Beyond The Shtetl

Rabbi Miriam Potok
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Rooted in tradition, proudly heimish, Beyond the Shtetl features Rabbi Miriam Potok and the Adat Shalom community in conversation about all that it means to be a Jew in West Los Angeles today. Adat Shalom: adatshalomla.org Rabbi Potok: miriampotok.wordpress.com

  1. Oct 9

    Jewish Essentials: Why Bad Things Happen to Good People

    If God is always good, knowing, powerful, and present, why is there evil in the world? In other words, if there is a God, why do bad things happen to good people? Rabbi Potok and Howard Unterberger discuss this essential question, uncovering the power of Jewish community, the meaning of prayer, and the reasons why education is essential for Jews of all ages.

  2. Oct 6

    October 7th: Three Years After

    Rabbi Potok and the Adat Shalom community commemorate October 7th on Shabbat and Shmini Atzeret 2026. We will never stop grieving the loss and tragedy of October 7th 2023. The flydubai near-miss this week again shook us. But we learn from the heroism of the flydubai pilot and the four Israeli passengers, as well as Sukkot observances at the Nova Festival site, that we can find uplift, that we have so many reasons to hope.

  3. Sep 28

    Yom Kippur Day 5787: Caregiving and Healing

    Rabbi Potok's Yom Kippur Day sermon, given at Adat Shalom in West Los Angeles. Learn about our prayers for healing and how you can be part of a loved one's caregiving team.

  4. Sep 28

    Kol Nidre 5787: To Love The Life You Have, Grieve The Life You Lost

    Rabbi Potok's Kol Nidre sermon, given at Adat Shalom in West Los Angeles. Explore the connection between Tisha B'Av and Yom Kippur and learn how feeling our grief can make us fall in love with life.

  5. Sep 28

    Shabbat Shuvah 5787: What Is T'Shuvah?

    Rabbi Potok's Shabbat Shuvah sermon, given at Adat Shalom in West Los Angeles. We know that the time between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is our time to "make t'shuvah" and return to the right path in life. But how exactly do we do that? What are the steps we need to take?

  6. Sep 17

    Rosh Hashanah 5787: People of the Book, Not the Screen

    Rabbi Potok's Rosh Hashanah Day 2 sermon, given at Adat Shalom in West Los Angeles. Did you know that reading from screens rather than books decreases comprehension while giving the reader false confidence in what they've learned? Listen now to discover how this impacts our relationship with Torah and why we should be a people of the book, not the screen.

  7. Sep 17

    Rosh Hashanah 5787: Bipartisan Support for Israel in 2026

    Rabbi Potok's Rosh Hashanah Day 1 sermon, given at Adat Shalom in West Los Angeles. We can best build bipartisan support for Israel in 2026 when we can make a progressive case for Israel's importance to the Jewish people worldwide.

  8. Sep 17

    Rosh Hashanah 5787: I Want To Have a Good Year

    Rabbi Potok's Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon, given at Adat Shalom in West Los Angeles. Do we want to have a good year? Or are we objecting to what's happening, before it's even happened? Watch on video here: https://youtu.be/TMEE9X2-TNk

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Rooted in tradition, proudly heimish, Beyond the Shtetl features Rabbi Miriam Potok and the Adat Shalom community in conversation about all that it means to be a Jew in West Los Angeles today. Adat Shalom: adatshalomla.org Rabbi Potok: miriampotok.wordpress.com

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  • Creator
    Rabbi Miriam Potok
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Rabbi Miriam Potok
  • Show Website
    Beyond The Shtetl

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