Podcasts about interfaith affairs

Do all non-Jews hate us? Does exposure to the non-Jewish world help or hurt our children when they grow up? What are the hazards of teaching children negative attitudes about non-Jews? What separations did Chazal institute between us and non-Jews? Why did Chazal feel that was necessary? Do we need to be concerned with causing “Aivah” (animosity) with non-Jews, even if we are doing nothing wrong? Host: Ari Wasserman with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah and noted author – 11:20 with Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein – Director of Interfaith Affairs at the Simon Wiesenthal Center – 42:19 with Jonathan Rosenblum – Mishpacha Columnist and author – 42:19 with Rabbi Naftali Horowitz – Managing Director at Morgan Stanley – 1:07:59 with Rabbi Berel Wein – Renowned Rov, Author, Historian and Lecturer – 1:31:09 with Rabbi Shraga Freedman – Educational Director of Living Kiddush Hashem Foundation –1:46:26 Conclusion and Takeaways – 2:10:48  מראי מקומות  

Do all non-Jews hate us? Does exposure to the non-Jewish world help or hurt our children when they grow up? What are the hazards of teaching children negative attitudes about non-Jews? What separations did Chazal institute between us and non-Jews? Why did Chazal feel that was necessary? Do we need to be concerned with causing “Aivah” (animosity) with non-Jews, even if we are doing nothing wrong? Host: Ari Wasserman with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah and noted author – 11:20 with Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein – Director of Interfaith Affairs at the Simon Wiesenthal Center – 42:19 with Jonathan Rosenblum – Mishpacha Columnist and author – 42:19 with Rabbi Naftali Horowitz – Managing Director at Morgan Stanley – 1:07:59 with Rabbi Berel Wein – Renowned Rov, Author, Historian and Lecturer – 1:31:09 with Rabbi Shraga Freedman – Educational Director of Living Kiddush Hashem Foundation –1:46:26 Conclusion and Takeaways – 2:10:48  מראי מקומות  

Where did all of the antisemitism on university campuses come from? Should it be a concern to our community? Can anything be done?  If a student is feeling threatened, when can he take off his Kippah? Tuck Tzitzis in? Remove a Mezuzah from his front door? What did Chazal mean when they said that it's a “halacha” that Esav hates Yaakov?  Are there any halachic or hashkafic reasons to counter-protest? ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim with JJ Kimche – PhD Candidate, Harvard University – 25:39 with Rabbi Yonason Sacks – Rav of the Agudas Yisroel of Passaic – 44:35 with Jacob Birman – student at Binghamton University – 1:09:37 with Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein - Director of Interfaith Affairs at the Simon Wiesenthal Center – 1:17:10 with Jonathan Rosenblum – Mishpacha Columnist and author – 1:17:10 with Yitzy Tanner – student at the University of Pennsylvania – 1:52:43 with Rabbi Berel Wein - renowned Rov, author, historian and lecturer – 2:00:14   מראי מקומות  

'It's a well-known law that Esav hates Yaakov.'  What does that mean?  Did G-d create everyone to hate Jews?  How should Jews regard Christians?  How should they view secular atheists?  These are just some of the questions Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein – director of Interfaith Affairs at the Simon Wiesenthal Center – answers in this interview.Books by Rabbi Adlerstein:Netivot ShalomBe'er Hagolah

"It's a well-known law that Esav hates Yaakov."  What does that mean?  Did G-d create everyone to hate Jews?  How should Jews regard Christians?  How should they view secular atheists?  These are just some of the questions Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein – director of Interfaith Affairs at the Simon Wiesenthal Center – answers in this interview.Books by Rabbi Adlerstein:Netivot ShalomBe'er Hagolah

A new social phenomenon is sweeping our culture and spreading in concentrated areas. Trans-kids. Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein director of Interfaith Affairs at The Simon Wiesenthal Center talks with Michelle about the trend, loving people and looking for the God story in it all. Find out more at www.mymichellelive.com

Faith leaders in the city are getting training on how to have conversations about race and reparations. Host Trenae Nuri and Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart, director for Faith-Based and Interfaith Affairs for the City of Philadelphia and adjunct professor at Villanova University and Arcadia University, discuss how congregations talk about the intersections of faith and racial justice.  If you're a faith leader or member of a faith group who wants to get involved in this work, you can reach Rev. Naomi at faithphl@phila.gov Rev. Washington-Leapheart is speaking at The Hallmark Program of Penn's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium tonight from 5-7 p.m. at Hillel Steinhardt Hall. Want some more Philly news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter  We're also on Twitter and Instagram! Follow us @citycastphilly  Have a question or just want to share some thoughts with the team? Leave us a voicemail or send us a text at 215-259-8170. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Building off of last week's episode, with public health vs. public safety in mind, we will wrestle with the criminalization of mental health. Research shows that nearly half the people in U.S. jails and more than a third of those in U.S. prisons have been diagnosed with a mental illness. In conversation with Rev. Naomi Washington Leaphart and Willette Benford, we will ask: How did American prisons and jails become one of the largest mental health providers in the country? How can we begin to challenge and change the harmful, stimagmizing narratives that criminalize people with the experience of incarceration? Drawing on the wisdom and experience of our guests, how can we engage in a more restorative response towards people impacted by the criminal punishment system? How do these practices point us towards an abolition world? - - - - - ABOUT OUR GUESTS Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart is a Black-queer church girl, preacher, teacher, and activist. She develops spaces of spiritual candor, disruption, reflection, transformation, and action. Rev. Naomi is an adjunct professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University and is the founder of Salt | Yeast | Light. She also serves the city of Philadelphia as the Director for Faith-Based and Interfaith Affairs in the Mayor's Office. She shares life with her wife, their teenage daughter, and a hound dog girl and a black cat boy. Minister Willette Benford, is a mother, leader, social justice advocate, sought-after speaker and systems survivor. Minister Benford spent over two decades inside the Carceral system punished for a survival crime. Minister Benford benefited from a change in the law in 2016 which amended the Illinois Criminal Code and made domestic violence a mitigating factor in sentencing. This resulted in her being the first woman in the State of Illinois to benefit from this new law retroactively and given an immediate release in February of 2019 after serving over 24 years in the Carceral system. - - - - - SHOW NOTES "Be Nobody's Darling" by Alice Walker https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/be-nobody-s-darling/

R. Yitzchak Adlerstein is the co-founder of Cross-Currents, an online journal of Orthodox Jewish thought, and regularly contributes to that site. He also on the editorial board of Klal Perspectives, an online journal of issues facing the Orthodox community. R. Adlerstein serves as the director of Interfaith Affairs for the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Connect with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: Website: https://rabbiefremgoldberg.org/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/efrem.goldberg Twitter: http://twitter.com/rabbigoldberg Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: Rabbi, Boca Raton Synagogue (BRS). Rabbi Philip Moskowitz: Associate Rabbi, BRS. Rabbi Josh Broide: Outreach Rabbi, BRS.

In the fourth episode of Season 2 of the Demystifying Diversity Podcast, host Daralyse Lyons explores the ways in which multiple communities are coming together in ways that amplify love and inclusion. By exploring how the LGBTQ+ community, various faith communities, and assorted secular communities are working to increase LGBTQ+ safety and visibility, this episode focuses on effective inclusion practices, while also shining a light on the ways in which there is still room for growth. In this episode, you will learn about: The critical importance of intersectionality, what it is, and how it can support in creating inclusivity not just for LGBTQ+ folks, but for anyone. The importance of partnerships between the LGBTQ+ and faith communities, and how both can be driving forces of identity. Ideas for how to do the deep work of fully realizing your own, unique identity. How championing people to honor and embrace all of who they are creates the most inclusive spaces, and prioritizes individuals over their isolated identity markers. The importance of Pride, and other festivals that celebrate humanity in creating safe, inclusive and joyous spaces. That there is no, one, singular experience of “identity.” Our guests in this episode include: Kasey Suffredini - CEO & National Campaign Director for Freedom For All Americans, a bipartisan organization whose mission it is to secure full nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people nationwide. Kasey is a nationally recognized campaign strategist and expert in LGBTQ issue advocacy. Cathy Renna - Kathy is the Principal of Target Cue and Communications Director at the National LGBTQ Task Force. Cathy has played a central role in shaping nearly all major issues affecting media representation of the LGBTQ+ community, from the beating death of Matthew Shepard in 1998 to the fight for marriage equality to working with the team that coordinated historic coverage for the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall. Patrick Sammon - one of the co-authors and co-directors of the documentary CURED, which is an in depth illumination of the struggle between LGBTQ activists and advocates and the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from its manual of mental illness. Britt East - Inspirational Speaker and Award-Winning, Best-Selling Author of “A Gay Man's Guide to Life: Get Real, Stand Tall and Take Your Place.” Robyn Ochs - Educator, speaker, grassroots activist, and editor of Bi Women Quarterly and two Bi+ specific anthologies: the 42-country collection “Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World” and “RECOGNIZE: The Voices of Bisexual Men.” Yuval David - Award-winning actor, host, filmmaker and advocate whose most recent work, a full-length documentary entitled “Wonderfully Made,” specifically engages with what he refers to as LGBTQ+R - which means, “LGBTQ + Religion.” Reverend Naomi Washington-Leapheart - Director for Faith-Based and Interfaith Affairs for the City of Philadelphia and former Faith Outreach Director at the National LGBTQ Task Force, Angel Gravely - Bisexual educator, writer, speaker, and advocate based in the Philadelphia area. Since 2013, she has worked to bridge opportunity and knowledge gaps between marginalized and privileged communities by addressing LGBTQ+ issues from an intersectional lens. Jen O'Ryan - the founder of Double Tall Consulting, and the author of “Inclusive AF: A Field Guide for Accidental Diversity Experts.” Rayceen Pendarvis - "Queen of The Shameless Plug, the Empress of Pride and The Goddess of DC" is a father of five, grandfather of two and mother of many. Reverend Rebecca Seely - Becca Seely is the executive director of The Vine NYC campus ministry network and its parent organization, Lutheran Ministries in Higher Education. She graduated from Yale Divinity School in 2012 with a Master of Divinity and also holds a Certificate in Advanced Theological Studies from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. She is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Currently, she serves students directly as co-pastor of LaMP, pastor of PRiSM, and as a chaplain at New York University. Kelly Inviere - the author of Where the Light Shines Through: A Memoir in Poetry. She is a poet, author, and artist living in the greater Washington, D.C. area. Click here for a full transcript of this episode.

In the third episode of Season 2 of the Demystifying Diversity Podcast, host Daralyse Lyons dives into the exclusionary forces at play against the LGBTQ+ community in both secular and spiritual communities. Daralyse also investigates the conflict that many LGBTQ+ folks face in finding adequate support within the LGBTQ+ community itself. In this episode, you will learn about: Past historical systemic exclusionary practices towards LGBTQ+ identifying people, and the harmful legacy that these practices have left to this day. The struggle that LGBTQ+ people face in finding support within the LGBTQ+ community itself, particularly when it comes to Bi+ identity. The other types of discrimination that LGBTQ+ people face around their race, age, religious beliefs, and other components that make up an individual's identity. The ways that theological texts are being used as a weapon against LGBTQ+ individuals. The role that faith communities currently play in uniting LGBTQ+ groups, and the greater potential for faith-based groups to give voice to LGBTQ+ identifying people. The importance of passing protective legislation and the dangers of allowing organizations to refuse service or employment to individuals based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Our guests in this episode include: Kasey Suffredini - CEO & National Campaign Director for Freedom For All Americans, a bipartisan organization whose mission it is to secure full nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people nationwide. Kasey is a nationally recognized campaign strategist and expert in LGBTQ issue advocacy. Cathy Renna - Kathy is the Principal of Target Cue and Communications Director at the National LGBTQ Task Force. Cathy has played a central role in shaping nearly all major issues affecting media representation of the LGBTQ+ community, from the beating death of Matthew Shepard in 1998 to the fight for marriage equality to working with the team that coordinated historic coverage for the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall. Patrick Sammon - one of the co-authors and co-directors of the documentary CURED, which is an in depth illumination of the struggle between LGBTQ activists and advocates and the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from its manual of mental illness. Britt East - Inspirational Speaker and Award-Winning, Best-Selling Author of “A Gay Man's Guide to Life: Get Real, Stand Tall and Take Your Place.” Robyn Ochs - Educator, speaker, grassroots activist, and editor of Bi Women Quarterly and two Bi+ specific anthologies: the 42-country collection “Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World” and “RECOGNIZE: The Voices of Bisexual Men.” Yuval David - Award-winning actor, host, filmmaker and advocate whose most recent work, a full-length documentary entitled “Wonderfully Made,” specifically engages with what he refers to as LGBTQ+R - which means, “LGBTQ + Religion.” Reverend Naomi Washington-Leapheart - Director for Faith-Based and Interfaith Affairs for the City of Philadelphia and former Faith Outreach Director at the National LGBTQ Task Force, Angel Gravely - Bisexual educator, writer, speaker, and advocate based in the Philadelphia area. Since 2013, she has worked to bridge opportunity and knowledge gaps between marginalized and privileged communities by addressing LGBTQ+ issues from an intersectional lens. Jen O'Ryan - the founder of Double Tall Consulting, and the author of “Inclusive AF: A Field Guide for Accidental Diversity Experts.” Rayceen Pendarvis - "Queen of The Shameless Plug, the Empress of Pride and The Goddess of DC" is a father of five, grandfather of two and mother of many. Reverend Rebecca Seely - Becca Seely is the executive director of The Vine NYC campus ministry network and its parent organization, Lutheran Ministries in Higher Education. She graduated from Yale Divinity School in 2012 with a Master of Divinity and also holds a Certificate in Advanced Theological Studies from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. She is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Currently, she serves students directly as co-pastor of LaMP, pastor of PRiSM, and as a chaplain at New York University. Click here for a full transcript of this episode.

  Meet my new friend Reverend Naomi Washington-Leapheart! They're making a huge impact as a preacher, professor, wife & other mother and the Director of FaithPHL; the Faith-Based and Interfaith Affairs, a new addition to the Office of Public Engagement in Philadelphia.  -find Naomi on instagram @oholyshift  -don't forget to become a $$$ Patreon and receive fun bonus episodes and fabulous merchandise!  go to patreon.com/queerteenpodcast  listen. learn. love. 

“If my faith cannot offer me something in the wilderness moments, it isn’t worth having,” says Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart. And as we explore the silver linings of this turbulent year, Rev. Naomi’s wisdom is just what we need as we turn our thoughts to how our our faith has held us up, stretched our empathy, and asked us to hold suffering and joy with both hands. As Philadelphia’s Director of the Mayor’s Office of Faith-Based and Interfaith Affairs, Rev. Naomi has spent the year trying to bring faith communities together with the goal of healing a hurting city. And for those who may not be able to see a way forward, Rev. Naomi reminds us that God is still right there, never leaving us alone. Because as she says, “we are always becoming,” meaning that even through the impossible, good can be brought out of any story—including the ones we never asked for.    * * * Thank you to our sponsors!   Rothy’s | Check out all the amazing shoes—and bags!—available right now at https://rothys.com/forthelove    Thistle Farms | Find beautiful self-care gifts that are giving back! Use code FORTHELOVE to get 15% off the whole shop at www.thistlefarms.org    Ancestry | Don’t miss special holiday pricing on truly meaningful gifts during the Holiday Sale! Head to ancestry.com/forthelove   BetterHelp | Take care of your mental health through the holidays—get 10% off your first month at http://betterhelp.com/forthelove   **GIFT GUIDE ALERT** Making your holiday gift list and checking it twice? Need more ideas for unique, useful, or doing-good gifts? Check out all the goodies on the 4th Annual Edition of Jen’s Favorite Things Holiday Gift Guide!   ➤ https://bit.ly/JensFavoriteThings2020

Rabbi Adlerstein is the Director of Interfaith Affairs for the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and was a Professor for Loyola Law School for over a decade. We discuss the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and the claim that the Old Testament has divine origins.  

Was it worth giving up sovereignty? What is the Torah approach to this issue? Which important players have been overlooked? And other fascinating questions...   *** Guest Hosted by Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer - Rav, Dayan, and Mechaber Seforim, Yerushalayim *** with Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein - Director of Interfaith Affairs for the Simon Weisenthal Center; Founding Editor of Cross Currents; Mechaber Seforim on Maharal and the Slonimer Rebbe - 23:08 with Rabbi Steven Pruzansky - Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, New Jersey; Senior Rabbinic Fellow and Eastern Regional VP of the Coalition for Jewish Values - 1:03:35 with David M. Weinberg - Vice President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security; Diplomatic Columnist for The Jerusalem Post and Israel Hayom - 1:30:08   מראי מקומות

Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove, PhD, has served as the Spiritual Leader of Park Avenue Synagogue in New York since 2008.Ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1999, Rabbi Cosgrove earned his PhD at the University of Chicago Divinity School. His dissertation, Teyku: The Insoluble Contradictions in the Life and Thought of Louis Jacobs examines the life and legacy of one of the leading Anglo-Jewish theologians of the 20th century and reflects his own passion for the intersection of Jewish scholarship and faith.Rabbi Cosgrove is the author of ten collections of selected sermons, In the Beginning (2009), An Everlasting Covenant (2010), Go Forth! (2011), Hineni (2012), A Place to Lodge (2013), Living Waters (2014), Stairway to Heaven (2015), Rise Up! (2016), A Coat of Many Colors (2017), and Provisions for the Way (2018). He is the editor of Jewish Theology in Our Time: A New Generation Explores the Foundations and Future of Jewish Belief, hailed as a provocative and inspiring collection of essays by leading rabbis and scholars.Rabbi Cosgrove is a recognized leader in Conservative Judaism, the broader Jewish community, and the community-at-large. He sits on the Chancellor's Cabinet of JTS and on the Editorial Board of Conservative Judaism. A member of the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Assembly, he is also an officer of the New York Board of Rabbis and a member of the Board of UJA-Federation of New York. He serves as Rabbinical Advisor on Interfaith Affairs for the ADL and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Rabbi Cosgrove also serves on the Board of Trustees of Hillel at the University of Michigan and on the National Board of Governors of Hillel at the University of Pennsylvania.Rabbi Cosgrove was honored to represent the Jewish community at the National September 11 Memorial Museum during the visit of Pope Francis to New York in September 2015.Rabbi Louis Jacobs was born July 17, 1920.An overview of his illustrious life can be found in Rabbi Louis Jacobs' New York Times Obituary by Ari L. Goldman, July 9, 2006.Another recent overview of his biography and scholarship, that draws on Rabbi Cosgrove's dissertation, is: “Louis Jacobs: We Have Reason to Believe,” by Prof.Marc Zvi Brettler,Prof.Edward Breuer in TheTorah.com.The website louisjacobs.org makes available resources pertaining to the life and work of Rabbi Jacobs including an extensive archive of essays, articles and videos.The clip featured in the podcast is taken from this video retrospective in which Rabbi Jacobs surveys the nearly 50 books he wrote.Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove delivered a lecture on Rabbi Jacobs at Oxford  in 2010. For questions and comments, email Rabbi Ed Bernstein at myteacherpodcast@gmail.com. Follow the My Teacher Podcast on social media: Twitter: @PodcastTeachFacebookInstagram

A bit of perspective every Jew needs to hear about where they are going, why they are going there, and how best to do it l’shem shamayim. His own lived advice covers the importance of appreciating openness, the danger of over-identifying with a community, and finding the right mentors and advocates along the way. Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein is the current Director of Interfaith Affairs at the Simon Wiesenthal Center and has spent years teaching Jewish Law and Ethics to university and high school students in Los Angeles. He writes, lectures, and gives workshops on Orthodox Jewish outreach and works closely with students and rabbis across the country.  

Driving to a breakfast spot when Doc has a question about white people converting to rastafarianism and donning dreads

This month's episode is a special episode with a dialogue on the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, featuring Rev. Susan Climo (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, chair of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Canadian writing team) and Fr. Damian MacPherson (WPCU writing team and director of the ​​​Office ​of ​​​​​​​​​​​Ecumenical and Interfaith Affairs​ for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto).   We talk about what the the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity *is*, its origins, how it brings Christians together, and the stumbling blocks faced by ecumenism (and how the WPCU addresses those blocks).   To learn more about the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and download the digital starter kit, visit weekofprayer.ca (ou semainedepriere.ca pour les ressources en français).     --   For the interview segment this month we are joined by Dean David Neelands of the Faculty of Theology at Trinity College, part of the Toronto School of Theology (of which he is a past director) at the University of Toronto.   Faith & Witness' Dr. Mary Marrocco talks to Neelands about his life, ministry, and teaching, and the thread of ecumenism that runs through them all from childhood to the present day.    Also:      - Neelands' advice to current TST students   - Memories and histories of some giants of Canadian ecumenism, some of whom were his role models and mentors:             - Margaret O'Gara            - Eugene Fairweather           - John Egan           - David Hay           - Charles Henry Brent     --   If you like Faith & Witness, please share it! You can let us know you're sharing by tagging @CCC_CCE on Twitter, or CCC.CCE on Facebook. As always, we welcome your questions and comments at communications@councilofchurches.ca.

Shane and Tony talk with Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein, an orthodox Rabbi and the Director of Interfaith Affairs at the The Simon Wiesenthal Center.

Defamation issues continue to make headlines across Indiana. In anticipation of an an interfaith community lecture being hosted by the Jewish Community Relations Council and Christian Theological Seminary, we open the conversation. Our guest are Rabbi David Fox Sandmel, Director of Interfaith Affairs for the Anti-Defamation League, who will be in Indianapolis to present the lecture next Thursday; Rob Saler, executive director of the Christian Theological Seminary Center for Pastoral Excellence; and Rima Khan-Shahid, executive director of the Muslim Alliance of Indiana.