up in arms: Why Jewish interest in gun ownership is surging · 44 min · Saison 1Sitting on a bus surrounded by Jews carrying rifles was once an exotic quirk of visiting Israel. But that may be changing. Last month, the American National Rifle Association…
- Is there a future for Jewish life in secularist Quebec? · 42 min · Saison 1This month, the province of Quebec passed Bill 9, a law that bans employees at publicly subsidized daycares from wearing religious symbols—including kippot, tzitzit, hijabs…
- Cities are shying away from foreign flag raisings. But is it really a victory for Canadian Jews? · 37 min · Saison 1Yom ha-Atzmaut is in the air: circle dancing, falafels, inexplicable inflatable squeaky plastic hammers and, of course, Israeli flags galore. But this year’s Israeli…
- Holocaust education isn’t coming to save us · 47 min · Saison 1What moral lessons should we take from the Holocaust? In 1998, the late Israeli Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer told the Bundestag about the three additional commandments the…
- The fifth annual Great Canadian Seder · 1 h 19 min · Saison 1For some reason, the number "five" feels particularly weighty—and so it's with great pride that we bring you the fifth annual Great Canadian Seder. For those new to this…
