Afleveringen
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This week Rabbi Josh raps with Jeff Alden - if that really is his name - who tells a beautiful and moving story about uncovering an important piece of his own autobiography rather late in life. We cover a little bit of Jewish immigrant history, how America allowed people of all backgrounds to reinvent themselves, and how Jewish identity and culture are sometimes at work in the background of our lives. Jeff is a smart, fascinating, articulate man of culture and I'm grateful to him for sharing his unique Jewish story on the podcast. Enjoy!
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Is Self-Criticism a Jewish trait? What role does it play in inspiring us - or damaging us? Liz Asch Greenhill is no stranger to the Co/Lab: Reimagine Jewish universe. I came to know Liz through our Jewish artist fellowship, Art/Lab, and have come to really respect how her ongoing search for self-overcoming and renewal has led her down new pathways. We discuss Jewish identity, self criticism and whether that's a Jewish trait, her psychedelic work and the Jewish-ness of psychedelic journeys, her work as an artist and a healer and more. Enjoy the conversation with Liz Asch Greenhill!
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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Rabbi Josh sat down with Zac Banik, an alumnus of our Art/Lab program (second cohort) and a thoughtful, creative human (actually this was two conversations SEAMLESSLY woven together through editing). Their conversation covers the tension between creativity/innovation and tradition in Jewish life and art, how we think about what we owe the Jewish past and the Jewish future, and they delve into Zac's fascinating engagement with an AI bot named Uriel, who loves Jewish ideas and with whom Zac has a relationship ... sort of. Enjoy.
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This is a stressful, nail-biting week of argumentation, animosity and election stress. So, we take you in another direction: music that brings people together in literal and figurative harmony. Jewish music has been an entryway for those in the Jewish community who otherwise have felt alientated from Jewish prayer. A Niggun is a wordless melody that people sing together and can be transcedent. Jewish melodies inherited from our ancestors and new melodies created by peers find their way into Jewish prayer and can make Jewish prayer exciting and dynamic.
Aiden Kent stops by the podcast to talk about music but the conversation goes deeper and into interesting places.... Enjoy.
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An unusual episode this week - Rabbi Josh is the interlocutor instead of the interviewer as he and his friend Shawn Weiss take up the war in Israel. The two have different takes on how to think about the meaning of the War and its implications, and how to reckon with the values at stake. They differ on how to think about the war but do so without polemics, cheap shots, labels or acrimony. Instead they approach it as two peole who care about Jewish life and values, who are profoundly troubled by the war and its toll, and its future.
Among many other things Shawn Weiss is a rabbincal student and an author. You can read some of his essays on various aspects of Jewish life at
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/shawn-aron-weiss/
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Eleyna Fugman is the co-Founder and Director of TischPDX in Portland, a leadership development organization whose mission is to “Bolster the Leadership of Young and Marginalized Jews in Portland, OR.”
Eleyna and Rabbi Josh worked together back in 2016 in a Portland synagogue. In this conversation they reflect on the relationship between syagogues and the emerging Jewish world, the ways in which some younger Jews feel marginalized from such communities, what the Jewish future might hold, and more. Enjoy
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My friend Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder constatly strives for authenticity and growth in his life. That makes him a great haver (friend) and a good conversational partner. We talk about why Jewish wisdom is so powerful and why services are so often boring, whether our lives are just scripts that we act out, and what Gavriel would do if he were appointed Emperor of the Jews. Enjoy!
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In this week's episode of The Genesis I get to speak with Roy Kaufman, a smarty-pants with a political and comedic mind. We touch on sarcasm as (hilarious) Jewish trauma response, shamanism, the politics of the drugware, weed, and Roy's podcast. Roy is the Communications Director for Oregon's Attorney General but more important, a thoughtful Jewish guy with a lot of ideas to share. Enjoy.
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Metasabiya (aka Tammy) and Rabbi Josh get into it, exploring shifts in Jewish identity, post October 7th politics, Jews of color, racism on the left, Israeli punk, and more. Tammy is a brainy Jewish lady in Portland who has a useful perspective on these issues - she is an Israeli-born Jew of Ethiopian descent. She doesn't pull punches in this wide-ranging conversation, this inaugural podcast of The Genesis.
