Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation Podcasts

Season 15: Here We Go Again Episode 9

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2025 10:02

High Holidays 2025It can be hard to forget the last, difficult weeks of a loved one's life and to remember the good years before them. Anger, resentment, alienation do not simply disappear when someone dies. Looking back and living forward, how can we find the silver linings?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 15: Here We Go Again Episode 8

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2025 25:19

High Holidays 2025Sermon: Jewish history has not always been disaster after disaster, but we have experienced our share of trauma, and then some. If the faith in divine favor that sustained our ancestors no longer resonates with us, where can we find the confidence to light our own way forward?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 15: Here We Go Again Episode 7

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2025 3:39

High Holidays 2025Literature: Jewish history has not always been disaster after disaster, but we have experienced our share of trauma, and then some. If the faith in divine favor that sustained our ancestors no longer resonates with us, where can we find the confidence to light our own way forward?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 15: Here We Go Again Episode 6

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2025 20:37

High Holidays 2025Sermon: The world outside is in turmoil, and so is our psyche. Relationships crumble, the tension rises, family ties are fraying, stress is everywhere and always. Antisemitism and public unrest adds to our fear, and fear erodes our empathy and rationality. Is it time to give up, or to flee, or to face the challenge?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 15: Here We Go Again Episode 5

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2025 13:03

High Holidays 2025Torah: The world outside is in turmoil, and so is our psyche. Relationships crumble, the tension rises, family ties are fraying, stress is everywhere and always. Antisemitism and public unrest adds to our fear, and fear erodes our empathy and rationality. Is it time to give up, or to flee, or to face the challenge?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 15: Here We Go Again Episode 4

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2025 23:13

High Holidays 2025Sermon: The Jewish world is fractured. Zionists and anti-Zionists (and the conflicted center), the Orthodox versus everyone else, the indifferent and the engaged, looking back in despair or looking forward in hope. Is “peoplehood” enough to keep us together?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 15: Here We Go Again Episode 3

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2025 5:56

High Holidays 2025Literature: The Jewish world is fractured. Zionists and anti-Zionists (and the conflicted center), the Orthodox versus everyone else, the indifferent and the engaged, looking back in despair or looking forward in hope. Is “peoplehood” enough to keep us together?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 15: Here We Go Again Episode 2

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2025 23:57

High Holidays 2025Sermon: In an era of rising ethnocentric nationalism, compassionate humanism is out of fashion. The formerly unthinkable is very real: political murder, militarized immigration and law enforcement, mass suffering and dehumanization. How can we deal with the damage?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 15: Here We Go Again Episode 1

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2025 9:32

High Holidays 2025Torah Reading: In an era of rising ethnocentric nationalism, compassionate humanism is out of fashion. The formerly unthinkable is very real: political murder, militarized immigration and law enforcement, mass suffering and dehumanization. How can we deal with the damage?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 14: We Are Not Doomed Episode 9

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 10:25

High Holidays 2024With all of our challenges, this may well be the best time in history to be alive, as a Jew and as a human being. There is more work to do, and we have already come so far.[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 14: We Are Not Doomed Episode 8

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 23:39

High Holidays 2024Campus protests, vandalism and threats against Jewish schools and synagogues, political uses of antisemitism, and judging “good Jews” vs. “bad Jews” - we may wonder if an American Jewish golden age has ended, or never was. Is it the best of times or the worst of times to be Jewish in America? Yes.[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 14: We Are Not Doomed Episode 7

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 6:00

High Holidays 2024Campus protests, vandalism and threats against Jewish schools and synagogues, political uses of antisemitism, and judging “good Jews” vs. “bad Jews” - we may wonder if an American Jewish golden age has ended, or never was. Is it the best of times or the worst of times to be Jewish in America? Yes.[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 14: We Are Not Doomed Episode 6

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 20:15

High Holidays 2024Can we live together any more? Individualism can create isolation and alienation, and secularism without a religion substitute can lead to nihilism. The generations are strained as change accelerates, and civility is losing to political and cultural tribalism. Jewish life may offer a way forward from dispute to discussion.[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 14: We Are Not Doomed Episode 5

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 9:19

High Holidays 2024Can we live together any more? Individualism can create isolation and alienation, and secularism without a religion substitute can lead to nihilism. The generations are strained as change accelerates, and civility is losing to political and cultural tribalism. Jewish life may offer a way forward from dispute to discussion.[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 14: We Are Not Doomed Episode 4

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 22:17

High Holidays 2024Technology: Triumph or Terror. Technology and the internet promised to make the world smaller, smarter, and more open-minded (oops). Today the machines are always watching, listening, and learning. We have more knowledge and power at our fingertips than ever, and so does AI. Do we control our inventions, or will they control us?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 14: We Are Not Doomed Episode 3

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 6:38

High Holidays 2024Technology: Triumph or Terror. Literary Reading[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 14: We Are Not Doomed Episode 2

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 23:47

High Holidays 2024Jewish Divisions: Us or Them. Has the Jewish world ever been this divided? Zionists vs. Antizionists, conservatives vs. liberals vs. socialists, the ultra-Orthodox vs. most everyone else, those open to the new Jewish diversity and those appalled by it. Israel is facing its most serious challenges in decades, both within and globally. And yet, have we ever been truly unified?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 14: We Are Not Doomed Episode 1

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 9:30

High Holidays 2024Jewish Divisions: Us or Them. Torah Reading[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 13: Episode 8 It's Complicated

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 21:13

High Holidays 2023Rabbi Chalom discusses where Humanistic Judaism fits in Judaism in America.[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 13: Episode 7 The Hotel

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 6:46

High Holidays 2023Rabbi Chalom discusses where Humanistic Judaism fits in Judaism in America.[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 13: Episode 6 Israel and the American Jew

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 27:02

High Holidays 2023Rabbi Chalom discusses where Humanistic Judaism fits in Judaism in America.[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 13: Episode 5 Yom Kippur Torah Reading

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 10:51

High Holidays 2023Rabbi Chalom discusses where Humanistic Judaism fits in Judaism in America.[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 13: Episode 4 When nonconformity is a form of conformity

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2023 22:04

High Holidays 2023Rabbi Chalom discusses where Humanistic Judaism fits in Judaism in America.[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 13: Episode 3 Reading from Literature

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2023 4:37

High Holidays 2023Rabbi Chalom reads from Jewish Literature and reflects.[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 13: Episode 2 Things change, people change, hairstyles change, interest rates fluctuate

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 22:47

High Holidays 2023 If you disagree that this should be the final season of the Kol Hadadash Podcast, email [info@kolhadash.com] and request to continue providing the podcast.[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 13: Episode 1 Exodus

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 11:29

High Holidays 2023If you disagree that this should be the final season of the Kol Hadadash Podcast, email [info@kolhadash.com] and request to continue providing the podcast.[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 13: Episode 0 Beginning of the End?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 1:37

High Holidays 2023If you disagree that this should be the final season of the Kol Hadadash Podcast, email [info@kolhadash.com] and request to continue providing the podcast.[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 12: Episode 9 Grief

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2022 7:03

High Holidays 2022What do we do when it feels like the world is falling apart? Can Jewish culture and Humanistic values be relevant, even inspirational, in moments of crisis? And how can we find shared purpose and action in our personal diversity?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 12: Episode 8 Freedom and Autonomy

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2022 17:01

High Holidays 2022What do we do when it feels like the world is falling apart? Can Jewish culture and Humanistic values be relevant, even inspirational, in moments of crisis? And how can we find shared purpose and action in our personal diversity?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 12: Episode 7 Shulem Deen

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2022 8:07

High Holidays 2022What do we do when it feels like the world is falling apart? Can Jewish culture and Humanistic values be relevant, even inspirational, in moments of crisis? And how can we find shared purpose and action in our personal diversity?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 12: Episode 6 Isolation, Tribalism and Community

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2022 17:22

High Holidays 2022What do we do when it feels like the world is falling apart? Can Jewish culture and Humanistic values be relevant, even inspirational, in moments of crisis? And how can we find shared purpose and action in our personal diversity?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 12: Episode 5 Deuteronomy

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 6:40

High Holidays 2022What do we do when it feels like the world is falling apart? Can Jewish culture and Humanistic values be relevant, even inspirational, in moments of crisis? And how can we find shared purpose and action in our personal diversity?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 12: Episode 3 Talmudic Reading

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 5:42

High Holidays 2022What do we do when it feels like the world is falling apart? Can Jewish culture and Humanistic values be relevant, even inspirational, in moments of crisis? And how can we find shared purpose and action in our personal diversity?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 12: Episode 4 Personal Values, Public Responsibility

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 18:03

High Holidays 2022What do we do when it feels like the world is falling apart? Can Jewish culture and Humanistic values be relevant, even inspirational, in moments of crisis? And how can we find shared purpose and action in our personal diversity?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 12: Episode 2 Safety and Fear

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 17:25

High Holidays 2022What do we do when it feels like the world is falling apart? Can Jewish culture and Humanistic values be relevant, even inspirational, in moments of crisis? And how can we find shared purpose and action in our personal diversity?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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Season 12: Episode 1 Genesis 4

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 6:35

High Holidays 2022What do we do when it feels like the world is falling apart? Can Jewish culture and Humanistic values be relevant, even inspirational, in moments of crisis? And how can we find shared purpose and action in our personal diversity?[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes.[RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format)Listen (MP3)

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