Podcasts

Enhance your learning by subscribing to Reform Jewish podcasts about Torah, storytelling, and Jewish identities.

Wholly Jewish

What do we all have in common? We all live - and balance - complex and nuanced identities, that, when braided together, make us wholly ourselves... and wholly Jewish. In on these deeply personal, one-on-one interviews, Jews of intersectional identities share their experiences, insights, and how they enrich and create a more vibrant Jewish community. Season one features Jews of Color; season two highlights members of the Jewish LGBTQ+ community.

Stories We Tell

Judaism has a deep and rich tradition of storytelling, of passing down stories from one generation to the next. To carry on that tradition, "Stories We Tell" will share a new story with you every Thursday. Whether you listen while driving to work, preparing Shabbat dinner, or taking your kids to school, each episode will give you a new story to reflect on and discuss with the people in your life.

On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah


Tune in to hear Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union For Reform Judaism, offer divrei Torahd'var Torahדְּבַר תּוֹרָה“Word(s) of Torah.” (pl. divrei Torah). A brief oral teaching to the congregation which explores themes of the Torah portion or other Jewish content. In many communities, a child celebrating b'nai mitzvah (bar/bat mitzvah) will prepare and deliver an original d’var Torah during the worship service. (insights into the weekly Torah portion) to help open up Jewish thought and its contemporary influence on your life. Subscribe now and find transcripts in the episode pages below.

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HUC-JIR College Commons Podcast

College Commons Podcast

Listen to passionate perspectives from Judaism's leading thinkers. The College Commons Podcast is produced by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, America's first Jewish institution of higher learning.

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ANATomy

Anat Hoffman of the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC), invites you to listen in on this new podcast to understand the ANATomy of Israel: the country’s past and the present, its national and political DNA, the everyday Israel, and modern Israeli culture. The beautiful and the less photogenic side, the profanities and the poetry.

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Just for This with Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch

Just for This

Just For This Podcast inspires women in leadership to talk about women and leadership. Hosted by Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch, executive director of Women of Reform Judaism, Just For This is committed to sharing powerful stories of women who stand out in their fields.