Judaism Unbound
553 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 394 ratingsListen 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.
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Episode 121: Homecoming and Arrival - Yehuda Kurtzer
June 08, 2018 05:30 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBDan and Lex are joined by Yehuda Kurtzer, president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, for the 5th episode in Judaism Unbound's series on the relationship of American Jews and Israel. In their conversation, Kurtzer questions ideas of Judaism as a "family," puts forth a case for why American Jews should care about Israel in the first place, and provides ideas for new frameworks of Israel education. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one...
Episode 120: A Less Toxic Conversation - Melissa Weintraub
June 01, 2018 05:30 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBDan and Lex are joined by Melissa Weintraub, Founder and Co-Executive Director of Resetting the Table. 1 In their conversation they examine ways in which conversations about Israel in Jewish communal life can often become toxic, along with ideas for how to do better. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here. To access full shownotes for this episode, click here!
Episode 119: The Histories of Zionisms - Noam Pianko
May 25, 2018 05:30 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBTo help us better understand and think about the role that Israel might play in the future of American Jews, Dan and Lex are joined by Professor Noam Pianko of the University of Washington, author of the books Zionism and the Roads Not Taken and Jewish Peoplehood: An American Innovation. The conversation explores the origins and evolution of Zionism, its many early variations, the changing nature of American Zionism, and the ever-shifting place of Israel in the minds of American Jews. If y...
Episode 118: Trouble in the Tribe - Dov Waxman
May 18, 2018 05:30 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBDan and Lex are joined by Dov Waxman, Professor of Political Science, International Affairs, and Israel Studies at Northeastern Universityand author of the book Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict Over Israel. The conversation explores the debates, tensions, and divides over Israel and Palestine within the American Jewish community, and we discuss why a topic that once unified American Jews now divides them. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going...
Episode 117: Israel and American Jews Today - Peter Beinart
May 11, 2018 05:30 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBAs we launch a new series considering the role that Israel might or might not play in the future of American Judaism, Dan and Lex are joined by writer and commentator Peter Beinart, Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the City University of New York. 1 Beinart is also a contributing editor for The Atlantic and a senior columnist for The Forward. His 2010 article in The New York Review of Books predicted a widening gap between Israel and young American Jews, and his framing has s...
Episode 116: Passion
May 04, 2018 05:30 - 45 minutes - 42 MBDan and Lex look back at their recent episodes, featuring guests that are part of Clal's Glean Incubator for spiritual innovators. They reflect on the ways in which fundamentalist practitioners of religion (Judaism and Christianity most prominently) have channeled their zeal and passion into the work they do with great success, and they focus on passion as the potential key to analogous successes in the landscape of Jewish innovation. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep ...
Episode 115: Beloved - Sara Luria, Isaac Luria
April 27, 2018 05:30 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBDan and Lex are joined by Sara and Isaac Luria, founders of Beloved, a home-based spiritual community in Brooklyn. Their conversation covers a wide variety of topics, all revolving around their work to infuse the world with deeper forms of community, love, and justice. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here. To access full shownotes for this episode, click here!
Episode 114: Sinai & Synapses - Geoffrey Mitelman
April 20, 2018 05:30 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBDan and Lex are joined by Geoffrey Mitelman, the Founding Director of Sinai & Synapses. Together they discuss the realms of science & religion, perceived by many as entirely separate, and the ways in which Mitelman blends them together every day of his professional life. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here. To access full shownotes for this episode, click here!
Episode 113: Embrace the Weird - Miriam Terlinchamp
April 13, 2018 05:30 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBDan and Lex are joined by Miriam Terlinchamp, the spiritual leader of Temple Sholom in Cincinnati. In their conversation, they explore the radical re-visioning process of her congregation, which included selling their building, using the proceeds to experiment with new ways of "doing synagogue," embracing social justice as a core Jewish commitment, and investing 10% of their budget in communications, including fostering a vibrant culture of digital video production. We also discuss JustLove,...
Episode 112: The Flourishing Synagogue - Aaron Bisno, Harlan Stone
April 06, 2018 05:30 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBAs we continue to dig into various approaches to "spiritual innovation," Dan and Lex are joined by Aaron Bisno and Harlan Stone, rabbi and president, respectively, of Rodef Shalom Congregation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a synagogue that is over 150 years old and doing very well by conventional synagogue measures, which is nevertheless intensely interested in innovation and experimentation. Our conversation digs into the how a contemporary American synagogue is working to re-imagine itself ...
Episode 111: Unaffilliated Affiliation - Debbie Bravo
March 30, 2018 05:30 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBDan and Lex are joined by Debbie Bravo, spiritual leader of Makom NY: A New Kind of Jewish Community, located in Nassau County, Long Island. 1 They discuss how and why Makom NY's outside-the-box model has succeeded in engaging many of Long Island's Jews who have not otherwise connected to institutional Jewish life in the area. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here. To...
Episode 110: Glean - Elan Babchuck
March 23, 2018 05:30 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBDan and Lex are joined by Elan Babchuck, Director of Innovation at Clal and founder of the Glean Incubator, a program that combines coaching and a course in entrepreneurship aimed at helping new spiritual initiatives develop compelling strategies for launch and sustainability. In their conversation, they compare and contrast the challenges of Jewish legacy institutions with those of Jewish start-ups, re-examine the metrics used to measure success in Jewish life, and ask how lessons from comm...
Bonus Episode: Dan Discusses The Orchard on The History in the Bible
March 20, 2018 16:02 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBDan returns to History in the Bible, hosted by Garry Stephens. This time they discuss best-selling Israeli author Yochi Brandes' novel “The Orchard”. Dan translated the book into English. The novel centres on Rabbi Akiva, the man who forged rabbinic Judaism after the fall of the Temple. Along the way they encounter a host of other rabbis and Paul of Tarsus. They also ponder the difficulties of translation and working out what actually happened in history. For a limited time (starting on Mar...
Episode 109: Open Doors
March 16, 2018 05:30 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBDan and Lex reflect on their conversations with members of The Open Dor Project's first cohort. They reconsider how Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs relates to the challenges of. contemporary Judaism, explore how issues of social justice could take on a more central place in Jewish institutional life, and interrogate the conceptions of "community" and "variety." If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judais...
Episode 108: The Jewish Studio Project - Adina Allen, Jeff Kasowitz
March 09, 2018 06:30 - 47 minutes - 44 MBDan and Lex are joined by Adina Allen and Jeff Kasowitz, founders of the Jewish Studio Project, which bills itself as "part urban art studio, part house of Jewish learning, part spiritual community," as part of our series exploring new experiments in spirituality and community building. Our conversation looks at how creative expression and Judaism can overlap in powerful ways and how the Jewish Studio Project, through its combination of Jewish learning and creative arts exploration, creates ...
Episode 107: Because Jewish - Dan Ain
March 02, 2018 06:30 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBDan and Lex are joined by Dan Ain, Founder and Spiritual Leader of Because Jewish. In their conversation, they discuss the ways in which music can engage people spiritually, the tension between "inspiration" and "institution," how the Grateful Dead are relevant to Judaism and how rabbis have it harder than Bruce Springsteen, as well as a wide variety of other important topics for contemporary Judaism. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or mo...
Bonus Episode: The Orchard - Dan Libenson
March 01, 2018 13:30 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBIn honor of Purim, when everything goes topsy-turvy, Dan's role flips around from host to guest! He speaks with Lex about Yochi Brandes's book, entitled The Orchard, which connects to many ongoing themes of Judaism Unbound, and which Dan himself translated into English. Purchase The Orchard, a best-selling novel in Israel that is now available English, by clicking here! You can purchase in paperback form or as an e-book. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going ...
Episode 106: Cohere - Ari Moffic
February 23, 2018 06:30 - 46 minutes - 43 MBDan and Lex are joined by Ari Moffic, Founder of Cohere, a Chicago-area organization that brings customized Jewish educational experiences into people's homes, along with other outside-the-box locations. Their conversation addresses why so many people do not feel comfortable in synagogue settings but still crave forms of Jewish life. They also re-visit the topic of interfaith families, which has arisen in many past episodes, and they ask what the idea of "Jewish community" really means. If ...
Episode 105: The Well - Dan Horwitz
February 16, 2018 06:30 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBDan and Lex are joined by Dan Horwitz, Founding Director of The Well, an inclusive Jewish community-building initiative geared towards young adults in Metro Detroit. Their conversation explores the founding and evolution of The Well, the ways it approaches the idea of pluralism, its unique relationship to a nearby Reform synagogue, and more. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or tax monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound b...
Episode 104: The Open Dor Project - George Wielechowski
February 09, 2018 06:30 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBAs we begin an exploration of "spiritual entrepreneurs" who are working to develop new organizations focused on meaning and spirituality in forms other than a typical synagogue, Dan and Lex are joined by George Wielechowski, the founding director of the Open Dor Project. In our conversation, Wielechowski provides a window into his work supporting new spiritual communities around the country, along with the story of his own journey into Judaism. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please hel...
Episode 103: The People's Judaism
February 02, 2018 06:30 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBIt's hard to believe, but Judaism Unbound has been around for 2 years! Dan and Lex take this episode to look back on major themes from their conversations about American Judaism. Taking on abstract conceptions like "authority" and "creativity," along with practical realities like the internet and funding, Dan and Lex consider where the project of "unbounding" Judaism is at this moment and where it could be headed in the future. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things ...
Bonus Episode: Trefa Banquet 2.0 - Alix Wall
January 29, 2018 17:45 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBDan and Lex are joined by Alix Wall, an award-winning journalist, founder of The Illuminoshi: The Not-So-Secret Society of Bay Area Jewish Food Professionals, and organizer of its "Trefa Banquet 2.0." The banquet (Trefa means "not kosher") gathered Jews together for an experience that combined the culinary and the educational. And yes -- pork was on the menu. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Juda...
Episode 102: Studying Happiness - Tal Ben-Shahar
January 26, 2018 06:30 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBDan and Lex are joined by Tal Ben-Shahar, a lecturer and writer who specializes in the field of Positive Psychology. He describes what "studying happiness" looks like in practice, identifies some of the field's key findings, and explores how religion, and Judaism in particular, intersect with academic research on meaning, purpose, and human flourishing. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Un...
Episode 101: Not Your Rabbis' Judaism - Barbara Thiede
January 19, 2018 06:30 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBDan and Lex are joined by Barbara Thiede, who is both a Teaching Professor of Religious Studies at UNC-Charlotte and an ordained rabbi who serves as a leader in the Jewish Renewal movement. In their conversation, Thiede questions the myth that rabbis "saved Judaism" in the aftermath of the Second Temple's destruction and pushes us to consider and elevate narratives of Judaism that do not revolve around rabbinic texts and teachings. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep thi...
Episode 100: The Third Era - Irving "Yitz" Greenberg
January 12, 2018 06:30 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBIn celebration of Judaism Unbound's 100th episode, Dan and Lex are joined by Rabbi Irving ("Yitz") Greenberg, an important thinker whose ideas laid the foundation that Judaism Unbound and many of our previous guests have been building upon, to take a deep dive into his notion that we are living at the dawn of the "Third Era" of Judaism. We explore the theological, philosophical, practical, and political implications of this paradigm. Yitz Greenberg is considered one of the most influential J...
Episode 99: Regular Jews
January 05, 2018 06:30 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBMany Jewish institutions present the perspective that Jewish leadership requires mastery of a certain set of ideas and practices, discouraging anyone lacking that mastery (implicitly and explicitly) from creating the Judaisms that they wish to see in the world. In this episode, Dan and Lex push back against that idea, making the case for "regular Jews" to become creators of our Jewish present and future. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time o...
Episode 98: The Future of Torah - Brett Lockspeiser
December 29, 2017 06:30 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBDan and Lex are joined by Brett Lockspeiser, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Sefaria for the last interview in this series exploring the creations of "regular Jews" (people who did not set out to become Jewish professionals). In this episode, we explore the beginnings, evolution, and future of Sefaria, a free digital library of Jewish texts that describes its work as "the Future of Torah." If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or mon...
Episode 97: "Bad Jews" - Jenna Reback
December 22, 2017 06:30 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBIn our continuing series on "regular Jews" creating important new initiatives, Dan and Lex are joined by Jenna Reback, a television writer based in Los Angeles who has created a weekly podcast entitled Bad Jew Weekly. Reback talks us through her goal of helping people who have thought of themselves as "bad Jews" on their journey toward becoming "bad-ass Jews." The conversation covers a range of important issues in the Jewish world today, from how to fully welcome converts to the interplay be...
Bonus Episode: Hanukkah Night 8...Unbound
December 19, 2017 11:00 - 4 minutes - 3.85 MBThis Hanukkah, Dan and Lex are bringing you fresh ideas to enrich your Hanukkah experience every night of the holiday. In this episode, hear what tradition they propose for the 8th night. Check out all of Judaism Unbound's Hanukkah resources, including food to cook, movies to watch, guests to invite, and cocktails to drink, at www.judaismunbound.com/hanukkah! If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Jud...
Bonus Episode: Hanukkah Night 7...Unbound
December 18, 2017 11:00 - 5 minutes - 5.16 MBThis Hanukkah, Dan and Lex are bringing you fresh ideas to enrich your Hanukkah experience every night of the holiday. In this episode, hear what tradition they propose for the 7th night. Check out all of Judaism Unbound's Hanukkah resources, including food to cook, movies to watch, guests to invite, and cocktails to drink, at www.judaismunbound.com/hanukkah! If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Jud...
Bonus Episode: Hanukkah Night 6...Unbound
December 17, 2017 11:00 - 5 minutes - 5.31 MBThis Hanukkah, Dan and Lex are bringing you fresh ideas to enrich your Hanukkah experience every night of the holiday. In this episode, hear what tradition they propose for the 6th night. Check out all of Judaism Unbound's Hanukkah resources, including food to cook, movies to watch, guests to invite, and cocktails to drink, at www.judaismunbound.com/hanukkah! If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Jud...
Bonus Episode: Hanukkah Night 5...Unbound
December 16, 2017 11:00 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MBThis Hanukkah, Dan and Lex are bringing you fresh ideas to enrich your Hanukkah experience every night of the holiday. In this episode, hear what tradition they propose for the 5th night. Check out all of Judaism Unbound's Hanukkah resources, including food to cook, movies to watch, guests to invite, and cocktails to drink, at www.judaismunbound.com/hanukkah! If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Jud...
Bonus Episode: Hanukkah Night 4...Unbound
December 15, 2017 11:00 - 4 minutes - 3.99 MBThis Hanukkah, Dan and Lex are bringing you fresh ideas to enrich your Hanukkah experience every night of the holiday. In this episode, hear what tradition they propose for the 4th night. Check out all of Judaism Unbound's Hanukkah resources, including food to cook, movies to watch, guests to invite, and cocktails to drink, at www.judaismunbound.com/hanukkah! If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Jud...
Episode 96: ModernTribe - Amy Kritzer, Jennie Rivlin Roberts
December 15, 2017 06:30 - 46 minutes - 43 MBDan and Lex are joined by Amy Kritzer and Jennie Rivlin Roberts, the President and Founder (respectively) of ModernTribe, "a Judaica store for people with innovative minds, spirits, and style." In our continuing exploration of innovation by "regular Jews," we explore what it looks like to run a successful business and try to help to re-invigorate contemporary Judaism at the same time. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deduct...
Bonus Episode: Hanukkah Night 3...Unbound
December 14, 2017 11:00 - 4 minutes - 3.83 MBThis Hanukkah, Dan and Lex are bringing you fresh ideas to enrich your Hanukkah experience every night of the holiday. In this episode, hear what tradition they propose for the 3rd night. Check out all of Judaism Unbound's Hanukkah resources, including food to cook, movies to watch, guests to invite, and cocktails to drink, at www.judaismunbound.com/hanukkah! If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Jud...
Bonus Episode: Hanukkah Night 2...Unbound
December 13, 2017 11:00 - 4 minutes - 4.28 MBThis Hanukkah, Dan and Lex are bringing you fresh ideas to enrich your Hanukkah experience every night of the holiday. In this episode, hear what tradition they propose for the 2nd night. Check out all of Judaism Unbound's Hanukkah resources, including food to cook, movies to watch, guests to invite, and cocktails to drink, at www.judaismunbound.com/hanukkah! If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Jud...
Bonus Episode: Hanukkah Night 1...Unbound
December 12, 2017 11:00 - 6 minutes - 6.1 MBThis Hanukkah, Dan and Lex are bringing you fresh ideas to enrich your Hanukkah experience every night of the holiday. In this episode, hear what tradition they propose for the 1st night. Check out all of Judaism Unbound's Hanukkah resources, including food to cook, movies to watch, guests to invite, and cocktails to drink, at www.judaismunbound.com/hanukkah! If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Jud...
Bonus Episodes: Hanukkah 2017
December 11, 2017 06:30 - 45 minutes - 42 MBDan and Lex offer up 5-minute mini-episodes for each night of Hanukkah. This "long version" packages all of the episodes together so that you can listen before the holiday and map out which ideas you would like to utilize yourself. In addition, each night's episode will be released as a stand-alone podcast a few hours before candle-lighting for that night! Check out all of our Hanukkah Unbound resources at www.judaismunbound.com/hanukkah! If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us ...
Episode 95: Doing Jewish For Yourself - Fredric Price
December 08, 2017 06:30 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBDan and Lex are joined by Fredric Price, the founder of Fig Tree Books and a facilitator of multiple discussion groups focused on Jewish topics, in the first episode of our series looking at what "regular Jews" (non-professionals) have built. We learn about Fig Tree Books and the various discussion groups Fred runs, and our conversation ranges across a wide variety of topics, including the advantages of connecting to Judaism later in life, how one's professional life can inform Jewish projec...
Bonus Episode: The Hebrew Hammer vs. Hitler - Adam Goldberg, Jonathan Kesselman
December 05, 2017 15:42 - 39 minutes - 36 MBDan and Lex are joined by the star (Adam Goldberg) and director (Jonathan Kesselman) behind The Hebrew Hammer, the 2003 Hanukkah film that became a cult hit. Goldberg and Kesselman reflect on their first collaboration and look forward to the upcoming sequel, to be entitled The Hebrew Hammer vs. Hitler. Click here to help make this sequel a reality on Indiegogo!
Episode 94: Reform Reflections
December 01, 2017 06:33 - 44 minutes - 41 MBIn the final episode of our series exploring Reform Judaism as a concept and as a movement, Dan and Lex reflect on the interviews that were part of the series and consider whether the Reform movement could become an incubator of new ways of living Jewish life, even if those new ways did not look like traditional synagogue offerings, and whether Reform Judaism could become a "big tent" that could include those Jews and organizations that see themselves as non-denomination or post-denomination...
Episode 93: Community of Communities - Rachel Timoner
November 24, 2017 06:30 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBDan and Lex are joined by Rachel Timoner, Senior Rabbi of Congregation Beth Elohim (CBE) in Brooklyn, New York. As the final interview in our exploration of Reform Judaism, we learn how a synagogue can be built out of a wide variety of micro-communities yet still constitute one organization. Our conversation also looks at political organizing through a Jewish lens, the value and values of the Reform movement today, and the possibilities that arise when those once on the outside are able to b...
Bonus Episode: The Jewish Comics Anthology - Steven Bergson, Andy Stanleigh
November 20, 2017 06:30 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBDan and Lex are joined by Steven Bergson and Andy Stanleigh, Editor and Publisher, respectively, of The Jewish Comics Anthology, Volume 1. They are in the midst of a kickstarter campaign to raise money for SCI: The Jewish Comics Anthology, Volume 2. We discuss the project, the intersection of Judaism, Hebrew culture, comics, and science fiction, and Steve and Andy provide a sneak preview of what will be included in this upcoming collection of Jewish sci-fi comics. To support their Kickstarte...
Episode 92: Reinventing Synagogue - Matt Gewirtz, Ben Spratt, Blair Albom
November 17, 2017 06:30 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBDan and Lex are joined by three guests, Matt Gewirtz, Ben Spratt, and Blair Albom, who have helped to shape Tribe, a Jewish organization co-founded by a partnership of two Reform synagogues that is devoted to meaning-making and community-building in New York City, serving (and led by) Millennials. Matthew Gewirtz is Senior Rabbi of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in Short Hills, NJ, and Ben Spratt is Associate Rabbi of Congregation Rodeph Sholom in Manhattan; this episode is part of our series e...
Episode 91: Is This The Fast That I Have Chosen? - Jonah Pesner
November 10, 2017 06:30 - 56 minutes - 52.3 MBJonah Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center (RAC) of Reform Judaism, joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about social justice, Judaism, and the many ways that the two intertwine. They discuss the RAC's origins during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, its evolution, and the work it does today to bring about a world built on justice and equality. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Jud...
Episode 90: Audacious Hospitality - April Baskin
November 03, 2017 05:30 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBApril Baskin, Vice President of Audacious Hospitality for the Union for Reform Judaism, joins Dan and Lex for an in-depth look at ideas of welcoming, empowerment, inclusion, and hospitality in contemporary Judaism. 1 We discuss how the Reform movement is working to create communities that better reflect the full diversity of the Jewish people, and the ways in which historically marginalized Jews, in particular, have so much to add Judaism, now and in the future. If you're enjoying Judaism U...
Episode 89: Reform Judaism Today and Tomorrow - Rick Jacobs
October 27, 2017 05:30 - 1 hour - 60 MBRick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about what the Reform Movement looks like today and how its leadership is thinking about its future. The discussion explores the role of congregations in Jewish life, opportunities for growth and innovation in the Reform Movement, the principle of "audacious hospitality," and the changes that are on the horizon as we enter an age of digital technologies. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please he...
Episode 88: Reform or Revolution? - Daniel Freelander II
October 20, 2017 05:30 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBDaniel Freelander, President of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, joins Dan and Lex for the second segment in a two-part conversation about the history of Reform Judaism. In today's episode, Freelander walks us through Reform Judaism's journey from the mid-20th century to the present, and we discuss where Reform, and Judaism in general, may be headed in the future. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation....
Episode 87: Reforming Judaism - Daniel Freelander I
October 13, 2017 05:30 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBDaniel Freelander, President of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, joins Dan and Lex for the first of a two-part conversation about the history of Reform Judaism. In today's episode, Freelander tells the story of the first 100 years of Reform Jewish history, beginning in Germany and continuing into the first few generations of Reform in the United States. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Ju...
Episode 86: We're the Jews We've Been Waiting For
October 06, 2017 05:30 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBPulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker once published a book entitled We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For. In this conversation, Dan and Lex suggest a similar idea -- that we are the Jews we've been waiting for! They ask how we can create a Jewish world that is led not by a small set of elites, but by everyday folks. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here. To ac...