In Episode 5, Elana and Robin welcome their colleague and friend, Lisa Litman, who in addition to being the Director of jkidphilly, is also a b’nai mitzvah tutor and has worked in Jewish education for many years. They talk about what the difference is between a bar or bat mitzvah and a b’nai mitzvah, what practices are part of it, and other little-known details about this Jewish coming-of-age ritual.

Elana and Robin delve into the Torah — what it is, how it’s different from the Bible (is it?), how it’s written, and how we care for it.

Elana and Robin invite their friend and colleague, Julia Weekes, a self-proclaimed yiddishe kop, to help them figure out all the ways that Yiddish is different than Hebrew. (Hint: it's more than 4!) Stay tuned to hear Julia's favorite Yiddish words and see how many of them you already knew!

In Episode 2, Elana and Robin invite their friend and colleague, Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer to help them tackle the question of what Jews believe about the afterlife. Unsurprisingly, it resulted in many more questions!

In Episode 1, Elana and Robin introduce the concept of a “blogcast” and how it’s different from the JLV Podcast, which is available to members of the JLV Shomrim. Robin asks a LOT of questions (more than 4!) and together, they explain the concept of kashrut — kosher food, keeping kosher, and even a mention about “kosher for Passover.”