We are, Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas, here exploring what it means to be rabbis, mothers and women in the world. Each week we will laugh and think together about the wisdom we learn in our everyday lives as rabbis, parents and humans bringing our listeners the insights of the Torah, our spiritual tradition and our own exploration of meaning in the questions of the everyday. In moments of doubt and struggle, we lean into faith with courage, hope and love. NYJM is sometimes uplifti ...
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Season #3 Episode 16 Rabbi- what does it meant to be a rabbi today?
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Season #3 Episode 15 On Women's Bodies and Violence
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Season #3 Episode 14: Parenting Peer Pressure
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Season #3 Episode 12 Special Guest: Rabbi Sharon Brous
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Season #3 Episode 9 - Mental Health and Our Kids
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Season 3 Episode 7 The Anxiety of Parenting or Parental Anxiety
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Parenting can be the source of deep anxiety - how do Tova and Elianna cope with the worries, tension and all around culture of anxietyBy Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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Happy Thanksgiving from Tova and EliannaBy Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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Elianna, Tova and special guest, Nicole Guzik who is the incoming co-senior rabbi at Sinai Temple chat about all the things!By Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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The Episode We Wish We Didn't Have to Do: Anti-Semitism
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Failure of Our Educational Systems: This Time Hasidic
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Elianna and Tova discuss the recent New York Times piece revealing the lack of general education, abuse and trauma in some of the Hasidic schools in New York. They discuss their personal thoughts and feelings on educational systems. They conclude with a beautiful Poem by Nikita Gill.By Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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Season 3 Episode 3 - Harried Parenting and Joyous Sukkot!
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Where we explore why we feel so harried and overwhelmed - is it us? Being a parent of young-ish children? Societal challenge?By Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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Season 3 Episode 2 - The High Holiday Edition
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Season 2 Episode 20 - Special Guest Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt
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Sabbatical. Rest. Breathe. How do we connect to the notion of radical rest - finding space to breathe and find room to connect to ancient notion of stopping. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/opinion/teach-children-to-be-lazy.htmlBy Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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Season 2 Episode 18 - On Women, Society and Ally-ship
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Elianna and Tova discuss this important holiday and all that it brings up. This episode also has some great tips on ways to make the seder feel as welcoming and creative as possible.By Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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Bonus Reflections on 100 Years of Bat Mitzvah
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Join Tova and Elianna for a wide ranging conversation with colleague and friend Rabbi Sari Laufer.By Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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There is a great deal of change happening in the jewish world between congregations in search of rabbis, major jewish establishments selling their property and everything in between. We discuss the deconstruction and reconstruction of this Jewish institutional life and the possibilities of the moment.…
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Surface Pressure: Carrying Expectations, Untangling Burdens and Creating Joy
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Using the beautiful song from Encanto, Surface Pressure, Tova and Elianna wonder how do we manage the demands of modernity? Society asks us to juggle so much and seek out perfection in every aspect of who we are -- what do we loose as a consequence and how do Tova and Elianna experience this tension and try to create space for more joy and less pre…
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Season 2 Episode 12: After Text - Reflections on Anti-Semitism
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Based on this article: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/texas-synagogue-anti-semitism-conspiracy-theory/621286/ Elianna and Tova discuss some reflections on Anti-Semitism today, where we have been and where we are going...By Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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Season #2 Episode 11- Facing Covid in the New Year
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In this episode Tova and Elianna discuss the origin story of NYJM and what this process brings up for each of them.By Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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Season #2 Episode 9: The Good Enough Mother
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This is our first special guest! Tova and Elianna interview Shira on the many journeys: her rabbinate, jewish-spiritual life, parenthood and more! Rabbi Shira Stutman is a nationally known faith-based leader and change-maker with more than twenty years of experience motivating and inspiring groups large and small, most recently as the founding rabb…
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Season 2 Episode #7 - Scenes from a Marriage
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What's it like to be a female rabbi? Our smashing the patriarchy series continues
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Elianna and Tova continue the series on smashing the patriarchy and discuss their personal experiences of being female rabbis.By Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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A bonus mini episode on wellness, sports and Jews
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Tova and Elianna discuss their connection to wellness and sports as players and spectators.By Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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Season 2 Episode 4: Small Animals - Parenting in the Age of Fear
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In this episode Tova and Elianna explore the nooks and crannies of parenthood in a world that at times seem scary and dangerous and ask how should we think about our parenting and how much risk we are willing to take and teach our kid.By Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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Season 2 Episode 3: Feminism, Identity and A Touch of Smashing the Patriarchy
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Where Tova and Elianna discuss what Feminism means (or doesn't) to them.By Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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Season 2 Episode # 2: Another High Holiday Pandemic: How To Gather In This New Old Reality
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Join Rabbis Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic Douglass as they explore how to think of gathering, spirituality and life during a sacred season for a second year of pandemic living.By Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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Season 2 Episode 1: Thinning Break Pads - Being in the World During Difficult Times
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The second season opens as we discuss how we cope when the world feels like it is falling apart, when we are stuck, when we despair and trying to find the light.By Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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Welcome back to season two of NYJM! This is a podcast with rabbis, two women and two mothers (Elianna Yolkut Tova Leibovic-Douglas) discussing spirituality, judaism, parenthood and how it all intersects. This season you can expect some tears, laughter, disagreement and special guests.By Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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Episode 10: Finale! Our Rabbinic Origin Stories.
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Join Tova and Elianna for an intimate conversation on how they became rabbis - what inspires their rabbinates, what is challenging for them as rabbis and the sparks of their rabbinic vision.By Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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Episode #9: On Boundaries, Protecting Wellness and the Work of Changing Systems
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Join as we explore what it means to say no in a public and private way. How do women confront the reality of a system set up for constant production even to our determinant. A story about Star Wars and a piece of Torah wisdom on Good and Evil Inclination.By Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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Episode #8: Pride Month - What Does It Mean To Identify As Queer
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An exploration of identity during this season of offering love and acceptance to all.By Elianna Yolkut and Tova Leibovic-Douglas
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Episode #6 Murky Waters: A reflection on Israel-Palestine
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Tova and Elianna reflect on the role of rabbis during this painful moment. They both, as usual, have different opinions and thoughts and bring their personal reflections to this episode. This is a hard topic and we at NYJM recognize that many of our listeners will have different thoughts and feelings on this. Our goal as always is to create a space…
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