Jewish Podcasts to Listen to Right Now
From Torah to telling stories, intersectionality to Israel, here are five podcasts to help you engage with your Judaism from home.
Torah Study
We’ve Been Here Before: Spiritual Wisdom for Enduring Coronavirus
The coronavirus-compelled communal self-quarantine felt vaguely familiar: Here we are bamidbar (back in the wilderness), reliving Numbers, when Miriam becomes infected with a scaly, white, and highly contagious skin condition. But we’ve gotten through it before, and we will now, too.
Advocacy 101: Lessons from the Daughters of Zelophehad
We know from years of policy advocacy, though, that those phone calls - those seemingly small asks - do matter. The staff members who answer the phones in Congressional offices keep a tally of who calls and on what topic, and they report back to their colleagues and, ultimately, to the senator or representative who want to know what their constituents care about.
It's a Leap Year! What's the Jewish Significance?
This year is a leap year, and February 29th is Shabbat. What does a leap year look like on the Jewish calendar?
What’s So Jewish About Voting?
Judaism teaches us that voting is not just a civic duty. In fact, throughout Jewish history, many of our rabbis and sages have framed voting as a mitzvah, a Jewish imperative.
