RIJ Podcast - Really Interesting Jews

RIJ Podcast - Really Interesting Jews


Latest Episodes

Season 01, Episode 15: David Bryfman – Jewish Teens & The Culture of Now
July 17, 2016

Dr. David Bryfman is currently the Chief Innovation Officer at The Jewish Education Project (formerly the Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York). David completed his Ph.D. Education and Jewish Studies at NYU focusing on Jewish adolescent identi...

Season 01, Episode 14: Nati Passow – Sprouting a Jewish Farm Movement
June 20, 2016

This week I interview Nati Passow, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Jewish Farm School. Nati Passow has been a leader in the field of Jewish environmental education for over 10 years, was selected to the Jewish Week’s “36 Under 36,” and...

13: Micah Lapidus – Strumming Jewish thoughts at the Davis Academy
May 26, 2016

This week I catch up with my good friend Rabbi Micah Lapidus.  Micah is the Director of Jewish and Hebrew Studies at The Alfred and Adele Davis Academy, Atlanta’s Reform Jewish Day School. Micah also serves as the president of PARDES:...

12: Geoff Mitelman – Judaism in a Lab Coat
May 10, 2016

In this episode I chat with Rabbi Geoff, Mitelman, the Founding Director of Sinai and Synapses, an organization that bridges the scientific and religious worlds, and is being incubated at Clal – The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership.

11: Jessy Gross – Gathering the Tribe in the Charm City
April 20, 2016

This week I catch up with Rabbi Jessy Gross, Director of the Charm City Tribe, a program of the JCC in Baltimore. Jessy grew up in Northern Virginia and attended the University of Maryland, College Park where she received a...

10: Danya Ruttenberg – Parenting as a Spiritual Practice
April 11, 2016

This week I speak with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, author of the new book, Nurture the Wow: Finding Spirituality in the Frustration, Boredom, Tears, Poop, Desperation, Wonder, and Radical Amazement of Parenting.

09: Dan Medwin – People of the e-Book?
March 31, 2016

This episode I catch up with my good friend Rabbi Dan Medwin, Manager of Digital Media for the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR).  Dan works for the CCAR developing Visual T’filah and offering his technical expertise to the Reform Movement,...

08: Nefesh Mountain – Strumming Soulful Jewish Bluegrass
March 21, 2016

  This week I catch up in studio with the very talented Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg, better known as bluegrass duo Nefesh Mountain.  We talk about their unique approach to Jewish music, how they came to the world of...

07: Ruth Messinger – Pursuing a Career of Justice
March 08, 2016

  In this episode I speak with Ruth Messinger, President of American Jewish World Service (AJWS). AJWS is the world’s leading Jewish organization working to end poverty and realize human rights in the developing world. Ruth came to AJWS in 1998,...

06: Lizzi Heydemann – Building a Mishkan in Chicago
February 23, 2016

My conversation with Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann, founder and spiritual leader at Mishkan Chicago, an independent spiritual community in urban Chicago.  According to their website, Mishkan Chicago is “an unconventional kind of community,