Hashivenu

Reconstructionist Values, Covenantal Community and War in the Middle East

December 4th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  53 mins 8 secs

Rabbi Elliott Tepperman and Rabbi Rachel Weiss join Rabbi Deborah Waxman for a deeply thoughtful and nuanced conversation about the difficult and rewarding work of maintaining unity within Jewish communities that sometimes have diverse views on Israel and Palestine and the War in Gaza.

Building Covenantal Community in the New Year and Beyond

October 10th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  44 mins 33 secs

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With the High Holiday season underway, Deborah welcomes Justin Rosen Smolen, Reconstructing Judaism's Vice President for Thriving Communities and Partnerships, for a wide-ranging conversation about covenantal community.

Rabbi Elyse Wechterman, CEO of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

May 16th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  38 mins 45 secs

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Earlier this year, Rabbi Elyse Wechterman announced that she will step down from her position as CEO of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association (RRA) in June after leading the organization for the past nine years. Elyse stops by Deborah’s office to look back on her tenure and look ahead to what’s next.

Cheryl Cook, CEO of Avodah

March 28th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  38 mins 55 secs

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Rabbi Deborah Waxman welcomes Cheryl Cook, CEO of Avodah, for a wide-ranging conversation about women in leadership, justice work, allyship, parenthood and more.

How to become our fullest, most expressive selves? Practice, practice, practice

October 24th, 2023  |  Season 5  |  59 mins 34 secs

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Yoshi Silverstein, founder and director of the Mitsui Collective, explains that in difficult times like these, embodiment practices can help us understand and name the extent to which strong emotions are having an impact on us. The key to being able to respond to stressful stimuli in a healthy way? Awareness and practice, practice practice.

Yom Kippur: A Celebration of Collective Release

September 12th, 2023  |  Season 5  |  38 mins 40 secs

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Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., speaks with Rabbi Vivie Mayer about what the avodah service, which originated in ancient Israel as a series of elaborate rituals performed by the high priest on Yom Kippur, can teach us today.