28 episodes

Welcome to Kol Jeshurun, the podcast of Temple B’nai Jeshurun, a vibrant and flourishing reform Jewish community in Short Hills, New Jersey. This podcast is a place to engage with teachings and music from our clergy, staff, and guest speakers, as we strive to bring a sense of meaning and hope into our world. If you would like to learn more about our congregation, please visit us at www.tbj.org and follow us on Facebook @tbjnewjersey and on Instagram @tbj_nj . Transcriptions available at www.tbj.org/podcast#

Kol Jeshurun Temple B'nai Jeshurun

    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 5.0 • 17 Ratings

Welcome to Kol Jeshurun, the podcast of Temple B’nai Jeshurun, a vibrant and flourishing reform Jewish community in Short Hills, New Jersey. This podcast is a place to engage with teachings and music from our clergy, staff, and guest speakers, as we strive to bring a sense of meaning and hope into our world. If you would like to learn more about our congregation, please visit us at www.tbj.org and follow us on Facebook @tbjnewjersey and on Instagram @tbj_nj . Transcriptions available at www.tbj.org/podcast#

    Reflections on a song-filled career from Cantor Benjie Ellen Schiller

    Reflections on a song-filled career from Cantor Benjie Ellen Schiller

    Cantor Lucy Fishbein of TBJ sits down for a conversation with her teacher, Cantor Benjie Ellen Schiller. Cantor Schiller has been a professor at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion for 35+ years and is a prolific composer in her own right. She is on the verge of retiring from her post as the Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman Professor of Liturgy, Worship and Ritual and Professor of Cantorial Arts and shares her reflections on her career and the evolution of the cantorate in the 4 decades of her career!

    • 59 min
    Reflections on TBJ at 175 with Cantor Howard M. Stahl

    Reflections on TBJ at 175 with Cantor Howard M. Stahl

    Senior Cantor Emeritus Howard M. Stahl shares his thoughts on TBJ's 175 years.

    • 50 min
    "To Build a Brave Space"

    "To Build a Brave Space"

    Jen Biegelsen joined Rabbi Matthew D. Gewirtz to discuss his new book 'To Build a Brave Space: The Making of a Spiritual First Responder'.
    Here is the conversation that took place on Friday December 2, 2022 at Congregation B’nai Jeshurun.

    • 56 min
    Voices of TBJ: Rachel Braverman

    Voices of TBJ: Rachel Braverman

    Congregant Rachel Braverman shares her courageous journey through discovering and overcoming breast cancer.
    Originally delivered October 5th, 2022 at Temple B'nai Jeshurun during the Yom Kippur Afternoon Healing Service.

    • 10 min
    Voices of TBJ: Jill Goldstein - Her 9/11 Story

    Voices of TBJ: Jill Goldstein - Her 9/11 Story

    Congregational friend Jill Goldstein shares her heart breaking 9.11 loss, her healing renewal in newfound love, and all in the context of her relationship with God and her Jewish faith.

    • 16 min
    When Will Redemption Come?

    When Will Redemption Come?

    A lifelong educator from Newark, New Jersey's South Ward, Charity Haygood speaks on social and economic justice in the context of biblical enslavement and wandering. Haygood asks from our Liturgy, “When will redemption come? When we grant everyone what we claim for ourselves.”
    Originally aired during Shabbat services in the Summer of 2021.
    Produced and edited by Matt Turk, TBJ's music director.
    Theme Music by Matt Turk.

    • 27 min

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17 Ratings

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