Listen in as Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg analyze pressing issues for 21st century American Judaism. Mixing their own analysis with interviews of leading thinkers, practitioners, and even "regular Jews," Dan and Lex look to push past the bounds of what it means to be Jewish in the 21st century. You can support Judaism Unbound at www.JudaismUnbound.com/donate.
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Join conversations between friends as we study, question, and apply the weekly Torah portion to better understand our world.
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In its inaugural season Tales of the Unbound follows the Jewish journey of two incarcerated individuals, their chaplain, and the community they co-created in the most unlikely of places. If we are lucky, at some point in our lives, we encounter something that radically changes the way we see and behave in the world. This podcast follows the spiritual journeys of folks who leave one way of being for another, claiming agency as they embrace revolutionary Jewish innovation. They build circles o ...
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Interfaithing is a podcast for and about Jewish & Christian interfaith families, where we explore the question: why families can embrace two faiths under one roof. Whether you are part of an interfaith family or you're exploring and interested in how different faiths interact with one another, this is the space for you! Each episode of this first season explores and unpacks stories related to common myths about and expressed toward Interfaith families. So join us on this journey to help spre ...
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Pod Drash offers a Jewish take on podcasts. Each episode is based on an issue as tackled in another podcast, which host Leon Wiener Dow and his guests riff on (i.e., “drash”), using Jewish tradition to provide new insights and even greater depth. Pod Drash is a project of Kolot.
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Episode 454: Tales of the Unbound V - Open the Gates
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This week, we’re bringing you an episode of our newest podcast, Tales of the Unbound! In its inaugural season Tales of the Unbound follows the Jewish journey of two incarcerated individuals, their chaplain, and the community they co-created in the most unlikely of places. In Tales of the Unbound Episode 5, we reach the apex of the storyline, talkin…
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Episode 453: Sukkot 2024 - Joseph Altshuler, Ethan Blake
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Happy Sukkot! Chag Sameach! The 7-day-long festival of Sukkot is here, and Dan and Lex welcome Joseph Altshuler and Ethan Blake — both founders of local Sukkah festivals celebrating creative design and architecture — to explore what this festival can teach us. Head to JudaismUnbound.com/classes to check out our upcoming 8-week courses in the UnYesh…
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Episode 452: Yom Kippur -- Jewish Theories of Change - Rachel Cohen
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Yom Kippur is here! For the past two years, Yom Kippur is often the single most popular day — all year — for folks to listen to Judaism Unbound. To those of you incorporating our podcast into your observance of this holiday, wishing you a beautiful and unbound Yom Kippur. In this episode, Rachel Cohen — policy correspondent for Vox Media — joins Da…
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Episode 451: Jewish Weddings -- Who is the 'Client?' - Irwin Keller
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Irwin Keller is the spiritual leader of Ner Shalom in Sonoma County, California, author of the new book Shechinah at the Art Institute, and — importantly for this conversation — one of the most thoughtful wedding officiants you’ll find anywhere. He joins Dan and Lex for a conversation exploring the ritual work that weddings do, along with a variety…
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BONUS Episode: Interfaithing Insights: Navigating the Jewish High Holidays
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Ari explores the vibrant world of Jewish High Holidays, diving into the significance of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. These aren't just any holidays; they're the cornerstone of Jewish tradition, marking the New Year and the Day of Atonement. Topics addressed include: - How interfaith families celebrate these holidays with extended family members fr…
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Episode 450: Teshuva -- High Holidays...in a Kayak - Keshira haLev Fife
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Keshira haLev Fife, a kohenet (Jewish priestess), ritual designer, community-weaver, and founder of Kesher Pittsburgh joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. How might we more effectively orient to the notion of teshuva (often translated “repentance” or “return”) over these 10 days? Could floating in kayaks have som…
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Elul Unbound Bonus Episode #25 - Yom Kippur is Coming
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Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this conversation, Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash think not only about our entry into the new year (Rosh Hashanah) -- but toward the holiday of Yom Kippur that f…
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Episode 449: Tales of the Unbound IV - Do Good Time
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This week, we’re bringing you an episode of our newest podcast, Tales of the Unbound! In its inaugural season Tales of the Unbound follows the Jewish journey of two incarcerated individuals, their chaplain, and the community they co-created in the most unlikely of places. Tales of the Unbound: Episode 4 - “Do Good Time” follows Ari’s spiritual jour…
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BONUS Episode: Interfaithing Featured on "Judaism Unbound" Podcast
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Ari and Anna discuss Ari's appearance on a summer-time episode of the popular Jewish podcast Judaism Unbound focused on the topic of Interfaith Weddings. You can listen to the ENTIRE episode of featuring Ari's interview with the creators of Judaism Unbound after Ari and Anna's discussion.על ידי Ari Saks
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Elul Unbound Bonus Episode #24 - God-Optional
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Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this third bonus episode of Elul Unbound, Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash explore what it means for the observance of Elul to be "God-optional." This Elul bonus e…
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Episode 448: The Unbinding of Isaac - Jericho Vincent
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Jericho Vincent, founder and rabbi of Temple of the Stranger — a mystical community based in Brooklyn, NY — is leading a ritual entitled The Unbinding of Isaac: a provocative, experimental, controversial, and immersive theatrical Rosh HaShanah experience. They join Dan and Lex for a conversation about this wild new ritual, and for a broader explora…
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Elul Unbound Bonus Episode #23: Happy Tues-Year!
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Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this second bonus episode of Elul Unbound, Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash continue their exploration of the power of threes. This Elul bonus episode is the secon…
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Episode 447: High Holidays -- Old Man in the Sky? - Zvika Krieger
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Zvika Krieger, spiritual leader at Chochmat HaLev in Berkeley, California, joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Together they ask and explore a variety of questions: who is the God of the High Holidays? When Jews and their loved ones gather to pray, are they praying to that God? Are they (we)…
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Elul Unbound Bonus Episode #22: Shmita's 3rd Year
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Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this first bonus episode of Elul Unbound, Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash explore the power of the number three — and the fact that we are entering into the 3rd y…
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Episode 446: Father. Mother. God. - Play Steinberg, Sue Reinhold
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Play Steinberg and Sue Reinhold join Dan and Lex for a conversation about Father. Mother. God. — a web-comic Steinberg is in the process of creating! They dive into topics ranging from conversion, to addiction and recovery, to the power of digital Jewish art. Check out Father. Mother. God. via this link! Head to JudaismUnbound.com/classes to check …
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Episode 445: Intermarried Rabbis No Longer Banned - Dan, Miriam, and Lex
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On June 20th, 2024, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion eliminated its ban on interfaith relationships for rabbinical students. This landmark decision comes on the heels of decades of many years of organizing and advocacy, and Judaism Unbound is thrilled to celebrate it! In this episode, Dan, Miriam, and Lex speak about what this sh…
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Bonus Episode: Lilith - The Dybbukast: Season 4, Episode 7
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This bonus episode of Judaism Unbound is presented in partnership with Theatre Dybbuk. We are proud to feature their fourth season's fourth episode as a bonus episode here on Judaism Unbound's feed. In each episode, they bring poems, plays, and other creative texts from throughout history to life, all while revealing their relationships to issues s…
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Episode 444: Tales of the Unbound III - We go HAM
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This week, we’re bringing you an episode of our newest podcast, Tales of the Unbound! In its inaugural season Tales of the Unbound follows the Jewish journey of two incarcerated individuals, their chaplain, and the community they co-created in the most unlikely of places. Tales of the Unbound: Episode 3 — We go HAM follows Josh’s spiritual journey …
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Episode 443: Maimonides -- Judaism for the Perplexed - Lenn Goodman
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Perplexed? About Judaism, and God, and life generally? Us too. Maimonides (also known as Rambam) wrote a book specifically for us called The Guide to the Perplexed, a bit more than 800 years ago, and it still has much to teach us today! Lenn E. Goodman, co-author of The Guide to the Perplexed: A New Translation (with Phillip I. Lieberman) joins Dan…
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Episode 442: Pushcart Judaica - Ollie Schwartz
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Ollie Schwartz is the founder of Pushcart Judaica, which offers accessible Jewish ritual objects, books, zines, and art that reflect liberatory values, handcrafted beauty, and queer brilliance. Schwartz joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about the power of Jewish objects, reflections on why “people of the pushcart” might be as good a moniker as “…
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David Biale Z"L: A Re-Release of Episode 411 - Jewish Counter-History
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Just a few days ago, one of the leading luminaries of Jewish Studies scholarship, David Biale, died at the age of 75. He was a 3-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award, and a committed scholar-activist who devoted his life not only to intellectual pursuits – but also to justice. His work had a profound influence on the ways we understand Jud…
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Episode 441: Judaism is People! - Dan and Lex
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Dan and Lex conclude their series of episodes on disability and Judaism. They discuss the wisdom from these episodes, including strategies for imagining accessible Jewish futures, how to navigate a tradition that contains both harm and insight, and how we make choices about editorializing our tradition in order to speak to who Jews are in the prese…
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Episode 440: Tales of the Unbound 2 - Yes Way!
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Tales of the Unbound is a new addition to the Judaism Unbound family of podcasts! Its first season follows the stories of Ari and Josh, two men pursuing Jewish conversion while incarcerated. Despite facing obstacles and judgments, they find belonging and community within Judaism. “Tales of the Unbound: Episode 2 – “Yes Way” explores the role of pri…
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[1] We reference a definition of chevrutah as listed in Berakhot 63b:12, “Make many groups and study Torah, For the Torah is only acquired through study in a group.” You can find the full text here. [2] Malcolm Gladwell socialized the Tipping Point theory in his book “The Tipping Point”. [3] We sing “Veshamru,” a Jewish liturgical prayer that celeb…
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Episode 439: Interfaith Weddings - Ari Saks
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Ari Saks recently completed an 11-year career as a full-time pulpit rabbi, and is currently focused on reaching out to interfaith families, primarily through his podcast called Interfaithing. He joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about co-officiating interfaith weddings, how he thinks about presiding over meaningful marriage rituals, and the impo…
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Episode 6: You Do Not Have To Do This Alone
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[1] “There are no words” is a poem Miriam wrote on January 6, 2021. [2] “You are Not Alone” by Ric Hordinski; you can watch this gorgeous rendition here. [3] Psalm 23, we used the same translation here as we did in Ari’s episode, which is the poetic and non-gendered translation by Rabbi Richard Levy. But, Miriam was reading from the JPS translation…
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Episode 438: Certifiably Unbound - Rena Yehuda Newman
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Rena Yehuda Newman (They/Them) is a Jewish, transgender writer, educator, independent publisher, and illustrator living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Rena Yehuda is also the new Director of the UnYeshiva Certificate Program. They join Lex on the podcast for a conversation about the UnYeshiva Certificate Program and how creative, collaborative learni…
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