All Episodes

Justice is the North Star (Va'era)

Remember to Remember (Sh'mot)

Joseph and His Brothers Find Repentance (Vayigash)

They Buried Him Together (Chayei Sarah - encore)

Seeing God (Vayera)

Yes, You Are Your Brother's Keeper (Bereshit)

Do We Have to Forgive? Lessons from a Gourd Plant

When Society Goes Astray (Nitzavim)

In the Image of God (Ki Tetze)

God is Oneness (Re'eh)

Across the River; Not Off the Hook (Matot-Masei)

When the Extremists are in Charge (Pinchas)

Donkey Midrash (Balak)

The Arrogance That Thinks It Knows All Truth (Korach)

How to be Caleb (Sh'lach Lecha)

Ruling by Fear Will Never Work (B'ha-alotcha)

You're Not So Special (Achrei Mot-Kedoshim)

Creation and Suffering (Sh'mini)

Actually Listening to Each Other (Vayikra)

Finding our Half Shekel of Agency (P'kudei)

Study is an Act of Resistance (Vayak'hel)

Build WHO a Sanctuary? (Terumah)

On Redemption and Relocation: A Response to Trump's Gaza Proposal (B'shallach)

Truth to Power: Bishop Mariann Budde and the Question of Religion and Politics (Bo)

Looking Backwards and Ahead (Vay'chi)

Believing it's Possible (Vayeshev - encore)

Sorrow to Strength (Vayishlach)

Families Come in All Shapes and Sizes (Vayetze)

She Fell off Her Camel (Chayei Sarah)

Sharing the Covenant (Vayera)

Standing Against Injustice (Lech Lecha)

Being Human (Bereshit)

Why Moses Had to Die (V'zot Ha'Bracha)

Wood Choppers, Water Drawers, and Undocumented Immigrants (Nitzavim - encore)

Reclaiming T'fillin (Ki Tavo)

Who cares?? (Ki Tetze)

We Are All Responsible (Shoftim - A Conversation with Alden Solovy)

Disagreeing with the Torah (Re'eh)

Judaism is About Love (Ekev - A Conversation with Rabbi Shai Held)

Knowing When to Step Aside (Pinchas)

Beware the Demagogue (Korach)

You Don't Know What Someone Else is Thinking (Sh'lach Lecha)

Would That All God's People Were Prophets (B'ha-alot'cha - encore)

70 Faces of Torah (Naso)

The Questions that Make Up Jewish Life (B'midbar - A Conversation with Rabbi Mark Washofsky)

Are We in Exile? (Behar and Bechukotai)

For Whom is the Light? (Emor)

Who Is My Neighbor? (Kedoshim)

Yom Kippur in May?? (Achrei Mot - encore)

Lessons from Leprosy (Metzora)

The Healing Power of Presence (Tazria - encore)

Don't eat that! Or do... it's up to you (Sh'mini)

We Need Each Other (Tzav)

Does God Hear our Prayers... and Does it Matter?? (Vayikra)

Building a Sanctuary; Building a World (P'kudei)

A Good Name (Vayak'hel)

Xenophobia and the Golden Calf (Ki Tisa)

Do You Have a Shirt That You Really Love? (T'tzaveh)

Planting Seeds of Hope (Terumah)

An Eye for an Eye?? (Mishpatim)

Recapturing the Silenced Voices (Yitro - A Conversation with Rabbi Dalia Marx)

Making a Miracle (B'shallach - encore)

Fear Leads to the Dark Side (Bo)

Hardening Our Hearts (Va’era)

AND These are the Names (Sh’mot)

Judah the Growing Hero (Miketz)

Envisioning a Better World (Vayeshev)

Violence, Vengeance, and Voice in the Rape of Dinah (Vayishlach)

Connection is an Act of Godliness (Vayetze)

Sharing The Land (Toldot)

The Abrahamic Family (Chayei Sarah)

Seeing Each Other’s Humanity (Vayera)

What’s in a Name? (Lech Lecha)

The Earth Was Filled with Lawlessness (Noach)

Chaos, Order, and Words (Bereshit - A Conversation with Alden Solovy)

A Final blessing (V’zot Ha’brachah)

Adversity and Growth (Ha’azinu - encore)

Until 120 (Nitzavim-Vayelech)

Praying in Hebrew, Praying in English (Ki Tavo)

Preserving the Earth (KI Teitzei)

Judaism in Constant Evolution (Shoftim - encore)

Eating is an Act of Holiness (Re’eh - encore)

Helping the Rains Fall (Ekev - encore)

The Reason(s) For Shabbat (Va’etchanan)

These Are the Words (D’varim)

On the Other Side of the Water (Mattot-Masei)

Of Sacrifice and Ever-Evolving Judaism (Pinchas)

A Good Reason? (Chukat)

And Korach Took... (Korach)

Reframing Our Relationship with the Earth (Sh’lach) - A Conversation with Rabbi Andy Kahn

The Power of Story (B’ha-alot’cha) - A Conversation with Rabbi Zoe Klein

Isolation and Support (Naso)

Shavuot and Gender Roles

In the Wilderness (B’midbar) - A Conversation with Rabbi Judith Siegal

You Don’t Own Your Land (B’har-B’chukotai)

Emor: The Problem with Leftovers

Achrei Mot-Kedoshim: Holiness is ALL of our responsibility

Tazria/Metzora: The Leper Messiah

Sh’mini: Aaron’s Silence and the Gun Violence Epidemic

Pesach: The Connection Between Holidays and Covenant

Tzav: Responsibilites of Leadership

Vayikra: Fullness of Life (A Conversation with Rabbi Yitz Greenberg)

Vayakhel-P’kudei: Words that Inspire (A Conversation with Rabbi Barbara AB Symons)

Ki Tisa: Seeing God’s Back

T’tzaveh: 12 Stones, 12 Tribes, Finding a Better Society

Terumah: Finding God AT (not IN) the Western Wall

Mishpatim: Laws and their Meaning

Yitro: Radical Amazement and the Impulse to Worship

B’shallach: Thoughts and Prayers are Not Enough

Bo: Why Do We Talk about the Exodus So Much?

Va’era: That They May Worship Me

Sh’mot: Reluctant Leader (A Conversation with Rabbi Ilyse Glickman)

Vay’chi: Who are these?

Miketz: Do Intentions Matter?

Vayeshev: Believing It’s Possible

Vayishlach: Wrestling

Vayetze: Nobody is the Villain of their Own Story (A Conversation with Rabbi Geoff Mitelman)

Toldot: Re-digging the Wells

Chayei Sarah: Rebekah’s Voice

Vayera: Truth, Justice, and Government Responsibility

Lech Lecha: Radical Leaving

Noach: Everybody Deserves to Have a Name (A Conversation with Rabbi Emily Losben-Ostrov)

Bereshit: In the Image of God

V’Zot HaBrachah: What’s Next?

Ha’azinu: Adversity and Growth

Vayelech: Write Down this Teaching

Nitzavim: Not in the Heavens

Ki Tavo: Remember Where You Came From

Ki Tetze: The Mother Bird

Shoftim: Judaism in Constant Evolution

Re’eh: Eating is an Act of Holiness

Ekev: Helping the Rains Fall

V’etchanan: Teach Them To Your Children

D’varim & Tisha B’Av: Learning from the Past

Mattot-Masei: What About the Hard Parts of Torah?

Pinchas: Zealotry, Extremism, and ”Covenant of Peace” (A Conversation with Rabbi Stacey Blank)

Balak: Pro-Shenanigans

Chukat: Finding Miriam’s Voice

Korach: Judaism Doesn’t Ban Abortion

Sh’lach: Choosing Your Own Attitude

B’haalotcha: Would that ALL God’s people were prophets

Naso: Racism is still with us (encore)

Bamidbar: Listing the Names

Bechukotai: Causes and Effects (A conversation with Rabbi Karyn Kedar)

Bahar: Boldly Go 🖖🏼

Emor: The Corners of Your Face/Field (encore)

Kedoshim: You shall be holy

Achrei Mot: Yom Kippur in April??

Pesach: Fifty Exoduses

Pesach: Telling the Story

Metzora: Learning to Say ”I Don’t Know”

Tazria: The Healing Power of Presence

Shemini: Understanding the Moment (A Conversation with Alden Solovy)

Tzav: The Perpetual Offering (Rabbi Michael Satz)

Vayikra: Wrongs & Responsibilities

P’kudei: Let Each Gem Shine (A Conversation with Rabbi Barry Block)

Vayahkel: More Like Zusya

Ki Tisa: Judaism is Not (Just) For Kids

Tetzaveh: Where is Moses?

Terumah: I, Thou, and God

Mishpatim: The Widow, the Orphan, and the Stranger (A conversation with Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz)

Yitro: Encounters with God (A Conversation with Rabbi Oren Hayon)

B’Shallach: Making a Miracle, Doing God’s Work

Bo: The Importance of Questions & Curiosity

Va’era: Shortness of Spirit

Shemot: Moses and the Women (An Interview with Rabbi Sally Priesand)

Vay‘chi: Legacy

Vayigash: What does it take to forgive? (encore)

Miketz: Jewish Life in Diaspora

Vayeshev: An Act of Joseph

Vayishlach: From Jacob to Israel

Vayetze: Responsible for Each Other

Toldot: How (Not) to Disagree (encore)

Chayei Sarah: They Buried him Together

Vayera: From Mundane to Sacred

Lech Lecha: All the Souls They Had Made

Noach: The Seven Noachide Laws (A Conversation with Rabbi Mark Washofsky)

Bereshit: Take A Break

V‘Zot Ha‘Brachah: Turn It Again

Sukkot: Seeing God‘s Back

Ha‘azinu: Unconditional Love

Rosh Hashanah: Ayeka - Where Are You?

Nitzavim: Don‘t Bless Yourself (A Conversation with Rabbi Jesse Paikin)

Ki Tavo: First Fruits

Ki Tetze: Because You Were Slaves (encore)

Shoftim: Comfort the Afflicted and Afflict the Comfortable

Re'eh: The Power of Generosity (encore)

Ekev: Connection to the Land of Israel

Va'etchanan: Oneness of God, Oneness of Humanity

D'varim: The Book of Words

Mattot-Masei: Together On the Journey (encore)

Pinchas: The Torah Stands Against Cultural Genocide

Balak: Talking Donkeys, Miracles, and Your Authentic Voice

Chukat: The Rituals that Bring Us Meaning

Korach: Holy is an Action

Sh'lach: At our Worst and at our Best

B'haalot'cha: How Moses Grows as a Leader

Naso: The Ceremony of Bitter Waters

Bamidbar: Lift Up the Heads

Behar-Bechukotai: The Sabbatical Year and Giving Up Control