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On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah — 231 episodes

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L'hitraot, for Now...

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The Antidote to Kvetching

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The Blessing of Blessing One Another

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How the Book of Ruth Connects Us All Today

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Where the Mishnah Meets the #MeToo Movement

6

Our Multiracial Jewish Community

7

Do You Really Care?

8

What Is Blasphemy, Anyway?

9

"Loving the Stranger" Isn't Always Intuitive

10

Using Our Words to Heal, Not Hurt

11

Go Ahead, Be an Innovator

12

A Passover of Hope

13

Following Their Lead

14

The Laws of Leviticus, Choice, and A.J. Jacobs, the Gratitude Expert

15

Special Episode: Announcing a New Format, Coming Soon!

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Three United Faiths, One Divine Presence

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Slowing Ourselves to Anger

18

Let Your Eternal Light Shine

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Building Our Own Tabernacle Together

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Mindfulness, Being Present, and Having Heart

21

Commanded to Honor, Compelled to Care

22

Lifting Hands and Sharing Power

23

The Sacred Pursuit for Reparations

24

Reaching the Promised Land

25

Born to Lead, Born to Serve

26

The Jewishness of Healing

27

Formed in the Wilderness

28

The Meaning of Our Miracle

29

Under the Sky

30

A Place Unlike Any Other

31

The Power of Jewish Meditation

32

The Altar of Achievement

33

Two Jews, Three Opinions, One Heart

34

And You Shall Love...

35

Dancing With Our Tradition

36

Fruit of the Vine

37

Creation and Co-Existence, with Special Guest David Broza

38

Within These Three Walls

39

Do What We Can

40

Moving On And Letting Go

41

A Little Drop of Sweetness

42

The Commitment of Covenant

43

Everyone Thinks They Are The Good Guys

44

The Pursuit of Justice

45

On The Road Again

46

The Heart Of The Matter

47

It Only Takes One

48

Raising Our Voices

49

Our Moral Compass

50

Bridging The Divide

51

From Curses to Blessings

52

Wonder Women

53

Rebel With (or Without) a Cause

54

Challenge Accepted

55

Breaking Barriers and Saving Lives

56

Suspicious Minds: The "Errant" Woman

57

But, Who's Counting?

58

Making Our Community Better for Everyone

59

With Liberty & Economic Justice for All

60

What is Blasphemy?

61

To Live a Wholly Holy Jewish Life

62

Understanding Human Connection

63

Passover II: Song of Songs

64

Passover: Our Obligations When in Power and When Powerless

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Shabbat HaGadol: Spiritual Cleansing

66

Healing the Spirit

67

The Dangers and the Neccessity of Innovation

68

Courageous Choices

69

The Laws of Leviticus, Choice, and AJ Jacobs, the Gratitude Expert

70

Spirituality and Art

71

How Do We Build Our Communities?

72

Stand Up and Be Counted

73

Does our Clothing Show our Identity?

74

Building a Sacred Space

75

When Judaism Calls Us to Speak Out Courageously

76

Breaking Down Labels

77

Remembering Debbie Friedman z"l on Shabbat Shira

78

What is Lost in Translation

79

What Do We Really Think About God?

80

What's in a Name?

81

8 Lessons for Today's World in the Book of Genesis

82

Jewish/Catholic Relations: On Reconnecting

83

Where is God Today?

84

Losing and Finding Connection.

85

Knowing When to Wrestle and When to Hug

86

Hate Will Not Define Us

87

The Value in both Jacob and Esau

88

Creating a Strong Jewish Future

89

How to Have Moral Courage

90

How to Be Generous

91

The Difference Between Truth and Fact

92

#MeToo and Torah

93

Reconnecting With the Earth.

94

Poetry as Torah

95

A Person's Impact

96

Why Organ Donation is Jewish.

97

Why Mental Health Matters.

98

Can War Ever Be Ethical?

99

Pursuing Justice From the Torah

100

How We Can End Poverty

101

Reward and Punishment

102

The Future of Judaism

103

Why Tragedies Happen and How to Respond

104

Cities of Refuge

105

Defeating Extremism With Acts of Courage

106

The Beauty of Humility

107

Remembering Rabbi Aaron Panken, Ph.D, z"l

108

What Makes a Leader?

109

Optimism and Hope

110

Don't Kvetch

111

Lifting Our Heads, One Year After Charlottesville, A Conversation with Charlottesville Rabbis

112

A Look at the Numbers

113

The Torah's Take on Respecting the Earth

114

Unnamed Women

115

Ethics in the Marketplace

116

We Need to Talk About Anti-Semitism

117

Never Again for Anyone

118

Mindful Jewish Eating

119

Making Passover Personal

120

What's the Point?

121

Creating The Power of a Space with Michael Arad

122

Just Rest

123

What to Wear

124

The Right Ways to Give

125

Always Be Present

126

Courageous Leadership

127

When it's the Time to Act, and When it's the Time to Pray

128

Fighting for Freedom

129

Modern Day Moses

130

Putting Faith into Action

131

What Lives on of Us When We Die?

132

A Modern-Day Joseph

133

The Menorah in the Window

134

Learning from Joseph

135

Dinah's #MeToo Story

136

Jacob the Refugee

137

Deciding Who You Are

138

The Death of Sarah

139

The Wife-Sister Motif

140

Nothing Left Behind

141

Acts of God

142

There's Something About Seven

143

Do You Always Reap What You Sow?

144

Repentance and Forgiveness

145

Should We Question Authority?

146

It is Not in the Heavens

147

Not If, But When

148

How Not to Hate

149

What Makes a Good Judge

150

Eating with Compassion

151

A Seat at the Table

152

Why We Should Bring Politics to the Pulpit

153

For All of the Jewish People

154

Why Journey?

155

Challenging The Rules

156

Songs of the Soul

157

When to Ask Why

158

Sacred Disagreement

159

Judaism on the Fringes

160

Is the Torah Colorblind?

161

What is a Blessing

162

Do Numbers Matter?

163

What the Torah Says About Being Green

164

Gratitude, Obligation, and Responsibility, A Jewish Year with Abigail Pogrebin

165

The Torah's Take on Love

166

What We Get Wrong About the Dreaded Parashiyot

167

Kashrut Explained (Or, Why I Can't Eat A Camel)

168

Why is This Passover Different from Other Passovers?

169

How to Be a Leader

170

When Torah Meets Theater

171

What Makes a Space Sacred?

172

Are You My Idol?

173

Protecting Our Planet and Other Sacred Places

174

What Does "Generosity" Really Mean?

175

An Eye for an Eye

176

Looking Beyond Our Differences

177

Life's Shortcuts and the Benefits of a 40 Year Journey

178

Finding the Truth in our Stories

179

What Made Moses Great

180

The Amazing Women of Exodus

181

What Lives After Death

182

Putting the Judah in Judaism

183

Fighting Darkness with Light

184

Making an Impact

185

Healing a Negative Relationship

186

Our Spiritual Ascents

187

Who Will Carry Our Tradition Forward?

188

Seeing Blessings Every Day

189

Where is God?

190

How to be a Hero

191

Electing a Righteous Leader

192

Creationism vs Science: Which is the Truth?

193

Sukkot and the Fragility of Life

194

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

195

The Sacred Art of Letting Go

196

Standing for What Matters Most

197

Spiritual Centering

198

The Morality of War

199

Demanding Justice

200

Fighting Poverty

201

Entitlement vs Gratitude

202

What is the Essence of Judaism?

203

Leaving the Comfort Zone

204

Life is a Journey, Not a Destination

205

Religious Extremism

206

How Does a Curse Become a Blessing?

207

Thirsting for Wisdom

208

Questionable Intentions

209

Facing the Future

210

Gossip

211

What Makes Life Meaningful?

212

Uniting as one, despite our differences

213

Do we believe that good behavior brings rewards, and bad behavior brings punishment?

214

B'har - Torah Portion Read on 5/28/16

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Emor - Torah Portion Read on 5/21/16

216

K'doshim - Torah Portion Read on 5/14/16

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Acharei Mot II - Torah Portion Read on 5/7/16

218

Special Edition: The Jewish Calendar

219

Special Edition: Pesach

220

Shabbat HaGadol - Read the Shabbat before Passover

221

Tazria - Torah Portion Read on 4/9/16

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Sh'mini - Torah Portion Read on 4/2/16

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Tzav - Torah Portion Read on 3/26/16

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Vayikra - Torah Portion Read on 3/19/16

225

P'kudei - Torah Portion Read on 3/12/16

226

Parashat Vayak'heil – Torah Portion Read on 3/05/16

227

Ki Tisa, Torah Portion Read on 2/27/16

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T'tzaveh, Torah Portion Read on 2/20/16

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T'rumah, Torah Portion Read on 2/13/16

230

Mishpatim, Torah Portion Read on 2/6/16

231

Yitro, Torah Portion Read on 1/30/16