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L’hitraot, for Now...

After four years of bringing you a new episode nearly every week, this podcast is taking a little break. Listen to this episode to learn more about our hiatus and where to find us in the meantime.

Most of us today aren’t tasked with wandering through the desert, like the ancient Israelites were... but we still find plenty to kvetch about! What if, instead of focusing on small annoyances, we turned to community-building and togetherness? This episode first aired in May 2018.

URJ Youth

Liberation Is a Journey

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Dvora E. Weisberg

jstern March 22, 2021

March 29, 2021

Imagine that you have just been liberated from slavery. After centuries of oppression, you and your people escape, fleeing into the unknown in hopes of a better life. Your oppressors follow you, hoping to return you to slavery, or perhaps

Explaining the Inexplicable with Silence

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Dvora E. Weisberg

jstern March 22, 2021

April 5, 2021

On the eighth day after the commencement of the consecration of Aaron and his sons as priests, Moses summons his brother and nephews to complete the ritual. Aaron is to present various offerings, after which Moses tells him, “Adonai will

RJ Blog Social Justice

A Bittersweet Reunion with the Shtisel Family

A Bittersweet Reunion with the Shtisel Family kbkaput April 13, 2021

Israel

Promotional poster for the Netflix show Shtisel

Sometimes the acting ends in joy and other times the results are devastating. Ultimately, the writers and actors draw us into their stories so that we cannot deny that art can elicit understanding, peace, and even deep love.

7 Movie Stars Who Have Played Israeli Prime Ministers

7 Movie Stars Who Have Played Israeli Prime Ministers kbkaput April 12, 2021

Israeli Arts and Culture

Lynn Cohen with her face in her hands as Golda Meir in a scene from Steven Spielbergs 2005 film Munich

Just a month after it was announced that the Israeli star Shira Haas would portray Meir in a TV series, The Hollywood Reporter revealed this week that Oscar winner Helen Mirren would portray Israel’s only female prime minister in an upcoming biopic.

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Announcing the Launch of the Reform Movement's 2021 Racial Justice Campaign: What You Need to Know

Announcing the Launch of the Reform Movement's 2021 Racial Justice Campaign: What You Need to Know kbkaput April 6, 2021

Social Justice

Cardboard sign reading WE STAND AGAINST RACISM

This campaign aims to help dismantle systemic racism by educating, inspiring, and empowering individuals and communities to look inwardly to make communal change and outwardly to win legislative change.

From Struggle to Progress: Reflecting on Women’s History Month 2021

From Struggle to Progress: Reflecting on Women’s History Month 2021 mbendell March 31, 2021

Social Justice

Each March, dozens of countries across the globe commemorate Women’s History Month as a time

RJ Blog Practice

14 Ways to Celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month

14 Ways to Celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month kbkaput April 10, 2021

May is Jewish American Heritage Month, established by President George W. Bush in 2006. Learn more about the history of the month… then get to work celebrating it!

The Omer: Finding Hope and Wisdom in the Counting of Time

The Omer: Finding Hope and Wisdom in the Counting of Time kbkaput April 1, 2021

Counting of the Omer

Yellow alarm clock fading away at the edges as if to represent the passage of time

Counting is never more important than between Passover and Shavuot; we call this ritual counting the Omer. Each day we recite a blessing marking that this period of time is meant to be one time of reflection, revelation, and change.

RJ Blog Learning

On Yom HaShoah, Hear the Message of the Saved Remnant

On Yom HaShoah, Hear the Message of the Saved Remnant kbkaput April 7, 2021

Jewish Values

Black and white image of the authors parents on their wedding day

My mother’s answer to hate is love. When I asked her what she wishes for herself and for the world, she said, “For myself good health, so I can be good to others. For the world, peace not war. No bad person wins in the end. What did Hitler achieve?”

America Needs a Just and Equitable Immigration Policy: If Not Now, When?

America Needs a Just and Equitable Immigration Policy: If Not Now, When? kbkaput April 6, 2021

Immigration Justice

Statue of liberty lit against an orange and yellow sunset

It is difficult to imagine anyone not moved by the scenes of children seeking asylum

RJ Blog Jewish Holidays

A Bittersweet Reunion with the Shtisel Family

A Bittersweet Reunion with the Shtisel Family kbkaput April 13, 2021

Israel

7 Movie Stars Who Have Played Israeli Prime Ministers

7 Movie Stars Who Have Played Israeli Prime Ministers kbkaput April 12, 2021

Israeli History

RJ Blog

L’hitraot, for Now...

The Antidote to Kvetching

URJ Youth

Liberation Is a Journey

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Dvora E. Weisberg

Explaining the Inexplicable with Silence

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Dvora E. Weisberg

On the Other Hand

RJ Blog Social Justice

A Bittersweet Reunion with the Shtisel Family

7 Movie Stars Who Have Played Israeli Prime Ministers

RJ Blog Jewish Life

Announcing the Launch of the Reform Movement's 2021 Racial Justice Campaign: What You Need to Know

From Struggle to Progress: Reflecting on Women’s History Month 2021

RJ Blog Practice

14 Ways to Celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month

The Omer: Finding Hope and Wisdom in the Counting of Time

RJ Blog Learning

On Yom HaShoah, Hear the Message of the Saved Remnant

America Needs a Just and Equitable Immigration Policy: If Not Now, When?

RJ Blog Jewish Holidays

A Bittersweet Reunion with the Shtisel Family

7 Movie Stars Who Have Played Israeli Prime Ministers

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