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Jewish Faith & Jewish Facts — 485 episodes

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1

Noah - A New Creation Story with Rabbi Levin [ENCORE]

2

Beginning with The Beginning with Rabbi Cohen [ENCORE]

3

The Power of Telling a Story with Rabbi Zedek [ENCORE]

4

A Day of Repentance Yom Kippur with Rabbi Klein [ENCORE]

5

The Binding of Isaac with Rabbi Mikelberg [ENCORE]

6

I Tell You I'm Sorry - Do You Believe Me with Rabbi Susman [ENCORE]

7

How to Read Torah with Rabbi Stanway [ENCORE]

8

The Prophets Speak with Rabbi Levin [ENCORE]

9

The Origins of the Temple with Rabbi Levin [ENCORE]

10

Moabites Friend or Foe with Rabbi Edelheit

11

Korach the Misunderstood Rebel with Rabbi Glickstein

12

We Were Grasshoppers in Our Own Eyes with Rabbi Roman

13

What is a Real Shepherd with Rabbi Kushner

14

Weeks Not a Weak but a Strong Connection with Rabbi Cohen

15

50 Days from Slavery to Sinai with Rabbi Fox

16

Preparing to Conquer the Promise Land with Rabbi Susman

17

The Importance of Community and Rest with Rabbi Beifield

18

Who's In and Who's Out with Cantor Wunch

19

What is Holiness with Rabbi Borovitz

20

Making the Inexplicable Explicable with Rabbi Dressler

21

Passover and Easter - Similarities and Differences with Rabbi Levin

22

The Dangers of Modern Antisemitism with Richard Marceau

23

Passover Eggs and Easter Egg Hunts with Rabbi Mikelberg

24

Finding Meaning in the Book of Leviticus with Rabbi Zedek

25

The Book of Exodus - How We Got from There to Here with Rabbi Susman

26

The Meaning of the Golden Calf with Rabbi Stanway

27

The Holiday of Purim - Esther's Story with Rabbi Cohen

28

The God that Dwells Within Us with Rabbi Edelheit

29

Social Norms in Israelite Society with Rabbi Polansky

30

Jethro - Organizational Consultant with Rabbi Wise

31

The Red Sea - Birthing of a Nation with Rabbi Cartun

32

The Tenth Plague with Rabbi Englander

33

God VS Pharaoh with Rabbi Levin

34

Moral Exemplars in the Book of Exodus with Cantor Wunch

35

Hanukkah and Christmas with Rabbi Mikelberg [ENCORE]

36

Joseph and His Brothers Find Repentance with Rabbi Streiffer

37

The True Story of Hanukkah with Rabbi Susman

38

Family Dysfunction and Redemption with Rabbi Friedman

39

The Story of Dinah and it's Implications with Rabbi Karp

40

Finding Meaning Where You Are with Rabbi Mikelberg

41

Messy Family Relations in the Torah with Rabbi Bolton

42

Does Abraham Grieve for Sarah's Death with Rabbi Fox

43

The Death of Sarah and her replacement

44

Noah - A New Creation Story with Rabbi Levin

45

Beginning with The Beginning with Rabbi Cohen

46

The Power of Telling a Story with Rabbi Zedek

47

The Jewish Thanksgiving Sukkot with Rabbi Borovitz

48

A Day of Repentance Yom Kippur with Rabbi Klein

49

The Binding of Isaac with Rabbi Mikelberg

50

I Tell You I'm Sorry - Do You Believe Me with Rabbi Susman

51

How to Read Torah with Rabbi Stanway

52

The Prophets Speak with Rabbi Levin

53

The Origins of the Temple with Rabbi Levin

54

Rebellion and Response [ENCORE]

55

The Spies in the Land of Israel [ENCORE]

56

The Ancient Nazarite and the Modern Searcher [ENCORE]

57

Returning to the Wilderness [ENCORE]

58

Jewish Time [ENCORE]

59

The Counting of the Omer [ENCORE]

60

What is Purity and Impurity [ENCORE]

61

What Does a Rebellion Mean with Rabbi Beifield

62

Kvetching in the Desert with Rabbi Fox

63

Who and What is a Nazarite with Rabbi Luxemburg

64

Go Forward, My Troops with Rabbi Susman

65

The Sabbatical Year and its Implications with Rabbi Elkin

66

Sanctifying Time with Rabbi Borovitz

67

What is Holiness with Rabbi Polansky

68

A Journey to Jerusalem

69

Making Sense of the Nonsensical with Rabbi Cohen

70

Reuben vs Judah with Rabbi Klein

71

Common Roots of Spring Festivals with Rabbi Levin

72

Passover and Easter Part 1 with Rabbi Brooks and Chris Bellitto

73

Passover and Easter Part 2 with Rabbi Brooks and Chris Bellitto

74

The Challenge of Passover Today with Rabbi Edelheit

75

The Joy of Shabbat with Rabbi Stanway

76

Esther Mordecai and Unlimited Drinking with Rabbi Gottlieb

77

The Light of Hope that Burns Eternally

78

An Israeli Rabbi Speaks of Faith with Rabbi Orit Rozenblit

79

Finding the Divine in the Everyday with Rabbi Friedman

80

Joseph and the Nameless Man with Rabbi Kushner

81

The Many Meanings of the Red Sea with Rabbi Blum

82

The Universal Message of the Plagues with Rabbi Miller

83

Ezra and the Origins of Reading Torah with Rabbi Simcha Bob

84

Seeking and Finding God with Rabbi Michael Zedek

85

The Book of Genesis - an Overview with Rabbi Mark Levin

86

Genesis - Beginning to End [ENCORE]

87

Joseph - The Challenges of Assimilation with Rabbi Goldstein

88

Hanukkah and Christmas with Rabbi Mikelberg

89

Jacob - A Story of Growing Up

90

Meritocracy vs Aristocracy with Rabbi Susman

91

Rebekah and Sarah - Ultimate Tricksters with Rabbi Englander

92

The Life and Death of Sarah

93

Abraham the Righteous with Rabbi Karp

94

What does it Mean to Be a Blessing with Rabbi Fox

95

What is a Righteous Person in their Generation

96

Starting Over with Norman Cohen

97

Living in Booths with Joy

98

Jonah and the Jewish Day of Repentance.

99

The Music for the Jewish New Year

100

The Garden of Eden - A Reinterpretation

101

Reading Genesis Again, a Radical Commentary

102

First Fruits [ENCORE]

103

Gratitude in the Book of Leviticus [ENCORE]

104

Rebellion and Response [ENCORE]

105

Family Dynamics the Biblical Way [ENCORE]

106

Taking a Step Towards Belief [ENCORE]

107

Vertical and Horizontal Paths to The Deity [ENCORE]

108

From Sacrifice to Prayer [ENCORE]

109

What is a Righteous Person in their Generation [ENCORE]

110

Seeing Miracles All Around Us [ENCORE]

111

Jethro's Advice Column [ENCORE]

112

In the Beginning: The Story of God and Humanity [ENCORE]

113

Finding Within in Dark Times

114

On Whom Does the Spirit Rest?

115

What is a Blessing?

116

The 12 Tribes Enter the Wilderness

117

Blessing and Curses in the Community

118

The Gift of Rest

119

Coming Close to God Through Human Relationships

120

What Does it Mean to be Holy

121

Passover and Easter - Commonalities and Differences (Part 2)

122

Passover and Easter - Commonalities and Differences (Part 1)

123

Looking for Holiness in All the Wrong Places

124

Making Holy Everyday Life

125

A Journey to Holiness

126

Coming Closer to God Through Sacrifice

127

The Beginning of Reconciliation - Leviticus

128

The End of Exodus - A Whimper or a Bang

129

Work is Holy, Not Mundane

130

Choices - The Golden Calf

131

Fixing the Calendar

132

Building a Sanctuary in Which We Welcome God to Dwell

133

Social Norms and Their Value Statements

134

Jethro's Advice Column

135

The Rock and the Waters of Exodus

136

The Final Three Plagues

137

Let My People Go that They May Serve Me

138

A New Journey - The Book of Exodus

139

Life in Exile - Genesis Concludes

140

The Book of Genesis - An Overview

141

Joseph and His Brothers - Open or Shut Eyes

142

Seeing Miracles All Around Us

143

Jacob Wrestles with the Unknown

144

Jacob's Epiphany

145

Jacob and Esau - Two Brothers in Conflict

146

The Life and Death of Sarah

147

Abraham and God - Friends?

148

The Journey of Abraham and Sarah

149

What is a Righteous Person in their Generation

150

In the Beginning the Story of God and Humanity

151

The Festival of Booths

152

The Life and times of Abraham and Sarah

153

The Lost Tradition of Sarah [ENCORE]

154

The Sacrifice of Isaac and Eternal Values

155

Gratitude in the Book of Leviticus [ENCORE]

156

Remembering and Not Forgetting [ENCORE]

157

The Pursuit of Justice w Rabbi Dara Lithwick [ENCORE]

158

Temple Holy Space [ENCORE]

159

The Portion of Gratitude [ENCORE]

160

Temple Holy Space [ENCORE]

161

Tisha B'Av [ENCORE]

162

Moses and the Rock [ENCORE]

163

Talking Donkey [ENCORE]

164

Opening Our Eyes

165

Moses Doesn't Get to Finish the Job

166

Caleb and Joshua - from Torah to the New Testament

167

Religious Leadership in the Desert [Encore]

168

The Priestly Blessing for All

169

The Festival of Shavuot - Torah and Cheese

170

What Do Numbers Mean?

171

Holiness and the Number 7

172

The Spiritualization of Counting

173

Holiness as Community

174

Remembering the Holocaust in Canada

175

Holocaust Remembrance Day

176

Passover and Easter Commonalities

177

Erotica and The Festival of Passover

178

From Sacrifice to Prayer

179

The Book of Exodus Ends

180

The Farce Known as Purim

181

The Light that Burns in Perpetuity

182

The Tabernacle - A Souvenir of Sinai

183

Every Day Holiness

184

Vertical and Horizontal Paths to The Deity

185

The Red Sea - Miracle (Question)

186

Taking a Step Towards Belief

187

Three Names for the Divine

188

The Moral Exemplar

189

Genesis - Beginning to End

190

Joseph Reveals His Mission

191

Joseph - The Thomas Mann Version

192

Joseph's Story Begins

193

Jacob Wrestles with Himself

194

Opening Your Eyes - Looking Upwards

195

Family Dynamics the Biblical Way

196

The Beginning and End of Abraham

197

Abraham - A Man of Great Character

198

Patriarchy Revisited

199

Noah - Is He Righteous or Not?

200

Here's Where it All Begins

201

From the Bible to the Rabbi - Sukkot

202

Yom Kippur and the Book of Jonah

203

The Meaning Of Turning Around - Return

204

Welcome 57-83

205

My Father Was a Wandering Aramean

206

Morality: Torah Style

207

What Is Communal Leadership?

208

God & Moses Inseparable Partnership [Encore]

209

God of Potential [Encore]

210

Was Noah Righteous? [Encore]

211

The 8th Day of Creation [Encore]

212

The Sacrifice of Isaac and Eternal Values [Encore]

213

Preparing for the Holy Days [Encore]

214

Talking Donkey [Encore]

215

Hermeneutics or Exegesis [Encore]

216

Arguments for the Sake of Heaven

217

Spying on the Promised Land, a Failure

218

Keep the Flame Burning

219

Religious Leadership in the Desert

220

What Does A Number Mean?

221

The Lesson of Humility

222

Blessings and Curses

223

The Antidote to Busyness

224

What It Means to Be Sanctified

225

The Origin of Scapegoating

226

Passover [Encore]

227

Passover and Easter a Unique Weekend

228

A Plague On Your House

229

Coming Close to God, What is Holiness

230

The Strange Fire of Nadab and Abihu

231

You Are What You Wear

232

Hearing God's Call in Good Times and Bad

233

It’s All in the Details

234

The Carrot and the Stick: How to Observe Shabot

235

Can You Be Counted On?

236

Priests and Prophets

237

Build Me A House

238

The Day After Sinai

239

10 Commandments for Everybody

240

Crossing the Red Sea

241

Hardening Pharaoh’s Heart

242

New Year

243

The Human & Divine Search at the Burning Bush

244

The End of Genesis & Foreshadow of Exodus

245

Am I My Brother's Keeper

246

Joseph the Dreamer

247

Joseph and the Dreams

248

From Deceiver to Patriarch

249

Jacob the First TV Mini-Series

250

Minor and Major Characters Esau and Jacob

251

The Death of Sarah and Her Replacement

252

The Binding of Isaac the 2 Sided Test

253

The Imperfect Abraham

254

Noah a Righteous Man in His Generation, or a Righteous Man

255

Jewish Joyfulness [Encore]

256

The Festival of Ingathering [Encore]

257

Sukkot with Rabbi Borovitz [Encore]

258

Yom Kippur Fasting [Encore]

259

Nitzavim in a Nut Shell [Encore]

260

Month of Elul with Dara Lithwick [Encore]

261

Jewish Spirituality [encore]

262

Elhil [Encore]

263

Daughters of Zelophehad

264

Deuteronomy [Encore]

265

Effect of Crusades on Jews [Encore]

266

Jewish European Enlightenment [Encore]

267

Jewish Female Heroes [Encore]

268

Turning Curses into Blessings

269

Leadership the Right Way and the Wrong Way

270

Rebellion and Response

271

The Spies in the Land of Israel

272

Beginning the 4th Book of the Torah [encore]

273

The Ancient Nazarite and the Modern Searcher

274

Returning to the Wilderness

275

Jewish Time

276

The Counting of the Omer

277

Yom Kippur Then and Now

278

What is Purity and Impurity?

279

Aaron's Sons Spiritual Assent

280

8th Day of Torah Passover reading

281

The Sacrifice of Many Names

282

Purity VS. Impurity

283

We Are All Worker Bees

284

Horns of Moses

285

Building a Sanctuary

286

Doing and Listening

287

Standing at the Base of Sinai

288

Splitting of the Red Sea

289

God and Moses' Inseparable Partnership

290

God Appear

291

The Burning Bush: Symbol of Our Potential

292

Genesis Revisted

293

Joseph's Revelation

294

Hanukkah

295

The Binding of Issac

296

Genesis 32-36

297

Jacob's Ladder

298

Black and White VS. Grey

299

The Life and Times of Abraham and Sarah

300

The Lost Tradition of Sarah

301

The Covenant and Circumcision

302

Was Noah Righteous?

303

The 8th Day of Creation

304

The Festival of Ingathering

305

The Festival of Sukkot

306

The Sacrifice of Isaac and Eternal Values

307

Preparing for the Holy Days

308

Gratitude in the Book of Leviticus

309

Remembering and Not Forgetting

310

The Pursuit of Justice with Rabbi Dara Lithwick

311

The Portion of Gratitude

312

Temple Holy Space [encore]

313

The Transmission of Authority

314

Daughters of Zelophehad

315

Talking Donkey

316

What is Communal Leadership

317

Spying the Land

318

Pandemic and Racism in the Bible

319

Lifting Your Face to God

320

Shavuot

321

Beginning the Fourth Book of the Torah

322

Jubilee and Sabbatical

323

Sukkot

324

Holiness

325

Distancing in the Time of the Pandemic

326

Spontaneity and Limits

327

Shabbat Passover

328

Passover [encore]

329

Coming Close to God

330

Gifts for God

331

Hidden Identity

332

Clothes Make the Man

333

Jewish Education VS. Theology [encore]

334

Justice and Love

335

Revelation and the Ten Commandments

336

Leaving Egypt

337

The Plagues of Egypt

338

Moses and the God of Potential

339

End of Genesis

340

Joseph's Story Continues

341

Hanukkah

342

Joseph in the Well

343

The Transformation of Jacob

344

Rolling Stones and Unknown Places

345

Rebecca: The First Female Jewish Superhero

346

Connection To The Holy Land

347

Intersection of Jewish and Christian Faith

348

The Third Beginning

349

Noah, a man of responsibility?

350

In The Beginning

351

Sukkot with Rabbi Borovitz

352

Poetry in the Torah

353

Moses to Joshua

354

First Fruits

355

Ki Tetzei Weekly Portion

356

Life Is Important [encore]

357

Jewish Nation [encore]

358

More Jewish Heroes [encore]

359

Temple Holy Space [encore]

360

Moses and the Rock

361

Hermeneutics or Exegesis

362

Gay Rights and Jewish Faith

363

Shavuot Part 2

364

Shavuot Part 1

365

Afterlife Part 2

366

Afterlife

367

What Makes a Jewish Hero [encore]

368

Interfaith

369

Conversion

370

Anti Semitism

371

Women in Exodus

372

Passover

373

Bible Origins [encore]

374

Easter and Passover

375

Christchurch Response

376

Purim

377

Ancient and Modern Anti-Semitism

378

Israel Connect

379

Anti-Semitism [encore]

380

Islam in Canada

381

Symbols

382

New Year of Tress Tubshavt

383

Truth and Reconciliation

384

Plagues of Egypt

385

Kishinev and the Tilt of History

386

Book Review: Eva Salomon's War

387

Genesis Creation of Mankind

388

Welcoming Gender Intensified Groups into the Jewish Community

389

Hanukkah and Music [encore]

390

The December Dilemma

391

Compassion and Assisted Suicide

392

Communicating Tragedy & Anti Semitism to Children

393

Anti-Semitism in Canada

394

Jewish Ethics Life is Important

395

Ethical Monotheism and Sodom & Gomorrah

396

Jewish Spirituality [encore]

397

Angels [encore]

398

Finding God

399

Who by Fire Who by Water

400

Music with Dan Geigerman

401

Rosh Hashanah Payers Pt. 2

402

Rosh Hashanah Payers

403

Women of the Torah [encore]

404

Anti-Semitism [encore]

405

Gratitude [encore]

406

The Effect of Crusades on Jews

407

Tisha B'av

408

Jewish Nation [encore]

409

History: Who We Are & Who We Will Be

410

Adult Jewish Learning with Rachel Bovitz

411

Jewish European Enlightenment

412

Anti Jewish Beginnings

413

Similarities in the Islamic and Hebrew Calendars

414

Jewish Music

415

What Makes a Jewish Hero

416

A Horse Walks into a Bar

417

Honour Your Mother and Father

418

Shavuot

419

Holocaust Remembrance Day

420

Passover Miracles

421

Passover

422

Mitzvah Day

423

Purim

424

Jewish Education VS Theology

425

The Jews in the Time of Jesus

426

Resurrection and Messiah

427

Purim

428

Hardened Heart

429

Who is a Jew

430

Covenant

431

Jewish Reform in North America

432

Anti-Semitism during Communist Russia

433

Jacob the Dreamer

434

Hanukkah

435

Jerusalem as a Holy Place

436

Guest Andrea Freedman, Ottawa Jewish Federation

437

5 Essential Questions About Judaism

438

The Story of Isaac & Abraham {encore}

439

Alternative History “Judas” Book Review with Sid Kardash

440

Conservatism with Eytan Kenter

441

Jonah and Yom Kippur Pt. 3 with Rabbi Sher

442

Yom Kippur Pt. 2

443

Yom Kippur

444

Rosh Hashanah

445

Messianic Age {encore}

446

The Month of Elul Pt. 2

447

The Month of Elul Pt. 1

448

Kindness Canada with guest Rabbi Bulka

449

Compassionate Ottawa

450

Homosexuality and Jewish Tradition

451

Liberal Zionism with guest Rabbi Englander

452

A Day of Mourning: Tisha B'Av

453

Remembering the Destruction of the Temple

454

The Temple Wall

455

Inclusion with guest Jacqueline Lawrence ODSB

456

God of the Summer

457

Interfaith {encore}

458

The Neocatechumenal Way Pt 2

459

The Neocatechumenal Way Pt 1

460

Concert with Cantor Benlolo

461

Shavuot

462

Remembrance and Independence

463

Mother's Day

464

Omer

465

Yom Hashoah

466

Comparing Pentecost and Omer

467

Conference 2017

468

Passover Seder

469

Passover and the Last Supper

470

Difference between Jews & Christians [encore]

471

Purim

472

Purim with Cantor Daniel Benlolo

473

Tzedakah

474

Slavery

475

Different Interpretations of the Torah [Encore]

476

Tu B'Shevat

477

Outreach to Young Jews

478

Miriam

479

Jewish Education and Millennials

480

Jewish Denominationalism

481

Joesph the Dreamer

482

New Year

483

Children and Faith at Christmas

484

Songs of Hanukkah with Cantro Benlolo

485

Hanukkah with Rabbi Kenter