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Your Jewish Neighborhood — 239 episodes

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YJN #238 - 10/21/12 - Yom Kippur Sermon

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YJN #238 - 10/21/12 - Kol Nidre Sermon

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YJN #238 - 10/21/12 - Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon

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YJN #237 - 08/19/12 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on Yizkor

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YJN #236 - 07/29/12 - Rabbi Graetz on Havdalah

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YJN #235 - Rabbi Nicki Greninger on Total Physical Response (TPR) for learning languages

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YJN #234 - 04/28/12 - A Child of Temple Isaiah

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YJN #233 - 03/31/12 - Some Passover Music

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YJN #232 - 03/17/12 - Rabbi Greninger on Grade-Based Alternatives to Jewish Education

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YJN #231 - 02/19/12 - Rabbi Greninger on The Hebrew Project

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YJN #230 - 01/29/12 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on Temple Isaiah's Founding 60 Years Ago

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YJN #229 - 01/07/12 - Nina Simone Gotch, Education Director, Anti-Defamation League

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YJN #228 - 12/19/11 - Rabbi Shanks on the Significance of Chanukah

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YJN #227 - 12/11/11 - The Campaign for Youth Engagement

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YJN #226 - 11/14/11 - Modern Synagogue Communications

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YJN #225 - Cantor Korn on Selichot - 10/23/11

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YJN #224 - 09/25/18 - Why Hebrew Letters are Used for Numbers

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YJN #223 - 09/01/11 - Rabbi Graetz on Israel and the Arab Spring

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YJN #222 - 08/02/11 - Judaism and "End Times"

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YJN #221 - 07/12/11 - Val Morehouse Reads "The Castle on Hester Street"

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YJN #220 - Satan in Judaism - 6/28/11

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YJN #219 - 06/11/11 - Rabbi Forrest on Making Shabbat Meaningful

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YJN #218 - 05/09/11 - Teen Trip to the Religious Action Center

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YJN #217 - 04/18/11 - Pesach melodies

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YJN #216 - 04/03/11 - Rabbi Shanks of Rabbinic Sabbaticals

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YJN #215 - 03/10/11 - Two Books, Two Views of the Israeli Political Situation

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YJN #214 - 02/20/11 - What Jews Want Their Christian Friends to Know

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YJN #213 - 01/23/11 - A Cantorial Concert at the Vatican

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YJN #212 - 01/09/11 - Rabbi Greninger on Talking to Young Children about Death

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YJN #211 - 12/19/10 - The Jewish Perspective on Bullying

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YJN #210 - 12/01/10 - What the Maccabees Can Teach Us About Celebrating Hanukkah

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YJN #209 - 11/21/10 - Angels in Judaism

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YJN #207 - 10/12/10 - The origins and evolution of Zionism

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YJN #206 - 09/26/10 - Decorating Your Home Sukkah Can Be a New Family Tradition

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YJN #205 - 09/06/10 - Cantor Korn on Getting Kids Excited about Jewish Music

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YJN #204 - 08/17/10 - Getting a Get

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YJN #203 - 07/25/10 - Jewish Valentine's Day

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YJN #202 - 07/11/10 - Soundseeing Tour of Jewish Prague, Part 2

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YJN #201 - 07/03/10 - Soundseeing Tour of Prague's Jewish Quarter, Part 1

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YJN #200 - 06/04/10 - Cantor Leigh Korn on Melodies for V'Ahavta and Mi Chamoca

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YJN #199 - A YJN Mystery: How Did Longfellow Come By His Talmudic Knowledge?

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YJN #198 - 04/20/10 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on Judaism in Latin America

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YJN #197 - 04/04/10 - "Twinning" congregations

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YJN #196 - 03/18/10 - Reform Judaism's Stance on LGBT Issues

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YJN #195 - 02/28/10 - Rabbi Shanks on God's Role in Natural Disasters

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YJN #194 - 02/14/10 - The Ritual and Relevance of Tefillin

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YJN #193 - 02/02/10 - The Evolution of Tu B'Shevat

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YJN #192 - 01/21/10 - Removing the Stigma of Mental Illness

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YJN #191 - 01/06/10 - The pressure on kids to be perfect

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YJN #190 - 12/19/09 - Rabbi Forrest on Rosh Chodesh: It's a Girl Thing

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YJN #189 - How to handle a child who doesn't want a Bar or Bat Mitzvah

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YJN #188 - 11/13/09 - A Taste of the Women of Reform Judaism Biennial

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YJN #187 - 10/31/09 - Jeanette Gross on Healing Circles

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YJN #186 - 10/14/09 - A Look at Temple Isaiah's Revamped Website

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YJN #185 - 09/25/09 - Cantor Leigh Korn on the Shofar

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YJN #184 - 09/17/09 - Cantor Korn on Preparing for the High Holy Days

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YJN #183 - 09/04/09 - Rabbi Graetz on Israeli Culture

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YJN #182 - 08/23/09 - Reasons to Visit Israel from Rabbi Roberto Graetz

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YJN #181 - 08/10/09 - Val Morehouse Reads "A Prayer for the Earth"

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YJN #180 - 07/25/09 - Rabbi Shanks on Officiating at Interfaith Weddings

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YJN #179 - 07/12/09 - Rabbi Judy Shanks' Experience with the Women of the Wall

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YJN #178 - 06/30/09 - Rabbi Greninger on Music in the Religious School Curriculum

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YJN #177 - 06/15/09 - Rabbi Greninger on Talking to Children About Death

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YJN #176 - 05/30/09 - Rabbi Alissa Forrest on the Torah's Origins

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YJN #175- 05/20/09 - Rabbi Forrest on Eco-Kashrut

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YJN #174 - 05/05/09 - A Musical Interlude with Klezmerica

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YJN #173 - 04/19/09 - Rabbi Graetz on Daily Prayers and Blessings

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YJN #172 - 03/31/09 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on Jewish Communities and the Economy

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YJN #171 - 03/17/09 - Interview with Youth Director Dan Lange

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YJN #170 - 03/01/09 - Rabbi Forrest on RAC

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YJN #169 - 02/22/09 - Susan Lieber on Jewish Deli Foods

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YJN #168 - 02/04/09- Rabbi Nicki Greninger on Becoming a Rabbi

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YJN #167 - 01/25/09 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on personal spiritual practices

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YJN #166 - 01/16/09 - Cantor Leigh Korn on Keeping Kosher

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YJN #165 - 01/02/09 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on Healing Prayers

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YJN #164 - 12/19/08 - Librarian Val Morehouse Reads a Chanukah Tale

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YJN #163 - 11/24/08 - Cantor Korn on Movement During Prayer

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YJN #162 - 11/15/08 - Jewish Community Free Clinic

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YJN #161 - 10/31/08 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on the Women's Torah Commentary

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YJN #160 - 10/21/08 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on Reform Judaism in Latin America

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YJN #159 - 10/06/08 - Revisiting Yom Kippur Musical Selections

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YJN #158 - 09/28/08 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on a Rabbi's Preprations for the High Holy Days

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YJN #157 - 09/17/08 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz Explains the Talmud

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YJN #156 - 09/11/08 - Rabbi Greninger on Teaching Jewish Prayer to Children

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YJN #155 - 09/04/08 - Rabbi Nicki Greninger on Reysheet Services

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YJN #155 - 08/24/08 - Jews and Tattoos

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YJN #153 - 08/13/08 - Songs by Mordechai "Morty" Schiller

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YJN #152 - 08/03/08 - Rabbi Alissa Forrest on Birthright Israel

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YJN #151 - 07/28/08 - Rabbi Forrest on Keeping Teens Engaged

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YJN #150 - 07/21/08 - Rabbi Shanks on D'var Torah

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YJN #149 - 07/12/08 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on Politics and the Pulpit

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YJN #148 - 07/04/08 - Val Morehouse reads "The Bachelor and the Bean"

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YJN #147 - 06/26/08 - Rabbi Graetz on Banner Project Against Torture

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YJN #146 - 06/15/08 - Tips on Connecting with Judaism during the Summer

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YJN #145 - 06/08/08 - Cantor Korn on the New Siddur, Mishkan T'filah

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YJN #144 - 05/29/08 - Cantor Korn on Special-Needs B'nai Mitzvah Students

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YJN #143 - 05/14/08 - Gabe Salgado on Judaism in Virtual Worlds

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YJN #142 - 05/01/08 - Music from The Josh Nelson Project

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YJN #141 - 04/26/08 - Rabbi Graetz on synagogue "twinning"

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YJN #140 - 04/20/08 - Rabbi Graetz on the Seder Plate

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YJN #139 - 04/13/08 - Rabbi Alissa Forrest Goes Deep on Matzah

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YJN #138 - 04/05/08 - Rabbi Forrest on Jewish Birth Rituals

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YJN #137 - Excerpts from Temple Isaiah's 2008 Purimspiel - 03/30/08

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YJN #136 - 03/22/08 - Cantor Korn Tells Us All About Purim

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YJN #135 - 03/14/08 - Rabbi Shanks on a Day in the Life of a Rabbi

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YJN #134 - 03/08/08 - Rabbi Shanks on Ethical Wills

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YJN #133 - 03/01/08 - Shel Holtz on Judaism and Social Media

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YJN #132 - 02/22/08 - Musical Selections from 30 Years

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YJN #131 - 02/15/08 - Can Jewish Communities Exist in Cyberspace?

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YJN #130 - 02/08/08 - Artist Gary Rosenthal on Hiddur Mitzvah Project

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YJN #129 - 02/02/08 - Arghhh...Jonathan Frantz on Jewish Pirates

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YJN #128 - 01/27/08 - A Tu Be'Shevat Tale

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YJN #127 - 01/17/08 - A tour of the sanctuary

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YJN #126 - 01/03/08 - A Look at Partners for Torah

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YJN #125 - 12/27/07 - A Musical Interlude with Groyse Mitsi'e

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YJN #124 - 12/21/07 - Teens Discuss the Christmas Dilemma

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YJN #123 - 12/13/07 - Cantor Leigh Korn on Sacred Objects

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YJN #122 - 12/06/07 - Cantor Korn talks about kipot

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YJN #121 - 11/29/07 - Rabbi Shanks on the Mikvah

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YJN #120 - 11/21/07 - Rabbi Shanks on Going Green

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YJN #119 - 11/16/07 - Rabbi Alissa Forrest on Informal Jewish Education

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YJN #118 - 11/09/07 - Dean Goldfein on Jewish Day Schools

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YJN #117 - 11/02/07 - Rabbi Graetz on Keeping Shabbat

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YJN #116 - 10/27/07 - Rabbi Graetz on Torture as a Moral Issue

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YJN #115 - 10/18/07 - A Soundseeing Tour of Jewish Manchester, UK

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YJN #114 - 10/14/07 - Rabbi Reuven Silverman of the Manchester Reform Synagogue

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YJN #113 - 10/04/07 - Michael Brent on Interfaith Marriage

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YJN #112 - 09/27/07 - Rabbi Graetz on Shemini Atzeret

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YJN #111 - 09/19/07 - Yom Kippur musical selections

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YJN #110 - 09/13/07 - Humorist and author Arie Kaplan on Jews in comic books

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YJN #109 - 09/06/07 - The foodie episode! Rosh Hashanah cooking with Susan Leiber

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YJN #108 - 08/30/07 - A Rosh Hashanah Story from Librarian Val Morehouse

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YJN #107 - 08/23/07 - A visit to Camp Kefli

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YJN #106 - 08/16/07 - Rosh Hashanah 101 from Cantor Leigh Korn

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YJN #105 - 08/10/07 - Cantor Korn's Synagogue Tour

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YJN #104 - 08/02/07 - A visit with Gan Ilan, Temple Isaiah's Preschool

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YJN #103 - 07/27/07 - Rabbi Graetz on Israel's 60th Birthday

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YJN #102 - 07/20/07 - Rabbi Shanks on Death and Mourning Rituals, Part 2

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YJN #101 -07/12/07 - Rabbi Shanks on Death and Burial Rituals

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YJN #100 - 07/06/07 - Alan Jacobson on Temple Isaiah's Men's Club

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YJN #99 - Katya Bock on Growing Up Jewish in Ecuador

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YJN #98 - 06/22/07 - Rabbi Graetz on Staying Jewish during the Summer

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YJN #97 - 06/16/07 - Cantor Korn on Music in Worship

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YJN #96 - 06/07/07 - Gordon Gladstone on Berkeley Hillel

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YJN #95 - 05/31/07 - Debbie Enelow on Recruiting and Selecting Religious School Teachers

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YJN #94 - 05/22/07 - Rabbi Graetz on Standing Together at Sinai

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YJN #93 - 05/17/07 - Librarian Val Morehouse reads a Shavuot story

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YJN #92 - 05/10/07 - Singer-Songwriter Neshama Carlebach

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YJN #91 - 05/03/07 - Rabbi Robert Graetz on "The New Antisemitism"

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YJN #90 - 04/26/07 - Deb Phillips on Camp Kefli, Temple Isaiah's summertime day camp

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YJN #89 - 04/12/07 - Rabbi Graetz and Arlynn Bloom on Steps for Tzedakah

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YJN #88 - 04/12/07 - Rabbi Shanks on finding a new rabbi

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YJN #87 - 04/05/07 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on the Women's Seder

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YJN #86 - 03/29/07 - Frank Winer on Jewish cemeteries

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YJN # - 03/22/07 - Lawrence Grossman on Jewish Webcasting Service

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YJN #84 - 03/15/07 - Ben Holtz on being a Jewish Soldier in the U.S. Army

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YJN #83 - 03/08/07 - Mary Anne Winig on adult programs at Temple Isaiah

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YJN #82 - 03/01/07 - Ronald Young on the National Interreligious Initiative for Peace

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YJN #81 - 02/22/07 - Temple Isaiah Purimspiel Rehearsal

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YJN #80 - 02/15/07 - A Purim Tale

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YJN #79 - 02/08/07 - Shel Holtz on subscribing to podcasts

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YJN #77 - 02/02/07 - A Musical Show Featuring Light of the River

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YJN #77 - 01/25/07 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on Tu B'Shevat

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YJN #76 - 01/18/07 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on same-sex marriage

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YJN #75 - 01/11/07 - Cantor Korn Explains the Order of Service

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YJN #74 - 01/04/07 - Cantor Leigh Korn on Torah traditions and rituals

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YJN #73 - 12/28/06 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on the Iranian Holocaust Conference

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YJN #72 - 12/21/06 - Rabbi Graetz on Judaism and Human Rights Conference

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YJN #71 - 12/14/06 -Sandy Anderson on Winter Nights

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YJN #70 - 12/07/06 - Debbie Enelow on Jewish Resident Camps

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YJN #69 - 11/30/06 - Debbie Enelow on "The December Dilemma"

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YJN #68 - 11/23/06 - Audio Highlights from the WRJ Pacific Biennial

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YJN #67 - 11/16/06 - Rosanne Selfon on the Women's Commentary

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YJN #66 - 11/09/06 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on affiliation

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YJN #65 - 11/02/06 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on Brit Chayim, naming ceremonies for newborn Jewish girls

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YJN #64 - 10/26/06 - Songs from Jeremy Gimbel and Brad Lennox

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YJN #63 - 10/19/06 - Dr. Mark Rubenstein on circumcision

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YJN #62 - 10/12/06 - Ellen Bernstein Ellis on Avodah

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YJN #61 - 10/04/06 - Judy Matzkin on Temple Technology

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YJN #50 - 09/28/06 - Val Morehouse reads "The Hardest Word"

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YJN #59 - 09/21/06 - Emily Blanck on JIMENA (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa)

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YJN #58 - 09/14/06 - Cantor Leigh Korn on Jewish Choral Tradition

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YJN #57 - 09/07/06 - Cantor Leigh Korn on Kol Nidre

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YJN #56 - 08/31/06 - Rabbi Graetz on the Month of Elul

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YJN #55 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on Jewish movements -- 08/25/06

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YJN #54 - 08/17/06 - Executive Director Michael Liepman on choosing a synagogue

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YJN #53 - An interview with a Jewish "Rosie the Riveter" - 08/10/06

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YJN #52 - 08/03/06 - Michele Holtz on YJN's first year

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YJN #51 - 07/27/06 - Soundseeing Tour of Israel Unity rally, San Francisco

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YJN #50 - 07/20/06 - WRJ Director Marlene Belstock on cosmetic ingredients

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YJN #49 - 07/13/06 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on conversion (part 2)

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YJN #48 - 07/06/06 - Rabbi Shanks on conversion (part 1)

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YJN #47 - 06/29/06 - Sandy Anderson on Havurot

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YJN #46 - 06/22/06 - Cantor Leigh Korn looks at wedding traditions

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YJN #45 - 06/16/06 - Cantor Korn on Havdalah

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YJN #44 - 06/07/06 - Debbie Enelow on talking to kids about anti-semitism

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YJN #43 - 06/01/06 - Debbie Enelow on the Seventh Grade Fund

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YJN #42 - 05/25/06 - Holocaust Museum Direct Sara Bloomfield

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YJN #41 - 5/18/06 - Susan Weidman Schneider, editor, Lilith

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YJN #40 - 05/11/06 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on Shavuot

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YJN #39 - 05/04/06 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on counting the Omer

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YJN #38 - 04/27/06 - The Women of Isaiah Annual Retreat

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YJN #37 - 04/20/06 - Arlynn Bloom on Social Action

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YJN #36 - 04/13/06 - Marilyn Hirsch on Dear Sudan of Contra Costa County

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YJN #35 - 04/06/06 - Gabe Salgado on Contra Costa Midrasha

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YJN #34 - 03/30/06 - Cantor Korn on Bar Mitzvah lore

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YJN #33 - 03/23/06 - Cantor Leigh Korn on modern music in the liturgy

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YJN #32 - 03/16/06 - Temple Isaiah's Adult B'nai Mitzvah

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YJN #31 - 03/09/06 - Librarian Val Morehouse tells a Purim tale

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YJN #30 - 03/02/06 - Mary Anne Winig on Hadassah

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YJN #29 - 2/23/06 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on the holiday of Purim

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YJN #28 - 2/16/06 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on becoming a rabbi

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YJN #27 - 2/9/06 - Youth Director Jonathan Shugart on Jewish summer camps

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YJN #26 - 2/2/06 - Rabbi Graetz on Rabbis for Human Rights

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YJN #25 - 1/26/06 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on Brit Tzedek v'Shalom

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YJN #24 - 1/19/06 - Debbie Enelow on revitalizing American Jews' connection to Israel

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YJN #23 - 1/12/06 - Debbie Enelow explains the evolution of the Siddur based on the gender of G-d

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YJN #22 - 1/05/06 - An interview with Temple Isaiah President Maynard Lichterman

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YJN #21 - 12/29/05 - A Chanukah music selection

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YJN #20 - 12/22/05 - Michele Holtz on the role of Sisterhood

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YJN #19 - 12/15/05 - A Chanukah story from Temple Isaiah's librarian, Val Morehouse

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YJN #18 - 12/08/05 - Cantor Korn on Chanukah

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YJN #17 - 12/01/05 - Cantor Korn on Torah Cantillation

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YJN #16 - 11/24/05 - Temple Isaiah Delegates at the URJ/WRJ Biennial

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YJN #15 - 11/17/05 - Rabbi Graetz on Winter Nights

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YJN #14 - 11/10/05 - Cantor Linda Hirschhorn on the female a capella group, Vocolot

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YJN #13 - 11/03/05 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on the Adult B'nai Mitzvot

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YJN #12 - 10/27/05 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on Rosh Chodesh

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YJN #11 - 10/20/05 - Sounds from Mitzvah Day

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YJN #10 - 10/14/05 - Jeanette Gross on "sacred chanting"

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YJN #9 - 10/06/05 - Ellen Pollack, president, Women of Reform Judaism District 24, on WRJ

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YJN #8 - 9/29/05 - Education Director Debbie Enelow on learning Hebrew

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YJN #7 - 9/22/05 - Education Director Debbie Enelow on Jewish education

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YJN #6 - 9/15/05 - Cantor Korn on Judaism in Broadway musicals

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YJN #5 - 9/8/05 - Cantor Korn on what it means to be a Cantor

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YJN #4 - 9/1/05 - Rabbi Shanks on the month of Elul

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YJN #3 - 8/25/05 - Rabbi Shanks on Jewish Book Groups

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YJN #2 - 8/18/05 - Rabbi Graetz on ARZA

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YJN #1 - 8/11/05 - Rabbi Graetz on Reform weddings in Israel