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The Chochmat Nashim Podcast: Women Talk Judaism

Sep 26, 2017

On Rosh Hashanah, we dip apples in honey for a sweet new year, and some have the custom to include many edible "signs" (simanim) for the year to come. Rachel, Shoshanna, and Anne consider what are these "simanim" in Judaism -- idolatry? hocus pocus? prayer? -- and come to some interesting conclusions about Jewish unity....


Sep 6, 2017

Extremism is a growing phenomenon in Orthodox Judaism, and this is perhaps most obvious in the Israeli city of Beit Shemesh. What can be done to counteract extremism? Is the excuse that, "The extremists are a tiny minority of our community" valid? And are we as vocal about extremism in our own sub-communities as we are...