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Tue, 1 December 2009
YJN #189 - How to handle a child who doesn't want a Bar or Bat Mitzvah
Please be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home!

In this episode, Rabbi Alissa Forrest talks about how Temple Isaiah addresses teens who resist having a Bar or Bat Mitzvah.

This week's links:

But mom, I don't want a Bar Mitzvah, from the Jewish Journal
What to do when the kid just says "no!", from the Jewish Journal
Bar and Bat Mitzvah, from Wikipedia
Resources on Reform Bar and Bat Mitzvah
Direct download: yjn-189.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:11 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 13 November 2009
YJN #188 - 11/13/09 - A Taste of the Women of Reform Judaism Biennial
Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official website, www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org.

This week's links:

WRJ Biennial site with videos and daily newsletters
Women of Reform Judaism
URJ Biennial site
Direct download: yjn-188.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:28 PM
Comments[0]
Sat, 31 October 2009
YJN #187 - 10/31/09 - Jeanette Gross on Healing Circles
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This week's links:

Jeanette Gross's Sacred Hebrew Chant site
Healing Circles
Chanting and healing circles at Temple Isaiah
Jewish Healing and Programs from the National Center for Jewish Healing
Direct download: yjn-187.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:24 PM
Comments[0]
Wed, 14 October 2009
YJN #186 - 10/14/09 - A Look at Temple Isaiah's Revamped Website
Remember to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home: YourJewishNeighborhood.org

This week's links:

URJ on synagogue use of online technology
Eleven Tips for a Great Synagogue Website (PDF download)
Judaism 2.0: A New Generation of Synagogue Websites, from PRWeb
Ten Things to Include on Your Synagogue Website
Synagogue websites can attract visitors by adding value, from The Rebbetzin's Husband blog
Finally, Shul Web Sites Coming of Age, from New York's The Jewish Week
Direct download: yjn-186.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:37 PM
Comments[0]
Sat, 26 September 2009
YJN #185 - 09/25/09 - Cantor Leigh Korn on the Shofar
Please visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home, www.yourjewishneighborhood.org.

This week's links:

Wikipedia listing for the shofar
Sounding the Shofar, with audio
The Shofar, with audio
Video presentation of how a shofar is made
Video of shofar sounds
Sounding the Shofar, from My Jewish Learning
Shofar, from Jewish Virtual Library
Shofar sounds for the iPhone and iTouch
Direct download: yjn-185.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:03 PM
Comments[0]
Thu, 17 September 2009
YJN #184 - 09/17/09 - Cantor Korn on Preparing for the High Holy Days
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This week's links:

Songs from Sinai, from The Jewish Magazine
In approaching the High Holy Days, it Pays to Take Time to Prepare, from the Jewish Journal
Entering the High Holy Days: A Complete Guide to the History, Prayers and Themes&, a complete book on Google Books
American Conference of Cantors
Direct download: yjn-184.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:39 AM
Comments[0]
Sat, 5 September 2009
YJN #183 - 09/04/09 - Rabbi Graetz on Israeli Culture
Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home: www.yourjewishneighborhood.org

This week's links:

Wikipedia listing for Culture of Israel
About.com listing for Israeli Culture
Israel Symphony Orchestra
Israel Food and Dining from iExplore.com
Israel Science and Technology
Article on Israeli wine from Wine News
Direct download: yjn-183.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:55 PM
Comments[0]
Mon, 24 August 2009
YJN #182 - 08/23/09 - Reasons to Visit Israel from Rabbi Roberto Graetz
This week's links:


Israel Wonders, Israel's official tourism site
55 reasons to visit Israel from AISH.com
Why American Jews should visit Israel NOW
Israel listing from CIA World Factbook
Actor Zach Braff: All Jews should visit Israel. from JewTastic
Direct download: yjn-182.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:46 AM
Comments[0]
Tue, 11 August 2009
YJN #181 - 08/10/09 - Val Morehouse Reads "A Prayer for the Earth"
Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home, www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org.

This week's links:

Amazon listing for A Prayer for the Earth
Sandy Eisenberg Sasso's page on Amazon
Naamah from JewishEncyclopedia.com
Sandy Eisenberg Sasso on Answers.com

Direct download: yjn-181.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:58 AM
Comments[0]
Sat, 25 July 2009
YJN #180 - 07/25/09 - Rabbi Shanks on Officiating at Interfaith Weddings
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This week's links:

Wikipedia article on interfaith marriage in Judaism
Jewish View of Intermarriage from About.com
Challenges Facing Interfaith Couples Before & After Marriage, from My Jewish Learning
Interfaith Family, "Encouraging Jewish Choices & a Welcoming Jewish Community"
"Outreach: The Next Generation" discussion and study guide, from Reform Judaism magazine
Direct download: yjn-180.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:05 PM
Comments[0]
Sun, 12 July 2009
YJN #179 - 07/12/09 - Rabbi Judy Shanks' Experience with the Women of the Wall
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This week's links:

Women of the Wall
Women of the Wall blog
The Women of the Wall, Twenty Years On, from Jewcy
Wikipedia listing for Women of the Wall
Women of the Wall coverage by Israel Religious Action Center
Direct download: yjn-179.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:05 PM
Comments[0]
Wed, 1 July 2009
YJN #178 - 06/30/09 - Rabbi Greninger on Music in the Religious School Curriculum
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This week's links


Jewish Music Blog from Hebrew College
New Jewish Education music archive
The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music
Teruah Jewish Music blog
Direct download: yjn-178.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:08 AM
Comments[0]
Mon, 15 June 2009
YJN #177 - 06/15/09 - Rabbi Greninger on Talking to Children About Death
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This week's links:

URJ Q&A on Talking to Children About Death
How to Talk to Your Kids About Death, from the Jewish Journal
Helping Children of Different Ages Cope with Death, from My Jewish Learning
When children experience dath, from Mishpacha (a virtual community for Jewish families)
From "Ask the Reform Rabbi," How can I explain death to my Jewish grandhcild?
Direct download: yjn-177.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:41 PM
Comments[0]
Mon, 15 June 2009
YJN #177 - 06/15/09 - Rabbi Greninger on Talking to Children About Death
For more details and to comment on this podcast, please visit our primary home page at YourJewishNeighborhood.org

This week's links:

URJ Q&A on Talking to Children About Death
How to Talk to Your Kids About Death, from the Jewish Journal
Helping Children of Different Ages Cope with Death, from My Jewish Learning
When children experience dath, from Mishpacha (a virtual community for Jewish families)
From "Ask the Reform Rabbi," How can I explain death to my Jewish grandhcild?
Direct download: yjn-177.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:41 PM
Comments[0]
Sat, 30 May 2009
YJN #176 - 05/30/09 - Rabbi Alissa Forrest on the Torah's Origins
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This week's links:
The rules of Torah reading
Judaism 101's Torah listing
The Written Law, from the Jewish Virtual Library
Writing the Torah, from the aish.com "Jewish Literacy" site
Direct download: yjn-176.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:33 PM
Comments[0]
Wed, 20 May 2009
YJN #175- 05/20/09 - Rabbi Forrest on Eco-Kashrut
This week's links:

From My Jewish Learning, Eco-Kashrut: Environmental Standards for What and How We Eat
Eco-kashrut: A new way of eating Jewishly
Self-Sufficiency Sundays, progressive Judaism blog posts to inspire eco-kashrut behaviors
Eco-kashrut category from The Jew & The Carrot
Eco-Kashrut: You Are What You Eat, from Virtual Talmud
Direct download: yjn-175.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:55 AM
Comments[0]
Tue, 5 May 2009
YJN #174 - 05/05/09 - A Musical Interlude with Klezmerica
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This week's links: Klezmerica website
Download free music from Klezmerica
Klezmerica on MySpace
A review of Klezmerica
Klezmer listing from Wikipedia
The Mighty Kleztones, Temple Isaiah's youth klezmer band
Direct download: yjn-174.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:05 AM
Comments[0]
Mon, 20 April 2009
YJN #173 - 04/19/09 - Rabbi Graetz on Daily Prayers and Blessings
Be sure to visit the home of Your Jewish Neighborhood, where you'll find more detailed show notes. This week's links: Wikipedia's List of Jewish Prayers and Blessings
Prayers and Blessings from Judaism 101
Daily Blessings from Siddur.org
Sitting Shivah, from the Judaica Guide
Havdalah, from the Virtual Jewish Library
Direct download: yjn-173.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:14 AM
Comments[0]
Tue, 31 March 2009
YJN #172 - 03/31/09 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on Jewish Communities and the Economy
This week's links:

URJ's Rabbi Eric Yoffe on the current economy crisis
From URJ: Synagogues, Rabbis and the Financial Crisis: Comments to the Union Board
Financial Crisis: What Would the Talmud Do?" from Time Magazine
Direct download: yjn-172.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:14 PM
Comments[0]
Tue, 17 March 2009
YJN #171 - 03/17/09 - Interview with Youth Director Dan Lange
This week's links:


NFTY, National Federation of Temple Youth
NFTY on Facebook
Jewish youth organizations from About.com
LAFTY, Lafayette (California) Temple Youth
Temple Isaiah's Camp Kefli
Simcha, Temple Isiaah's 5-6th grade group
Anachnu, Temple Isaiah's 7-8th grade group
Noar Night, Temple Isaiah's Teen School
Direct download: yjn-171.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:05 PM
Comments[0]
Sun, 1 March 2009
YJN #170 - 03/01/09 - Rabbi Forrest on RAC
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This week's links: Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Wikipedia listing for Rabbi David Saperstein
RAC blog
Rabbi Saperstein's recent Huffington Post column, "Our Rights in Peril: The Future of the Courts"
Direct download: yjn-170.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:46 PM
Comments[0]
Sun, 22 February 2009
YJN #169 - 02/22/09 - Susan Lieber on Jewish Deli Foods
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This week's links:


Jewish delicatessens, the Wikipedia listing
Everything you always wanted to know about Jewish delis, from Kosmix.com
10 great places to nosh on authentic Jewish deli food, 2006 article from USA Today
Save the Deli, a site dedicated to the preservation of Jewish delis
Brent's Delicatessen & Restaurant in Los Angeles
Stage Delicatessen, New York
Carnegie Deli, New York
Katz's Delicatessen, New York
2nd Ave. Deli, New York
Direct download: yjn-169.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:28 PM
Comments[0]
Wed, 4 February 2009
YJN #168 - 02/04/09- Rabbi Nicki Greninger on Becoming a Rabbi
This week's links:

Rabbi Barry Dov Lerner discusses becoming a Rabbi on About.com
Hebrew Union College, the Reform movement seminary
How to Become a Rabbi, from eHow.com
Rabbi: Teacher, Preacher, Judge -- But Not Priest, from MyJewishLearning.com
Direct download: yjn-168.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:26 PM
Comments[0]
Mon, 26 January 2009
YJN #167 - 01/25/09 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on personal spiritual practices
This week's links:


Prayer upon waking, from Wikipedia
Chesed explained, from aish.com
Various prayers for eating
A Book of Life, from Amazon.com
Direct download: yjn-167.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:44 AM
Comments[0]
Sat, 17 January 2009
YJN #166 - 01/16/09 - Cantor Leigh Korn on Keeping Kosher
This week's links: Kosher Dietary Laws from Judaism 101
The world's best known Kosher trademark
Kosher database
Kashrut.com, "the premier Kosher information source on the Internet
Kosher Cooking (recipes)
Direct download: yjn166.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:22 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 2 January 2009
YJN #165 - 01/02/09 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on Healing Prayers
This week's links:

Mi Sheberakh: May the One Who Blessed, from MyJewishLearning.com
Jewish Healing, "Your place for healing on the Internet," from JewishLink
Jewish Healing Prayer on YouTube from Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg Healing Prayers, Poems, and Meditations, Chapter IV from "The Mitzvah of Healing" by Hara Person
Download a free copy of MiShebeirach by Debbie Friedman (click the "healing work" link)
Direct download: yjn-165.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:25 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 19 December 2008
YJN #164 - 12/19/08 - Librarian Val Morehouse Reads a Chanukah Tale
This week's links:

A Conversation with Arthur A. Levine
Reviews of "All the Lights in the Night"
Amazon.com listing for "All the Lights in the Night
All Arthur E. Levine books from Amazon.com
Direct download: yjn-164.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:36 PM
Comments[1]
Mon, 24 November 2008
YJN #163 - 11/24/08 - Cantor Korn on Movement During Prayer
This week's links:


Let's Schmooze about Davening
Jewish Liturgy from Judaism 101, including a section on bowing
Rite and Reason passage on standing on your toes for "Kadosh" (a Google book search result)
AskMoses.com answers a question about motions during "Oseh Shalom"
Direct download: yjn-163.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:24 PM
Comments[0]
Sun, 16 November 2008
YJN #162 - 11/15/08 - Jewish Community Free Clinic
This week's links:

Jewish Community Free Clinic
2002 J article on Jewish Community Free Clinic
MetroActive article on the clinic
KCBS coverage of the clinic
Direct download: yjn-162.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:31 AM
Comments[0]
Sat, 1 November 2008
YJN #161 - 10/31/08 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on the Women's Torah Commentary
This week's links:


Official site of Women's Torah Commentary
Why a women's Torah commentary? from the Jerusalem Post
Review of Women's Torah Commentary from United Jewish Communities
Reform Voices of Torah, weekly online Torah commentary from URJ
Rabbinic literature from Wikipedia
Direct download: yjn-161.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:23 AM
Comments[0]
Tue, 21 October 2008
YJN #160 - 10/21/08 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on Reform Judaism in Latin America
This week's links:

Progressive Judaism, Wikipedia listing
World Union for Progressive Judaism
Virtual Jewish History Tour of Latin America
Union of Jewish Congregations in Latin America and the Caribbean
Direct download: yjn-160.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:10 PM
Comments[0]
Mon, 6 October 2008
YJN #159 - 10/06/08 - Revisiting Yom Kippur Musical Selections
Note: This is a repeat of episode #111, which features two musical selections for Yom Kippur.

This week's links:

 

Alexander Skwortsow
Phish
Free downloadable Skworstow recordings
Avinu Maleinu from HebrewSongs.com
MyJewishLearning.com on Avinu Malkeinu
Kol Nidre from JewishEncyclopedia.com
Kol Nidre from HebrewSongs.com
Cantor Leigh Korn discusses Kol Nidre in YJN episode #57 from about this time last year
Direct download: yjn-159.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:03 PM
Comments[0]
Sun, 28 September 2008
YJN #158 - 09/28/08 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on a Rabbi's Preprations for the High Holy Days
This week's links:


Prophet, Priest or Pastor: The Rabbi on the High Holy Days, 2004 article by Rabbi Barry H. Block
For Rabbis, the High Holy Days Demand Sermons That Soar, 1999 New York Times article
A Different Kind of Kosher Sermon, from New York's "The Jewish Week"
What will your rabbi be talking about?, 2007 article from the Jewish Journal
Do-it-yourself High Holy Days sermon, a MadLibs-like approach to sermons from the Jewish Journal
Direct download: yjn-158.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:54 PM
Comments[0]
Thu, 18 September 2008
YJN #157 - 09/17/08 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz Explains the Talmud
This week's links:

Wikipedia listing for Talmud Talmud listing from Encyclopaedia Britannica Jewish Encyclopedia listing for Talmud Talmud, from Jewish Virtual Library
Direct download: yjn-157.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:19 AM
Comments[0]
Thu, 11 September 2008
YJN #156 - 09/11/08 - Rabbi Greninger on Teaching Jewish Prayer to Children
This week's links:


Jewish Bedtime Prayers for Children from About.com
Spiritual and Practical: A New Approach to Teaching Prayer, from the blog "New Jewish Education"
My Jewish Learning: Early Childhood
Jewish Routines for Children, from MyJewishLearning.com
Direct download: yjn-156.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:14 PM
Comments[0]
Thu, 4 September 2008
YJN #155 - 09/04/08 - Rabbi Nicki Greninger on Reysheet Services
A warm welcome to Rabbi Nicki Greninger, Temple Isaiah's new education director!

This week's links:


Making Shabbat More Fun for Young Children at Home and in Synagogue, a PDF checklist
Top Ten Ways to Make Shabbat a Fun Family Celebration, from About.com
Temple Isaiah's Kindergarten page
Direct download: yjn-155.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:59 PM
Comments[0]
Sun, 24 August 2008
YJN #155 - 08/24/08 - Jews and Tattoos

This week's links:

Tattooing in Jewish Law, from MyJewishLearning.com
New York Times article on Jewish tattooing
Jews with Tattoos, from the Boston Globe
Ask the Rabbi: Jews and Tattoos
Alternative view: Is Getting a Tatto a Sin?

Direct download: yjn-154.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:42 PM
Comments[0]
Wed, 13 August 2008
YJN #153 - 08/13/08 - Songs by Mordechai "Morty" Schiller
This week's links:

Download Schiller's songs for yourself
Schiller's day job, copywriter
Why are blogs like country music?, an article by Schiller
Direct download: yjn-153.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:37 PM
Comments[0]
Sun, 3 August 2008
YJN #152 - 08/03/08 - Rabbi Alissa Forrest on Birthright Israel
This week's links:

Birthright Israel
Birthright Israel listing in Wikipedia
Birthright Israel's YouTube channel
Let's Go Israel East Bay teen Israel trip
Direct download: yjn-152.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:28 PM
Comments[0]
Mon, 28 July 2008
YJN #151 - 07/28/08 - Rabbi Forrest on Keeping Teens Engaged

This week's links:

Temple Isaiah's Confirmation Class
Top 10 Jewish sites for teens, from About.com
RJ Teen, the portal to Reform Jewish teen life
JVibe, a magazine and online community for Jewish teens
Confirmation, from JewishEncyclopedia.com

Direct download: yjn-151.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:38 PM
Comments[0]
Mon, 21 July 2008
YJN #150 - 07/21/08 - Rabbi Shanks on D'var Torah
This week's links:


D'var Torah Do's and Don'ts from MyJewishLearning.com
Wikipedia listing on Torah Study
Torah commentary archives from the Union for Reform Judaism
Study Torah Online, a listing of online Torah study resources from About.com
Direct download: yjn-150.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:54 PM
Comments[0]
Sat, 12 July 2008
YJN #149 - 07/12/08 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on Politics and the Pulpit
This week's links:


Jewish News Weekly poll on whether rabbis should mix sermons and politics
New York Times article on the challenge of writing High Holy Days sermons
Jewish Exponent article on mixing politics and the pulpit
A Place for Politics in the Pulpit, a Belief.net article by author David Klinghoffer.
Direct download: yjn-149.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:44 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 4 July 2008
YJN #148 - 07/04/08 - Val Morehouse reads "The Bachelor and the Bean"
This week's links:

The Bachelor and the Bean" at Amazon.com
Reviews of "The Bachelor and the Bean"
About Shelley Fowles
Other books by Shelley Fowles
Direct download: yjn-148.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:16 PM
Comments[0]
Sat, 28 June 2008
YJN #147 - 06/26/08 - Rabbi Graetz on Banner Project Against Torture
This week's links:

National Religious Coalition Against Torture
Banners Across America
Rabbis for Human Rights - North America
Rabbis for Human Rights on Banner Project
Direct download: yjn-147.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:03 PM
Comments[0]
Sun, 15 June 2008
YJN #146 - 06/15/08 - Tips on Connecting with Judaism during the Summer
Rabbi Graetz offers some guidance on staying connected to your Judaism during the busy summer months.

This week's links:


Jewish summer camps
How Jewish is Summer Camp? from the New Jersey Jewish Standard URJ Adult Summer Retreat
Summer Reading with a Jewish Slant, from Jewish Women International
Hot Vacation Spots for Jewish Travelers
Direct download: yjn-146.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:42 PM
Comments[0]
Sun, 8 June 2008
YJN #145 - 06/08/08 - Cantor Korn on the New Siddur, Mishkan T'filah
This week's links:

Official site of Mishkan T'filah
URJ answers questions about Mishkan T'filah
Choosing a Siddur, from My Jewish Learning
Direct download: yjn-145.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:10 PM
Comments[0]
Sat, 31 May 2008
YJN #144 - 05/29/08 - Cantor Korn on Special-Needs B'nai Mitzvah Students
This week's links:

Special Needs Bar Mitzvah, special needs consultant's answer to a Hebrew teacher's question
YouTube video of a special needs Bar Mitzvah
When a Child Has Special Needs, from My Jewish Learning
Bar Mitzvah Special Needs Guide, from England's United Synagogue
Direct download: yjn-144.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:25 PM
Comments[0]
Wed, 14 May 2008
YJN #143 - 05/14/08 - Gabe Salgado on Judaism in Virtual Worlds
This week's links:

Second Life's First Jewish City
Virtual Judaism: Finding Second Life in Online Community
Judaism in Second Life
Second Life's virtual Judaism gains a new congregation
Direct download: yjn-143.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:42 PM
Comments[0]
Thu, 1 May 2008
YJN #142 - 05/01/08 - Music from The Josh Nelson Project
This week's links:

The Josh Nelson Project website
The Josh Nelson Project on MySpace
MP3 downloads of The Josh Nelson Project
The Josh Nelson Project's "Lift" CD from CDUniverse
Direct download: yjn-142.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:33 PM
Comments[0]
Sat, 26 April 2008
YJN #141 - 04/26/08 - Rabbi Graetz on synagogue "twinning"
This week's links:

United Jewish Communities on Twinning
Temple Isaiah's Steps for Tzedakah 2008
Synaguge twinning - sealed on a ketuba
Direct download: yjn-141.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:43 PM
Comments[0]
Sun, 20 April 2008
YJN #140 - 04/20/08 - Rabbi Graetz on the Seder Plate
This week's links:

Wikipedia listing for the seder plate
Virtual seder plate
How to prepare the seder plate, from About.com
Mahalo's Top Seven Seder Plate listings
Seder plate craft, from Crayola
Direct download: yjn-140.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:15 PM
Comments[0]
Sun, 13 April 2008
YJN #139 - 04/13/08 - Rabbi Alissa Forrest Goes Deep on Matzah
This week's links:
Wikipedia listing for matzah
What is matzah?, from JewishRecipes.com
MatzahOnline.com
Direct download: yjn-139.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:57 PM
Comments[0]
Sat, 5 April 2008
YJN #138 - 04/05/08 - Rabbi Forrest on Jewish Birth Rituals
This week's links:


Birth and the First Month of Life, from Judaism 101
Jewish Birth and Naming Rituals, from Religion Facts
Welcome Your Baby: Jewish Traditions, from BeliefNet
Parshat Tazria, from Bar-Ilan University's Parashat Hashavua Study Center
Direct download: yjn-138.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:52 PM
Comments[0]
Sun, 30 March 2008
YJN #137 - Excerpts from Temple Isaiah's 2008 Purimspiel - 03/30/08
This week's link:

Temple Isaiah
Direct download: yjn-137.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 4:41 PM
Comments[0]
Sat, 22 March 2008
YJN #136 - 03/22/08 - Cantor Korn Tells Us All About Purim
This week's links:


Purimspiel scripts
The Haman Show, an audio file showcasing "The Daily Show's" Rub Kutner introducing the now-traditional stand-up show in New York.
Purimspiels in About.com
Vashti Was Right, a sample Purimspiel
Wikipedia listing for Purim
Direct download: yjn-136.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:49 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 14 March 2008
YJN #135 - 03/14/08 - Rabbi Shanks on a Day in the Life of a Rabbi
This week's links:

Wikipedia listing for "rabbi"
Rabbis, from the Jewish Virtual Library
Central Conference of American Rabbis
What is a rabbi?
Rabbi Shanks' page on the Temple Isaiah website
Direct download: yjn-135.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 4:44 PM
Comments[0]
Sat, 8 March 2008
YJN #134 - 03/08/08 - Rabbi Shanks on Ethical Wills
This week's links:
Medieval Sourcebook: Jewish Ethical Wills, 12th and 14th Century
How to Write an Ethical Will, from Parenthood.org
Giving More than Money: Ethical Wills Ga
Direct download: yjn-134.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:44 PM
Sat, 1 March 2008
YJN #133 - 03/01/08 - Shel Holtz on Judaism and Social Media
This week's links:

The New Jew: Blogging Jewish Philanthropy
JewishBlogging.com
A beginner's guide to Jewish blogging
Jewish Podcasts from Digital Podcasts
Jewish Webcasting
Schmooze.com, a Jewish Social Network
Ning.com, the do-it-yourself social network site
Direct download: yjn-133.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:54 PM
Comments[1]
Sat, 23 February 2008
YJN #132 - 02/22/08 - Musical Selections from 30 Years

This week's links:

30 Years website
Free 30 Years MP3 downloads

Direct download: yjn-132.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:57 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 15 February 2008
YJN #131 - 02/15/08 - Can Jewish Communities Exist in Cyberspace?
This week's links:


JVibe, described as a "Jewish teen online community"
United Jewish Communities
Yideoz, an online Jewish community for uploading and sharing videos
Weaving a Jewish Web
CommUNITY in Cyberspace, 1999 article from Washington Jewish Week
Jewish Path, Cyberspace Super Highway to Jewish Learning
Direct download: yjn-131.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:12 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 8 February 2008
YJN #130 - 02/08/08 - Artist Gary Rosenthal on Hiddur Mitzvah Project
This week's links:


Gary Rosenthal's website
Hiddur Mitzvah Project
Article on Hiddur Mitzvah from BabagaNewz
Art as a Catalyst, Gary Rosenthal's other charitable projects
Direct download: yjn-130.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:23 PM
Comments[0]
Sat, 2 February 2008
YJN #129 - 02/02/08 - Arghhh...Jonathan Frantz on Jewish Pirates
This week's links:

Article on Jewish Pirates from Jewish Journal
Ancient Jewish pirates
Wikipedia listing for Samuel Pallache
Wikipedia listing for Moses Cohen Henriques
Wikipedia listing for Jean Lafitte
Direct download: yjn-129.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:38 AM
Comments[0]
Sun, 27 January 2008
YJN #128 - 01/27/08 - A Tu Be'Shevat Tale

This week's links:

Pearl Moscowitz's Last Stand on Amazon
Arthur A. Levine's website
A conversation with Arthur A. Levine
Tu B'Shevat, from Judaism 101
Tu B'Shevat, from My Jewish Learning

Direct download: yjn-128.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:49 PM
Comments[0]
Thu, 17 January 2008
YJN #127 - 01/17/08 - A tour of the sanctuary
This week's links: Bimah entry from Wikipedia
Ner Tamid entry from the Jewish Virtual Library
Ark entry from Wikipedia
Torah scrolls entry from Judaism 101
Direct download: yjn-127.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:52 PM
Comments[0]
Thu, 3 January 2008
YJN #126 - 01/03/08 - A Look at Partners for Torah

This week's links:

Partners in Torah
Dallas Observer article about Partners in Torah
Birthright Israel
Direct download: yjn-126.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:40 PM
Comments[0]
Thu, 27 December 2007
YJN #125 - 12/27/07 - A Musical Interlude with Groyse Mitsi'e

This week's links:

Groyse Mitsi'e Website
Download free music by Groyse Mitsi'e
Video performances from Groyse Mitsi'e on YouTube
Wikipedia listing for klezmer music
Direct download: yjn-125.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:07 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 21 December 2007
YJN #124 - 12/21/07 - Teens Discuss the Christmas Dilemma
This week's links:

What Do Jews Do on Christmas
Jews & Christmas
Being a Jew at Christmas
Christmas for Jews
Temple Isaiah's Teen School

Direct download: yjn-124.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 4:49 PM
Comments[0]
Thu, 13 December 2007
YJN #123 - 12/13/07 - Cantor Leigh Korn on Sacred Objects
This week's links:

Sacred Objects, from Wellesley (MA) Public Schools
On Restoring Sacred Objects, by Jack C. Thompson
A list of the 613 Mitzvot (the Temple, Sanctuary, and Sacred Objects are covered in 426-458)

Direct download: yjn-123.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:08 PM
Comments[0]
Thu, 6 December 2007
YJN #122 - 12/06/07 - Cantor Korn talks about kipot

This week's links:

Wikipedia listing for kippah
Ohr Someyach's Ask the Rabbi on head covering
Kippah: A Blessing on Your Head
Kippah listing from Jewish Virtual Library
Rabbi Shraga Simmons on kipot from About.com
Direct download: yjn-122.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:41 PM
Comments[2]
Fri, 30 November 2007
YJN #121 - 11/29/07 - Rabbi Shanks on the Mikvah

This week's links:

Wikipedia entry for "mikvah"
The Mikvah Project
Mikvah Dreams
Worldwide Listing of Mikvaos
Direct download: yjn-121.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:37 AM
Comments[0]
Wed, 21 November 2007
YJN #120 - 11/21/07 - Rabbi Shanks on Going Green
This week's links:

a href="http://www.coejl.org/index.php">Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
The Great Warming Call to Action
Why Jewish Enviornmentalism
Jewish Environmental Perspectives
Wikipedia Category: Jewish Enviornmentalism
Jewish Environmental Values
Jewish Environmentalism" (audio clip)
Synagogues Throw Energy Behind Green Movement (from Forward)

Direct download: yjn-120.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:39 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 16 November 2007
YJN #119 - 11/16/07 - Rabbi Alissa Forrest on Informal Jewish Education

This week's links:

Introducing Rabbi Alissa Forrest
Informal Jewish Education
The philosophy of informal Jewish education
Diversity and informal Jewish education
Direct download: yjn-119.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:32 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 9 November 2007
YJN #118 - 11/09/07 - Dean Goldfein on Jewish Day Schools
This week's links:

Contra Costa Jewish Day School
A Jewish Education: The Right Choice For Many Jewish Families, from About.com
Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education
Wikipedia listing for Jewish Day Schools
2003-2004 Census of U.S. Jewish Day Schools (PDF file)
"J" magazine article, "Day schools don’t isolate, they foster Jewish identity"

Direct download: yjn-118.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:12 PM
Comments[0]
Sat, 27 October 2007
YJN #116 - 10/27/07 - Rabbi Graetz on Torture as a Moral Issue

This week's links:

 

National Religious Campaign Against Torture
Rabbis for Human Rights
Rabbis for Human Rights: Stop Torture Now
Rabbis for Human Rights: Campaign Against Torture
Rabbis Against Torture, by Nat Hentoff for the Village Voice
Direct download: yjn-116.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:00 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 19 October 2007
YJN #115 - 10/18/07 - A Soundseeing Tour of Jewish Manchester, UK

This week's links

Manchester Jewish Museum
Manchester Synagogues
Jewish Community of Greater Manchester
Manchester Jewish Federation
Direct download: yjn-115.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:42 AM
Comments[0]
Sat, 13 October 2007
YJN #114 - 10/14/07 - Rabbi Reuven Silverman of the Manchester Reform Synagogue

This week's links:

Manchester Reform Synagogue 
Reform Judaism UK 
Reform Judaism in England, from the BBC

Direct download: yjn-114.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:58 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 5 October 2007
YJN #113 - 10/04/07 - Michael Brent on Interfaith Marriage

This week's links:

 

The Interfaith Marriage
The Emotional Challenges of Interfaith Marriage from PsychCentral
The Jewish Outreach Institute
Sample Jewish–Christian Interfaith Ceremony
Tips for Planning an Interfaith Wedding
Challenges Facing Interfaith Couples Before & After Marriage from MyJewishLearning.com
Direct download: yjn-113.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:26 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 28 September 2007
YJN #112 - 09/27/07 - Rabbi Graetz on Shemini Atzeret
This week's links:

Wikipedia listing for Shemini Atzeret
My Jewish Learning listing for Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
Shemini Atzeret dates and Torah portions
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah from the Jewish Virtual Library

Direct download: yjn-112.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:33 AM
Comments[0]
Wed, 19 September 2007
YJN #111 - 09/19/07 - Yom Kippur musical selections

This week's links:

 

Alexander Skwortsow
Phish
Free downloadable Skworstow recordings
Avinu Maleinu from HebrewSongs.com
MyJewishLearning.com on Avinu Malkeinu
Kol Nidre from JewishEncyclopedia.com
Kol Nidre from HebrewSongs.com
Cantor Leigh Korn discusses Kol Nidre in YJN episode #57 from about this time last year
Direct download: yjn-111.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:49 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 14 September 2007
YJN #110 - 09/13/07 - Humorist and author Arie Kaplan on Jews in comic books

This week's links:

Arie Kaplan's website
Heroes of the Comic Book Universe Revealed! at Amazon.com
Arie Kaplan in Wikipedia
A Brief History of Jews in Comic Books, by Arie Kaplan

Direct download: yjn-110.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:15 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 7 September 2007
YJN #109 - 09/06/07 - The foodie episode! Rosh Hashanah cooking with Susan Leiber

This week's links: 

Five Tzimmes recipes

One
Two
Three
Four
Five

Kugel recipes

Potato kugel
Noodle kugel
Spinach kugel
Five-fruit kugel
Eggplant and green pepper kugel

Jewish cooking sites

Kosher Cooking
Jewish Cooking
Jewish Recipes
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Resource Guide to Jewish Cooking

Direct download: yjn-109.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:10 AM
Comments[0]
Thu, 30 August 2007
YJN #108 - 08/30/07 - A Rosh Hashanah Story from Librarian Val Morehouse

This week's links:

Gershon's Monster at Amazon.com
Books by Eric Kimmel
Eric Kimmel's website
Eric Kimmel on ChildrensLit.com
Eric Kimmel Teacher Resource File
Rosh Hashanah for Children, from The Jewish Children's Learning Network
Rosh Hashanah Fun Pages on About.com

Direct download: yjn-108.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:58 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 24 August 2007
YJN #107 - 08/23/07 - A visit to Camp Kefli

This week's link:

Temple Isaiah's Camp Kefli

Direct download: yjn-107.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:06 AM
Comments[0]
Thu, 16 August 2007
YJN #106 - 08/16/07 - Rosh Hashanah 101 from Cantor Leigh Korn

This week's links:

 

Rosh Hashanah from Judaism 101
Rosh Hashanah from Wikipedia
Rosh Hashanah from Torah.org
How Rosh Hashanah Works (from How Stuff Works)
Rosh Hashanah recipes
More Rosh Hashanah recipes
Still more Rosh Hashanah recipes
Rosh Hashanah glossary
Direct download: yjn-106.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:27 PM
Comments[1]
Fri, 10 August 2007
YJN #105 - 08/10/07 - Cantor Korn's Synagogue Tour
This week's links:

The Database of Jewish Communities
The Old Synagogue of Dubrovnik, Coratia
The Jewish Community of Dubrovnik
Kahal Shalom Synagogue, Rhodes, Greece
Virtual Jewish History Tour of Greece
Synagogues without Jews: Rhodes
Great Synagogue of Rome (Wikipedia listing
The Jewish Community of Rome
Jewish Rome

Direct download: yjn-105.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:07 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 3 August 2007
YJN #104 - 08/02/07 - A visit with Gan Ilan, Temple Isaiah's Preschool

This week's links:

Temple Isaiah's Gan Ilan
Jewish Preschools as Gateways to Jewish Life (PDF file)
(A survey of Jewish preschool parents in three cities)
URJ Early Childhood Education page
Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education - Early Childhood Page
Jewish Early Childhood Education Initiative

Direct download: yjn-104.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:18 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 27 July 2007
YJN #103 - 07/27/07 - Rabbi Graetz on Israel's 60th Birthday

This week's links:

Israel's 60th Independence Day Festival
The Conservative Movement Celebrates Israel's 60th Anniversary
Bergen-Belsen Memorial
Video presentation of Hatikvah sung at Bergen-Belsen

Direct download: yjn-103.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:46 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 20 July 2007
YJN #102 - 07/20/07 - Rabbi Shanks on Death and Mourning Rituals, Part 2
This week's links:

Wikipedia entry on Shiva
Shiva resource from About.com
How to pay a Shiva call
Wikipedia entry on Kaddish
Judaism 101 on Mourner's Kaddish
Transliteration and translation of the Kaddish from Yahrzeit.org

Direct download: yjn-102.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:55 AM
Comments[0]
Thu, 12 July 2007
YJN #101 -07/12/07 - Rabbi Shanks on Death and Burial Rituals

This week's links:

Berevaement in Judaism, from Wikipedia
Life, Death, and Mourning, from the Jewish Virtual Library
The Jewish Way of Death
Jewish Death and Burial Rituals Jewish Funeral Customs
Direct download: yjn-101.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:50 PM
Comments[1]
Fri, 6 July 2007
YJN #100 - 07/06/07 - Alan Jacobson on Temple Isaiah's Men's Club

This week's links:

Temple Isaiah's Anshei Isaiah Men's Club 
Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs 
North American Federation of Temple Brotherhoods   
More Citrons, Please! article by Doug Barden, executive director of National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods

Direct download: yjn-100.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:33 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 29 June 2007
YJN #99 - Katya Bock on Growing Up Jewish in Ecuador

This week's links:

Wikipedia entry on Ecuador
Jewish Virtual History Tour of Ecuador
Jewish and Kosher Ecuador
History of the Jews in Latin America, from Wikipedia
Direct download: yjn-99.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:14 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 22 June 2007
YJN #98 - 06/22/07 - Rabbi Graetz on Staying Jewish during the Summer

This week's links:

Association of Jewish Libraries
Temple Isaiah Library
URJ on Building Your Jewish Library
UW Madison Center for Jewish Studies -- Greenfield Summer Institute Summer courses at Hebrew College
Direct download: yjn-98.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:44 PM
Comments[0]
Sat, 16 June 2007
YJN #97 - 06/16/07 - Cantor Korn on Music in Worship
This week's links:

Jewish Music: An Overview
Jewish Liturgics
Jewish Perspectives: Is Instrumental Music Permitted in Jewish Worship?
History of Religious Jewish Music, from Wikipedia
Musical Instruments in Ancient Israel

Direct download: yjn-97.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:46 PM
Comments[1]
Thu, 7 June 2007
YJN #96 - 06/07/07 - Gordon Gladstone on Berkeley Hillel

This week's links:

Berkeley Hillel
Berkeley Hillel Newsletter
Hillel, the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
Wikipedia Listing for Hillel

Direct download: yjn-96.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:58 PM
Comments[0]
Wed, 23 May 2007
YJN #94 - 05/22/07 - Rabbi Graetz on Standing Together at Sinai

This week's links:

We All Stood: Experiencing Sinai in Early Childhood, from Madrichim.org
Ten Principles for Reform Judaism, from Reform Judaism Magazine
Reshaping Jewish Memory, by Judith Plaskow (from MyJewishLearning.org)

Direct download: yjn-94.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:40 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 18 May 2007
YJN #93 - 05/17/07 - Librarian Val Morehouse reads a Shavuot story

This week's links:

Wikipedia listing for Shavuot
My Jewish Learning listing for Shavuot
"A Mountain of Blintzes," by Barbara Diamond Goldin, at Amazon.com
Cheese blintzes recipe from Cooks.com
A blintzes recipe from My Jewish Learning
Cheese blintzes recipe from Epicurious
Direct download: yjn-93.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:16 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 11 May 2007
YJN #92 - 05/10/07 - Singer-Songwriter Neshama Carlebach

This week's links:

Neshama Carlebach's Website
Neshama Carlebach's CDs
Wikipedia listing for Shlomo Carlebach
Direct download: yjn-92.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:06 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 4 May 2007
YJN #91 - 05/03/07 - Rabbi Robert Graetz on "The New Antisemitism"

This week's links:

The New Antisemitism Resources on the new antisemitism from Haaretz
The New Antisemitism, an article from Victor Davis Hanson
"The 'new' anti-semitism: is Europe in grip of worst bout of hatred since the Holocaust? (a report from UK's The Guardian)
Direct download: yjn-91.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:34 AM
Comments[0]
Thu, 26 April 2007
YJN #90 - 04/26/07 - Deb Phillips on Camp Kefli, Temple Isaiah's summertime day camp

This week's links:

Temple Isaiah's Camp Kefli
Jewish Summer Camps in America
Camping and Continuity (from Jewish World Today)
How Jewish is Summer Camp? (from the New Jersey Jewish Standard)

Direct download: yjn-90.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:52 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 20 April 2007
YJN #89 - 04/12/07 - Rabbi Graetz and Arlynn Bloom on Steps for Tzedakah

This week's links:

Steps for Tzedakah home page
Article about Moadonit
Or Hadash Congregation

Direct download: yjn-89.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:34 AM
Comments[0]
Thu, 12 April 2007
YJN #88 - 04/12/07 - Rabbi Shanks on finding a new rabbi

This week's links:

Union for Reform Judiasm
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

Direct download: yjn-88.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:06 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 6 April 2007
YJN #87 - 04/05/07 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on the Women's Seder

This week's links:

A Women's Seder in Israel, from the Jerusalem Post
Transcript on a Women's Seder from PBS' "Religion & Ethics"
"The Women's Seder Sourcebook" from Barnes & Noble
The Why of Women's Seders from RitualWell.org
Enriching Your Communal Women's Seder from RitualWell.org
Invocation for Women's Seders from RitualWell.org

Direct download: yjn-87.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:03 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 30 March 2007
YJN #86 - 03/29/07 - Frank Winer on Jewish cemeteries

This week's links:

International Jewish Cemetery Project
Jewish News Weekly article on Gan Shalom's beginnings
2003 San Francisco Chronicle article on opposition to Gan Shalom

 

Direct download: yjn-86.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:07 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 23 March 2007
YJN # - 03/22/07 - Lawrence Grossman on Jewish Webcasting Service
This week's links:

Jewish Webcasting Service
Jewish podcast listing
Another Jewish podcast list

Direct download: yjn-85.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:48 AM
Comments[0]
Thu, 15 March 2007
YJN #84 - 03/15/07 - Ben Holtz on being a Jewish Soldier in the U.S. Army

This week's links:

Jewish Soldier Foundation
A Jewish Soldier's View of Iraq, from NPR
One Proud Jewish Soldier, from aish.com

Direct download: yjn-84.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:13 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 9 March 2007
YJN #83 - 03/08/07 - Mary Anne Winig on adult programs at Temple Isaiah

This week's links:

Senior Services in the East Bay, from Resource, a guide to Jewish life in the Bay Area
Temple Isaiah's adult programs
Direct download: yjn-83.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:25 AM
Comments[0]
Thu, 1 March 2007
YJN #82 - 03/01/07 - Ronald Young on the National Interreligious Initiative for Peace

This week's links:

Direct download: yjn-82.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:33 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 23 February 2007
YJN #81 - 02/22/07 - Temple Isaiah Purimspiel Rehearsal

This week's links:

JCC of Manhattan Purim Guide (PDF file)
Wikipedia listing for "Book of Esther"

Direct download: yjn-81.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:21 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 16 February 2007
YJN #80 - 02/15/07 - A Purim Tale

This week's links:

Raisel's Riddle, by Erica Silverman, a Parent's Choice Foundation selection 
An interview with Erica Silverman

Direct download: yjn-80.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:28 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 9 February 2007
YJN #79 - 02/08/07 - Shel Holtz on subscribing to podcasts

This week's links:

Podcast Alley
Podcast 411
Apple iTunes

Direct download: yjn-79.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:41 AM
Comments[0]
Sat, 3 February 2007
YJN #77 - 02/02/07 - A Musical Show Featuring Light of the River

This week's links:

Light of the River songs available for download on Download.com
Jewish Music section of Download.com

Direct download: yjn-78.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:34 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 26 January 2007
YJN #77 - 01/25/07 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on Tu B'Shevat

This week's links:

Judaism 101: Tu B'Shevat
Wikipedia's listing for Tu B'Shevat
The Jewish Virtual Library's listing for Tu B'Shevat
Test Your Tu B'Shevat IQ
Seder for Tu B'Shevat
Plant trees in Israel
Israel's passion for trees

Direct download: yjn-77.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:38 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 19 January 2007
YJN #76 - 01/18/07 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on same-sex marriage

This week's links:

Judaism and Same-Sex Marriage, from MyJewishLearning.com
Jewish Group OK's Same-Sex Marriage, from the Boston Globe
The Reform Movement on LGBT Issues, from Jewish Mosaic
Wedding Liturgy for a Same Sex Marriage, from the Shalom Center

Direct download: yjn-76.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:56 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 12 January 2007
YJN #75 - 01/11/07 - Cantor Korn Explains the Order of Service

This week's links

Wikipedia entry for Siddur
Siddur Audio, an online source for learning Siddur liturgy
The Transliterated Siddur

 

Direct download: yjn-75.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:02 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 5 January 2007
YJN #74 - 01/04/07 - Cantor Leigh Korn on Torah traditions and rituals

This week's links:

Wikipedia entry on Torah reading
Jewish Virtual Library entry on Torah reading
Wikipedia entry on cantillation 

Direct download: yjn-74.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:08 AM
Comments[0]
Thu, 28 December 2006
YJN #73 - 12/28/06 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on the Iranian Holocaust Conference

This week's links:

Iranian Holocaust Conference (CNN.com coverage)
Jerusalem Post coverage of Israeli reaction to the conference
USC Shoah Foundation Institute 
Wikipedia listing for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 
Wikipedia listing for Holocaust denial 
ADL document on Holocaust denial

Direct download: yjn-73.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:00 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 22 December 2006
YJN #72 - 12/21/06 - Rabbi Graetz on Judaism and Human Rights Conference

This week's links:

Rabbis for Human Rights 
Rabbinic Conference on Judaism and Human Rights 
Conference Coverage from Washington Jewish Week 

Direct download: yjn-72.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:05 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 15 December 2006
YJN #71 - 12/14/06 -Sandy Anderson on Winter Nights

This week's links

Direct download: yjn-71.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:09 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 8 December 2006
YJN #70 - 12/07/06 - Debbie Enelow on Jewish Resident Camps

This week's links:

Find a JCC Camp
How Jewish is Summer Camp? from the New Jersey Jewish Standard
Jewish Summer Camps in America, from About.com
Camps Newman and Swig (Local to Temple Isaiah)

Direct download: yjn-70.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:43 AM
Comments[0]
Thu, 30 November 2006
YJN #69 - 11/30/06 - Debbie Enelow on "The December Dilemma"

This week's links:

December Holiday Guidelines for Public Schools, from the Anti-Defamation League
The December Dilemma, from MyJewishLearning.com
Interfaith Families Face December Dilemma, from USA Today
Holidays' Convergence Adds to December Dilemma, from The New York Times
On Being a Jew at Christmas

Direct download: yjn-69.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:58 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 24 November 2006
YJN #68 - 11/23/06 - Audio Highlights from the WRJ Pacific Biennial

This Week's Link:

Women of Reform Judaism

Direct download: yjn-68.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:42 AM
Comments[0]
Thu, 16 November 2006
YJN #67 - 11/16/06 - Rosanne Selfon on the Women's Commentary

This week's links:

Jewish Webcasting
Temple Judea Podcast
Temple Judea Podcasts on Odeo
Women of Reform Judaism
Women Explore New Commentary (Baltimore JewishTimes.com)

Direct download: yjn-67.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:53 PM
Comments[0]
Thu, 9 November 2006
YJN #66 - 11/09/06 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on affiliation

This week's links:

Synagogue affiliation growing (a 2002 article)
Shul affiliation rising (United Jewish Communities article)
Building your synagogue community (from URJ)

 

Direct download: yjn-66.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:10 PM
Comments[1]
Thu, 2 November 2006
YJN #65 - 11/02/06 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on Brit Chayim, naming ceremonies for newborn Jewish girls

This week's links:

Simhat Bat, the synagogue naming ceremony for girls
Rituals for a Baby Daughter
Brit Milah, birth ceremonies
The New Jewish Baby Book by Anita Diamant (from Amazon.com)

Direct download: yjn-65.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:13 PM
Comments[0]
Thu, 26 October 2006
YJN #64 - 10/26/06 - Songs from Jeremy Gimbel and Brad Lennox

A 100% all-music podcast!

Shira Tirdof (featuring Jeremy Gimbel and Brad Lennox -- a nationally acclaimed song leader, and an accomplished camp educator, respectively), meaning "song shall you pursue," showcase modern musical interpretations of age-old texts through their eclectic variety of musical offerings.

This music is from the Podsafe Music Network.

Direct download: yjn-64.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:31 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 20 October 2006
YJN #63 - 10/19/06 - Dr. Mark Rubenstein on circumcision

This week's links:

Wikipedia listing on circumcision

Listing from Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion

Wikipedia listing for "mohel"

Questions to ask a mohel

Direct download: yjn-63.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:32 AM
Comments[0]
Thu, 12 October 2006
YJN #62 - 10/12/06 - Ellen Bernstein Ellis on Avodah

This week's links:

Wikipedia's listing for the term, "Avodah"
"Let's Go Israel," the annual East Bay Israel trip Temple Isaiah's Avodah program supports

Direct download: yjn-62.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:41 PM
Comments[0]
Fri, 6 October 2006
YJN #61 - 10/04/06 - Judy Matzkin on Temple Technology

This week's links:

Creating a technology plan for your synagogue, a PDF document from the Center for Congregations

The PC in Your Synagogue, from the Union Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

Temple Isaiah's website

Direct download: yjn-61.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:02 AM
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Thu, 28 September 2006
YJN #50 - 09/28/06 - Val Morehouse reads "The Hardest Word"
This week's links:

Jacqueline Jules' website
Amazon listing for "The Hardest Word" by Jacqueline Jules
Amazon listing for all books by Jacqueline Jules
Direct download: yjn-60.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:59 PM
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Fri, 22 September 2006
YJN #59 - 09/21/06 - Emily Blanck on JIMENA (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa)
This week's links:

JIMENA
Justice for Jews from Arab Countries
Wikipedia entry for Mizrahi Jews


Direct download: yjn-59.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:06 AM
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Thu, 14 September 2006
YJN #58 - 09/14/06 - Cantor Leigh Korn on Jewish Choral Tradition
This week's links:

Zam'Ru: The Jewish Music Choral Database
Jewish Choral Music on the Internet
URJ: Training Opportunities for Synagogue Musicians
URJ: Synagogue Choirs as Instruments of Prayer



Direct download: yjn-58.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:32 PM
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Fri, 8 September 2006
YJN #57 - 09/07/06 - Cantor Leigh Korn on Kol Nidre
This week's links

URJ synagogue listing
Listing of UK Reform communities
Wikipedia listing on Kol Nidre
Transliteration, translation, and more
Background on Max Bruch arrangement
Direct download: yjn-57.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:38 AM
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Fri, 1 September 2006
YJN #56 - 08/31/06 - Rabbi Graetz on the Month of Elul
This week's links:

The month of Elul and Selichot, from Judaism 101
Rosh Chodesh Elul (Jewish calendar listing)
The Month for Repentence, from About.com
The Month of Elul: Customs, from Torah.org
Direct download: yjn-56.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:49 AM
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Fri, 25 August 2006
YJN #55 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on Jewish movements -- 08/25/06
This week's links:

About.com entry on Jewish denominations
Wikipedia's entry on Jewish denominations
Judaism 101

Direct download: yjn-55.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:29 PM
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Fri, 18 August 2006
YJN #54 - 08/17/06 - Executive Director Michael Liepman on choosing a synagogue
This week's links:

How to choose a synagogue, from My Jewish Learning
Choosing a synagogue is harder for intermarrieds, from J magazine
How is a synagogue operated? from old Usenet FAQs
Direct download: yjn-54.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:54 AM
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Fri, 11 August 2006
YJN #53 - An interview with a Jewish "Rosie the Riveter" - 08/10/06
This week's links:

Rosie the Riveter Trust
Women in the Factories of World War II
Rosie the Riveter: Wikipedia entry
Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Park
Congregation Beth Ami, Santa Rosa, California



Direct download: yjn-53.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:08 AM
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Fri, 4 August 2006
YJN #52 - 08/03/06 - Michele Holtz on YJN's first year
This week's links:

Ways to support Israel
Brit Tzedek v'Shalom
Union for Reform Judaism
ARZA
Direct download: yjn-52.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:54 AM
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Fri, 28 July 2006
YJN #51 - 07/27/06 - Soundseeing Tour of Israel Unity rally, San Francisco

This week's links:

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome
US Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
About the Jewish Community Relations Council
Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and South Africa
Camp Newman and Camp Swig

Direct download: yjn-51.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:26 AM
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Thu, 20 July 2006
YJN #50 - 07/20/06 - WRJ Director Marlene Belstock on cosmetic ingredients
This week's links:

Environmental Working Group's "Skin Deep," news about the safety of popular health and beauty brands

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

FDA article on cosmetic ingredients

Ten Synthetic Cosmetic Ingredients to Avoid, from the Organic Consumers Association

Women of Reform Judaism




Direct download: yjn-50.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:41 PM
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Thu, 13 July 2006
YJN #49 - 07/13/06 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on conversion (part 2)
This week's links:

Wikipedia's listing for the mikvah
Mikvah Project
Ideas for a deeply spiritual conversion ritual
Reform conversion to Judaism

Direct download: yjn-49.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:47 PM
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Fri, 7 July 2006
YJN #48 - 07/06/06 - Rabbi Shanks on conversion (part 1)
This week's links:

The Center for Converstion to Judaism
Conversion to Judaism (from Chamash)
Becoming Jewish
Who is a Jew? (from Judaism 101)
How to Become a Jew (from the BBC)
Inviting Conversion (URJ's Biennial Initiative)

Direct download: yjn-48.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:41 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 30 June 2006
YJN #47 - 06/29/06 - Sandy Anderson on Havurot
This week's links:

National Havurah Committee
Wikipedia entry on chavurah

Direct download: yjn-47.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:24 AM
Comments[0]
Thu, 22 June 2006
YJN #46 - 06/22/06 - Cantor Leigh Korn looks at wedding traditions
This week's links:

An Amazon.com list of books for the Jewish bride

Wikipedia listing on the Jewish view of marriage

Where to get a chuppah, from the Berkeley Parents Network

Jewish Weddings, from All Things Jewish

On the breaking of the glass, by Adventure Rabbi

Direct download: yjn-46.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:30 PM
Comments[0]
Thu, 15 June 2006
YJN #45 - 06/16/06 - Cantor Korn on Havdalah
This week's links: Wikipedia's listing on Havdalah

Havdalah and Shabbat candle-lighting times

Home Havdalah Service

Havdalah candle-making

Direct download: yjn-45.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:41 PM
Comments[0]
Thu, 8 June 2006
YJN #44 - 06/07/06 - Debbie Enelow on talking to kids about anti-semitism
This week's links:

The Peace Encyclopedia on anti-semitism
The U.S. State Department Report on Anti-Semitism
Wikipedia's listing on Anti-Semitism

Direct download: yjn-44.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:15 AM
Comments[0]
Thu, 1 June 2006
YJN #43 - 06/01/06 - Debbie Enelow on the Seventh Grade Fund
This week's link:

Temple Isaiah's Seventh Grade Fund
Direct download: yjn-43.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:29 PM
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Thu, 25 May 2006
YJN #42 - 05/25/06 - Holocaust Museum Direct Sara Bloomfield
This week's links:

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Sara Bloomfield
Direct download: yjn-42.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:31 PM
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Thu, 18 May 2006
YJN #41 - 5/18/06 - Susan Weidman Schneider, editor, Lilith

This week's links:

Lilith
Information on Susan Weidman Schneider
Direct download: yjn-41.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:28 PM
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Fri, 12 May 2006
YJN #40 - 05/11/06 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on Shavuot

This week's links:

Wikipedia listing for Shavuot
Shavuot on the Net
Shavuot at OU.org
Shavuot from the Jewish Virtual Library
About the Book of Ruth
Shavuot: The Book of Ruth
Savuot Recipes

Direct download: yjn-40.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:36 AM
Comments[0]
Thu, 4 May 2006
YJN #39 - 05/04/06 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on counting the Omer
This week's links:

Judaism 101: Counting the Omer
About.com's Omer resource list
Wikipedia's Listing
Direct download: yjn-39.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:35 PM
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Thu, 27 April 2006
YJN #38 - 04/27/06 - The Women of Isaiah Annual Retreat
This week's links:

RL White Retreat Center

Direct download: yjn-38.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:03 PM
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Fri, 21 April 2006
YJN #37 - 04/20/06 - Arlynn Bloom on Social Action
Links for this show will be posted soon.
Direct download: yjn-37.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:35 AM
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Thu, 13 April 2006
YJN #36 - 04/13/06 - Marilyn Hirsch on Dear Sudan of Contra Costa County

This week's links:

Hotel Rwanda

Walnut Creek United Methodist Church

Dear Sudan, Love Marin

Bay Area Darfur Coalition

Dear Sudan Weblog

Congregation Rodef Shalom of Marin

A Million Voices for Darfur

Direct download: yjn-36.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:17 PM
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Thu, 6 April 2006
YJN #35 - 04/06/06 - Gabe Salgado on Contra Costa Midrasha

This week's links:

Contra Costa Midrasha

Let's Go Israel

Jewish Culture

Kabbalah

Temple B'nai Shalom, Walnut Creek

Birthright trips to Israel

 

Direct download: yjn-35.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:03 PM
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Thu, 30 March 2006
YJN #34 - 03/30/06 - Cantor Korn on Bar Mitzvah lore

This week's links:

The "faux" mitzvah:

Non-Jewish 13-year-olds celebrate faux bar mitzvahs, from PittsburghLive.com

Something borrowed, something Hebrew, from the Orange County Register

Direct download: yjn-34.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:57 PM
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Thu, 23 March 2006
YJN #33 - 03/23/06 - Cantor Leigh Korn on modern music in the liturgy

This week's links:

Genres and styles of Jewish music

Cantillation

Nusach

Louis Lewandowski

V'shumru

Direct download: yjn-33.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:48 PM
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Thu, 16 March 2006
YJN #32 - 03/16/06 - Temple Isaiah's Adult B'nai Mitzvah

This week's link:

Wikipedia's b'nai mitzvah listing
This page includes links to a variety of b'nai mitzvah resources

Direct download: yjn-32.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:30 AM
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Fri, 10 March 2006
YJN #31 - 03/09/06 - Librarian Val Morehouse tells a Purim tale

This week's links:

Raisel's Riddle, by Erica Silverman, a Paren't Choice Foundation selection

An interview with Erica Silverman

Direct download: yjn-31.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:01 AM
Comments[0]
Fri, 3 March 2006
YJN #30 - 03/02/06 - Mary Anne Winig on Hadassah

This week's link:

Hadassah

Direct download: yjn-30.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:20 AM
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Thu, 23 February 2006
YJN #29 - 2/23/06 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on the holiday of Purim

This week's links:

Purim on the Neet

Judaism 101: Purim

Purim, the Festival of Lots

Purim teaching units for educators

The Megillah scroll at the Library of Congress

Wikipedia listing for Purim

Direct download: yjn-29.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 4:00 AM
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Thu, 16 February 2006
YJN #28 - 2/16/06 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on becoming a rabbi

This week's links:

Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

Sally J. Priesand, the first female Reform rabbi

Women's Rabbinic Network

Direct download: yjn-28.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:55 AM
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Thu, 9 February 2006
YJN #27 - 2/9/06 - Youth Director Jonathan Shugart on Jewish summer camps

This week's links:

Camp Newman and Camp Swig

URJ Camps Directory

Temple Isaiah's Camp Kefli

Camp Tawonga

Direct download: yjn-27.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:28 PM
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Thu, 2 February 2006
YJN #26 - 2/2/06 - Rabbi Graetz on Rabbis for Human Rights

This week's link:

Rabbis for Human Rights

Direct download: yjn-26.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:12 PM
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Thu, 26 January 2006
YJN #25 - 1/26/06 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on Brit Tzedek v'Shalom

This week's link:

Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, Jewish Alliance for Justice & Peace

Direct download: yjn-25.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:22 PM
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Thu, 19 January 2006
YJN #24 - 1/19/06 - Debbie Enelow on revitalizing American Jews' connection to Israel

This week's links:

The government of Israel (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Background on Israeli independence

The Soviet Jewry Movement

Operation Exodus: The emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel

Wikipedia's entry for kibbutzim

Direct download: yjn-24.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:45 PM
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Thu, 12 January 2006
YJN #23 - 1/12/06 - Debbie Enelow explains the evolution of the Siddur based on the gender of G-d

This week's links

Siddur: The Wikipedia entry

The new Reform Siddur

Roots of the Siddur

Marcia Falk

Direct download: yjn-23.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:11 PM
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Thu, 5 January 2006
YJN #22 - 1/05/06 - An interview with Temple Isaiah President Maynard Lichterman
This week's links:

Union of Reform Judaism

Temple Isaiah

Direct download: yjn-22.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:59 PM
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Thu, 29 December 2005
YJN #21 - 12/29/05 - A Chanukah music selection

This week's links:

Linda Hirschhorn and Vocolot

Beth Schafer

Neshama Carlebach

Direct download: yjn-21.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:00 PM
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Thu, 22 December 2005
YJN #20 - 12/22/05 - Michele Holtz on the role of Sisterhood
This week's links:

Women of Reform Judaism

Direct download: yjn-20.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:47 PM
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Thu, 15 December 2005
YJN #19 - 12/15/05 - A Chanukah story from Temple Isaiah's librarian, Val Morehouse
This week's links:

The Chanukah Guest

Eric A. Kimmel

Temple Isaiah's library

Direct download: yjn-19.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:49 PM
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Thu, 8 December 2005
YJN #18 - 12/08/05 - Cantor Korn on Chanukah

Happy Chanukah to everybody from Temple Isaiah of Lafayette, California.

Direct download: yjn-18.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:29 PM
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Thu, 1 December 2005
YJN #17 - 12/01/05 - Cantor Korn on Torah Cantillation
Torah cantillation is the art of changing scripture. Cantor Korn explains its origins and provides examples.

This week's links:

The Art of Torah Cantillation (Book)

Toledot, Genesis Chapter 25, verse 19

Haftorah Malachi chapter 1

Tisha B'av

Book of Lamentations

Direct download: yjn-17.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:33 PM
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Thu, 17 November 2005
YJN #15 - 11/17/05 - Rabbi Graetz on Winter Nights

This week's links:

Contra Costa County Winter Nights Program

Direct download: yjn-15.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 4:15 AM
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Thu, 10 November 2005
YJN #14 - 11/10/05 - Cantor Linda Hirschhorn on the female a capella group, Vocolot

This week's links:

Vocolot

Linda Hirschhorn

Direct download: yjn-14.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:04 PM
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Thu, 20 October 2005
YJN #11 - 10/20/05 - Sounds from Mitzvah Day

Links from this week's show:

Children's Book Project

Diablo Valley AIDS Center

Children's Hospital of Oakland

Contra Costa Food Bank

Reutlinger Center

Red Cross

Darfur genocide

Direct download: yjn-11.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:00 AM
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Fri, 14 October 2005
YJN #10 - 10/14/05 - Jeanette Gross on "sacred chanting"

This week's show links:

Rabbi Shefa Gold

The Israelisms Podcast

The Story Spieler Podcast

Direct download: yjn-10.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 4:02 PM
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Thu, 6 October 2005
YJN #9 - 10/06/05 - Ellen Pollack, president, Women of Reform Judaism District 24, on WRJ

Links for this show:

Women of Reform Judaism

Direct download: yjn-09.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:04 AM
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Thu, 29 September 2005
YJN #8 - 9/29/05 - Education Director Debbie Enelow on learning Hebrew

This show's links:

Hebrew

Bubur-Rosenzweig Bible

Arthur Hertzberg

Direct download: yjn-08.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:13 AM
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Thu, 22 September 2005
YJN #7 - 9/22/05 - Education Director Debbie Enelow on Jewish education

Links from this show:

Abraham Heschel

Solomon Buber

Direct download: yjn-07.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:51 PM
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Thu, 8 September 2005
YJN #5 - 9/8/05 - Cantor Korn on what it means to be a Cantor

Links from this show:

Hebrew Union College

Chazzanut

Shalom Aleichem

Debbie Friedman

Jeff Kleppler

Danny Nichols

Rick Recht

L'chu N'ram'na

Direct download: yjn-05.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:42 PM
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Thu, 1 September 2005
YJN #4 - 9/1/05 - Rabbi Shanks on the month of Elul
Links from this show:

Jewish Calendar

Psalm 27

Song of Songs

Direct download: yjn-04.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:58 PM
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Thu, 25 August 2005
YJN #3 - 8/25/05 - Rabbi Shanks on Jewish Book Groups
Links from the show:

Flavius Josephus: Eyewitness to Rome's First Century Conquest of Judea, by Mireille Hadas-Lebel.

The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth

A Tale of Love and Darkness, by Amos Oz

Focus, by Arthur Miller

Constantine's Sword, by James Carroll

The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant

Direct download: yjn-03.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:50 PM
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Thu, 18 August 2005
YJN #2 - 8/18/05 - Rabbi Graetz on ARZA
In today's podcast, Rabbi Roberto Graetz takes a look at ARZA, the Association of Reform Zionists of America. Links from this show: Our thanks to everybody -- nearly 40 of you! -- who listened to our first podcast. The statistics indicate most of you are downloading the show, and I wanted to let you know that you can also subscribe. You'll need a "podcatcher," software for subscribing to podcasts. I use iPodder. (It's free.) Once you have the software installed on your computer, click the "subscribe" link on this page and copy the URL of the "feed" into the new subscription field in iPodder. And that's it! Now, "Your Jewish Neighborhood" will come to you every Thursday.
Direct download: yjn-02.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:59 AM
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Thu, 11 August 2005
YJN #1 - 8/11/05 - Rabbi Graetz on Reform weddings in Israel
Welcome to our very first podcast! Your Jewish Neighborhood is a weekly podcast featuring clergy and other leaders from Temple Isaiah in Lafayette, California, discussing issues and topics of general interest to the affiliated and unaffiliated Jews everywhere. If you have comments, please send them to us at yjn@temple-isaiah.org.

In our first podcast, Temple Isaiah Rabbi Roberto Graetz talks about Reform weddings in Israel.

Links from this show:

Direct download: yjn-01.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:36 PM
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