Hashivenu
Jewish teachings on resilience
Displaying all 3 Episode of Hashivenu with the tag “israel”.
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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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Cheryl Cook, CEO of Avodah
March 28th, 2024 | Season 5 | 38 mins 55 secs
avodah, feminism, israel, jewish, judaism, justice work, leadership, palestine, racial justice, women
Rabbi Deborah Waxman welcomes Cheryl Cook, CEO of Avodah, for a wide-ranging conversation about women in leadership, justice work, allyship, parenthood and more.
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How to become our fullest, most expressive selves? Practice, practice, practice
October 24th, 2023 | Season 5 | 59 mins 34 secs
box breathing, embodied practice, embodiment, israel, jewish, judaism, resilience, trauma, viktor frankl
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.