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EPISODE 94 REPLAY: Sacred Time Tishrei
In this episode, Bluth and Ganga Devi explore the holiday of Sukkot, looking at the fragility, stability, and joy of this time in which we step out of our ordinary homes and find home and communion in relationship with the natural, living world.
Shofar and the Sounds of our Lives
How do shofar sounds connect to the lives we all lead? Because music is a language. This Rosh Hashana let the music take you on a journey through the ups and downs of life and set your intentions for the new year.
Episode 90 - Replay: Sacred Time - Elul
This week’s replay episode of Sacred Time reflects upon the significance of the month of Elul and touches upon major themes related to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Join us as we introspectively and collectively work toward renewal and integrity during the High Holidays!
The New Moral Language
This week’s instalment of the Living Jewishly Podcasts is an episode of What’s in Your Toolbox?, a podcast about mental health. In this episode, Bobby K sits down with “Wacky Jackie” G., a fellow alumni of the Mood Disorder Association of Ontario’s Laughing Like Crazy program, to discuss the power of comedy, creativity, and connection.
EPISODE 89 Fundamentalism and the Ethics of Reading
In this week’s episode of the Living Jewishly Podcasts Dr. Elliot Malamet speaks with Professor William Kolbrener of Israel’s Bar Ilan University about the shifts that he has observed during his time in academia, the differences between teaching in North America and teaching in Israel, and what modern students truly seek.
Rosh Chodesh Yoga, Elul
Welcome the new month, and new moon of Elul! eaves in Jewishteachings for this new month. It's a practice of preparing our body and heart for the new year, with a final relaxation posture of visualizing our body as an open field, sprinkling seeds of potential where it’s needed.
Wacky Jackie
This week’s instalment of the Living Jewishly Podcasts is an episode of What’s in Your Toolbox?, a podcast about mental health. In this episode, Bobby K sits down with “Wacky Jackie” G., a fellow alumni of the Mood Disorder Association of Ontario’s Laughing Like Crazy program, to discuss the power of comedy, creativity, and connection.
EPISODE 88: Crossing the Sea - Perfection and the Culture of Comparison
In this episode of the Living Jewishly Podcast Dr. Elliot Malamet speaks with Professor Heather Widdows, a Professor of Global Ethics at the University of Birmingham about the moral and ethical implications of our focus on the external, the role of capitalism in the creation of beauty ideals, and how beauty pressures affect our mental health.
Tu B'av Yoga & Meditation
We are sharing some embodied practice with you - a Yoga flow session curated for Divine Love, made especially for Tu B'av, which teaches about the powerful healing energy of this full moon holiday! As well, take a seat for a beautiful guided meditation which explores the spiritual potency of sound & silence, inspired by Kabbalistic teachings for this month of Av.
EPISODE 87 REPLAY: Sacred Time: AV
In this episode, Ganga Devi, Bluth, and guest Idan Lumi explore love of self, love of others, and love of the divine — listen now to learn the shapes that love can take, the intricacies of the process of becoming more loving, and the links between love, accountability, and grief.
A Scholar and a Gentleman
The theological questions that emerge from the Holocaust are many, and they are difficult. Like many of us, I have thought about and been highly disturbed by these questions, so in 2008 I contacted Rabbi Dr. David Weiss Halivni, who died on June 29 at the age of 94, and asked if he would be willing to discuss his thoughts about the Shoah.
Tu B'Av Guide 2022
Download Living Jewishly's beautiful Tu B'Av holiday guide.17 pages of gorgeous art, context and so much more. And it's free! A gift from us to you!
Episode 83: Crime, Punishment and the Search for Justice
Brooklyn Law School’s Professor Adam Kolber and Dr. Elliot Malamet dive into the goals and moral basis of punishment, the ways that culture and politics affect crime and punishment, and the rationale behind the extremely high levels of crime and incarceration in the United States.
Rosh Chodesh Av Yoga
Welcoming both the new moon (new month) of Av and Shabbat, with a Yoga flow that weaves the potent power of this month through embodied yoga asana practice.
EPISODE 86: The Girl From Irish Lake
This episode of the Living Jewishly Podcasts is an episode of What’s In Your Toolbox?, a podcast about mental health and the tools that help us to cope and heal. In this episode, Alex and host Bobby K explore the hazards of perfectionist notions, how her mental health challenges have influenced her career, and the importance of speaking out and being authentic.
Let God Explain
Human beings throughout history have committed acts of unspeakable evil. In addition, natural disasters have killed untold millions; babies and children have suffered terrible illness and deformity. For the religious believer, there is a component of agonizing perplexity, why would God would create a world which is then seemingly abandoned to fate?
EPISODE 85: Transgender - A Human Story
This week’s episode of the Living Jewishly Podcasts is an instalment of Crossing the Sea, a podcast about Judaism and mental health. Dr. Elliot Malamet speaks with transgender adults about their experiences with transitioning and how they view their lives through a Jewish lens.
REPLAY: Sacred Time Episode 42: Tammuz
This week’s instalment of the Living Jewishly Podcast revisits the Tammuz episode of Sacred Time, a podcast devoted to exploring the healing art of the Hebrew calendar. In this rich and thought-provoking episode, Bluth and Ganga Devi explore the nature of trauma, the different ways we may approach it, and steps that we can take to heal.
Must We Be Happy?
Happiness is like a destination that is seemingly not too far away and yet arriving is much harder than you thought it would be. The cultural pressure to be happy has grown exponentially. Books; tapes, life coaches, university courses.Perhaps we should look at happiness as a gentle aspiration, a fluid goal, rather than a strict mandate to be complied with
EPISODE 79 Reading Sinai: Tamar Ross and the Ethics of Cumulativism
This week’s episode of the Living Jewishly Podcasts is an instalment of What Would You Do?, a podcast about ethics in the modern world. Dr. Elliot Malamet speaks with Professor Tamar Ross of Bar-Ilan University about the implications of the Mount Sinai story and how we may approach it in our modern context.