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JJP Tikkun Radio
The JJP 6th grade-students spent 5 Sundays in 2016 learning about social justice through a Jewish lens, and created this podcast exploring the theme as it plays out in New York City. Students met with and interviewed Jewish leaders in the social justice s
Who Is God? Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and Modern Orthodox Theology (Part 1)
The first half of Part 1 of a 3 part series, in which Rabbi Knopf explores, analyzes, and debates various approaches to understanding God in modern Jewish thought. This session: Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and modern Orthodox theology.
Big in Berlin Shabbat Hagadol – METZORAH – מצורה
A sermon by Rabbi David Ingber on Metzorah. For more information please visit romemu.org.
Pesach: Discomfort With The Plagues
What did the Rabbis really think about the plagues? Suibtely they may have structured the Haggadah to express their comfort. For more information about Rabbi Danny, please visit RabbiDanny.com The opening and closing music for this podcast is Coming Out o
Weddings, and Babies and Art Shows… Oh My!
In the last episode host, Darone Ruskay complained about the difficult time he has had over a month when his website was in a consistent sense of ‘down’. This episode he turns around and talks about some of the great things that have happened
Sara Lipton: Dark Mirror
The Jewish Hour with Rabbi Finman, for April 17, 2016. Rabbi Finman talks to Sara Lipton, author of “Dark Mirror: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Jewish Iconography“.      
Hasidic Havurah Session Seven
Rabbi Knopf digs into the Slonimer Rebbe’s extraordinary essay on prayer, “Prayer is the Service of the Heart.” This month: if prayer is about connecting to God, what is the purpose of heaping all that effusive praise on God so character
Wild Holiness – Tazria: תזריע
A sermon by Rabbi Jill Hammer on Tazria. For more information please visit romemu.org.
Metzora: A Ritual of Return
Is this week’s Torah portion about removing impurity from our community, or is it really about including and bringing people in. For more information about Rabbi Danny, please visit RabbiDanny.com The opening and closing music for this podcast is Co
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good Month (for my website)
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the last month with regards to his website. It has been a terrible, horrible, no good month, with so much down-time and so many hours spent trying to get it back up and running. Darone