Best Terlinchamp Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 511: Antisemitism Beyond Eternalism - Daniel May 1:05:18

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Daniel May, publisher of Jewish Currents, joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about anti-semitism. May is the author of a recent piece in Harper's Magazine entitled "An Outrage to Common Sense: On the Meanings of Anti-Semitism," a piece that serves as a great launching point into a discussion of antisemitism's history, its contemporary manifestati…

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Episode 510: Not Your Rabbis' Judaism...Still! - Barbara Thiede (Shulamit Sapir) 1:03:35

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Barbara Thiede (also known as Shulamit Sapir) is a multi-time guest on Judaism Unbound in the past, a key figure in our recent book Judaism Unbound...Bound, a past teacher in the UnYeshiva, and a major influence on Judaism Unbound in many respects over the years. She joins Dan and Lex for a conversation that extends a previous appearance of hers (E…

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Episode 509: Embracing Exile - David Kraemer 1:02:33

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David Kraemer is the author of a recent book entitled Embracing Exile: The Case for Jewish Diaspora, and the Joseph J. and Dora Abbell Librarian and Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He joins Dan and Lex for a conversation that uses that book as a springboard into a conversation about diaspora and exile in the Je…

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Episode 508: Door to Door I - A House for a Life 28:47

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This week, Judaism Unbound is thrilled to feature the 1st episode of Door to Door: A Pilgrimage Across Generations -- another podcast in Judaism Unbound's family of podcasts! Want to connect with Judaism Unbounders all around the world? Join our Discord server, which we have just opened to any and all Judaism Unbound listeners, all around the world…

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Episode 507: Jewish Music -- Not Just at Synagogue - Basya Schechter 59:18

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Basya Schechter -- a songwriter, musician, performing artist, and cantor -- wants to remind everyone that you don't need to be in a synagogue to have powerful experiences with Jewish music. She joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about her evolutions as a musician, her experiences performing in contexts as different as a college dining hall and a …

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Episode 506: Judaism Unbound's 1st Guest...500 Episodes Later - Benay Lappe 54:53

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Benay Lappe, founder and rosh yeshiva of SVARA: a Traditionally Radical Yeshiva, returns to Judaism Unbound! She was our first ever guest on this show, in Episode 3: Exodus, and she's returned many times before -- but this time, she specifically is here to reflect on how American-Jewish life has transformed over the course of the past 10 years, sin…

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Arthur Waskow: Remembered (2 Judaism Unbound appearances from Arthur Waskow) 1:14:00

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On October 20th, 2025, Arthur Waskow – a revolutionary activist and teacher of Torah – died at the age of 92. He was an inspiration to our work at Judaism Unbound in more ways than we can articulate. Even as our organization was launched when he was already in his 80s, he found so many ways to collaborate with us and offer his unique forms of Torah…

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Bonus Episode: Xai Judaism, How Unbound Are You? - Xava, Lex, Rena Yehuda, and Michael 59:02

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Should we be reviving the Nazirite vow, a practice that is typically seen as "ancient," "outdated," or "antiquated?" Might it have liberatory potential for Judaism and the world? Xava De Cordova and Michael Sokolovsky of Xai, How are You? join Lex Rofeberg and Rena Yehuda Newman of Judaism Unbound for a crossover episode about Nazirite philosophy, …

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Episode 505: Jewish Music -- What's "Mi-Sinai?" - Mark Kligman 56:47

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Frequently you might hear someone claim that a particular Jewish melody is "mi-Sinai" (literally: "from Mount Sinai," implying "dating back to when Moses received the 10 commandments at Mount Sinai")? Mark Kligman, an ethnomusicologist who directs The Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience, joins Dan and Lex to explore what th…

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Bonus Episode: Aderaba -- Jewish Studies on the Contrary ("What's Bad about Being in the Image of God?") 45:33

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We’re thrilled to offer a bonus episode here on our feed, where we shout out an awesome new podcast created by friends of Judaism Unbound. It's called Aderaba: Jewish Studies on the Contrary and it’s co-hosted by Rafe Neis – a past teacher in Judaism Unbound’s UnYeshiva – and Gilah Kletenik. We’re featuring their second episode, entitled What’s Bad…

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Episode 504: The Torah of Music - Joey Weisenberg 1:00:20

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Is Jewish music a form of Torah (spiritual wisdom)? Joey Weisenberg, a musician, composer, and founder of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute, thinks so. He joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation about contemporary singing communities, the history of wordless melodies (nigunim) and unbound approaches to prayer. This episode is the second …

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Episode 503: Jewish Music - Elana Arian 1:03:58

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Elana Arian, a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and prayer leader, is one of the most important voices in contemporary Jewish music. So when she emailed Judaism Unbound with an entire vision for a mini-series of episodes exploring Jewish music, we of course paid attention! She joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation about what the ph…

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Episode 502: Yom Kippur 2025 - Angela Buchdahl 1:01:54

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Yom Kippur is here! For the past few years, Yom Kippur has been the single most popular day — all year — for folks to listen to Judaism Unbound. To those of you incorporating our podcast into your observance of this holiday, wishing you a beautiful and unbound Yom Kippur. In this episode, Angela Buchdahl -- senior rabbi at Central Synagogue in New …

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Episode 501: Elul 2025 IV - E(cho)lul - Lex and Wendie 24:31

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Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this final Elul episode of 2025 (and 5785), Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash explore the month (and the upcoming holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) through …

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Episode 500: 500 Weeks of Unbound Judaism - Dan, Lex, Miriam 1:08:36

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500!!!! We made it. Somehow, someway, a wild idea that was once a figment of our imagination...has now been around for 500 weeks. In this episode, Dan, Lex, and Miriam celebrate that incredible number -- and take this as an opportunity to look back on the founding and evolution of Judaism Unbound, first as a podcast and then as an organization with…

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Bonus Episode: Elul 2025 III - Chiasm - Lex and Wendie 23:32

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Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this episode, Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash explore the notion of chiasm (for "what is a 'chiasm' -- which is a great question -- click here), along with what i…

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Episode 499: Elul 2025 II - The 13 Attributes of Mercy - Lex and Wendie 23:07

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Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this episode, Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash explore the 13 attributes of mercy, traditionally associated with Elul and the High Holidays. This Elul podcast is t…

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Episode 498: Elul 2025 - Lex and Wendie 22:27

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Elul is the 12th and final month of the Jewish calendar year. Elul Unbound is a Judaism Unbound initiative all about making Elul meaningful, through creative digital modalities. In this conversation, Lex Rofeberg and Wendie Bernstein Lash kick off this year's Elul Unbound experience. This Elul bonus episode is the first in a series of four that wil…

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Episode 497: Survival Guide for a Spiritual Wilderness V - with Gemara/Commentary from Lex and Rena Yehuda 1:02:10

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Miriam’s well sustained her people step by step in the wilderness. In this episode of Survival Guide for a Spiritual Wilderness (featuring Judaism Unbound Gemara/commentary from Lex and Rena Yehuda), to tap into this wellspring of belonging. In addition, connect to the Tao de Ching, what it means to be a “Miriam person,” twilight creations, the mys…

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Episode 496: Smashing the Tablets - Sara Lippmann, Seth Rogoff 56:05

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Sara Lippman and Seth Rogoff believe that "foundational texts must be read anew or they become tools of conservatism and reaction." But it's not just a belief they hold -- together, they actualized it into a new book, entitled Smashing the Tablets: Radical Retellings of the Hebrew Bible. This book offers a wide variety of new texts, radically revis…

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Episode 495: Israel-Palestine - Conversations Across Generations - Amy Eilberg, Penina Eilberg-Schwartz 52:20

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Even the most intimate relationships can experience strain around the topic of Israel-Palestine. Dan and Lex are joined by Amy Eilberg and Penina Eilberg-Schwartz, who share their experience discussing and processing their conversations about Israel-Palestine across generational divides. -------------------------- Judaism Unbound's offerings for 3-…

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Episode 494: Tisha B'Av (The 9th of Av) 2025 - Dan and Lex 1:00:17

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Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg discuss the inherent potential, along with the limitations, of the Jewish holiday of Tisha B’av (the 9th of Av) — understood by many to be the saddest day on the Jewish calendar. What does it mean to mourn a past pain in the present? In this week’s episode, Dan and Lex consider the meanings of grief and reflection as t…

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Episode 493: Tarot and Teshuva - Mandie McGlynn 56:31

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For Mandie McGlynn, founder of Selah Spiritual Care, tarot can serve as a deeply meaningful modality for Jewish experience. McGlynn joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg on this week’s episode to discuss her use of tarot as part of the preparatory work of the month of Elul (the on-ramp month before the High Holidays), through an initiative she create…

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Episode 492: The Torah in the Tarot - Stav Appel 52:07

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Tarot is known to be a practice of reading, of uncovering important meaning behind the symbols each card evokes. But what if there’s an even deeper, secret connection to not just our lives as a whole, but our lives as Jews? For data scientist and author Stav Appel, happening upon a 17th century forgotten tarot deck took him on a journey through Tor…

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Episode 491: Survival Guide for a Spiritual Wilderness IV - Shiru L'Adonai - Sing Right -The F*ck] Now 1:04:31

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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, 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 episo…

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Episode 511: Antisemitism Beyond Eternalism - Daniel May 1:05:18

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Episode 510: Not Your Rabbis' Judaism...Still! - Barbara Thiede (Shulamit Sapir) 1:03:35

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Episode 509: Embracing Exile - David Kraemer 1:02:33

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Episode 508: Door to Door I - A House for a Life 28:47

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Episode 507: Jewish Music -- Not Just at Synagogue - Basya Schechter 59:18

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Episode 506: Judaism Unbound's 1st Guest...500 Episodes Later - Benay Lappe 54:53

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Arthur Waskow: Remembered (2 Judaism Unbound appearances from Arthur Waskow) 1:14:00

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Bonus Episode: Xai Judaism, How Unbound Are You? - Xava, Lex, Rena Yehuda, and Michael 59:02

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Episode 505: Jewish Music -- What's "Mi-Sinai?" - Mark Kligman 56:47

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Bonus Episode: Aderaba -- Jewish Studies on the Contrary ("What's Bad about Being in the Image of God?") 45:33

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Episode 504: The Torah of Music - Joey Weisenberg 1:00:20

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Episode 503: Jewish Music - Elana Arian 1:03:58

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Episode 502: Yom Kippur 2025 - Angela Buchdahl 1:01:54

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Episode 501: Elul 2025 IV - E(cho)lul - Lex and Wendie 24:31

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Episode 500: 500 Weeks of Unbound Judaism - Dan, Lex, Miriam 1:08:36

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Bonus Episode: Elul 2025 III - Chiasm - Lex and Wendie 23:32

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Episode 499: Elul 2025 II - The 13 Attributes of Mercy - Lex and Wendie 23:07

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Episode 498: Elul 2025 - Lex and Wendie 22:27

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Episode 497: Survival Guide for a Spiritual Wilderness V - with Gemara/Commentary from Lex and Rena Yehuda 1:02:10

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Episode 496: Smashing the Tablets - Sara Lippmann, Seth Rogoff 56:05

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Episode 495: Israel-Palestine - Conversations Across Generations - Amy Eilberg, Penina Eilberg-Schwartz 52:20

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Episode 494: Tisha B'Av (The 9th of Av) 2025 - Dan and Lex 1:00:17

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Episode 493: Tarot and Teshuva - Mandie McGlynn 56:31

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Episode 492: The Torah in the Tarot - Stav Appel 52:07

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Episode 491: Survival Guide for a Spiritual Wilderness IV - Shiru L'Adonai - Sing Right -The F*ck] Now 1:04:31