The REMIX JUDAISM Podcast Companion The Jewish Living Lab

Rabbi Dan Horwitz joins Avi and Bobbi for an engaging conversation exploring who the audiences are for Jewish learning now and who should actually be the focus, and how Remix Judaism can think of Jewish learning as a practice in and of itself.

Bobbi and Avi are thrilled to welcome Julie Platt, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Federations of North America, for a wide ranging chat about the Impact of Jewish camps, how Federations are remixing and the power of rituals and family life.

For more on the Jewish Federations of North America visit https://www.jewishfederations.org/

Join Bobbi and Avi as they speak to Rabbi Vanessa L. Ochs, author of many works including the recent The Passover Haggadah: A Biography and an important figure in Jewish feminism and ritual, in a discussion exploring the development of the Haggadah text and how remixing this ritual has been a part of Passover since the beginning.

For more on Vanessa's work see https://religiousstudies.as.virginia.edu/faculty/profile/vlo4n

To order Vanessa's 'The Passover Haggadah: A Biography' see https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691144986/the-passover-haggadah

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Theme music 'Interlude' by Tzara.

Join Bobbi and Rabbi Avi as they have a conversation with Sarah Hurwitz. Sarah, A former speechwriter for Michelle Obama and the author of Here All Along, talks about the ideas in her book, learning what Judaism has to say before you reject it, and whether increased knowledge about Judaism is better than increased practice.

Find out more about Sarah's book at https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/43289179-here-all-along

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Theme music 'Interlude' by Tzara.

Bobbi and Avi speak with Rabbi David Singer about the power of ideas, whether there are any ideas that are not Kosher and our responsibility beyond just the transmission of ideas.

Rabbi David Singer is the executive director of Limmud North America. He was the founding Rabbi and director of Makom in Atlanta and is an alumni of Rabbis Without Borders and Clal's Clergy Leadership Incubator.

Rabbi Sid joins Bobbi and Avi to talk about Reconstructing Judaism, and how emerging communities remix their own Judaism.

Rabbi Sid Schwarz is a Senior Fellow at Hazon, directs the Clergy Leadership Incubator, and is the founder of Kenissa: Communities of Meaning Network. his work can be found at https://www.rabbisid.org