Yom Kippur – Repentance and Repair: Judaism Unbound Episode 397 - Danya Ruttenberg
Danya Ruttenberg, the Scholar-in-Residence for the National Council of Jewish Women – and also (unofficially) the "Rabbi of Twitter" according to many – joins Dan and Lex for a special Yom Kippur episode of Judaism Unbound! Together they explore her book, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World, considering what it has to teach us about the process of making amends, and asking how its lessons could help us create deeper and more meaningful forms of Yom Kippur experience.
[1] Danya Ruttenberg’s award-winning book, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World, is the perfect read leading up to Yom Kippur (and, of course, any other time of year). You can also follow Danya Ruttenberg on X (formerly Twitter) @TheRaDR for some rad political and spiritual content.
[2] Fall 2023’s full-semester courses in the UnYeshiva are posted, and ready for your registration! For more info about all five of them, and to register yourself, just head to JudaismUnbound.com/classes.
[3] For Ruttenberg’s previous appearance on Judaism Unbound, see Organizing the Grassroots: Judaism Unbound Episode 243 – Sheila Katz and Danya Ruttenberg.
[4] For last year’s episode released in honor of Yom Kippur, see The Power of Regret: Judaism Unbound Episode 346 – Daniel H. Pink.
[5] For a deeper dive into society-wide repair (i.e. reparations) through a Jewish lens, check out the Reconstructionist Movement’s Resolution on Reparations, and/or their additional resources on the subject.
[6] Take a look at the University of Michigan Medical Center’s Malpractice Model that Danya cited as a favorite example of healing institutional repentance.
[7] Dan mentioned this episode – Judaism Unbound Podcast Episode 342: Dayenu – That’s Enough, Climate Change! - Jennie Rosenn – in the context of his and Lex’s “loving dispute” over whether individual or institutional repair should come first.
[8] Danya refers to The 1619 Project, conducted by Nikole Hannah Jones, as “the invitation to confession.” Check out the interactive project’s reframing of America's history of slavery via the New York Times. It’s also been turned into a book.
