There is a saying that goes, "more than the Jews have kept Shabbat, Shabbat has kept the Jews"! Why has a day that has so much apparent restriction to it, been so loved and revered by Jews for thousands of years?Join Mottle and Batya on the S
Everyone knows what a mezuzzah is right? Or do they? A mezuzzah is NOT the case hanging on the doorpost, but rather it is the scroll inside the box.The mezuzzah is the gateway to the Jewish home. Why is it so central? Check out Mottle and
We got lots of great comments and questions from last week's show, we decided to do a What is Kosher part 2 episode. In this week's episode Mottle and Batya cover kosher symbols, fruits and vegetables, kosher dishes and eco kosher.subscrib
What does Kosher mean? Is it that a rabbi blessed it? What makes something kosher and something else not kosher? Shouldn't it be more about what comes out of a person's mouth and not what goes in?This week's podcast explains in the easiest
Every Jewish holiday has it's own special foods associated with it. These holiday foods aren't just foods, they have deep symbolic and historical significance. Mottle and Batya explore the world of Chanukah food and the rich tastes that surroun
Chanukah comes from very real historical events that happened right here in the Land of Israel, 2200 years ago.And like with many things in Judaism, that I know I grew up with, it has been reduced to a very superficial holiday.We all know w
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We are proud to introduce the 3rd podcast in the Judaism Unbound family of podcasts: Survival Guide for a Spiritual Wilderness, hosted by Jericho Vincent. "We are the ancestors of the future." This new podcast offers a spiritual home for listen
Brent Spodek, one of Newsweek's "rabbis to watch" and one of the Hudson Valley's "people to watch," joins Judaism Unbound for a conversation linking recent discussions about Israel-Palestine with an upcoming episode (featuring Tirzah Firestone)
Israel-Palestine, one of the world's most contentious conversations, is also (all the more so!) one of the most contentious conversations among American Jews. Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg close out their recent mini-series of episodes, explori
Happy Passover! Chag Sameach! The holiday known simultaneously as Pesach (Passover), Chag HaMatzot (Matzah-Fest), Z'man Cheruteinu (Time of our freedom), and Chag Ha-Aviv (Spring/Barley-Fest) has arrived. Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg, co-hosts
Rafael Neis is a professor, talmudist, historian, artist, and author of When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven: Rabbis and the Reproduction of Species. They join Judaism Unbound for a conversation about why the notion of Tselem Elohim is more dang
Amichai Lau-Lavie, co-founder and spiritual leader of Lab/Shul, is a leading voice calling for compassion toward all Palestinians and all Israelis. He joins Dan and Lex for a conversation exploring how the notion of V'ahavta (and you will love)
We are proud to introduce the 3rd podcast in the Judaism Unbound family of podcasts: Survival Guide for a Spiritual Wilderness, hosted by Jericho Vincent. "We are the ancestors of the future." This new podcast offers a spiritual home for listen
Matthew Boxer and Janet Krasner Aronson are both sociologists whose work focuses on American-Jewish life. They join Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation about two studies that they've been working on, that explore the wide range of