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Tune in for a unique insight into the experience of Jewish soldiers fighting in World War II. These letters contain heartwarming details of Hebrew College alum eating challahs on an unknown island in the Pacific, catching up with old friends in London, and reciting excerpts from the Haggadah in Fiji.   Get full show notes and more information here: http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-12

Tune in for a unique insight into the experience of Jewish soldiers fighting in World War II. These letters contain heartwarming details of Hebrew College alum eating challahs on an unknown island in the Pacific, catching up with old friends in London, and reciting excerpts from the Haggadah in Fiji. Get full show notes and more information here: <a href="http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-12" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-12</a>

Ep #12: Hiddushim: Letters From the Front

Tune in this week to celebrate and enjoy stories from 100 years of Hebrew College and Prozdor, bringing together the philosophical, the fun, and the distinctive memories that have shaped the lives and thoughts of the writers.   Get full show notes and more information here: http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-11

Tune in this week to celebrate and enjoy stories from 100 years of Hebrew College and Prozdor, bringing together the philosophical, the fun, and the distinctive memories that have shaped the lives and thoughts of the writers. Get full show notes and more information here: <a href="http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-11" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-11</a>

Ep #11: Centennial Memoirs

Tune in to discover two unique takes on contemporary Eastern European and Klezmer music. Hankus Netsky is sharing his inspiration and wealth of experience on the revival of Klezmer music, and how it has been evolving over the past 45 years. And Cantor Rebecca Khitrik is discussing her influences and the musical melting pot that has brought Eastern European Yiddish music to where it is today.   Get full show notes and more information here: http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-10

Tune in to discover two unique takes on contemporary Eastern European and Klezmer music. Hankus Netsky is sharing his inspiration and wealth of experience on the revival of Klezmer music, and how it has been evolving over the past 45 years. And Cantor Rebecca Khitrik is discussing her influences and the musical melting pot that has brought Eastern European Yiddish music to where it is today. Get full show notes and more information here: <a href="http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-10" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-10</a>

Ep #10: Sounds of Klezmer

Rabbi Jordan Braunig's essay, read by Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, brings us into an unsettling and deeply personal story of love and fragility, giving us an account of a time when it’s so difficult to express the complexity of emotion, that even the walls of metaphor cannot hold.   Get full show notes and more information here: http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-9

Rabbi Jordan Braunig's essay, read by Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, brings us into an unsettling and deeply personal story of love and fragility, giving us an account of a time when it’s so difficult to express the complexity of emotion, that even the walls of metaphor cannot hold. Get full show notes and more information here: <a href="http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-9" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-9</a>

Ep #9: When the Walls of Metaphor Can’t Hold

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Dr. Shively Smith reads us through and reflects on Rabbi Or Rose’s gratitude of Howard Thurman and the impact he had on the landscape of what is possible for interreligious harmony and cooperation -- as well as how we can all carry on this work in our own religious practices.   Get full show notes and more information here: http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-8

Dr. Shively Smith reads us through and reflects on Rabbi Or Rose’s gratitude of Howard Thurman and the impact he had on the landscape of what is possible for interreligious harmony and cooperation -- as well as how we can all carry on this work in our own religious practices. Get full show notes and more information here: <a href="http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-8" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-8</a>

Ep #8: Thank You Dean Thurman: Remembering an American Spiritual Master

Join us in this episode to discover the lessons from the ancient stories of Noah and the flood, and Abraham’s intervention in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. And in the post-sermon discussion, both reader Bill McKibben and Rabbi Shoshana Friedman share their thoughts about our role and responsibility to take action and speak up to encourage the collective consciousness needed to save our planet.   Get full show notes and more information here: http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-7

Join us in this episode to discover the lessons from the ancient stories of Noah and the flood, and Abraham’s intervention in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. And in the post-sermon discussion, both reader Bill McKibben and Rabbi Shoshana Friedman share their thoughts about our role and responsibility to take action and speak up to encourage the collective consciousness needed to save our planet. Get full show notes and more information here: <a href="http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-7" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-7</a>

Ep #7: Challenging Destruction: We Speak Up Despite the Odds

Listen in this episode as Anne Germanacos reads Mónica’s d’var Torah, written in 2019, highlighting this piece’s ever-increasing relevance in a world of post-truths and “alternative facts”. Mónica shares with us how leaning into that which doesn’t make narrative sense highlights the greater truths that can fly under our rational mind. Get full show notes and more information here: http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-6

Listen in this episode as Anne Germanacos reads Mónica’s d’var Torah, written in 2019, highlighting this piece’s ever-increasing relevance in a world of post-truths and “alternative facts”. Mónica shares with us how leaning into that which doesn’t make narrative sense highlights the greater truths that can fly under our rational mind. Get full show notes and more information here: <a href="http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-4" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-6</a>

Ep #6: Stop Making Sense

Listen in on this journey through Lydia Kukoff’s sensory memories and discover the product of combining her Italian heritage with her chosen Jewish faith, melding her experiences, creating new traditions for her family, expanding the definition of Judaism while also connecting deeply with its traditions. Get full show notes and more information here: http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-5

Listen in on this journey through Lydia Kukoff’s sensory memories and discover the product of combining her Italian heritage with her chosen Jewish faith, melding her experiences, creating new traditions for her family, expanding the definition of Judaism while also connecting deeply with its traditions. Get full show notes and more information here: <a href="http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-4" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-5</a>

Ep #5: Squash with Egg and Cheese

Listen in this episode to discover the insights that Rabbi Nehemia Polen uncovered during the process of his understanding and translation of Malkah Shapiro’s memoir The Rebbe’s Daughter, and the challenges of separating himself from the work while remaining an integral vehicle in its delivery. Get full show notes and more information here: http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-4

Listen in this episode to discover the insights that Rabbi Nehemia Polen uncovered during the process of his understanding and translation of Malkah Shapiro’s memoir The Rebbe’s Daughter, and the challenges of separating himself from the work while remaining an integral vehicle in its delivery. Get full show notes and more information here: <a href="http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-4" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-4</a>

Ep #4: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Translator

Join us this week as Alicia Ostriker takes us through Sharon’s work and what it means to her. Sharon takes us on a journey of conflicting emotion, and shows us what’s possible when we extend our hearts and consider all sides - our friends and our enemies - of what Torah has to teach us about compassion and our role in repairing the world. Get full show notes and more information here: http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-3

Join us this week as Alicia Ostriker takes us through Sharon’s work and what it means to her. Sharon takes us on a journey of conflicting emotion, and shows us what’s possible when we extend our hearts and consider all sides - our friends and our enemies - of what Torah has to teach us about compassion and our role in repairing the world. Get full show notes and more information here: <a href="http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-3" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-3</a>

Ep #3: Extending the Horizons of Our Hearts

Torah is one of the most profound sources of wisdom available to us. In this podcast, Jewish leaders from around the world read essays from Hebrew College faculty and rabbinical alumni about how Torah can help us navigate the most pressing issues of our time. Together, we explore the ways Torah can help us approach the world with creativity, healing, and hope. Find out more at hebrewcollege.edu/podcast.

Can a single person actually confront and repair really difficult relationships without having a support system? Yes. However, help makes for lighter work. And in this essay, Jordan reflects on Keats’s desire to escape the world up the ladder, versus Jacob’s desire to use the ladder to foster unity in the human world, and Jordan’s own desire for our communities and institutions to play a role in this work.  Get full show notes and more information here: http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-2

Can a single person actually confront and repair really difficult relationships without having a support system? Yes. However, help makes for lighter work. And in this essay, Jordan reflects on Keats’s desire to escape the world up the ladder, versus Jacob’s desire to use the ladder to foster unity in the human world, and Jordan’s own desire for our communities and institutions to play a role in this work.  Get full show notes and more information here: <a href="http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-2</a>

Ep #2: Vertical Ladders of Sky, Horizontal Ladders of Earth

This week, Joy Ladin guides us through Gray Myrseth's work, Two Ways to Tell a Story, taking us on a powerful journey built equally upon continuity and disruption, from Moses shattering the 10 Commandments, to their own journey to find a self that they could inhabit fully, without fear.    Get full show notes and more information here: http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-1

This week, Joy Ladin guides us through Gray Myrseth's work, Two Ways to Tell a Story, taking us on a powerful journey built equally upon continuity and disruption, from Moses shattering the 10 Commandments, to their own journey to find a self that they could inhabit fully, without fear.   Get full show notes and more information here: <a href="http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast-1</a>

Ep #1: Two Ways to Tell a Story

Torah is one of the most profound sources of wisdom available to us. In this podcast, Jewish leaders from around the world read essays from Hebrew College faculty and rabbinical alumni about how Torah can help us navigate the most pressing issues of our time. Together, we explore the ways Torah can help us approach the world with creativity, healing, and hope. Find out more at <a href="http://hebrewcollege.edu/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hebrewcollege.edu/podcast</a>.

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