Two Cantors Walk into a Bar

Matt Axelrod
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Two Cantors Walk into a Bar

Hang out with Cantor Matt and Cantor Penny as they enjoy a couple of drinks and chat about current issues facing clergy and their roles as Jewish community leaders. They joke and banter in a spontaneous and unscripted discussion. Pull up a barstool and join the conversation.

  1. 03/05/2024

    Episode 27: Jew in the Pew

    Matt & Penny discuss what it's like attending synagogue as "regular people" and what services feel like when you're participating along with everyone else.

    31 min

  2. 05/19/2022

    Episode 26: A Pioneer in the Field

    Matt & Penny sit down with Cantor Barbara Ostfeld, the first woman to be ordained as a cantor in Jewish history, and talk about her experiences and journey that led her to be a pioneer in our profession.

    40 min

  3. 03/15/2022

    Episode 25: Using Language to be More Inclusive

    Matt & Penny discuss how to make familiar prayers and blessings more inclusive for everyone, and how gender roles can serve become an obstacle.

    32 min

  4. 01/11/2022

    Episode 24: The South American President

    Matt & Penny return to the bar and sit down with Cantor/Rabbi Luis Cattan, the current president of the Cantors Assembly. Together they talk about the challenges of his coming to this country and his experiences that prepared him to take on the presidency.

    35 min

  5. 10/14/2021

    Episode 23: Training Your Cantor

    Matt & Penny talk with Cantor Nancy Abramson, the director of the Cantorial School at JTS, about the state of modern cantorial education and how things have changed over the years.

    45 min

  6. 10/07/2021

    Episode 22: Changing the Way We Look at B‘nai Mitzvah

    Matt & Penny shamelessly plug Matt's latest book while talking about why the b'nei mitzvah process has remained unchanged for generations and what could be changed.

    45 min

  7. 06/02/2021

    Episode 21: Emerging from the Pandemic

    Matt & Penny talk about taking their first steps out of the pandemic and what changes from the past year that they'd like to keep.

    33 min

  8. 01/24/2021

    Episode 20: Meet the Spouses!

    Matt & Penny welcome their spouses Dr. Tali Axelrod and Dr. Bennett Myers who share their experiences of what it's like being married to a cantor. Also available as a video episode HERE.

    33 min
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Hang out with Cantor Matt and Cantor Penny as they enjoy a couple of drinks and chat about current issues facing clergy and their roles as Jewish community leaders. They joke and banter in a spontaneous and unscripted discussion. Pull up a barstool and join the conversation.

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  • Creator
    Matt Axelrod
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2019 All rights reserved.
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    Two Cantors Walk into a Bar

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