A Rabbi And A Skeptic Walk Into A Podcast

Jan 01 2025 48 ep. 34 mins

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Host Gary Rosenberg, a former atheist, interviews Rabbi Alon Tolwin in a relaxed search for wisdom within Judaism.

Rabbi Alon Tolwin of Aish Detroit is one of the original class of six students who started Aish HaTorah with their teacher, Rabbi Noah Weinberg. Aish is the world’s largest Jewish adult education organization.

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2.21 Kosher

Jan 01 2025 35 mins

Back to basics. Fins but no scales...Linen and wool? what about Corelle dishes? Is this business deal Kosher? Slaughtering animals one at a time.

2.20 Two state solution?

Dec 18 2024 33 mins

The moral high ground... "it takes both the left wing and the right wing to fly the plane," says noted moralist and political philosopher Red Skelton in 1964. Rabbi Tolwin discusses the two state solution,aid to Gaza, education of Gazan youth. I give my answer to "The Outrage."

2.19 Holy Land debrief

Dec 07 2024 35 mins

Rabbi Tolwin is fresh back from 6 weeks overseas. Does a visit like that change a person? is it ridiculous for a person to be certain? What about tattoos? Wouldn't you rather have a king? Table manners of Jews.

2.18 Talmud and YOU!

Nov 03 2024 34 mins

Rabbi Tolwin turns the tables on the interviewer...Torah and constitution..."there's no such thing as free speech."... The golden calf= sexual freedom. Hat tip to Nathan for his role in this story.

The Future of Judaism

Oct 25 2024 33 mins

2.16 The Future of Judaism? Ortho, Con and Reform... Is perfect parenting possible? The exotic lure of the cheeseburger. The tragedy of the demise of conservative Judaism. What about "spiritual but not religious?"

High holidays 2.15

Oct 05 2024 33 mins

History as a spiral... "everything is measured by wisdom"....GUILT...Devil's Advocate...Shabbos squared equals Yom Kippur? And a night's sleep equals 1/60th of death? The maths of Torah. What does I'm a Little Teapot have to do with it?

Forgiveness part deux 2.14

Sep 21 2024 36 mins

Solid episode If i say so myself. Maybe a bit too much Gare, but then again, that is always a danger. Dinner with Springsteen story, God's forgiveness is not automatic! Crunchers vs Doritos, and more. Thanks for listening. Please tell one other person if you enjoy this pod.

2.13 Forgiveness

Sep 13 2024 38 mins

Steve H from macomb County asks the Rabbi about the f word. Rabbi Tolwin tells his first spicy story about room service... Have you ever been flim-flammed? is it ever ok to be get flimmed OR, for that matter, flammed in the first place?

2.12 A Day in the Life of a Rabbi part 2

Sep 07 2024 32 mins

Woke up... feelin' weird/ Dragged a comb across my beard. Rabbi Tolwin gives us a glimpse inside the many traditions and rituals and tasks that liven up his day, including Shabbos.

A day in the life... part one

Aug 16 2024 31 mins

Does a rabbi put on his pants one leg at a time? Gary wants to know how different Rabbi Tolwin's day is than his (mine). So we talk it through. We discuss the kiss of death, and answer the question, "if sleep is 1/60th of death, what happens after two months?...