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As you continue on your Jewish journey, join rabbis, cantors and other Jewish educators in exploring many facets of Judaism. Contact us on progressivelyjewish@gmail.com. Progressively Jewish is a collaboration between Liberal Judaism, Reform Judaism, and Leo Baeck College. Remember to subscribe to Progressively Jewish and, if you like what you hear, leave us a podcast review.

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    S3 Finale (Rosh Chodesh Av): Creation & Construction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2022 33:56


    Host: Rabbi Richard Jacobi (East London and Essex Liberal Synagogue)  Rabbi Dr. Tali Artman (Sukkat Shalom) & Rabbi Jordan Helfman (South West Essex and Settlement Reform Synagogue).

    S3E10 Rosh Chodesh Tammuz: Fertility and Infertility

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 22:50


    Host: Rabbi Tanya Sakhnovich (The Liberal Synagogue Elstree) Guest: Rabbi Miriam Berger (Finchley Reform Synagogue & Trustee, Wellspring UK)

    S3E9 Rosh Chodesh Sivan: Coming of Age

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 21:19


    Host: [Erev Rav] David-Yehuda Stern (Leo Baeck College)  Guests: Rabbi Shulamit Ambalu (Sha'arei Tsedek), Rabbi Dr. Tali Artman Partock (Sukkat Shalom) & Student Rabbi Shulamit Morris-Evans (Leo Baeck College). 

    S3E8 Rosh Chodesh Iyar: Ukraine Special

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 27:06


    Host: Rabbi Tanya Sakhnovich (The Liberal Synagogue Elstree)  Guests: Rabbi Anna Wolfson (Mosaic Jewish Community) & Rabbi Igor Zinkov (The Liberal Jewish Synagogue & Co-Chair, Ukraine Crisis Committee of the World Union for Progressive Judaism)

    S3E7 Rosh Chodesh Nisan: Burning & Cleansing (Purification and Pesach)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 42:18


    Host: Rabbi Richard Jacobi (East London and Essex Liberal Synagogue) Guests: Rabbi Rachel Benjamin (Mosaic Liberal) & Rabbi Monique Mayer Bristol (West Progressive Jewish Congregation).

    S3E6 Rosh Chodesh Adar II : Humour & Justice (Megillat Esther)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2022 39:31


    Host: Kohenet Yael Tischler, Rabbinical Student, Leo Baeck College (LBC) Guests: Rachel Creeger (Comedian/Writer) & Shoshana Jedwab (Educator/Musician)

    S3E5 Rosh Chodesh Adar I : Creating Ritual (Birth & Pregnancy)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2022 34:11


    Host: Rabbi Debbie-Young-Somers (Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue) Guest: Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner

    S3E4 Rosh Chodesh Shevat: Planting & Nurturing (Women & Trees)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 37:58


    Host: Student Rabbi & Kohenet Yael Tischler (Leo Baeck College) Guests: Yael Roberts (Educator, Westminster Synagogue & Visual Artist) & Sara Moon (Writer & Rising Kohenet).

    S3E3 Rosh Chodesh Tevet: Death & Rebirth

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 36:34


    Host: Rabbi Tanya Sakhnovich (The Liberal Synagogue Elstree) Guests: Rabbi Dr. Michael Hilton, Sharon Rose, (The Compassionate Friends, www.tcf.org.uk) & Rev. Bruce Thompson. 

    S3E2 Rosh Chodesh Kislev: Remembering the Foremothers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 29:43


    Host: Rabbi Richard Jacobi (East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue)  Guests: Rabbi Leah Jordan (Kehillah North London) & Kohenet Yael Tischler, Rabbinical Student, Leo Baeck College (LBC)

    S3E1 Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan: New Moons, Femininity & Womanhood!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 35:47


    Host: David-Yehuda Stern, Rabbinical Student (Leo Baeck College). Guests: Rabbi Debbie-Young-Somers (Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue) & Student Rabbi Eleanor Davis (Leo Baeck College).

    S2E46 Simchat Torah Special - Season 2 Finale!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2021 24:18


    Hosts: Rabbi Debbie-Young-Somers (Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue), Rabbi Richard Jacobi (East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue) & David-Yehuda Stern, Rabbinical Student (Leo Baeck College).

    S2E45 Ha'azinu - Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2021 26:47


    Host: Rabbi Debbie-Young-Somers (Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue) Guest: Reverend Canon Dr. Tim Bull (Director of Ministry and Residentiary Canon at St Albans Cathedral)

    S2E44 Vayeilech - Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2021 52:54


    Host: Rabbi Tanya Sakhnovich, The Liberal Synagogue Elstree. Guests: Rabbi Dr. Deborah Khan-Harris, the Principle of Leo Baeck College and Robin Moss, the Chief Executive of Unitas, Barnet's Youth Zone.

    S2E43 Nitzavim - Human Nature

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 52:50


    Host: Rabbi Richard Jacobi (East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue). Guests: Various! 

    S2E42 Ki Tavo - Joy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 28:58


    Host: David-Yehuda Stern, Rabbinical Student, Leo Baeck College (LBC) Guest: Rabbi Etienne Kerber, of Communaute Juive Libérale de Paris (CJL)

    S2E41 Ki Teitzei - Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 27:05


    Host: Rabbi Debbie-Young-Somers (Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue) Guests: Sara Nathan (Co-Founder, Refugees At Home,) & Rabbi Elliott Karstadt (Alyth Synagogue & Trustee, Together in Barnet)

    S2E40 Shoftim - Justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2021 46:59


    Host: Rabbi Richard Jacobi (East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue). Guests: Dr. Edie Friedman (Founder, JCORE) and Rabbi Jackie Tabick (Convenor of the Reform Beit Din).

    S2E39 R'eih - Giving

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 38:09


    Host: Rabbi Tanya Sakhnovich, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue (NLS) Guests: Dr. Mike Harris, retired Chief-Executive of Rampton Hospital, Dr. Sheila Marriott, recently retired regional Director, Royal College of Nursing and David Braham, doctor at the NHS A&E hospital in Leeds

    S2E38 Eikev - Land of Israel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021 47:44


    Host: Rabbi Tanya Sakhnovich, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue (NLS). Guests: Rabbis Noa Sattat, IRAC, Yuval Keren, Southgate Progressive and Lea Mulstein, the Ark Synagogue and chair of Arzeinu.

    S2E37 Vaetchanan - Torah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 38:00


    Host: Rabbi Richard Jacobi (East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue). Guests: Avielah Barclay (Soferet STaM) & Marc Michaels (Sofer STaM).

    S2E36 D'varim - Leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 48:34


    Host: Rabbi Richard Jacobi (East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue). Guests: Debbie Danon (Co-Chair, Makor Hayim) & Rabbi Daniel Lichman (Makor Hayim). 

    S2E35 Mattot-Mas'ei - Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 37:04


    Host: David-Yehuda Stern, Rabbinical Student, Leo Baeck College (LBC)  Guests: Zoe Jacobs (Community Educator, Finchley Progressive Synagogue) & Maya Gottlieb (Senior Youth Worker, Finchley Reform Synagogue).

    S2E34 Pinchas - Tolerance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 41:16


    Host: Rabbi Debbie-Young-Somers (Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue) Guests: Navleen Kaur (Sahara Sisterhood), Ravi Khanna (Convergence Consulting) & Amaranatho Robey (former Buddhist Monk).

    S2E33 Balak - Synagogue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 50:52


    Host: Rabbi Richard Jacobi (East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue). Guests: Rabbi Shulamit Ambalu (Principal Rabbi, Sha'arei Tsedek) and Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman (co-founder "Synagogue 2000/3000" & Professor Emeritus of Liturgy, Worship and Ritual at Hebrew Union College).

    S2E32 Chukat - Prayer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2021 48:59


    Host: Rabbi Tanya Sakhnovich, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue (NLS) Guests: Rabba Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, Rabbi Elli Tikvah-Sarah (Brighton and Hove Liberal Progressive Synagogue) and Robin Moss

    S2E31 Korach - Controversy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 36:16


    Host: David-Yehuda Stern, Rabbinical Student, Leo Baeck College (LBC) Guests: Rabbi Leah Jordan (Kehillah North London) and Student Rabbi Gabriel Kanter-Webber (LBC)

    S2E30 Sh'lach L'cha - Doubt

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 23:05


    Host: Rabbi Debbie-Young-Somers (Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue) Guests: Rabbi Richard Jacobi (East London and Essex Liberal Synagogue) & Rabbi Tanya Sakhnovich, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue.

    S2E29 B'ha-lot'cha - Prejudice

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 48:37


    Host: Yael Tischler, Rabbinical Student, Leo Baeck College (LBC) Guests: Rachel Rose-Reid (Kohenet, Rabbinical Student, Storyteller & Co-Founder of Yelala) & Annie Cohen (Rising Kohenet, PHD student focusing in Eastern European History)

    S2E28 Naso - Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 45:06


    Host: Rabbi Tanya Sakhnovich, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue (NLS) Guests: Janet Berenson (Writer, Poet & Educator), Leonid Bimbat (Rabbi, Moscow Centre for Progressive Judaism) and Cllr Sajid Cllr Sajid Mohammed (Founder & CEO, Himmah Food Bank)

    S2E27 Behar-Bechukotai - Freedom & Responsibility

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 43:19


    Host: Rabbi Tanya Sakhnovich, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue (NLS) Guests: Reverend Anna Alls (Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham), Rabbi Richard Jacobi (East London and Essex Liberal Synagogue), and Robin Moss (former Director of Strategy of UJIA).

    S2E26 Emor - Sanctification of Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 33:48


    Host: Yael Tischler, Rabbinical Student, Leo Baeck College (LBC) Guests: Rabbi Naomi Goldman (Kol Chai Reform) & Nicky Spencer-Hutchings (trainee Interfaith Minister).

    S2E25 Acharei Mot/K'doshim - Life & Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 44:42


    Host: David-Yehuda Stern, Rabbinical Student, Leo Baeck College (LBC) Guests: Miriam Grabiner, Founder of Hesped.org & Rabbi Colin Eimer, Emeritus Rabbi of Sha'arei Tsedek, Alyth clergy team member & lecturer at LBC.

    S2E24 Tazria-Metzora - Health & Suffering

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 31:27


    Host: Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers, Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue   Guests: Dr. Abi Magrill & Dr. Natalie Shenker.

    S2E23 Sh'mini - Holiness

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 24:14


    Host: Rabbi Mark Goldsmith, Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue  Guests: Rabbi Marcia Plumb, Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Massachusetts)

    S2E23 Pesach 5781!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 28:51


    Host: David-Yehuda Stern, Rabbinical Student, Leo Baeck College (LBC) Guest: Rabbi Adrian Schell of The Wimbledon Synagogue

    S2E22 Tzav - Loyalty

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 28:12


    Host: Rabbi Richard Jacobi Guests: Rabbi Ariel Friedlander and Rabbi Michael Hilton

    S2E21 Vayikra - Holiness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 26:14


    Host: Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers (Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue) Guests: Danielle Trainis (Moishe House), Rabbi Eryn London & Jonathan Tebble (member New North London Synagogue).

    S2E20 Vayakhel-Pekudei - Shabbat

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 34:31


    Host: Rabbi Richard Jacobi (Rabbi at East London and Essex Liberal Synagogue) Guests: Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers (Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue) & The Reverend Graham Buckle (Vicar of St Stephen with St John Westminster)

    S2E19 Ki Tissa - Quest

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 24:15


    Host: Rabbi Tanya Sakhnovich, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue (NLS) Guests: Charlie Barker, Cheder Teacher (NLS) & Student Rabbi Matt Turchin (Leo Baeck College)

    S2E18 Purim - Shedding Light On Dark Texts

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 22:35


    Host: Rabbi Igor Zinkov, The Liberal Jewish Synagogue Guest: Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen, the Principle Rabbi of Manchester Reform Synagogue, a member of the leadership team of Tzelem, the Rabbinic Voice for social and economic justics in the UK co-chair of Greater Manchester Citizents.

    S2E17 T'rumah - How Covid-19 Changed the Way We Pray

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2021 28:52


    Host: David-Yehuda Stern, Rabbinical Student, Leo Baeck College (LBC) Guests: LBC Student Rabbis Tali Artman, Eleanor Davis and Yael Tischler.

    S2E16 Mishpatim - Individuality

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 40:13


    Host: Richard Jacobi, Rabbi at East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue Guests: Tanya Sakhnovich, Rabbi at Nottingham Liberal Synagogue, Pete Tobias, Rabbi at The Elstree Liberal Synagogue.

    S2E15 Jewish Task - Torah Portion Yitro

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 39:34


    Host: Rabbi Richard Jacobi, East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue Guests: Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen, the Principle Rabbi of Manchester Reform Synagogue, a member of the leadership team of Tzelem, the Rabbinic Voice for social and economic justics in the UK, co-chair of Greater Manchester Citizents. Charlotte Fischer, Senior Community Organiser, Citizens UK. Rabbi Janet Darley

    S2E14 Faith - Torah Portion B'shallach

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 29:44


    Host: Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers, Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue Guests: Cantor Zoe Jacobs, Finchley Reform Synagogue, Cantor Tamara Wolfson, Alyth (North Western Reform Synagogue), Cantor Sarah Grabiner, Radlett Reform Synagogue.

    S2E13 Community - Torah Portion Bo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2021 46:11


    Host: Tanya Sakhnovich, Rabbi at Nottingham Liberal Synagogue Guests: Members of Nottingham Liberal Synagogue: Jessie and Dan Clark, OBE; Karen and Solly Worth; Darren Barker talking about their community and the future of Liberal Judaism

    S2E12 Omnipresence - Torah Portion Sh'mot

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2021 6:16


    Host: David-Yehuda Stern

    S2E11-Reconciliation - Torah Portion Vayechi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2021 29:19


    With Dr Chani Smith, a musician and lecturer on the rabbinic programme at Leo Baeck College and a founding member and former Hon. Secretary of Friends of the Bereaved Families Forum. Host: Rabbi Monique Mayer

    S2E10 Life's Journey - Torah Portion Vayiggash

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2020 36:25


    Host: Rabbi Michael Shire (and family!)

    S2E9 Dreams - Torah Portion Miketz

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 34:52


    Host: Rabbi Debbie-Young-Somers, Rabbi at Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue Guests: Kohenet Yael Tischler and Rabbi Daniel Lichman

    S2E8 The Human Family - Torah Portion Va-yeshev

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 30:46


    Host: Tanya Sakhnovich, Rabbi of Nottingham Liberal Synagogue Guests: Reverend Bruce Tompson, Chair of Lincolnshire Methodist District ; Reverend Kevin Shaw, lead-chaplain for Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS foundation Trust ; Ferzana Shan, college of Policing Training Manager, Vice-chair of Himmah and a member of Salaam-Shalom Kitchen steering group

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