Hashivenu
Jewish teachings on resilience
Displaying all 3 Episode of Hashivenu with the tag “deborah waxman”.
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Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie returns to discuss Jewish chosenness, love, and his film Sabbath Queen
December 11th, 2025 | Season 5 | 51 mins 51 secs
amichai lau-lavie, deborah waxman, human rights, israel, israeli-palestinian conflict, jewish feminism, jewish identity, jewish leadership, jewish pluralism, jewish resilience, jewish theology, judaism, labshul, october 7, palestine, progressive judaism, queer judaism, reconstructionist judaism, the sabbath queen, zionism
Rabbi Deborah Waxman continues her conversation with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, founder of Lab/Shul and subject of the documentary The Sabbath Queen. They explore how to hold complexity in polarized times, discussing "both/and" thinking around Israeli and Palestinian identity, the theology of love and connection, and more.
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Building Covenantal Community in the New Year and Beyond
October 10th, 2024 | Season 5 | 44 mins 33 secs
5785, conservative, deborah waxman, high holiday, high holidays, jewish, judiasm, new year, orthodox, reconstructing judaism, reconstructionist, reform, rosh hashanah, sukkot, yom kippur
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.
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Yom Kippur: A Celebration of Collective Release
September 12th, 2023 | Season 5 | 38 mins 40 secs
deborah waxman, high holidays, ishay ribo, reconstructing judaism, reconstructionism, reconstructionist, rosh hashanah, yom kippur
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.