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Jewish Faith & Jewish Facts — 469 episodes

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The Importance of Community and Rest with Rabbi Beifield

2

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

3

What is Holiness with Rabbi Borovitz

4

Making the Inexplicable Explicable with Rabbi Dressler

5

Passover and Easter - Similarities and Differences with Rabbi Levin

6

The Dangers of Modern Antisemitism with Richard Marceau

7

Passover Eggs and Easter Egg Hunts with Rabbi Mikelberg

8

Finding Meaning in the Book of Leviticus with Rabbi Zedek

9

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

10

The Meaning of the Golden Calf with Rabbi Stanway

11

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

12

The God that Dwells Within Us with Rabbi Edelheit

13

Social Norms in Israelite Society with Rabbi Polansky

14

Jethro - Organizational Consultant with Rabbi Wise

15

The Red Sea - Birthing of a Nation with Rabbi Cartun

16

The Tenth Plague with Rabbi Englander

17

God VS Pharaoh with Rabbi Levin

18

Moral Exemplars in the Book of Exodus with Cantor Wunch

19

Hanukkah and Christmas with Rabbi Mikelberg [ENCORE]

20

Joseph and His Brothers Find Repentance with Rabbi Streiffer

21

The True Story of Hanukkah with Rabbi Susman

22

Family Dysfunction and Redemption with Rabbi Friedman

23

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

24

Finding Meaning Where You Are with Rabbi Mikelberg

25

Messy Family Relations in the Torah with Rabbi Bolton

26

Does Abraham Grieve for Sarah's Death with Rabbi Fox

27

The Death of Sarah and her replacement

28

Noah - A New Creation Story with Rabbi Levin

29

Beginning with The Beginning with Rabbi Cohen

30

The Power of Telling a Story with Rabbi Zedek

31

The Jewish Thanksgiving Sukkot with Rabbi Borovitz

32

A Day of Repentance Yom Kippur with Rabbi Klein

33

The Binding of Isaac with Rabbi Mikelberg

34

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

35

How to Read Torah with Rabbi Stanway

36

The Prophets Speak with Rabbi Levin

37

The Origins of the Temple with Rabbi Levin

38

Rebellion and Response [ENCORE]

39

The Spies in the Land of Israel [ENCORE]

40

The Ancient Nazarite and the Modern Searcher [ENCORE]

41

Returning to the Wilderness [ENCORE]

42

Jewish Time [ENCORE]

43

The Counting of the Omer [ENCORE]

44

What is Purity and Impurity [ENCORE]

45

What Does a Rebellion Mean with Rabbi Beifield

46

Kvetching in the Desert with Rabbi Fox

47

Who and What is a Nazarite with Rabbi Luxemburg

48

Go Forward, My Troops with Rabbi Susman

49

The Sabbatical Year and its Implications with Rabbi Elkin

50

Sanctifying Time with Rabbi Borovitz

51

What is Holiness with Rabbi Polansky

52

A Journey to Jerusalem

53

Making Sense of the Nonsensical with Rabbi Cohen

54

Reuben vs Judah with Rabbi Klein

55

Common Roots of Spring Festivals with Rabbi Levin

56

Passover and Easter Part 1 with Rabbi Brooks and Chris Bellitto

57

Passover and Easter Part 2 with Rabbi Brooks and Chris Bellitto

58

The Challenge of Passover Today with Rabbi Edelheit

59

The Joy of Shabbat with Rabbi Stanway

60

Esther Mordecai and Unlimited Drinking with Rabbi Gottlieb

61

The Light of Hope that Burns Eternally

62

An Israeli Rabbi Speaks of Faith with Rabbi Orit Rozenblit

63

Finding the Divine in the Everyday with Rabbi Friedman

64

Joseph and the Nameless Man with Rabbi Kushner

65

The Many Meanings of the Red Sea with Rabbi Blum

66

The Universal Message of the Plagues with Rabbi Miller

67

Ezra and the Origins of Reading Torah with Rabbi Simcha Bob

68

Seeking and Finding God with Rabbi Michael Zedek

69

The Book of Genesis - an Overview with Rabbi Mark Levin

70

Genesis - Beginning to End [ENCORE]

71

Joseph - The Challenges of Assimilation with Rabbi Goldstein

72

Hanukkah and Christmas with Rabbi Mikelberg

73

Jacob - A Story of Growing Up

74

Meritocracy vs Aristocracy with Rabbi Susman

75

Rebekah and Sarah - Ultimate Tricksters with Rabbi Englander

76

The Life and Death of Sarah

77

Abraham the Righteous with Rabbi Karp

78

What does it Mean to Be a Blessing with Rabbi Fox

79

What is a Righteous Person in their Generation

80

Starting Over with Norman Cohen

81

Living in Booths with Joy

82

Jonah and the Jewish Day of Repentance.

83

The Music for the Jewish New Year

84

The Garden of Eden - A Reinterpretation

85

Reading Genesis Again, a Radical Commentary

86

First Fruits [ENCORE]

87

Gratitude in the Book of Leviticus [ENCORE]

88

Rebellion and Response [ENCORE]

89

Family Dynamics the Biblical Way [ENCORE]

90

Taking a Step Towards Belief [ENCORE]

91

Vertical and Horizontal Paths to The Deity [ENCORE]

92

From Sacrifice to Prayer [ENCORE]

93

What is a Righteous Person in their Generation [ENCORE]

94

Seeing Miracles All Around Us [ENCORE]

95

Jethro's Advice Column [ENCORE]

96

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

97

Finding Within in Dark Times

98

On Whom Does the Spirit Rest?

99

What is a Blessing?

100

The 12 Tribes Enter the Wilderness

101

Blessing and Curses in the Community

102

The Gift of Rest

103

Coming Close to God Through Human Relationships

104

What Does it Mean to be Holy

105

Passover and Easter - Commonalities and Differences (Part 2)

106

Passover and Easter - Commonalities and Differences (Part 1)

107

Looking for Holiness in All the Wrong Places

108

Making Holy Everyday Life

109

A Journey to Holiness

110

Coming Closer to God Through Sacrifice

111

The Beginning of Reconciliation - Leviticus

112

The End of Exodus - A Whimper or a Bang

113

Work is Holy, Not Mundane

114

Choices - The Golden Calf

115

Fixing the Calendar

116

Building a Sanctuary in Which We Welcome God to Dwell

117

Social Norms and Their Value Statements

118

Jethro's Advice Column

119

The Rock and the Waters of Exodus

120

The Final Three Plagues

121

Let My People Go that They May Serve Me

122

A New Journey - The Book of Exodus

123

Life in Exile - Genesis Concludes

124

The Book of Genesis - An Overview

125

Joseph and His Brothers - Open or Shut Eyes

126

Seeing Miracles All Around Us

127

Jacob Wrestles with the Unknown

128

Jacob's Epiphany

129

Jacob and Esau - Two Brothers in Conflict

130

The Life and Death of Sarah

131

Abraham and God - Friends?

132

The Journey of Abraham and Sarah

133

What is a Righteous Person in their Generation

134

In the Beginning the Story of God and Humanity

135

The Festival of Booths

136

The Life and times of Abraham and Sarah

137

The Lost Tradition of Sarah [ENCORE]

138

The Sacrifice of Isaac and Eternal Values

139

Gratitude in the Book of Leviticus [ENCORE]

140

Remembering and Not Forgetting [ENCORE]

141

The Pursuit of Justice w Rabbi Dara Lithwick [ENCORE]

142

Temple Holy Space [ENCORE]

143

The Portion of Gratitude [ENCORE]

144

Temple Holy Space [ENCORE]

145

Tisha B'Av [ENCORE]

146

Moses and the Rock [ENCORE]

147

Talking Donkey [ENCORE]

148

Opening Our Eyes

149

Moses Doesn't Get to Finish the Job

150

Caleb and Joshua - from Torah to the New Testament

151

Religious Leadership in the Desert [Encore]

152

The Priestly Blessing for All

153

The Festival of Shavuot - Torah and Cheese

154

What Do Numbers Mean?

155

Holiness and the Number 7

156

The Spiritualization of Counting

157

Holiness as Community

158

Remembering the Holocaust in Canada

159

Holocaust Remembrance Day

160

Passover and Easter Commonalities

161

Erotica and The Festival of Passover

162

From Sacrifice to Prayer

163

The Book of Exodus Ends

164

The Farce Known as Purim

165

The Light that Burns in Perpetuity

166

The Tabernacle - A Souvenir of Sinai

167

Every Day Holiness

168

Vertical and Horizontal Paths to The Deity

169

The Red Sea - Miracle (Question)

170

Taking a Step Towards Belief

171

Three Names for the Divine

172

The Moral Exemplar

173

Genesis - Beginning to End

174

Joseph Reveals His Mission

175

Joseph - The Thomas Mann Version

176

Joseph's Story Begins

177

Jacob Wrestles with Himself

178

Opening Your Eyes - Looking Upwards

179

Family Dynamics the Biblical Way

180

The Beginning and End of Abraham

181

Abraham - A Man of Great Character

182

Patriarchy Revisited

183

Noah - Is He Righteous or Not?

184

Here's Where it All Begins

185

From the Bible to the Rabbi - Sukkot

186

Yom Kippur and the Book of Jonah

187

The Meaning Of Turning Around - Return

188

Welcome 57-83

189

My Father Was a Wandering Aramean

190

Morality: Torah Style

191

What Is Communal Leadership?

192

God & Moses Inseparable Partnership [Encore]

193

God of Potential [Encore]

194

Was Noah Righteous? [Encore]

195

The 8th Day of Creation [Encore]

196

The Sacrifice of Isaac and Eternal Values [Encore]

197

Preparing for the Holy Days [Encore]

198

Talking Donkey [Encore]

199

Hermeneutics or Exegesis [Encore]

200

Arguments for the Sake of Heaven

201

Spying on the Promised Land, a Failure

202

Keep the Flame Burning

203

Religious Leadership in the Desert

204

What Does A Number Mean?

205

The Lesson of Humility

206

Blessings and Curses

207

The Antidote to Busyness

208

What It Means to Be Sanctified

209

The Origin of Scapegoating

210

Passover [Encore]

211

Passover and Easter a Unique Weekend

212

A Plague On Your House

213

Coming Close to God, What is Holiness

214

The Strange Fire of Nadab and Abihu

215

You Are What You Wear

216

Hearing God's Call in Good Times and Bad

217

It’s All in the Details

218

The Carrot and the Stick: How to Observe Shabot

219

Can You Be Counted On?

220

Priests and Prophets

221

Build Me A House

222

The Day After Sinai

223

10 Commandments for Everybody

224

Crossing the Red Sea

225

Hardening Pharaoh’s Heart

226

New Year

227

The Human & Divine Search at the Burning Bush

228

The End of Genesis & Foreshadow of Exodus

229

Am I My Brother's Keeper

230

Joseph the Dreamer

231

Joseph and the Dreams

232

From Deceiver to Patriarch

233

Jacob the First TV Mini-Series

234

Minor and Major Characters Esau and Jacob

235

The Death of Sarah and Her Replacement

236

The Binding of Isaac the 2 Sided Test

237

The Imperfect Abraham

238

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

239

Jewish Joyfulness [Encore]

240

The Festival of Ingathering [Encore]

241

Sukkot with Rabbi Borovitz [Encore]

242

Yom Kippur Fasting [Encore]

243

Nitzavim in a Nut Shell [Encore]

244

Month of Elul with Dara Lithwick [Encore]

245

Jewish Spirituality [encore]

246

Elhil [Encore]

247

Daughters of Zelophehad

248

Deuteronomy [Encore]

249

Effect of Crusades on Jews [Encore]

250

Jewish European Enlightenment [Encore]

251

Jewish Female Heroes [Encore]

252

Turning Curses into Blessings

253

Leadership the Right Way and the Wrong Way

254

Rebellion and Response

255

The Spies in the Land of Israel

256

Beginning the 4th Book of the Torah [encore]

257

The Ancient Nazarite and the Modern Searcher

258

Returning to the Wilderness

259

Jewish Time

260

The Counting of the Omer

261

Yom Kippur Then and Now

262

What is Purity and Impurity?

263

Aaron's Sons Spiritual Assent

264

8th Day of Torah Passover reading

265

The Sacrifice of Many Names

266

Purity VS. Impurity

267

We Are All Worker Bees

268

Horns of Moses

269

Building a Sanctuary

270

Doing and Listening

271

Standing at the Base of Sinai

272

Splitting of the Red Sea

273

God and Moses' Inseparable Partnership

274

God Appear

275

The Burning Bush: Symbol of Our Potential

276

Genesis Revisted

277

Joseph's Revelation

278

Hanukkah

279

The Binding of Issac

280

Genesis 32-36

281

Jacob's Ladder

282

Black and White VS. Grey

283

The Life and Times of Abraham and Sarah

284

The Lost Tradition of Sarah

285

The Covenant and Circumcision

286

Was Noah Righteous?

287

The 8th Day of Creation

288

The Festival of Ingathering

289

The Festival of Sukkot

290

The Sacrifice of Isaac and Eternal Values

291

Preparing for the Holy Days

292

Gratitude in the Book of Leviticus

293

Remembering and Not Forgetting

294

The Pursuit of Justice with Rabbi Dara Lithwick

295

The Portion of Gratitude

296

Temple Holy Space [encore]

297

The Transmission of Authority

298

Daughters of Zelophehad

299

Talking Donkey

300

What is Communal Leadership

301

Spying the Land

302

Pandemic and Racism in the Bible

303

Lifting Your Face to God

304

Shavuot

305

Beginning the Fourth Book of the Torah

306

Jubilee and Sabbatical

307

Sukkot

308

Holiness

309

Distancing in the Time of the Pandemic

310

Spontaneity and Limits

311

Shabbat Passover

312

Passover [encore]

313

Coming Close to God

314

Gifts for God

315

Hidden Identity

316

Clothes Make the Man

317

Jewish Education VS. Theology [encore]

318

Justice and Love

319

Revelation and the Ten Commandments

320

Leaving Egypt

321

The Plagues of Egypt

322

Moses and the God of Potential

323

End of Genesis

324

Joseph's Story Continues

325

Hanukkah

326

Joseph in the Well

327

The Transformation of Jacob

328

Rolling Stones and Unknown Places

329

Rebecca: The First Female Jewish Superhero

330

Connection To The Holy Land

331

Intersection of Jewish and Christian Faith

332

The Third Beginning

333

Noah, a man of responsibility?

334

In The Beginning

335

Sukkot with Rabbi Borovitz

336

Poetry in the Torah

337

Moses to Joshua

338

First Fruits

339

Ki Tetzei Weekly Portion

340

Life Is Important [encore]

341

Jewish Nation [encore]

342

More Jewish Heroes [encore]

343

Temple Holy Space [encore]

344

Moses and the Rock

345

Hermeneutics or Exegesis

346

Gay Rights and Jewish Faith

347

Shavuot Part 2

348

Shavuot Part 1

349

Afterlife Part 2

350

Afterlife

351

What Makes a Jewish Hero [encore]

352

Interfaith

353

Conversion

354

Anti Semitism

355

Women in Exodus

356

Passover

357

Bible Origins [encore]

358

Easter and Passover

359

Christchurch Response

360

Purim

361

Ancient and Modern Anti-Semitism

362

Israel Connect

363

Anti-Semitism [encore]

364

Islam in Canada

365

Symbols

366

New Year of Tress Tubshavt

367

Truth and Reconciliation

368

Plagues of Egypt

369

Kishinev and the Tilt of History

370

Book Review: Eva Salomon's War

371

Genesis Creation of Mankind

372

Welcoming Gender Intensified Groups into the Jewish Community

373

Hanukkah and Music [encore]

374

The December Dilemma

375

Compassion and Assisted Suicide

376

Communicating Tragedy & Anti Semitism to Children

377

Anti-Semitism in Canada

378

Jewish Ethics Life is Important

379

Ethical Monotheism and Sodom & Gomorrah

380

Jewish Spirituality [encore]

381

Angels [encore]

382

Finding God

383

Who by Fire Who by Water

384

Music with Dan Geigerman

385

Rosh Hashanah Payers Pt. 2

386

Rosh Hashanah Payers

387

Women of the Torah [encore]

388

Anti-Semitism [encore]

389

Gratitude [encore]

390

The Effect of Crusades on Jews

391

Tisha B'av

392

Jewish Nation [encore]

393

History: Who We Are & Who We Will Be

394

Adult Jewish Learning with Rachel Bovitz

395

Jewish European Enlightenment

396

Anti Jewish Beginnings

397

Similarities in the Islamic and Hebrew Calendars

398

Jewish Music

399

What Makes a Jewish Hero

400

A Horse Walks into a Bar

401

Honour Your Mother and Father

402

Shavuot

403

Holocaust Remembrance Day

404

Passover Miracles

405

Passover

406

Mitzvah Day

407

Purim

408

Jewish Education VS Theology

409

The Jews in the Time of Jesus

410

Resurrection and Messiah

411

Purim

412

Hardened Heart

413

Who is a Jew

414

Covenant

415

Jewish Reform in North America

416

Anti-Semitism during Communist Russia

417

Jacob the Dreamer

418

Hanukkah

419

Jerusalem as a Holy Place

420

Guest Andrea Freedman, Ottawa Jewish Federation

421

5 Essential Questions About Judaism

422

The Story of Isaac & Abraham {encore}

423

Alternative History “Judas” Book Review with Sid Kardash

424

Conservatism with Eytan Kenter

425

Jonah and Yom Kippur Pt. 3 with Rabbi Sher

426

Yom Kippur Pt. 2

427

Yom Kippur

428

Rosh Hashanah

429

Messianic Age {encore}

430

The Month of Elul Pt. 2

431

The Month of Elul Pt. 1

432

Kindness Canada with guest Rabbi Bulka

433

Compassionate Ottawa

434

Homosexuality and Jewish Tradition

435

Liberal Zionism with guest Rabbi Englander

436

A Day of Mourning: Tisha B'Av

437

Remembering the Destruction of the Temple

438

The Temple Wall

439

Inclusion with guest Jacqueline Lawrence ODSB

440

God of the Summer

441

Interfaith {encore}

442

The Neocatechumenal Way Pt 2

443

The Neocatechumenal Way Pt 1

444

Concert with Cantor Benlolo

445

Shavuot

446

Remembrance and Independence

447

Mother's Day

448

Omer

449

Yom Hashoah

450

Comparing Pentecost and Omer

451

Conference 2017

452

Passover Seder

453

Passover and the Last Supper

454

Difference between Jews & Christians [encore]

455

Purim

456

Purim with Cantor Daniel Benlolo

457

Tzedakah

458

Slavery

459

Different Interpretations of the Torah [Encore]

460

Tu B'Shevat

461

Outreach to Young Jews

462

Miriam

463

Jewish Education and Millennials

464

Jewish Denominationalism

465

Joesph the Dreamer

466

New Year

467

Children and Faith at Christmas

468

Songs of Hanukkah with Cantro Benlolo

469

Hanukkah with Rabbi Kenter