Best Temple Israel (MN Podcasts (2024)

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#20: From Decoding To Comprehending (Dae Selcer & Rabbi Jason Klein) 34:20

2y ago34:20

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An edited excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Rabbi Klein In thinking of my own Jewish education, I first learned to read Hebrew, and only much later got to a point where I could speak with any similar fluency to what I read. It took years in the making and maybe that's because it should have been flipped over—speaking before readi…

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#19: Broken Swastikas: The Shared Burden of History (Rabbi Joseph Edelheit & Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman) 27:30

2y ago27:30

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An edited excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Rabbi Zimmerman We wanted to talk today about the swastika that you just sent to temple. And I opened it up recently and I guess I didn't expect my reaction to be so visceral. Not only is it a swastika, but there's wheat hanging out of it. It looks so innocent and yet it isn't. So tell …

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#18: Be Our Guest! (Chef Yotam Ottolenghi & Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman) 28:29

2y ago28:29

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An edited excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Rabbi Zimmerman I am a rabbi who cooks and I love being involved in your cookbooks. They're amazing because of the food and the rose water and all the beautiful tastes and smells that come from every one of your recipes. Now I’m wondering—we've gone through COVID. How has that changed t…

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#17: The Artsiest Pomegranate (David Harris & Rabbi Tobias Moss) 43:50

2y ago43:50

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An edited excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Rabbi Moss: What is your midrash—your interpretation, expansion, understanding, digging up and finding some gold—of the word Rimon and what it means for the organization today? David Harris: Well, Rimon is the Hebrew word for pomegranate. It is one of our most ancient symbols. And of co…

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#16: Fellowship for the Future (Reverend Elijah McDavid III & Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman) 30:10

2+ y ago30:10

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An edited excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Rabbi Zimmerman: So talk to me about the art of preaching, where you learned it, who are your role models and how you continue to work on it? Reverend McDavid: I'm grateful that I had old-school parents who took me to church every Sunday. I grew up in one of those houses where it just w…

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#15: The Mussar Movement In Minneapolis (Julie Dean & Rabbi Tobias Divack Moss) 38:41

2+ y ago38:41

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An edited excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Rabbi Moss What is Mussar? Julie Dean It’s no secret that character has become a huge topic of conversation in this country. How are we living? What are our values? How do we treat one another? Character is this very important topic of how we’re choosing to show up in the world. In the …

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#14: Reconstructing & Rewriting Judaism (Rabbi Rebecca Hornstein & Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman) 32:08

3y ago32:08

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An edited excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Rabbi Zimmerman You’ve really taken up this artform of sofrut, Jewish scribal arts. How did you get into it? How did this intense passion emerge? Rabbi Hornstein Sofrut has been a powerful spiritual practice for me, as art too has always been. There’s something that happens when you’re …

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#13: Leading Behind the Scenes (Sandra Divack Moss & Rabbi Tobias Divack Moss) 41:35

3y ago41:35

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An edited excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Sandy Divack Moss At that time, the value proposition was that each generation had as much to gain from the other. It wasn’t about doing for the elderly. Of course, there was a lot of doing for the elderly, but there was also mutual learning. In my parents’ generation of American Jewish…

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#12: Scientific and Religious Awe (Dr. Lawrence Rudnick & Rabbi Sim Glaser) 53:16

3y ago53:16

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An edited excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Dr. Rudnick Should there be limits on what we should do or study? Are there questions we should not investigate or ask? What are you going to say when I tell you I know why this is true? Let’s say science could tell you, from an evolutionary standpoint, why there is yetzer hara (evil in…

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#11 Appetite for Change (Michelle Horovitz and Rabbi Hartman) 29:35

3y ago29:35

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An edited excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Rabbi Hartman Michelle, my understanding is that Appetite for Change really brings together your passions for cooking, food, and social justice. Tell us about how AFC and Breaking Bread got started. Michele Horovitz At the time, I wanted to use food as an organizing tool. To learn about…

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#10 Shared Exploration of Catholicism & Judaism (Michael O’Connell & Rabbi Zimmerman) 47:14

3y ago47:14

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An edited excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Michael O’Connell I‘m grateful to be with you and my friends from Temple, and I say that in a very heartfelt way. I’ve had almost a thirty-year history with Temple. It’s framed who I am, certainly humanly from the opportunity to meet so many incredible people, but also spiritually. I ca…

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#9 Movements & Moments (Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., & Rabbi Klein) 31:23

3y ago31:23

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An edited excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Rabbi Klein Sometimes when people think about ma’asim, the behaving part of Judaism, we think about lighting 4-inch tall white Shabbat candles on a Friday evening. And sometimes we think about getting out there and saying black lives matter. So maybe you could talk a bit more about Jewi…

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#8 A Chinese-Jewish Perspective (Congregant Interview by Rafi Forbush) 22:15

3y ago22:15

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Temple Talks is honored to hand the microphone to Rafi Forbush, founder of the Multiracial Jewish Association of Minnesota (mjamn.org), in conversation with a Temple Israel congregant with Chinese heritage. In the context of the horrors of the Atlanta-area spa shootings and the ongoing anti-Asian and anti-Pacific Islander racist incidents, they dis…

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#7: Evolution of Jewish Sacred Music (Jayson Rodovsky & Cantor Barry Abelson) 27:59

3y ago27:59

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An edited excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Cantor Abelson We’re going to look at some of the changing faces of Jewish music since I’ve been here, and from Jayson’s perspective, some of the new music coming out of the URJ and Transcontinental Music. When I first got here, 35 years ago, the closing anthem was God in His Holy Templ…

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#6: A Cantor’s Torah (Cantor Sarah Sager & Rabbi Jennifer Hartman) 39:54

3y ago39:54

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An edited excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Rabbi Hartman I remember when you were dreaming up this women’s commentary on the Torah, back in the early 90s when I was just a girl. And now that book sits in this and so many other congregations, with your preface written in it. Cantor Sager Yes, my involvement with The Torah: A Wome…

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#5: Advocating for Adolescents During COVID-19 (Dr. Gail Bernstein & Rabbi Zimmerman) 38:02

3y ago38:02

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An edited excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Rabbi Zimmerman Would you please talk about what parents can do in terms of having rituals while everyone is mostly at home, and how parents can help provide some sense of structure and support? Dr. Bernstein Sure, I'd be happy to. So in terms of helping the kids in adolescence during q…

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#4: Early Childhood Education During COVID-19 (Alicia Stoller & Rabbi Jason Klein) 42:17

3y ago42:17

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An edited excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Alicia Stoller You know, it’s true that especially younger children are very much in the moment, but I think that sometimes causes us to not revisit thing with children because we feel that if we missed the moment, we missed our opportunity. But actually, we can go back to things with k…

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#3: A Rabbi and A Physicist... (Dr. Lawrence Rudnick & Rabbi Sim Glaser) 52:16

3y ago52:16

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An edited excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Rabbi Glaser When you were just talking about different kinds of sound that we can’t understand, or can’t hear but others animals can, that always piques an interest in me. It is similar with colors right, infrared and so on. And you know as I’ve studied Kabbalah the last fifteen years,…

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#2: When Rabbis Bless Congress (Howard Mortman & Rabbi Tobias Divack Moss) 42:12

3y ago42:12

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An excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Rabbi Moss Has the Jewish leadership of Congressional prayers increased over time? Or did we have a heyday where we were more frequent? After that first Jewish prayer in 1860, was it a long time until we got back? Howard Mortman That’s a great question. If you look at just the raw numbers, rab…

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#1: Pragmatic Path, Prophetic Voice (Rev. DeWayne Davis & Rabbi Zimmerman) 1:00:18

3+ y ago1:00:18

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An edited excerpt from this week’s Temple Talks follows below. Rabbi Zimmerman: So you talk about your work in DC, and I know that one of the interactions we’ve had over the years is a conversation about Reverend Barber’s work and the Poor People’s Campaign. In so many ways, people bifurcate what happens inside the synagogue or the church—the praye…

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Welcome to Temple Talks 3:28

3+ y ago3:28

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Welcome to Temple Talks, a new podcast from Temple Israel in Minneapolis, where Jewish wisdom meets our ever-changing world. Join us as we talk with our favorite partners and thought leaders, from around town and around the world. We hope these talks will inspire you, challenge you, and give us all new ideas about Judaism, religious life, and socia…

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#20: From Decoding To Comprehending (Dae Selcer & Rabbi Jason Klein) 34:20

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#19: Broken Swastikas: The Shared Burden of History (Rabbi Joseph Edelheit & Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman) 27:30

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#18: Be Our Guest! (Chef Yotam Ottolenghi & Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman) 28:29

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#17: The Artsiest Pomegranate (David Harris & Rabbi Tobias Moss) 43:50

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#16: Fellowship for the Future (Reverend Elijah McDavid III & Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman) 30:10

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#15: The Mussar Movement In Minneapolis (Julie Dean & Rabbi Tobias Divack Moss) 38:41

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#14: Reconstructing & Rewriting Judaism (Rabbi Rebecca Hornstein & Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman) 32:08

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#13: Leading Behind the Scenes (Sandra Divack Moss & Rabbi Tobias Divack Moss) 41:35

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#12: Scientific and Religious Awe (Dr. Lawrence Rudnick & Rabbi Sim Glaser) 53:16

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#11 Appetite for Change (Michelle Horovitz and Rabbi Hartman) 29:35

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#10 Shared Exploration of Catholicism & Judaism (Michael O’Connell & Rabbi Zimmerman) 47:14

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#9 Movements & Moments (Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., & Rabbi Klein) 31:23

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#8 A Chinese-Jewish Perspective (Congregant Interview by Rafi Forbush) 22:15

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#7: Evolution of Jewish Sacred Music (Jayson Rodovsky & Cantor Barry Abelson) 27:59

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#6: A Cantor’s Torah (Cantor Sarah Sager & Rabbi Jennifer Hartman) 39:54

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#5: Advocating for Adolescents During COVID-19 (Dr. Gail Bernstein & Rabbi Zimmerman) 38:02

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#4: Early Childhood Education During COVID-19 (Alicia Stoller & Rabbi Jason Klein) 42:17

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#3: A Rabbi and A Physicist... (Dr. Lawrence Rudnick & Rabbi Sim Glaser) 52:16

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#2: When Rabbis Bless Congress (Howard Mortman & Rabbi Tobias Divack Moss) 42:12

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#1: Pragmatic Path, Prophetic Voice (Rev. DeWayne Davis & Rabbi Zimmerman) 1:00:18

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