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Talking In Shul Ep. 95: The Book of V

Mar 21 2024 65 mins

This month we’re joined by Rabbi Shani (pronounced Shah-Knee) Rosenbaum also in Somerville, MA. Shani is a teacher of Talmud and Halakhah at the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in Newton, Mass. Welcome, Shani! This month we’re talking about The Book of V. by Anna Solomon. NYT review by Jennifer Haigh: “The Book of V.” […]

Talking In Shul Ep. 94: The Tunnels Under 770

Feb 01 2024 63 mins

Hello! and welcome to Talking in Shul, a roundtable podcast. I’m your host, Tamar Fox, and I’ve got Zahava Stadler joining us from Toronto. Hi Zahava! And Mimi Lewis is joining us from Somerville, MA. Hi Mimi! And this month we’re joined by Hannah Lebovits, Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Arlington. Hannah […]

Talking In Shul Ep. 93: Deep Dive into Jewish Poetry

Dec 11 2023 64 mins

This month we’re joined by special guest, Hila Ratzabi. Hila has joined us in the past to discuss Etty Hillesum. Hila is a poet, writer, and editor whose book of poems, There Are Still Woods was published by June Road Press in September 2022, and won a 2023 gold Nautilus Award and was a finalist […]

Talking In Shul Ep. 92: Little Bird

Nov 14 2023 32 mins

This month we’re talking about the television show Little Bird, available on PBS, and CBC. Created by Jennifer Podemski and Hannah Moscovitch with the participation of Jeremy Podeswa as an executive producer, the series centres on a First Nations woman who was adopted into a Jewish family during the Sixties Scoop, as she attempts to […]

Talking In Shul Ep. 91: Jewish Joy

Nov 08 2023 48 mins

This month we’re doing kind of an unusual episode. Given how hard things have been for everyone since the events of October 7th, and the ongoing war in Gaza, we wanted to talk about things that are bringing us some Jewish joy. Mimi’s Jewish joy My daughter entering shul shouting “Amen!” Romantic Comedy by Curtis […]

Talking In Shul Ep. 90: Talking About Kiddush

Jul 16 2023 72 mins

Hello! and welcome to Talking in Shul, a roundtable podcast. I’m your host, Tamar Fox, and I’ve got Zahava Stadler joining us from Toronto. Hi Zahava! Mimi Lewis is taking a break this month, but we’re thrilled to welcome past and future guest Yael Kalman, who is joining us from Minneapolis. Hi Yael! This month […]

Talking In Shul Ep. 89: Passover Favorites

Mar 29 2023 45 mins

This month we’re talking about Passover, talking about our favorite rituals, texts, foods, and more. Passover favorites Ritual Mimi: Hallel (when it happens!) and washing each others hands Zahava: Reciting the entire Hagaddah out loud, in unison, with my family Tamar: Making pickles the night before the holiday begins Text Tamar: Letter to My Old […]

Talking In Shul Ep. 88: Jewish Influencers

Mar 04 2023 54 mins

This month we’re talking about Jewish influencers. What/how are the influencing us, and what trends do we see and like or dislike? “Influencer” can feel like a very shallow field–one that’s obsessed with trends and how things look to attract likes, views, followers. So what happens when influencers are speaking from a Jewish space? Raizy […]

Talking In Shul Ep. 87: Good Shabbat Programming for Kids

Feb 06 2023 50 mins

This month we’re talking about how we prioritize kid services and programming versus our own communal needs. What is our ideal, and what we have we seen that didn’t work for us. Endorsements Mimi endorses Kapelya, an album of women singing Hasidic melodies soon to be released by the artist RAZA, watching the Klimovitcher Nigun […]

Talking In Shul Ep. 86: Jewish at Work

Jan 03 2023 47 mins

This month we’re talking about being Jewish at work. How do we explain and present ourselves as Jews at a Jewish workplace, or a non-Jewish workplace? 1 in 4 hiring managers say they’re less likely to hire Jewish applicants by Kathryn Moody in HR Dive Zahava’s short twitter thread about a work conversation after the […]