Regeneration: A Podcast About Crafting DIY Jewish Ritual

Episode 7: The Flexibility of Ritual, with Rabbi Shira Stutman

Today, we speak with Rabbi Shira Stutman, senior rabbi at the Aspen Jewish Congregation, author of The Jewish Way to a Good Life, and host of the beloved PRX podcast “Chutzpod.”  In this episode, we talk about how we use touch and affection in our rituals. We also talk about how ritual can be flexible enough to adapt as our kids and grandkids grow older, but how it can act as an unshakeable commitment to tradition.  Read more about Rabbi Shira Stutman here. [https://www.aspenjewish.org/welcome/meet-our-team/]Listen to Chutzpod here.  [https://chutzpod.com/] Visit our website here to download guidebooks for each episode: recustom.com/regeneration [http://recustom.com/regeneration] Get ideas and resources for Jewish family connection at jewishgrandparentsnetwork.org [http://jewishgrandparentsnetwork.org]. If you’d like to sponsor a future episode or share feedback, you can reach us at JGNpodcast@gmail.com [JGNPodcast@gmail.com].  Regeneration is hosted by Eileen Levinson and Debra Weinberg and produced by ⁠⁠⁠Josh Gilbert ⁠⁠⁠ [https://joshgilbertmedia.com/]and ⁠⁠⁠Kate Mishkin⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.katemishkin.com/].

Episode 6: The Ritual of Gratitude with Dana Saroken

At Recustom, we have a saying: We want to help you make ritual your own, so you can welcome whatever life brings. Rituals are a way to ready ourselves against the unpredictability of life. In this episode, we consider rituals as a way to usher in gratitude, and to be reminded of what we already have. Our guest is Rabbi Dana Saroken, rabbi at the Beth El Congregation in Baltimore, Maryland. She’s been there since 2007, when she became the congregation’s first female rabbi. She’s also founder of the Soul Center – self-described as a “place where you can exhale. A place that nourishes and inspires you. A place where you feel supported, cared for and at peace. A place where you can learn and grow and just “be” without judgment.”  Read more about The Soul Center here.  [https://soulcenterbaltimore.org/about/] Visit our website here to download guidebooks for each episode: recustom.com/regeneration [http://recustom.com/regeneration] Get ideas and resources for Jewish family connection at jewishgrandparentsnetwork.org [http://jewishgrandparentsnetwork.org]. If you’d like to sponsor a future episode or share feedback, you can reach us at JGNpodcast@gmail.com [JGNPodcast@gmail.com].  Regeneration is hosted by Eileen Levinson and Debra Weinberg and produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Josh Gilbert ⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://joshgilbertmedia.com/]and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Kate Mishkin⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.katemishkin.com/].

Episode 5: “It's All Judaism" with Rabbi Lisa Rubin

Our guest today is Rabbi Lisa Rubin, director for the Center for Exploring Judaism at Central Synagogue in Manhattan, where she’s helped Jews and non-Jews approach rituals, text, and tradition since 2010. In this conversation, Rabbi Lisa Rubin discusses rituals, how we learn and embrace them, and how we might be practicing rituals without even knowing it.  Read more about Rabbi Lisa Rubin’s at the Center for Exploring Judaism here. [https://centralsynagogue.org/about-us/our-clergy/lisa-rubin] Visit our website here to download guidebooks for each episode: recustom.com/regeneration [http://recustom.com/regeneration] Get ideas and resources for Jewish family connection at jewishgrandparentsnetwork.org [http://jewishgrandparentsnetwork.org]. If you’d like to sponsor a future episode or share feedback, you can reach us at JGNpodcast@gmail.com [JGNPodcast@gmail.com].  Regeneration is hosted by Eileen Levinson and Debra Weinberg and produced by ⁠⁠⁠Josh Gilbert ⁠⁠⁠ [https://joshgilbertmedia.com/]and ⁠⁠⁠Kate Mishkin⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.katemishkin.com/].

Episode 4: True Stories with Marshall Duke

We all have family stories. All are true, and some actually happened.  Marshall Duke, professor emeritus at Emory University, joins the podcast to discuss the stories we tell, and how they instill connection, resilience, and strength.  Marshall P. Duke is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Emory University, where he has served as Director of Training in clinical Psychology and as Chair of the Department of Psychology. As a member of Emory’s psychology faculty for more than 50 years and as a core faculty member with The Emory Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life (MARIAL), he has studied a variety of family issues, most notably the development of a child’s intergenerational self and how family narratives—or knowing the ups and downs of one’s family story—can help build resilience in children and teens. Follow Marshall Duke’s work here.  [https://prizmah.org/hayidion/families/and-you-shall-teach-them-your-children-family-history-and-resilience] Follow our website here: RECUSTOM.COM/REGENERATION [http://recustom.com/REGENERATION] From Shabbat candles to everyday blessings, discover how to weave old and new practices together across generations to bring the people you love closer. Visit our website here to download guidebooks for each episode: recustom.com/regeneration [http://recustom.com/regeneration] Get ideas and resources for Jewish family connection at jewishgrandparentsnetwork.org [http://jewishgrandparentsnetwork.org]. If you’d like to sponsor a future episode or share feedback, you can reach us at JGNpodcast@gmail.com [JGNPodcast@gmail.com].  Regeneration is hosted by Eileen Levinson and Debra Weinberg and produced by ⁠⁠Josh Gilbert ⁠⁠ [https://joshgilbertmedia.com/]and ⁠⁠Kate Mishkin⁠⁠ [https://www.katemishkin.com/].

Episode 3: Striving for Light with Rabbi Adam Greenwald

This week on Regeneration, we welcome Rabbi Adam Greenwald, Rabbi of Congregation B’nai Israel in Orange County, CA, and author of On One Foot [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42188722-on-one-foot], considered foundational coursework for Intro to Judaism curriculum. Adam is also former Vice President for Jewish Engagement at American Jewish University (AJU), and founder of the Maas Center for Jewish Journeys [http://maascenter.aju.edu/], and lecturer at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, designing and facilitating a course in the art of teaching sacred text. Guidebook: The world has always had its share of darkness, yet Jewish history shows that our community resiliently finds light over and over again. The Jewish calendar year is how we practice that resilience: seasonal gathering in the experiential classroom of our holidays, reliving our history, rehearsing our deepest values, and passing light forward through the blast of a shofar, the taste of apples and honey, or the glow of candlelight. Jewish practice teaches us to cultivate and share that light, and to strive towards being kinder, holier, and more whole, while giving ourselves grace when we fall short. This is a workbook for those practices. Bring a pen. Bring a friend. Take what calls to you. Read more about Rabbi Adam Greenwald’s work here. [https://www.cbi18.org/rabbi-adam]  Resources: * The Jewish Way, by Yitz Greenberg  Visit our website here to download guidebooks for each episode: recustom.com/regeneration [http://recustom.com/regeneration] Get ideas and resources for Jewish family connection at jewishgrandparentsnetwork.org [http://jewishgrandparentsnetwork.org]. If you’d like to sponsor a future episode or share feedback, you can reach us at JGNpodcast@gmail.com [JGNPodcast@gmail.com].  Regeneration is hosted by Eileen Levinson and Debra Weinberg and produced by Josh Gilbert and Kate Mishkin.  Regeneration is hosted by Eileen Levinson and Debra Weinberg and produced by ⁠Josh Gilbert ⁠ [https://joshgilbertmedia.com/]and ⁠Kate Mishkin⁠ [https://www.katemishkin.com/].