Chutzpod!

Nov 06 2024 105 ep. 36 mins 460

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Chutzpod! is a frank and wide-ranging conversation on how to build a good life, using real-life quandaries and millennia-old Jewish wisdom. Each week, Rabbi Shira Stutman and journalist Hanna Rosin bring a Jewish lens to life's toughest questions, asked by our listeners: Do I offer forgiveness to a friend who refuses to apologize? Am I right to be annoyed at all the service dogs on the plane with me? How do we work to heal this broken world? It's a podcast for people of all or no faiths; Hebrew school truants and proud yeshiva graduates; those who want to be inspired but don't want to schlep to synagogue; basically, anyone trying to live a meaningful life during these trying times. One part advice column, one part reflection on what Judaism teaches on how to build a good life, using real-life stories and millennia-old wisdom.

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Calling Dibs

Nov 06 2024 42 mins

Saving seats at services is almost as old as Judaism itself. But should you do it? A newly converted Jewish listener bristles at this convention and wonders if it’s ok to make her friends and family fend for themselves if they can’t make it on time. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Shira on

Jewish Wedding: The Sequel

Oct 30 2024 31 mins

Should second weddings be modest? Or is it kosher to go full bridezilla? A listener asks for advice on how to deal with her sister’s seemingly over-the-top requests for her second Jewish wedding. 2nd weddings in the Torah: Abraham and Ketura Boaz and Ruth Rabbi Akiva Rav Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on

Bubbe's Pickle

Oct 23 2024 37 mins

A Grandma asks Rabbi Shira and Hanna how to share Jewish traditions with her grandchildren. How can she share these traditions without overstepping? How can she be a Jewish grandparent at a distance? Resources for Jewish grandparents: Jewish Grandparents Network PJ Library Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Insta

When the End of the World Isn’t My Problem

Oct 16 2024 32 mins

The news is awful, and everything feels terrible. Now go celebrate! A news-obsessed listener asks for advice on how to be less negative at home. Is it ok to check out and still be a good Jew? And could Debbie Downer have been Jewish? Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hann

Rabbi Shira’s Yom Kippur Sermon

Oct 09 2024 18 mins

The next best thing to being in the synagogue with Rabbi Shira…Tune in to Rabbi Shira’s sermon for this year’s Yom Kippur. We want to live in a world of the everlasting yes--but what do we do when we get the terminal no, instead? Read about the death and burial of Moses Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Ins

October 7th: One Year Later

Oct 07 2024 21 mins

A special episode on October 7th: A year after the attack by Hamas on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza, Rabbi Shira and Hanna mourn the loss of life and talk about what else has been lost in the trauma of ongoing war with an uncertain future. A young Jewish listener asks for advice on how to navigate tension between her two friend groups on opposite sides of the Israel debate.

Live From D.C., It's Saturday Night

Oct 02 2024 34 mins

Live from Washington D.C.! Rabbi Shira and Hanna are answering your real life questions live at a special event in Washington D.C. – a city known for its scandal and intrigue. A married listener is having an affair and has no plans to stop. Should he still repent on Yom Kippur? Special thanks to Adas Israel Congregation in Washington D.C. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question

All By Myself

Sep 25 2024 33 mins

After her wife of more than two decades passed suddenly, our listener is struggling how to spend time by herself again, and how to tell her wonderful, well-meaning community to give her space. More on being "alone" More on Jewish Shiva rituals Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter

The Amen Effect

Sep 18 2024 38 mins

Rabbi Shira and Hanna are joined by Rabbi Sharon Brous to talk about what she calls the “The Amen Effect” – what it means to be heard and seen during times of joy and grief and how a deeper connection to the Jewish community can actually help us cross tribal lines. Rabbi Brous is the founder of IKAR, an influential progressive Jewish congregation in Los Angeles and the author

Practical Rabbinics

Sep 11 2024 40 mins

Rabbi Shira and Hanna help a new rabbi navigate her first high holiday season – what she calls “her Oscars and big debut.” What do rabbis wish you knew about services, why does Rabbi Shira hate when people only attend on Yom Kippur, and, gasp, what should a rabbi wear?! See Chutzpod! live in D.C.! Read the Talmud story about being flexible like a reed. Support Chutzpod!