THE LIVING JEWISHLY BLOG
Rosh Chodesh Yoga: Nissan
Welcome to the new moon and new month of Nissan, the first month in the Jewish Calendar! Nissan is a month of spring awakening, passover and liberation. We have been preparing for this time all throughout the winter - a new start and a new season with one of Judaim’s most celebrated ceremonies - the Passover Seder.
Episode 71: Watergirl
This week’s episode of the Living Jewishly podcasts is an instalment of What’s in Your Toolbox?, a podcast about mental health. Tune in to learn how meditation helps Diana deal with life challenges, why we need to be kind and gracious to ourselves, and the power of epiphanies.
Go Quiet or Go Public?
Why would a man invite the wrath of an empire, risking death and devastation to descend on his entire people? Is it so important to hold fast to your principles when the result may be catastrophic? Shouldn’t war be avoided when you are outmatched and outgunned? Why stand firm, and provoke the apocalypse? Read this week's blog post by Dr. Elliot Malamet to discover how he answers these questions.
EPISODE 70 Sacred Time Adar II
“How do we integrate in the way that we are constantly living in relationship to these sweet, high moments that we have?”— Bluth
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EPISODE 69 [BONUS!] A Psychedelic Judaism?: Purim and the Quest for a Spiritual High
In this week’s episode of the Living Jewishly podcasts, Dr. Elliot Malament, Rabbi Rachel Rosenbluth, and Rabbi Ami Silver explore the spiritual potential of psychedelic substances, the spiritual value of transcending rigid frames of mind and judgments, and how to integrate the lessons of Purim in the days that follow.
Joy Yoga for Adar
We welcome the new moon and new month of Adar II! In this musical yoga session, Jenna brings postural asana practice together with Jewish teachings for the month - teachings that are rooted in the month, teachings from the Chabad Rebbe Rashab, and the deepest teaching of all which is embodied attunement.
EPISODE 68 A Purim Tale: Esther and the Ethics of Consent
This week’s episode of Living Jewishly is an instalment of What Would You Do? a podcast about ethics in the modern world. Dr. Elliot Malamet speaks with halakha and sex educator Nechama Goldman Barash about consent, agency, sexualization, and coercion in the story of Esther… and beyond.
EPISODE 67 Need a LIFT? You will be ImPRESSed
This week’s episode of the Living Jewishly Podcasts is an instalment of What’s in Your Toolbox?, a monthly podcast about mental health — and the tools we use to protect and heal. In this episode, host Bobby K speaks with Special Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Bandler about the mental health tools that he uses both inside and outside the gym.
Helping Children Feel Safe
It’s been said often that parenting may be the hardest job on earth; it is arguably the most important. There is no perfect formula or manual, no guaranteed method. And whatever we did with one child, we may have to think and react differently with the next one.
EPISODE 66 Sacred Time Adar I
This week’s episode of the Living Jewishly Podcasts is an instalment of Sacred Time, a podcast that explores the healing art of the Hebrew Calendar. We invite you to tune in for an enlightening conversation about the origin and meaning of the Jewish New Year cycle, and to join us in celebrating the arrival of Adar Aleph and the upcoming holiday of Purim!
EPISODE 65 Does Looking Good Mean Feeling Good? Purim and the Beauty Trap
In this week’s episode of the Living Jewishly podcast Crossing the Sea, Dr. Elliot Malamet and former fashion and beauty TV personality Adrienne Gold explore the psychology and sociology behind the drive for beautification… and how we can extricate ourselves from the beauty trap for good.
Comfortable? – I Hope Not
Good education has always worked best in opposition to comfort. It cannot let the student rest happily if such tranquillity comes at the price of examining where the truth may lie and whether such truth can aid in reconstructing one’s purpose and path in life.
Rosh Chodesh Meditation Adar
Please join us for Jenna’s new moon offering - a meditation around cultivating this joy, as we welcome Adar I. And for Adar II, we will be back on the mat for a second yoga session you won't want to miss.
Episode 64: Free to Be: The Ethics of Libertarianism
In this episode, Dr. Elliot Malamet and Jason Kuznicki, explore whether liberating some people from government interference involves abandoning others, the role of government in medicine and the market, and the risks of exploitation in a capitalist system without government oversight.
The Social Contract
Each of us has an idea of how we should be treated in a given space, and the rules are often pretty clear, but what happens when they are not. Read Dr. Elliot Malamets latest blog to hear his take on The Social Contract.
Episode 63: They Call it Fishing, Not Catching
In a world of pandemic lockdowns, remote learning, and economic strain, discussions surrounding mental health are more important than ever. In this week’s episode, Bobby and guest Rabbi Yossi Sapirman discuss their decades-long friendship and how they have turned their common passion of flyfishing into a powerful tool for improving their mental health.
Episode 62: Stretched to the Limit: Vulnerability and Stress in the Age of Covid
On this episode of Crossing the Sea Dr. Elliot Malamet speaks to Sharry Aiken, about the nightmare of hospital visitation during Covid-19, the unseen hardships faced by marginalized groups, and the vital missing piece when it comes to preparing frontline decisionmakers.
Episode 61: Sacred Time Shvat
This week’s episode of Living Jewishly is an instalment of Sacred Time, a podcast exploring the healing art of the Hebrew calendar. In honour of the restful nature of Shvat, this episode shares an excerpt of a lesson from the School of Living Jewishly called “Welcoming Shabbat.”
Rising Sap: Tu B'Shvat Manual
Tu B’Shvat! The Jewish new year for the trees, a time of subtle renewals, hidden hints of spring and change. This guide explores the rituals of Tu B’Shvat – including the fruit, nut and wine filled Seder.
Rosh Chodesh Shevat Yoga
Join us for a yoga flow session which combines traditional yoga asana practice with Jewish teachings for the month of Shevat. This is the month where, despite the trees being in a deep slumber, we connect to the hidden life force that continues to flow through them - priming them for the blooming in the upcoming spring. We just welcomed in 2022, and we are shifting towards the holiday of Tu B’shvat - so let's look to the trees to guide us and root us.