Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation Podcasts

Rabbi Adam Chalom

Collection of sermons, including High Holidays from Rabbi Adam Chalom. Rabbi Chalom is the rabbi of Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation serving the greater Chicago area as well as the dean of the International Institute of Secular Humanistic Judaism.

  1. 10/04/2025

    Season 15: Here We Go Again Episode 9

    High Holidays 2025It can be hard to forget the last, difficult weeks of a loved one’s life and to remember the good years before them. Anger, resentment, alienation do not simply disappear when someone dies. Looking back and living forward, how can we find the silver linings? [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes. [RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format) Listen (MP3)

    10 min

  2. 10/04/2025

    Season 15: Here We Go Again Episode 8

    High Holidays 2025Sermon: Jewish history has not always been disaster after disaster, but we have experienced our share of trauma, and then some. If the faith in divine favor that sustained our ancestors no longer resonates with us, where can we find the confidence to light our own way forward? [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes. [RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format) Listen (MP3)

    25 min

  3. 10/04/2025

    Season 15: Here We Go Again Episode 7

    High Holidays 2025Literature: Jewish history has not always been disaster after disaster, but we have experienced our share of trauma, and then some. If the faith in divine favor that sustained our ancestors no longer resonates with us, where can we find the confidence to light our own way forward? [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes. [RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format) Listen (MP3)

    4 min

  4. 10/04/2025

    Season 15: Here We Go Again Episode 6

    High Holidays 2025Sermon: The world outside is in turmoil, and so is our psyche. Relationships crumble, the tension rises, family ties are fraying, stress is everywhere and always. Antisemitism and public unrest adds to our fear, and fear erodes our empathy and rationality. Is it time to give up, or to flee, or to face the challenge? [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes. [RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format) Listen (MP3)

    21 min

  5. 10/04/2025

    Season 15: Here We Go Again Episode 5

    High Holidays 2025Torah: The world outside is in turmoil, and so is our psyche. Relationships crumble, the tension rises, family ties are fraying, stress is everywhere and always. Antisemitism and public unrest adds to our fear, and fear erodes our empathy and rationality. Is it time to give up, or to flee, or to face the challenge? [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes. [RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format) Listen (MP3)

    13 min

  6. 09/27/2025

    Season 15: Here We Go Again Episode 4

    High Holidays 2025Sermon: The Jewish world is fractured. Zionists and anti-Zionists (and the conflicted center), the Orthodox versus everyone else, the indifferent and the engaged, looking back in despair or looking forward in hope. Is “peoplehood” enough to keep us together? [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes. [RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format) Listen (MP3)

    23 min

  7. 09/27/2025

    Season 15: Here We Go Again Episode 3

    High Holidays 2025Literature: The Jewish world is fractured. Zionists and anti-Zionists (and the conflicted center), the Orthodox versus everyone else, the indifferent and the engaged, looking back in despair or looking forward in hope. Is “peoplehood” enough to keep us together? [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes. [RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format) Listen (MP3)

    6 min

  8. 09/27/2025

    Season 15: Here We Go Again Episode 2

    High Holidays 2025Sermon: In an era of rising ethnocentric nationalism, compassionate humanism is out of fashion. The formerly unthinkable is very real: political murder, militarized immigration and law enforcement, mass suffering and dehumanization. How can we deal with the damage? [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes. [RSS MP3] Add the Kol Hadash Podcast feed (in MP3 format) Listen (MP3)

    24 min
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Collection of sermons, including High Holidays from Rabbi Adam Chalom. Rabbi Chalom is the rabbi of Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation serving the greater Chicago area as well as the dean of the International Institute of Secular Humanistic Judaism.

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