On this week’s episode of the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast, Rabbi Richard Address speaks with Rabbi Leah Berkowitz, senior Jewish educator at the Hillel at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, and author of children’s books.

They discuss the process of writing for children, the importance of midrash, and the role of grandparents in children’s literature.

Rabbi Berkowitz shares insights on how her books convey hidden messages for both children and adults, the challenges of writing for different age groups, and the significance of storytelling in Jewish education. The conversation also touches on interfaith families and the portrayal of grandparents in literature, as well as navigating themes of loss and grief in children’s books.

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About the Guest Rabbi Leah Berkowitz

Leah Rachel Berkowitz is a rabbi, teacher, and author based in Philadelphia, PA. She currently serves as the Senior Jewish Educator for Hillel at Temple University. Leah also teaches for Gratz College, the Union for Reform Judaism, the Jewish Learning Collaborative, and Laasok.org. Each summer, she serves on the faculty at the URJ 6 Points Creative Arts Academy. She is a Jewish Studio Project Fellow, a Rukin Rabbinic Fellow at 18 Doors (formerly Interfaith Family), and a Past President of the Women’s Rabbinic Network. She has contributed to The Torah: A Women’s Commentary, The Sacred Calling: Four Decades of Women in the Rabbinate, and several of the CCAR Press prayer books and anthologies. She is the author of three children’s books and the co-author of the middle-grade midrash collection Maybe It Happened This Way: Bible Stories Reimagined (with Erica Wovsaniker). You can find her on social media @rabbilrb or online at leahrachelberkowitz.com

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