Benay Lappe, Dan Libenson: Judaism Unbound Episode 216 - Passover Pandemic
Dan Libenson and Benay Lappe take a look squarely at Passover under COVID-19, in our moment of social distancing. What challenges arise for those celebrating this holiday via digital platforms, and what opportunities arise?
Dan mentions a new initiative, jewishLIVE, which is seeking to meet some important needs of communal gathering at this time of physical distancing. Visit jewishLIVE.org to learn more, and join the jewishLIVE facebook group by clicking here. Check out jewishLIVE’s Passover resources here.
Shownotes:
[1] Dan mentions Barry Dolinger, a recent guest on the podcast who, along with Naomi Baine, started a soft matzah company. Click the video on the right to watch his tutorial video, regarding how to bake your own soft matzah…in just 18 minutes! And click here to listen in to Episode 209: Wait…Soft Matzah? - Barry Dolinger, Naomi Baine
[2] For another conversation that relates Marie Kondo’s teachings to Judaism, see Episode 174: Tidying Up Judaism - Dan and Lex.
[3] For previous episodes featuring Benay Lappe on Judaism Unbound, see any of the following: Episode 3: Exodus, Episode 36: What Jewish Looks Like Today, Episode 56: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva, and Episode 200: Educating Ourselves.