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Chutzpod! is a frank and wide-ranging conversation on how to build a good life, using real-life quandaries and millennia-old Jewish wisdom. Each week, Rabbi Shira Stutman and journalist Hanna Rosin bring a Jewish lens to life's toughest questions, asked by our listeners: Do I offer forgiveness to a friend who refuses to apologize? Am I right to be annoyed at all the service dogs on the plane with me? How do we work to heal this broken world? It's a podcast for people of all or no faiths; Hebrew school truants and proud yeshiva graduates; those who want to be inspired but don't want to schlep to synagogue; basically, anyone trying to live a meaningful life during these trying times. One part advice column, one part reflection on what Judaism teaches on how to build a good life, using real-life stories and ancient wisdom.
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- 3 days ago28 min
Interfaith Co-parenting
How would you respond if your child told you “Jesus is God”? Rabbi Shira and Hanna help a listener who is going through a difficult divorce and trying to coparent with her Pentecostal ex. They talk about a Jewish parents’ obligations to their children, how to emphasize what’s positive and different about Judaism, and when to utilize Monty Python during awkward moments. View the 2020 Pew Study on Jewish AmericansRead more about the Jewish obligation toward childrenRead more about interfaith co-parentingSupport Chutzpod!Submit a questionContact Chutzpod!Subscribe to ChutzstackFollow Chutzpod on YouTubeFollow Hanna on InstagramFollow Shira on InstagramFollow Shira on FacebookFollow Chutzpod on FacebookFollow Chutzpod on Instagram Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
- 1 weeks ago38 min
A Mixed (Observance) Marriage
We’ve all heard about mixed faith families, but what happens when everyone is Jewish, but one person is more observant? When does this become a burden on the rest of the family? And does that matter?A listener asks Rabbi Shira and Hanna for help as he tries to lean into his Jewish observance – including shutting down on Shabbat – without annoying his wife and children. Read more about Shalom BayitRead more about a Shabbos GoySupport Chutzpod!Submit a questionContact Chutzpod!Subscribe to ChutzstackFollow Chutzpod on YouTubeFollow Hanna on InstagramFollow Shira on InstagramFollow Shira on FacebookFollow Chutzpod on FacebookFollow Chutzpod on Instagram Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
- 2 weeks ago30 min
E.T. Phone Shul
An all alien round-up episode! You asked, and we answered:Are aliens kosher? Are angels aliens? And does a belief in extra-terrestrial life strengthen Jewish faith or cause a crisis? Rabbi Shira and Hanna talk about the boundless ways Judaism can stretch to infinity and beyond, with an extra nod to the Jewish roots of the Vulcan salute. Support Chutzpod!Submit a questionContact Chutzpod!Subscribe to ChutzstackFollow Chutzpod on YouTubeFollow Hanna on InstagramFollow Shira on InstagramFollow Shira on FacebookFollow Chutzpod on FacebookFollow Chutzpod on Instagram Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
- 3 weeks ago39 min
Jewish Advice for the Election on the Anniversary of October 7th
As we mourn the lives lost on and after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7th, 2023, Rabbi Shira and Hanna discuss a problem common for many American Jews this election season: Should you support a candidate who aligns with your values on most everything…except Israel? They’re joined by Nicholas Lemann, Dean Emeritus at the Columbia Journalism School and author of Returning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries.Read “A Profound Question Haunting Jews Today” by Nicholas LemannRead more about Nicholas LemannRead El Malei Rachamim by Rabbi Sharon Cohen AnisfeldLearn about Values based decision makingSupport Chutzpod!Submit a questionContact Chutzpod!Subscribe to ChutzstackFollow Chutzpod on YouTubeFollow Hanna on InstagramFollow Shira on InstagramFollow Shira on FacebookFollow Chutzpod on FacebookFollow Chutzpod on Instagram Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
- Sep 30, 202632 min
Rabbi Freud
Fun fact: Rabbi Shira is not only a rabbi, she’s also a therapist! So she’s uniquely equipped to answer this week’s listener question: When should you seek counseling from a rabbi and when should you see a therapist?Shira and Hanna debate the merits of both types of counseling and find themselves asking why do Jews love therapy so much?!Listen to Hanna on Radio Atlantic: How American Became Addicted to Therapy: Read a History of Jewish ChaplaincyRead about how Rabbis act as counselorsSupport Chutzpod!Submit a questionContact Chutzpod!Subscribe to ChutzstackFollow Chutzpod on YouTubeFollow Hanna on InstagramFollow Shira on InstagramFollow Shira on FacebookFollow Chutzpod on FacebookFollow Chutzpod on Instagram Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
- Sep 23, 202647 min
Hebrew School Dropout
🎶No graduation day for you 🎶As Hebrew Schools around the country supply their students with lulavs and etrogs for the upcoming Sukkot holiday, Rabbi Shira and Hanna talk about all things religious education. What’s the goal? Is it working? Is Hebrew School just a B’Mitzvah Factory? (and is there anything wrong with that?). Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal, the Senior Director of Youth and Family Education at Central Synagogue in New York, helps answer these questions and more.Read more on Jewish obligations to teaching childrenSupport Chutzpod!Submit a questionContact Chutzpod!Subscribe to ChutzstackFollow Chutzpod on YouTubeFollow Hanna on InstagramFollow Shira on InstagramFollow Shira on FacebookFollow Chutzpod on FacebookFollow Chutzpod on Instagram Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
- Sep 16, 202615 min
Rabbi Shira’s Yom Kippur Sermon: “See It”
Even if you can’t make it to Aspen you can hear Rabbi Shira’s sermon for Yom Kippur this year. Drawing on her own experience visiting the Langa Township in Cape Town, South Africa, the Yom Kippur Haftarah reading and some Ursula LeGuin, Shira urges us all to “shrink the frame” to a human-sized small town of responsibility, practice Teshuvah and reject willful blindness.Watch this sermonRead The Ones Who Walk Away from OmelasRead the Yom Kippur Haftarah readingSupport Chutzpod!Submit a questionContact Chutzpod!Subscribe to ChutzstackFollow Chutzpod on YouTubeFollow Hanna on InstagramFollow Shira on InstagramFollow Shira on FacebookFollow Chutzpod on FacebookFollow Chutzpod on Instagram Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
- Sep 9, 202633 min
Misery Loves Company (Even on Rosh Hashanah)
Chutzpod is back to usher everyone into the New Year! And as we approach 5787, a listener wonders how to show up authentically, even if that means bringing the mood down. Rabbi Shira and Hanna wonder why we feel pressure to have a “happy” new year and encourage everyone not to bring the Jewish equivalent of a sanitized Christmas letter to their high holiday celebrations. Read This Is Real and You Are Completely UnpreparedRead about the Unetanah TokefSupport Chutzpod!Submit a questionContact Chutzpod!Subscribe to ChutzstackFollow Hanna on InstagramFollow Shira on InstagramFollow Shira on FacebookFollow Chutzpod on FacebookFollow Chutzpod on Instagram Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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About Chutzpod!
Chutzpod! is a frank and wide-ranging conversation on how to build a good life, using real-life quandaries and millennia-old Jewish wisdom. Each week, Rabbi Shira Stutman and journalist Hanna Rosin bring a Jewish lens to life's toughest questions, asked by our listeners: Do I offer forgiveness to a friend who refuses to apologize? Am I right to be annoyed at all the service dogs on the plane with me? How do we work to heal this broken world? It's a podcast for people of all or no faiths; Hebrew school truants and proud yeshiva graduates; those who want to be inspired but don't want to schlep to synagogue; basically, anyone trying to live a meaningful life during these trying times. One part advice column, one part reflection on what Judaism teaches on how to build a good life, using real-life stories and ancient wisdom.
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