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Many of us dutifully show up twice a year at synagogues and obediently recite the responsive readings that include numerous names for God...but we never seem to get around to talking about what we mean. When we say the word "God," are we speaking about a being? A force? The source of all life? All of the above? How and when do we experience the Divine? What Jewish spiritual and theological insights and approaches are particularly helpful at this difficult time? A former political speechwriter who recently published a book about Judaism (long story) poses these questions and others to guests with a wildly diverse array of perspectives on God.
Episode 1 – with Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson discussing the intersection between spirituality and intellectual thought (5/13/2020)
Episode 2 – with Rabbi Jamie Korngold discussing how one goes about Finding God in the Wilderness (5/27/2020)
Episode 3 – with Rabbi Dr. Bradley Shavit Artson discussing God in Process: Judaism and Process Theology (6/3/2020)
Episode 4 – with Rabbi Dr. Jill Hammer discussing the Divine Feminine (6/10/2020)
Episode 5 – with Rabbi Dr. Shai Held discussing God and Love (6/17/2020)
Episode 6 – with Rabbi Ed Feinstein discussing the theology Harold Schulweis (6/24/2020)
Episode 7 – with Rabbi Zac Kamenetz discussing Psychedelic Drugs and the Divine (7/1/2020)
Episode 8 – with Gamal Palmer and Rabbi Adina Allen discussing Creativity and the Divine (7/8/2020)
Episode 9 – with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg discussing God and Parenting (7/15/2020)
Episode 10 – with Rabbi Elie Kaunfer discussing God and Prayer (7/22/2020)
Episode 11 – with Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler discussing God and Hasidism (7/29/2020) jewishLIVE.org
Episode 12 – with Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann discussing God and Community (8/5/2020)
Episode 13 – with Rabbi Dr. James Jacobson Maisels discussing "Opening up to God" (8/12/2020)
From 2009 to 2017, Sarah Hurwitz served as a White House speechwriter, first as a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama and then as head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama. Prior to serving in the Obama Administration, Sarah was chief speechwriter for Hillary Clinton on her 2008 presidential campaign. Sarah is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law school, and she is the author of Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life – in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There).
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