THE LIVING JEWISHLY BLOG
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.
Sacred Time Episode 1: Iyar
Welcome to Sacred Time, a podcast that explores the healing art of the Hebrew calendar as it relates to our lives today. Tune into this episode to learn about the agricultural origins of this sacred ritual and how we find meaning in it during our modern time.
Episode 31: Crossing The Sea
Listen to the first episode to learn how to find a therapist that fits your needs, whether your therapist needs to be Jewish, and two crucial skills we should teach our children to create an emotionally healthier world.
Life is Elsewhere? The Israel of Fantasy and Reality.
In the imagination of many people, Israel engenders hypersized fantasies, where each day respresents—depending on your point of view--the potential for violence and bravery and heroism; a haven from persecution or a fresh start for Jewish dreamers; Start-Up Nation mixed with spiritual elation; brutal occupation and ethnic discrimination.
Chodesh Tov & Ramadan Kareem!
My dear friend, the Sufi poetess Sukina Pilgrim shared a poem that she wrote last Ramadan. I am sharing it with you, as both our communities honour the time of receiving our Holy books, to share the inspiration in her devotion, and to wish our muslim friends a Ramadan Kareem.
Masks and Morality
Should mask-wearing during a pandemic be universal public policy or a personal decision? This episode of the Living Jewishly podcast introduces What Would You Do?, the new ethics podcast from Dr. Elliot Malamet.
Freedom is A Verb
Freedom is certainly not felt identically by all sectors of society. This Passover, along with cherishing our own self-determination, let us reach out and help those who are not truly free, harassed and threatened not for anything that have done, but simply for who they are, what they look like, whom they love.