Evolve

By Reconstructing Judaism

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Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations features interviews with thought-provoking rabbis, leaders and creators about the urgent issues faced by Jewish people today. As a part of Reconstructing Judaism’s multimedia Evolve project (http://evolve.reconstructingjudaism.org/), this podcast models respectful, sacred conversations about challenging topics.

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Episode 52: A Supersized Passover Episode: Rabbi Nathan Kamesar on the Israel-Hamas War; Rabbi Maurice Harris on his starring role in the new Netflix series Testament: The Story of Moses
Apr 25, 2024
Episode 51: Rabbi Haviva Ner-David on Life and Death in War and Advocating for Peace
Mar 28, 2024
Episode 50: Rabbi Elyse Wechterman on the State of the Reconstructionist Rabbinate
Feb 29, 2024
Episode 49: Bestselling author Jay Michaelson on his new book of fiction, covering the Israel-Hamas war, campus antisemitism, and more
Jan 25, 2024
Episode 48: Lovingkindness in a Time of War
Dec 21, 2023
Episode 47: For Us, By Us: The Trans Halakhah Project
Nov 30, 2023
Episode 46: Chat GPT, Artificial Intelligence and Jewish Ethical Wisdom
Oct 26, 2023
Episode 45: Sukkot: What’s Divorce Got to Do with It?
Sep 28, 2023
Episode 44: High Holidays: Making Your Soul a Vessel for Change
Aug 31, 2023
Episode 43: Reconstructionist Jews and the Struggle Over Israel’s Future
Jul 20, 2023
Episode 42: How to Talk with Kids About Race
Jun 29, 2023
Episode 41: An Activist's Journey: From Marching Against Nukes to Empowering Jewish Women in Ukraine
May 19, 2023
Episode 40: A Cry for Help: Breaking the Stigma on Mental Illness
Apr 28, 2023
Episode 39: Passover (and Judaism) Disrupted
Mar 29, 2023
Episode 38: The Grand Canyon, Evolution and Pope Francis
Feb 27, 2023
Episode 37: The Israeli Government’s War on Women
Jan 31, 2023
Episode 36: The State of Democracy in Israel and the U.S.
Dec 29, 2022
Episode 35: The Heretic: Why an 18th Century Opponent of Rabbinic Authority Matters Today
Nov 23, 2022
Episode 34: The Need for Affinity Spaces for Jews of Color
Oct 26, 2022
Episode 33: Whitewashing Biblical Characters
Sep 14, 2022
Episode 32: Rethinking the Circumcision Part 2, with Rabbi Kevin Bernstein
Aug 17, 2022
Episode 31: Rethinking the Circumcision Part 1, with Gary Shteyngart and Max Buckler
Jul 27, 2022
Episode 30: Warm and Welcoming?
May 19, 2022
Episode 29: Special Live Episode: Addressing Global Climate Disruption Through Torah
Apr 14, 2022
Episode 28: Ben & Jerry’s, Amnesty International, and the Debate Over Boycotting Israel
Feb 15, 2022
Episode 27: Beyond Antisemitism
Jan 31, 2022
Episode 26: The Reconstructionist
Dec 29, 2021
Episode 25: 'Adoption Isn’t a Bad Thing, It’s a Tricky Thing'
Nov 29, 2021
Episode 24: Liberation from Opioids: One Rabbi’s Journey
Oct 12, 2021
Episode 23: Hidden Jews in the 21st Century
Aug 17, 2021
Episode 22: Hope as an Ethical Imperative
Jul 22, 2021
Episode 21: Fighting Antisemitism and Racism in Minneapolis
Jul 01, 2021
Episode 20: America's First Bat Mitzvah
May 27, 2021
Episode 19: Environmental Justice and Race
Apr 28, 2021
Episode 18: Liberating Your Passover Seder
Mar 23, 2021
Episode 17: Human Composting: Good for the Environment, But Is It Kosher?
Feb 16, 2021
Episode 16: Silver and Gold: Reparations and Judaism
Jan 14, 2021
Episode 15: Jews and Money: A Frank Conversation 
Dec 15, 2020
Episode 14: Fixing Broken Policing: What Does Judaism Say?
Nov 19, 2020
Episode 13: COVID-19 and Jewish Ethics
Oct 22, 2020
Episode 12: Dreams: Judaism's Forgotten Practice
Sep 08, 2020
Episode 11: The Jewish Studio Project
Aug 10, 2020
Episode 10: Disability Justice
Jul 14, 2020
Episode 9: Climate Change, COVID-19 and Racism: A Jewish Response
Jun 29, 2020
Episode 8: Israel-Palestine: The Possibility of Healing Conversations
May 12, 2020
Episode 7: Confronting Anti-Semitism and Racism
Apr 13, 2020
Episode 6: Scenes from the Q of LGBTQ+
Mar 03, 2020
Episode 5: Racism in the Jewish Community
Jan 30, 2020
Episode 4: Slavery and Its Atonement: The Jewish Obligation to Confront Slavery’s Legacy
Dec 24, 2019
Episode 3: Preparing our Communities for Conversations on Race
Dec 03, 2019
Episode 2: Congregation Planting in Baltimore
Oct 18, 2019
Episode 1: Reimagining Synagogues and Communities
Sep 17, 2019
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Aug 16, 2019
#TrendingJewish 27: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen
Jul 10, 2019
#TrendingJewish 26: The Jewish Camping Brand
Jun 18, 2019
#TrendingJewish 25: Life Without Screens
Apr 15, 2019
#TrendingJewish 24: The New American Judaism
Mar 14, 2019
#TrendingJewish 23: Forming Rabbis
Feb 26, 2019
#TrendingJewish 22: Leave Your Solution At The Door
Feb 13, 2019
#TrendingJewish 21: Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations
Dec 13, 2018
#TrendingJewish 20: Don’t be the Frog: Technology and Our Spiritual Lives
Sep 26, 2018
#TrendingJewish 19: Old School Reporting
Aug 28, 2018
#TrendingJewish 18: The Luxury of Not Having to Share
Aug 16, 2018
#TrendingJewish 17: Why Jewish Ethics Matters
Jul 30, 2018
#TrendingJewish 16: The Greatest Teacher, Failure Is
Jul 16, 2018
#TrendingJewish 15: The Disruptor
Jun 25, 2018
#TrendingJewish 14: Thirteen Million Minutes
Jun 12, 2018
#TrendingJewish 13: Turning the Crisis Narrative on Its Head
May 29, 2018
#TrendingJewish 12: Talkin' 'bout my Generation
May 22, 2018
#TrendingJewish 11: The Accidental Rabbi
Feb 19, 2018
#TrendingJewish 10: One Man’s Crusade Against Chosenness
Jan 26, 2018
#TrendingJewish 9: Welcoming the Stranger
Jan 05, 2018
#TrendingJewish 8: May God Bless and Keep the Tsar
Dec 05, 2017
#TrendingJewish 7: The Dogma of Jewish Time
Nov 28, 2017
#TrendingJewish 6: The Family Secret
Nov 21, 2017
#TrendingJewish 5: The Coffee Table Book of Coffee Tables
Nov 14, 2017
#TrendingJewish 4: Carpooling with Rabbi
Nov 07, 2017
#TrendingJewish 3: Wrestling God and the Healthcare System
Oct 31, 2017
#TrendingJewish 2: Asking and Telling
Oct 24, 2017
#TrendingJewish 1: It Sounds Like Judaism in Space
Oct 10, 2017