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We are proud to introduce the 3rd podcast in the Judaism Unbound family of podcasts: Survival Guide for a Spiritual Wilderness [https://www.judaismunbound.com/survival-guide], hosted by Jericho Vincent.  "We are the ancestors of the future." This new podcast offers a spiritual home for listeners seeking to connect Jewish ancestral, feminist wisdom with their own svara: moral intuition. Each episode of this limited series delves into a different story of our ancestor Miriam, illuminating her mystical teachings and offering practical tools for navigating and flourishing in personal or political spiritual wildernesses. We're thrilled to periodically feature episodes of Survival Guide for a Spiritual Wilderness here on Judaism Unbound. But we don't only feature those episodes alone. Lex Rofeberg and Rena Yehuda Newman, two members of Judaism Unbound's team, supplement each episode with some gemara (commentary) as well. We hope that our ideas will help spur you to form your own gemara, and channel your unique teachings -- about this podcast and beyond -- into the world.  Subscribe to Survival Guide for a Spiritual Wilderness anywhere that podcasts are found! ------------------------------------ Amid pain and fear, joy can sometimes feel like betrayal. Yet, the mystics point out that Miriam’s joyful song at the Red Sea is a major liberatory act. In this episode of Survival Guide for a Spiritual Wilderness [/survival-guide] (with Judaism Unbound Gemara/commentary from Lex and Rena Yehuda), our teacher Miriam has some sharp and clear advice. We also dive into the subject of tambourines, somatic experiencing, the mystical power and gender politics of a circle, bell hooks, and a practice for bringing Miriam’s living Torah into our own lives.

In Pirkei Avot, one can find the Hebrew teaching to “carry the burden with your friend.” In today’s episode, Torah Studio [https://www.thetorahstudio.org/] leaders Lexi Kohanski and Liana Wertman [https://www.thetorahstudio.org/team] join the Judaism Unbound podcast to discuss their latest offerings in keeping with this lesson, including a class on personal torah and stewardship called Trans Torah for Our Terrible Times. They also share ideas regarding what the significance of torah/Torah can mean for communal and creative learning, in a moment that demands a new level of spiritual grit and gentleness. ------------------------------ Access full shownotes [https://www.judaismunbound.com/podcast/episode-490-lexi-kohanski-liana-wertman] for this episode via this link [https://www.judaismunbound.com/podcast/episode-490-lexi-kohanski-liana-wertman]. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound [https://www.judaismunbound.com/], please help us keep things going [https://www.judaismunbound.com/donate] with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation -- support Judaism Unbound by clicking here! [https://www.judaismunbound.com/donate]

Now, we’re down to the marrow. Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg [https://pike-terrier-5jnk.squarespace.com/team] wrap a mini-series dive into the role of meat— and specifically, the pig — in Jewish life. They do this with an assessment of their own eating habits, reflections on autonomy and identity, and thoughts for practitioners the world over on how to incorporate more openness into our understandings of what it means to eat Jewishly. ------------------------------ Catch up on previous episodes in this mini-series on the Jewish discourse around meat with Episode 488- Meat: The Key to Jewish History? - John Efron [https://pike-terrier-5jnk.squarespace.com/podcast/episode-488-john-efron] and Episode 487: Pigs Are Very Jewish - Jordan Rosenblum [https://pike-terrier-5jnk.squarespace.com/podcast/episode-487-jordan-rosenblum]. Access full shownotes [https://www.judaismunbound.com/podcast/episode-489-dan-libenson-and-lex-rofeberg] for this episode via this link [https://www.judaismunbound.com/podcast/episode-489-dan-libenson-and-lex-rofeberg]. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound [https://www.judaismunbound.com/], please help us keep things going [https://www.judaismunbound.com/donate] with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation -- support Judaism Unbound by clicking here! [https://www.judaismunbound.com/donate]

We’re back at the trough this week. Author John Efron [https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/john-efron] joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg to share some of the findings in his latest book, All Consuming: Germans, Jews, and the Meaning of Meat [https://www.sup.org/books/jewish-studies/all-consuming]. Efron encourages us to get on eye-level with the pig, from symbol to sinew, as a vital indicator of eating — and therefore living — Jewishly throughout history. This episode is the 2nd in an ongoing mini-series of Judaism Unbound episodes exploring Jewish history through meat (with an emphasis on pig)! Apply for the UnYeshiva's Certificate Program for Unbound Judaism by heading to www.judaismunbound.com/certificate! [https://www.judaismunbound.com/certificate] Access full shownotes [https://www.judaismunbound.com/podcast/episode-488-john-efron] for this episode via this link [https://www.judaismunbound.com/podcast/episode-488-john-efron]. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound [https://www.judaismunbound.com/], please help us keep things going [https://www.judaismunbound.com/donate] with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation -- support Judaism Unbound by clicking here! [https://www.judaismunbound.com/donate]

Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg are joined by author Jordan Rosenblum [https://religiousstudies.wisc.edu/staff/jordan-rosenblum/] to discuss his National Jewish Book Award-winning book, Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig [https://nyupress.org/9781479831494/forbidden/]. Interested in learning more about why the pig has felt so terribly treyf (yid. “non-kosher”) all these years? Rosenblum peels back the thick layers of meaning to get to the gristle.  Apply for the UnYeshiva's Certificate Program for Unbound Judaism by heading to www.judaismunbound.com/certificate! [https://www.judaismunbound.com/certificate] Access full shownotes [https://www.judaismunbound.com/podcast/episode-487-jordan-rosenblum] for this episode via this link [https://www.judaismunbound.com/podcast/episode-487-jordan-rosenblum]. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound [https://www.judaismunbound.com/], please help us keep things going [https://www.judaismunbound.com/donate] with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation -- support Judaism Unbound by clicking here! [https://www.judaismunbound.com/donate]