Audio: No More Taking Sides (Israel/Palestine)
I think one of the hardest issues for Jews By Choice to wrap their heads around is the Middle East Crisis. At least that’s the case with me, and for what seems like a lot of the other JBC’s I meet. Let’s face it most of us were not raised with the same kind of [...]
FYI: Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning Podcast’s
Today via Esther K, I learned of yet another (IMO) great resources for JBC’s who are looking to do some independent learning. The people at the Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning (SCFAJL ) at Temple Enamu-El in New York city (not the be confused with the Skirball in LA), have made a nice selection [...]
Audio: BBC Radio Does a Whole lot of Jewish
I know that I have been throwing up a fair number of mini posts as of late. What can I say when it rains it pour’s. Honestly, I’m just trying to FYI you all about (what I consider to be) interesting online Jewish audio and video. I kind of think that (as a JBC) its [...]
Audio: Foreskin’s Lament: A Memoir
Last weekend CBC Radio’s “Tapestry” aired a great interview with Shalom Auslander, the author of a “Foreskin’s Lament: A Memoir“. I had heard about this book from several people over the last year or so, but I can’t say that I was all that interested in it, that is until I heard this CBC interview. [...]
Audio: Heschel and Martin Luther King - Better late Than Never
Well I guess this post should be filed in the “Better Late Than Never” category, because it showed up in my feed reader last week, but I forgot all about it. This episode of Interfaith Voices is actually full of Jewishness, well beyond Heschel and MLK segment and is definitely worth checking out.
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