“To wrestle with, or doubt, God is perhaps the strongest form of faith.
In the same manner that you may gently rebuke a loved one for not being there in a time of need, questioning the existence of God is about pointing out a lack for the sake of developing a stronger relationship.” -Rabbi Misha Clebaner
“Thy name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God (sar el) and with men, and hast prevailed.’ -Genesis 32:29
Welcome to the new season of the ‘Raising Holy Sparks’ podcast. This year, we will be focusing on Jewish concepts and will be experimenting with ways to take them out of the theoretical and turn them into the practical. Continue reading “Practical Judaism – Vayishlach”
Episode 42: Fighting the Erasure of Women in Judaism w/Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll
“In my work – I don’t fight Torah… I fight FOR Torah. That’s really important to me to make that distinction.”
– Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll
Raised in Lakewood, NJ, Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll now lives in Israel with her family. She raises awareness of issues that plague the Jewish and world community. Topics she takes on include child sex abuse, women in Judaism, Israel-Arab conflict, and general human stupidity. She is a founding member of Chochmat Nashim, a organization dedicated to positive change in the Jewish community. Professionally, as co founder of REACH3K, she brands and writes for some of Israel’s best nonprofits & businesses.
Episode 38: Surprising Alliances in the Pursuit of Welcoming the Stranger w/Rabbi Susan Silverman
“The whole world is a narrow bridge and the most important part is not to be afraid. This does not mean banishing fear, but rather living with it.”
-Rabbi Susan Silverman on Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
Rabbi Susan Silverman is an activist and writer . She is the sister of Laura, an actress and writer, Jodyne (Speyer), a writer, and Sarah, an actress, writer and comedian.
Rabbi Susan Silverman’s upbringing was secular-Jewish. Her parents’ “religion” was liberal politics. Something Rabbi Susan still believes is worthy devotion!
When moving towards any goal as a team or a community every member must contribute something to make that dream a reality.
For the Israelites that were breathlessly dashing towards liberation there were a handful of figures that stood out from the rest in terms of their contribution to making that freedom become a reality. Continue reading “What did Moses do that was so great anyways?”
Rabbi Misha Clebaner 