Dan and Lex: Judaism Unbound Episode 332 - Is Judaism Mosaic or mosaic?
Dan and Lex have been thinking a lot about art lately. In this conversation, they reflect on recent podcast episodes exploring Jewish art from a variety of angles, revisit their notion Judaism itself might be best understood as a medium of art, and play around with what the words "mosaic" and "Mosaic" might mean for the future of Judaism (yes, you did not misread, it's the same spelling for both!).
Image Credit: Mosaically
[1] At the beginning of the episode, Dan and Lex reflect on ShavuotLIVE 2022, which was attended by over 1,000 people in real time (and hundreds after the event). If you’d like to watch/rewatch any of ShavuotLIVE 2022’s amazing sessions, you still can by watching the replay, available here.
[2] Dan mentions a recent article written by Eli Hurwitz, our 2021-22 New Voices/Judaism Unbound Fellow, about how Shabbat does not need to be the “most Jewish” day of the week. Check out their piece, entitled Jewish Pentimenti & Looking Backwards For A Media Future, via this link.
[3] To listen in to some of the recent Judaism Unbound episodes that Dan and Lex reference in this conversation, see the following: Episode 327: The Myth of the 12 Tribes of Israel - Andrew Tobolowsky, Ep328: Safety and Unsafety in Jewish Life - Liora Ostroff, Naomi Rose Weintraub, Ep329: Workshopping Judaism -Kendell Pinkney, and Episode 330: Russian Doll as a Jewish Text - Allison Silverman.
[4] Dan references the Jewish Enrichment Center, an organization founded and led by Rebecca Milder, in the context of Jewish rituals that are anchored in the wisdom of young children. To learn more from Rebecca Milder, see Episode 187: Child-Centered Jewish Education - Rebecca Milder.
[5] For the story Dan tells, about a king and two servants who receive flour and flax, click here.