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Ep. 5 Meditation and this Generation with Yael Shy
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Yael Shy is the founder and director of Mindful NYU and the senior director at NYU Global Spiritual Life. Growing up Jewish and being a student of Buddhist and Zen practices, Yael has become a bold leader in New York City, touching the lives of students everyday from incredibly diverse cultural and religious backgrounds. Her new book is “What Now? …
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Ep. 4 - The Audacious Activist with April Baskin
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April Baskin is the VP of Audacious Hospitality at the Union for Reform Judaism. As a strong activist for groups on the margin, April has been positively impacting the dialogue across communities, and she shares her own reflections on how being an interracial Jew has affected her personal and professional trajectory.…
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Ep. 3 - The Refugee Welcome with Rabbi Rachel Grant Meyer
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Rabbi Rachel Grant Meyer is the Director of Education for Community Engagement at HIAS. HIAS has been supporting refugee aid and assistance and has been a beacon of refugee advocacy for over 130 years. Rabbi Meyer is a graduate of Columbia University and was ordained as a Rabbi at Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion. Rabbi Meyer has …
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Ep. 2 - Pride, Identity, and Progress with Abby Stein
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Abby is a transgender activist who’s impact across communities in 2016 landed her as one of Jewish Week’s 36 under 36 emerging Jewish leaders. Growing up and being raised as a man in a Hasidic community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Abby struggled fitting into an identity that ultimately didn’t match the person she knew she could be. Today, Abby is a …
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The Newish Jewish Episode 1 - Wrestling Jerusalem with Aaron Davidman
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The Newish Jewish Episode 1 - Wrestling Jerusalem with Aaron Davidman by The Newish JewishBy The Newish Jewish
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