Episodes

  • 26. Kathryn Fleisher & Zoe Terner

    26. Kathryn Fleisher & Zoe Terner
    Oct 23 2020
    As we approach the second anniversary of the tragic shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sara talks with Kathryn Fleisher and Zoe Terner of Not My Generation, a youth-led, gun violence prevention organization. Kathryn shares about how the Tree of Life shooting inspired her to take action and form NMG. Both young women speak about how their leadership skills and passion for justice were developed and nurtured in the Jewish community.
    https://notmygenerationgvp.org/
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    36 mins
  • 25. Sally Abrams and Holly Brod Farber

    25. Sally Abrams and Holly Brod Farber
    Oct 9 2020
    Sally Abrams and Holly Brod Farber of the JCRC of Minnesota and the Dakotas join Sara to talk about the value of their long-lasting collaborative partnership and their latest initiative, The Letters Project.
    http://minndakjcrc.org/letters
    @jcrcminndak
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    35 mins
  • 24. Rabbi Jessy Dressin

    24. Rabbi Jessy Dressin
    Oct 2 2020
    Rabbi Jessy Dressin is the executive director of Repair the World Baltimore and serves as the rabbi for Repair the World at the national level. She pops on to chat with Sara about generational shifts in our Jewish communities, Jewish activism, and leading from a place of authenticity and humility.

    www.werepair.org
    https://jewsofcolorinitiative.org/
    https://www.myjewishlearning.com/eli-talks/the-new-wanderers-god-millennials-and-jewish-engagement/ (more on the mishkan movement)
    https://www.powerthepolls.org/
    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/charm-city-dreamers
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    37 mins
  • 23. Rabbi Elyssa Cherney

    23. Rabbi Elyssa Cherney
    Sep 25 2020
    Rabbi Elyssa Cherney (and her son Zeke!) appears on this week's episode to discuss her organization, TacklingTorah, and how to approach meaningful Jewish engagement for those whose Jewish education left off around b'nai mitzvah age.

    @tacklingtorah for both Instagram and Facebook, and www.tacklingtorah.com
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    36 mins
  • 22. Dubbs Weinblatt

    22. Dubbs Weinblatt
    Sep 18 2020
    Dubbs Weinblatt joins Sara this week for a conversation about LGBT+ advocacy in the Jewish community and beyond. Dubbs melds their experiences as an improviser and Keshet's Associate Director of Education and Training in the New York Metro area to create meaningful opportunities for queer/LGBTQ+ individuals to share their stories.

    https://www.keshetonline.org
    http://thankyouforcomingout.com
    http://dubbsweinblatt.com
    http://transformation2020.org
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    38 mins
  • 21. Tamar Ghidalia

    21. Tamar Ghidalia
    Aug 28 2020
    Tamar Ghidalia is a Jew of Color of Sephardic heritage. She joins Sara to speak on her work consulting on Jewish education, arts infused education, and racial equity, diversity, and inclusion as well as how she maintains her connection to her Sephardic roots through music.

    www.tamarghidalia.com/
    www.edotmidwest.org/
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    29 mins
  • 20. Dyonna Ginsburg

    20. Dyonna Ginsburg
    Aug 21 2020
    While the pandemic has forced our attention closer and closer to home, increasingly hyperlocal, Dyonna Ginsburg, CEO of Olam, speaks with Sara about keeping a global perspective.
    https://olamtogether.org/
    https://olam.swoogo.com/FocalPoint2020
    @olamtogether
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    41 mins
  • 19. Rabbi Caryn Aviv

    19. Rabbi Caryn Aviv
    Aug 14 2020
    After many years as a professor, Rabbi Caryn Aviv realized that the university system was restricting her priorities and the kinds of connections she wanted to build. Now on the rabbinic team at Judaism Your Way in Denver, Colorado, Rabbi Caryn joins us to speak about feminism, taking the gender binary out of the b'nai mitzvah process, and more.
    http://www.judaismyourway.org/
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    40 mins