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Shtender — 214 episodes · page 1 of 3
Despair is Not an Option
The Decade of Dehumanization
Restraint and Transcendence
Nature Abhors a Vacuum. Antisemitism Loves One
The Promises of Israel
How Repentance Really Works
Where The Oppressed Shed Tears
Bad Faith Broke Us. Only Good Faith Can Fix Us.
Everyone Has a Right to Sanctuary
Keep The Fires Burning
Korach and the Unfinished Business of 1776
Entropy and the Imposition of Order
Love, Loss, and the Book of Ruth
There Are Only Two Commandments…The Rest is Commentary
Guns and the Disregard for Human Life
Valar Dohaeris
When Elijah Comes to the Seder
Do The Dew
The City of Peace
A Practice for Moral Clarity
The Ring is Not Complete Without the Diamond
Train Local, Act Global
There’s More to Racism than Blackface. There’s More to Reconciliation than Resignation
A Rabbi’s Lesson from Guatemala- All Lives Have Equal Value
Soft Hearts, Strong Hands
Succeeding at Failing
Confronting Pharaoh
Ancestors and Ghosts
Know Before Whom You Stand
Pluralism and Power: A Hanukkah Story
God of Victory
Pulpit Swap: Rabbi Michael Knopf at Seventh Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Pulpit Swap: Reverend Hollie Woodruff at Temple Beth El
Let It Go
The Name You Earn
Love Just Because
Putting God Second
Praying for Rain and Reviving the Dead
Everything is Abel!
Embodying Gratitude, Elevating Joy
Don’t Just Repent. Vote
Think Different
The Responsibilities of Privilege
You Don’t Need Likes to Be Loved
The Torah’s Call for Civil Disobedience
What to Do When “We’re in Crazytown”
Just Walk Beside Me
Listen to Her Voice!
The Land of Israel: God’s Conditional Gift
The Most Counter-Cultural Commandment
Looking Backward to Move Forward
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: Judah P. Benjamin
The World is Yours, But it Doesn’t Belong to You
A Kingdom of Priests
Not In Heaven
No One Invisible
God’s Spirit, Our Hands
No One Is Really Gone
What Will You Take With You?
Doubt, But Count
It’s Not “Passover”
Our Purpose is Peace
Melt Down Your Mirrors
The Real Sin of the Golden Calf
A Sanctuary From Weapons
No Other Gods
The Power Is Yours
Judah’s Journey
What Will You Take With You When You Go?
The Lulav and the Importance of Diversity
There’s No Sukkah Without U
Extremists for Love
Three Essentials to Pack for Your Journey
Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Teshuvah and the Challenge of Change
After Charlottesville, Be A Light
Teaching in Honor of Reb Sholom Brodt (z”l)
Pay Attention
Hope and Healing After Charlottesville
“I Believe” Reflection at Charlottesville Prayer Vigil
Only For Now
Difficult People
It’s What’s on the Inside That Counts
Do You Control Your Monuments, or Do Your Monuments Control You?
In Defense of Boredom
Twilight Of The Institutions
Heal the Leper, Heal the World
God’s Time, Our Time
Five Rabbis, Four Children, and a Yin-Yang
To God the Glory
Let’s Face Facts: The Torah is Political
What Jews Owe Refugees and Immigrants
Do You Believe in Miracles?
The Moral Message of God’s Sovereignty
My Body’s in Richmond, My Spirit’s in DC: Why I Protest
Your One Wild And Precious Life
Torah for the Post-Truth Era
The Brilliant Cognitive Dissonance of Yizkor and Simhat Torah
Redeem the Captive, Be a Blessing
True North
Escaping the Scapegoat