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Beth Adam — 447 episodes

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1

Israeli Democracy in the Balance

2

Shooting Down UFOs

3

Guns and M&Ms

4

The Spare – Reworked

5

Hanukkah Needs to Thank Christmas

6

Don’t Dedicate That Menorah

7

That Fixer Upper

8

Thanksgiving: In the Shadow of Another Mass Shooting

9

Why Haven’t We Encountered Alien Life

10

The Winning Lottery Ticket

11

The Scariest Holiday

12

From Sodom to the Supreme Court

13

Retirement Announcement

14

It’s Not Entertainment

15

Back In Person After 3 Years

16

The Death of the Queen

17

Beth Adam’s New Website

18

Apple, AI & Mom

19

Just Fly By

20

41 Years Ago

21

Protecting Abortion Rights and Separation of Church and State

22

Breathe With Me – Barbie

23

Replacement Theory Violence

24

Reversing Roe

25

Couldn’t Find a Female Rabbi

26

42 Years

27

I’m Back

28

2017 – Year in Review

29

Asteroid or Alien Craft

30

It’s A Wonderful Life

31

A Great Miracle Happened

32

Giving Tuesday

33

Thanksgiving is Around the Corner

34

Another Mass Shooting

35

Candy and Sleep: What Could be Better?

36

On Which Side Do I Stand

37

A Piece of My Mind

38

Jews Will Not Replace Us

39

Las Vegas Shooting

40

Sunday Football

41

Over So Quickly

42

Streaming High Holiday Services

43

Hurricane Harvey

44

A Robot Might Replace Me

45

The Great American Eclipse

46

Charlottesville

47

4th of July

48

Set Back for the Jewish People

49

Restoring Decency

50

50 Years Ago

51

36 Years Ago

52

A Shove Or Not A Shove

53

Manchester Attack

54

Call Me Rabbi

55

Thanks for Listening

56

Jewish American Heritage Month

57

The First 100 Days

58

The Not So Friendly Skies

59

Honest Abe

60

The Elimination of the Penny

61

A Rabbi and A Comedian Go Into…

62

Purim Is a Myth

63

Proof Reading Challenged

64

A Better Happy Meal

65

President’s Day – 2017

66

Valentine’s Day Resolutions

67

The Super Bowl Ads

68

Statue of Liberty – The Light Has Been Dimmed

69

Swastika at Withrow High School

70

The Power of Words

71

Swastika at HUC-JIR

72

To Tweet or Not To Tweet

73

2016 is Ending

74

New Year’s Resolution

75

Fake News – What?

76

From Another Planet

77

Facing Our Fears

78

The Elephant In The Room – Part II

79

The Elephant in the Room – Part I

80

A God that Could be Real in the Scientific Universe

81

Enough Mythology – It’s Time for Truth

82

Thin Mint Cereal Crosses A Line

83

When Will This Be Over?

84

Presidential Election 2020

85

The Third Temple – Really?

86

Interrupter-in-Chief

87

Would I Go to Services?

88

Women In America

89

Star Trek Turns 50

90

Beth Adam Celebrates 36 Years

91

The Photo of the Syrian Boy

92

The Photo of the Syrian Boy

93

WWJD with Customer Service

94

It’s Anti-Scientific

95

Two Lives

96

Jack Daniel’s and Jewish History

97

Judging All by the Actions of a Few

98

Shooting in Orlando

99

The Shooting of a Gorilla

100

A Random Act of Kindness

101

David Geren Said

102

When A Sweater Isn’t Just a Sweater

103

The New Mayor of London

104

Thanks for Listening

105

The National Day of Reason

106

Bagels or Matzah

107

The Misuse of Religion

108

A Very Personal but Very Public Journey

109

Extraction, Experience and Evidence

110

Terror in Belgum

111

It’s Time to Speak Up

112

Daniel Hope – Musical Activist

113

Zero Discrimination Day

114

Judaism and Questioning

115

The Death of Antonin Scalia

116

JudaismNext

117

Flat Earth – NOT!

118

Are You Paying Attention?

119

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Invocation

120

There’s An App for That

121

2016 Has Arrived

122

Bathrooms Aren’t Funny

123

A Rabbi’s Perspective on Christmas

124

The Lights of the Season

125

Donald Trump’s Remarks Are to be Condemned

126

Big 10 Football – A Religious Experience

127

Celebrating Spinoza

128

Moving Beyond Pray for Paris

129

New Language for a New Age

130

Fountain Pen Day

131

Purpose – It Is Our Choice

132

On Purpose

133

Heresy in One Age – Normative Thought In Another

134

Some are Guilty – All Are Responsible

135

Upstander

136

Steen Metz – Never Forget

137

High Holidays and CincinnatiOJC

138

Denali It Is

139

Don’t Say Nazis…Unless

140

Franklin Graham, The Supreme Court and Same-Sex Marriage

141

Women’s Rights Restricted Again

142

Airbrushed Out

143

A Woman On A $20

144

Rosh Hashanah and the NFL

145

The Supreme Court and Tradition

146

Same-Sex Marriage and the Supreme Court

147

It’s More Than Numbers

148

Front Page News

149

Love or Hate? The Mainstream Media and the Jews

150

I’m Sick of Religion

151

Starbucks, Passover and Prejudice

152

St. Patrick’s Day and the Rabbi

153

Ethics 104

154

Ethics 103

155

Ethics 102

156

Brian Williams - Ethics 101

157

The Orthodox Sex Guru

158

No Time for Silence

159

Deflated Footballs and the Patriots

160

Atlanta’s Chief Fired

161

Moses and Texas’ History Standards

162

Thanksgiving 2014

163

The Comedian and the Rabbi

164

In Memory of Dr. Alvin Reines

165

The Virgin Galactic Crash

166

Death With Dignity

167

When Dogs Dress Like Cats

168

Sexism, Technology and Judaism

169

Belief Matters

170

Reigniting the Eternal Light: Responding to Climate Change

171

Join Us For the High Holidays

172

Open Carry and Common Sense

173

Guns, Children and Common Sense

174

Teens Need More Sleep

175

Robin Williams

176

Ark Park

177

Creationism Got Even Crazier

178

Robotically Written Torah

179

Some Day, Peace in the Middle East

180

Beliefs Matter

181

It’s Time to Teach Science

182

Home is Where…

183

The High Holidays — Already?

184

What I Learned at Belmont

185

One in Four

186

Camel Bones and the Bible

187

Life is about Plan B

188

Our Stuff and Our Memories

189

The Great Debate Part II

190

The Great Debate

191

Baby It’s Cold Outside

192

2013 - Year in Review

193

Duck Dynasty Debate

194

I’m a Lousy Eater

195

An Election Night Prediction

196

Bad Theology Creates Bad Laws

197

Mix It Up Day

198

I Believe in Hope

199

Exposing the Myth

200

Turning Marriage Right Side Up

201

It is Predictable

202

In Defense of Long Windedness

203

In Memory of Neil Armstrong

204

Isaac and the Convention

205

I Add My Voice

206

Concubines Are Now Kosher

207

The Curiosity Has Landed

208

Fast Food Controversy

209

The Shooting in Aurora

210

Coffee to Go

211

Clothing Optional

212

If Some People Have Their Way

213

It Ain’t Kosher

214

Silenced

215

Vandalism at Yad Vashem

216

Once Again

217

I Have a Fantasy

218

iPhone App

219

History Was Made

220

Graduation Season

221

Conservative Judaism and The Boy Scouts

222

They Said It Couldn’t Be Done

223

Science Under Attack Again

224

In the News

225

If You Can Read

226

Passover Teaches

227

It’s A Myth

228

My Dog Died

229

Limbaugh’s Apology – NOT!

230

Baptizing the Dead

231

What Year Are We Living?

232

Women’s Voices Need to Be Heard

233

Evolution Weekend 2012

234

Year of the Bible

235

Hypocrisy

236

God and Football

237

A Rose by Any Other Name…

238

Enough is Enough

239

Times Square

240

Hanukkah: Fact Not Fiction

241

I’m an American

242

Youth is Wasted on the Young

243

Curiosity

244

Black Friday

245

The Contraception Controversy

246

e pluribus unum

247

The Sermon Rabbis Should Give

248

Telephone Envy

249

We’re One of Fifty

250

Mormonism and Presidential Politics

251

To Fast or Not To Fast

252

Rosh Hashanah Alarm

253

Passage of Time

254

G-d

255

Time Travel Is Happening

256

How the iPad Changed History

257

Time Travel

258

Restoring Faith

259

My Response to the Response

260

Prayer and The Debt Ceiling Debate

261

The Presidency and The Submissive Wife

262

It Ain’t Grandpa’s Shema

263

If Not Now?

264

Birthday Gifts

265

Some Birthdays

266

Road Closed Ahead

267

Weiner, Boehner, and Conversion

268

The World Did Not End

269

Rejecting Personal Choice

270

Why The Donald Did Not Run

271

The Chaplain of the House

272

Airbrushed Out of History

273

Bin Laden

274

The Royal Wedding

275

Passover and Freedom

276

Bernie Madoff and Business Ethics

277

My Dog Ate My Homework

278

Do Atheists Have Less Affairs Than Believers?

279

Dinner Conversation and God

280

Eve and the Current Budget Crisis

281

Tribe Fest

282

Freedom’s the Problem

283

Judaism in Crisis

284

Time to Take Down the Ten Commandments

285

Life on Other Planets

286

The King’s Speech

287

Reflections on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

288

Who’s to Blame?

289

Valentine’s Day Already?

290

New Year’s Eve 2010

291

A Rabbi’s Reflection on Christmas

292

Noah, The Ark, and Wine Bars

293

Is the Bible the Solution?

294

Hanukkah and Christmas – Too Far Apart

295

My New Glasses

296

Thanksgiving and Thankfulness

297

Halloween Isn’t Over Yet!

298

My Prediction – Election 2010

299

The Dalai Lama and Laughter

300

A Community Mikvah?

301

Knocking on Earth’s Door

302

Life Well Lived

303

God and the Wedding

304

Burning the Quran and The Binding of Isaac

305

Online at Beth Adam and the Theory of Relativity

306

VoteBaum.com

307

Gingrich Owes Us An Apology

308

An Act of God

309

Chelsea and Marc’s Wedding

310

Congratulations Rabbi Baum

311

Do You Speak English?

312

World Cup Experience

313

Sacred Ground

314

Can You Give Me Directions?

315

Just One More Step

316

My Bags are Packed

317

Religious Attacks Continue

318

Tefillin Assault – Part II

319

Tefillin Assault – Part I

320

Hypocrisy and Religion

321

Cleavage that Rocked the World – NOT!

322

Cleavage or Bust

323

Limbaugh, Beck and God

324

Women and Money

325

Urology and Health-care Reform

326

Our Interfaith Trip to Israel

327

Martin Luther King, Religion, and America

328

Grammar, Creationism, and the Bible

329

Climate Change and the Anti-Evolution Movement

330

Jewish Identity

331

I’m Embarrassed – I Didn’t Know

332

The Olympics Are Over

333

Shabbat Across America/Canada

334

Kosher Food and Jewish Retirement Communities

335

Football, Ads, and Political Debate

336

Evolution Weekend

337

Avatar: The Controversy

338

Earthquakes, Karma, and Guns

339

Women and Religion

340

Good News – Bad News

341

New Year’s Resolutions

342

Tiger, Elin, and the Nature of Marriage

343

Tiger, Brian and Sarah

344

Tiger Woods – An American Icon?

345

The Offensive Billboard

346

Gate Crashers, Balloon Boy, and Reality TV

347

The Offensive Billboard – Part 2

348

Who is a Jew?

349

If You Always Do What You’ve Always Done

350

Religion and Sports Don’t Mix

351

Perspective

352

Gandhi, Plastic Novelties and Fountain Pens

353

Don’t Think of an Elephant

354

Yom Kippur Apology

355

Why Two Days of Rosh Hashanah?

356

Sounding the Shofar on the Sabbath

357

Rambo Rabbis

358

Climbing That Slippery Hill

359

The Start of School

360

The Swine Flu Epidemic

361

The Lone Red Shoe

362

A 21st Century Shabbat

363

Jimmy Carter Leaves the Southern Baptist Convention

364

Going to the Moon

365

Myth or Truth?

366

Carpe Diem

367

Hiking the Appalachian Trail

368

Hell – o

369

Feel the Hate

370

The Chabad Controversy

371

The Last Survivor

372

Shavuot 101

373

The Miss California Controversy

374

Beth Adam 101

375

A Conversation with My Rabbi

376

The Economic Crisis Hits Judaism

377

The Susan Boyle Story

378

The Unconventional Seder

379

Blessing of the Sun

380

Is the Exodus True?

381

Religion in America

382

He Who Controls the Past

383

It’s Time for a Change

384

Purim: Is it True

385

Dothan’s Dilemma

386

A Belated Birthday Tribute to Darwin

387

Executive Pay

388

Ethics Considered – Part II

389

Ethics Considered – Part I

390

The Pope and the Internet

391

Obama and the Anointed Door

392

Joe’s 15 Minutes of Fame

393

New Year’s Resolutions

394

The Madoff Scandal

395

Rick Warren and the Presidential Inauguration

396

The Grinch that Stole Hanukkah

397

The Name I Was Called

398

The Jarring Billboard

399

A Left Handed Thanksgiving

400

Presidential Election – 2008

401

Religion and Politics Don’t Mix

402

Noah – A New Look

403

Congress, the Economic Bailout, and Rosh Hashanah

404

My God’s Stronger than Yours

405

Pulpit Freedom Sunday

406

The Arrival of Fall

407

Procrastination and the Internet

408

The Republican Convention and Hurricane Gusta

409

A Mother’s Decision

410

Practical Jokes and the Democratic Convention

411

Phelps and Einstein an Unlikely Pair

412

Can a cross not be a cross?

413

Warning: Gas and Religion Don’t Mix

414

My Facebook Page

415

The Bumper Sticker: An American Tradition

416

The Giraffes are Back

417

Faith Based Initiative – Good or Bad?

418

In Search of a CD Player

419

Tim Russert’s Death – A Rabbi Reflects

420

Keeping Kosher

421

There They Go Again

422

Sharon Stone and Bad Karma

423

John McCain and his pastor problems

424

That Bob Barr

425

Israel at 60

426

Jewish Fundamentalism and the Rebbe

427

Closed for Shabbat

428

My Father Kept Kosher for Passover – Once!

429

My Mother is Homeless

430

Shabbat and the Internet

431

With Friends Like This…

432

Religion and Politics

433

The Grand Canyon – How Old Did You Say?

434

Faith Day and the Cincinnati Reds

435

Civil Discourse and Bill Cunningham

436

God and Sex Toys

437

Tornadoes and God – Part II

438

Tornadoes, God, and Mark Twain

439

Abortion and the Bible

440

To or Not To – That is the Question

441

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – 2008

442

Huckabee, Clinton, and the Submissive Wife

443

Coach of the Year

444

Happy New Year

445

Winter Storm Emergency

446

The times, they are a changing

447

Car Sales and the Bible