THE LIVING JEWISHLY BLOG
Episode 45 - Sacred Time: AV
Love plays a significant role in the complex month of Av. Ganga Devi, Bluth, and guest Idan Lumi explore love of self, love of others, and love of the divine as they delve into the significance of the month of Av.
EPISODE 44 - Game, Sex, Match: Religious Singles and the Quest for Romantic Love.
This week’s episode of Living Jewishly is an instalment of Across the Sea, a podcast about mental health and Judaism. Guests Rabbi Rachel Rosenbluth and Micki Lavin-Pell discuss dating and building healthy relationships while Jewish.
Sacred Time: Tammuz
This episode of Sacred Time is centred on the rich history of Tammuz, the nature of trauma, and the acts of reflection and integration. This is a sacred time of mourning a time when we give space to anger and despair. But it also has much to teach us about how to heal.
Gratitude
Much of contemporary life is organized around making us desire things we do not need. How do we break the cycle of false desire and its twin sister, incessant complaining? There are two key steps, renunciation and gratitude. In this blog Dr. Malamet discusses how we can break the cycle and be grateful for all that we have.
Rosh Chodesh Av by Bluth featuring poet Ester Eckhaus
As we welcome the month of Av, we are featuring poet, Ester Eckhaus, whose words bring us in introspection and prayer, to guide us in the tenderness and pain of this month of mourning.
EPISODE 43 - Are There Innocent Civilians in War?
You might think that “ethics of war” is a contradiction in terms, but warfare is a rich subject when it comes to discussing ethical considerations. In this episode, we explore the contemporary ethics of war. Proportionality, collateral damage, and just cause are just a few of the complex topics explored in this thought-provoking episode.
Brave New Jewish World
Jewish education today finds itself continually adjusting to just how much the world of our students has changed in the past forty years; Jewishness” is continually being reinvented in dozens of traditional and new ways.This blog discusses Jewish education in the new world, and how we can face the challenge of having to adapt.
Episode 41 - The Search for Acceptance: LGBTQ Jews and Mental Health
Depression, self harm, substance abuse, and suicidal thoughts are most common in the LGBTQ community — especially for those who come from a religious background. This week’s Living Jewishly episode discusses mental health issues and their experiences growing up queer and Jewish.
Episode 41 - The Search for Acceptance: LGBTQ Jews and Mental Health
Depression, self harm, substance abuse, and suicidal thoughts are most common in the LGBTQ community — especially for those who come from a religious background. This week’s Living Jewishly episode discusses mental health issues and their experiences growing up queer and Jewish.
Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, with guest yoga teacher, Jenna Zadaka
Tammuz is one of the most difficult months in the Jewish calendar which contains many of the darkest events in our history. To guide us into the month of Tammuz, Jenna Zadaka of Breath and Soul Yoga leads us in a yoga flow from Jerusalem. The heated heart of the holy land.
Day by Day
In our culture, we are repeatedly given two paradoxical/contradictory messages: Be Yourself & Be Better. So how do we navigate between self-acceptance and the goal of transforming into the best version of ourselves?
Borderlines: The Ethics of Immigration
Is immigration a basic human right? Or is it a privilege? This episode of Living Jewishly is an instalment of What Would You Do?, a podcast about ethics. In this episode, we explore the borderlines making up the ethics of immigration.
Sacred Time: Sivan
Bluth and Ganga Devi discuss the concept of sacred power, the need for collective healing, and how we can move forward sustainably and intentionally.
Five Things to Do When you feel Powerless about Israel
For the vast majority of people, the feeling of events well beyond our control will be the residual taste of this conflict, and we will be prone to despair. Here are five things to do when you feel powerless about what happens in Israel, to begin to refine your perspective and become a more empowered Jewish citizen of the world.
Episode 33 - Judaism and Mental Health
In conversation with mental health experts, Dr. Elliot Malamet explores the line between healthy piety and unhealthy pathology, how our upbringing influences our experience of mental distress, and how spirituality can be integrated into psychotherapy.
Modzitz Niggun With Rock the Shtetl and Bluth
As we celebrate receiving the Torah, this old melody lifts us in praise! This is a Modzitz Niggun with the words of El Adon, an ancient piyut (liturgical poem) praising the majesty of creation and the Creator. Music features Bluth and her talented mother, Ellen Rosenbluth.
Rosh Chodesh Sivan: TEXT STUDY & MYSTICAL MUSINGS
This new month, we dive into some mystical musings on love, on creation and revelation. Bluth shares with us a poignant text study and thoughtful ideas to bring us into the earthy and mystical nature of this month and the beautiful holiday that is around the corner.
The Ten Commandments for our Time
Dr. Elliot Malamet interprets how the Ten Commandments translate into modern times.
Episode 32 - What Would You Do?: "The Best Policy?” A Discussion.
Is honesty the best policy? Studies have shown that almost everyone lies on a weekly (or even daily) basis. In this episode, Dr. Elliot Malamet and Professor Muchnik dig deeply into the ethics of lying and cheating.
The Counting
As the planet enters its second year of pandemic, the story of Rabbi Akiva’s students cannot help but conjure up images of spreading devastation and agonizing helplessness. In a time where we have all felt visceral insecurity in the mundane acts of touching, talking, breathing, Lag Ba’omer reaffirms that there is joy beyond mourning and redemption that rises from loss.