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Chutzpod is a frank and wide-ranging conversation on how to build a good life, using real-life quandaries and millennia-old Jewish wisdom. Each week, Rabbi Shira Stutman and podcast host Hanna Rosin bring a Jewish lens to life's toughest questions, asked by our listeners: Do I offer forgiveness to a friend who refuses to apologize? Am I right to be annoyed at all the service dogs on the plane with me? How do we work to heal this broken world? It's a podcast for people of all or no faiths; He ...
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Rabbi Shira and Hanna close out Season 3 with by celebrating Shavuot*, which commemorates the receiving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. But how do you celebrate a sacred text that's often problematic? *This year Shavuot at sundown on Tuesday June 11, 2024, and concludes at nightfall on Thursday, June 13. Story of Dinah Torah Portion Nasso Support Chut…
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A listener in an interfaith and interracial relationship asks for advice on how to navigate conversations about antisemitism, race and Israel. Rabbi Shira and Hanna are joined by antiracist educator Rachel Faulkner from the National Council of Jewish Women. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna…
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Do you suffer from Friendship FOMO? Heartburn, fatigue, painful stabs of jealousy while looking at Instagram? Rabbi Shira and Hanna will provide some relief. Podcast host and producer Lauren Ober writes in. And Shira lets out her inner mean girl. Biblical Moments of Jealousy: Exodus 20.5, Joseph & his brothers Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Co…
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Rabbi Shira and Hanna fire through a bunch of your letters and voice memos. Shira imagines having an audience with the Pope. Hanna reimagines her concept of Jewish power. And, yet another plug for the mikvah. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hann…
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Rabbi Shira and Hanna help a couple navigate the decision to donate their embryos. They’d like to give the gift to a Jewish family. They’d like to maintain close contact. Are mitzvahs still mitzvahs if you have an ulterior motive? More on Judaism & Fertility Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hann…
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What to do when you want to teach your children gratitude, humility and the value of a dollar, but your mother’s “greatest joy in life” is spoiling them rotten. Rabbi Shira and Hanna talk about money myths, values and honoring thy father and mother. The Torah on Money Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Kiddushin 31b Rav Asi had an elderly mother. She said…
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Israel is destined to be top of mind during Passover this year. Rabbi Shira and Hanna give advice on how to have a meaningful (and less contentious) seder. Priya Parker on the “Art of Gathering” Why do you spill the wine? On the interplay between Purim and Passover Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Foll…
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There's something titillating about secrets in Judaism, but should we have them? Rabbi Shira and Hanna help a listener who wants to unburden a big secret with her father. More on secrets of the Torah Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twit…
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Have you ever hid your Judaism? Whether for safety or comfort? A listener in France wonders if and when it’s ok to conceal your Jewish identity. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on TwitterPor Chutzpod!
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Rabbi Shira and Hanna talk with Franklin Foer about his cover story for The Atlantic, which argues that Anti-Semitism is threatening to end a “Golden Era” for Jewish Americans. Read Frank’s piece Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter…
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Can three be the magic number in a Jewish marriage? Rabbi Shira and Hanna help a listener understand what Judaism says about marriage and polyamory. More about Jewish polyamory Rachel Adler’s Brit Ahuvim Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on …
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Comedian, podcaster and “Subculture Vulture” Moshe Kasher joins Rabbi Shira and Hanna to help a listener pull (or not pull) a geographic. More about Moshe Kasher Listen to Moshe in conversation with Lauren Ober at Sixth & I. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twi…
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Rabbi Shira returns from Israel where she engaged in a week of Torah study, rabbinic debates and shepherding in the West Bank. Send us your questions at chutzpod.com. While you’re there support the show. And follow Chutzpod, Shira & Hanna.Por Chutzpod!
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A listener’s friend insists that the Jews killed Jesus. How should she respond? And why does this myth continue to hurt? Rabbi Shira and Hanna talk about weaponizing myths, conspiracies, and the always helpful “I” statements. More on dispelling that myth Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on…
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Rabbi Shira and Hanna help a listener who wants to know what Judaism says about choice when it comes to the end of life. What are the Jewish ethics around medical aid in dying? And is there a Jewish value in suffering? Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter F…
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Rabbi Shira and Hanna are really Jewish. Charlotte York Goldenblatt is really Jewish. But what about the many of us who live in the gray in-between? We answer this week’s listener question: who gets to be Jewish? Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow …
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Can you be “Friends Forever”? And should you? Pulling from the ancient texts Saved by the Bell and the Talmud, Rabbi Shira and Hanna help a listener who wants to bring her oldest and dearest friendships back to life. More on friendships & friend fights from Hanna. And check out more of Lanie Fefferman’s music, including the song featured at the end…
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When channeling your inner Dead Poets Society isn’t enough…Rabbi Shira & Hanna help a high school teacher figure out when and how to talk with students about the war in Israel and Gaza. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on Twitter…
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What does Judaism (and the universe) have to say about dating and divorce? Dating BEFORE divorce? And are Jews better at New Year’s Resolutions? Rabbi Shira & Hanna are back to answer these questions and more. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Han…
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The decision to have children is often difficult, but what about the decision to have MORE children? Rabbi Shira and Hanna advise a listener on what they think and Judaism says about having a third kid, and whether they regret having their own (spoiler: they don’t). More: Genesis 1:28 Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shi…
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I really love Judaism...should I be a rabbi? Rabbi Shira and Hanna help a listener decide whether to take the jump. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on TwitterPor Chutzpod!
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Is a Jewish Santa kosher? Rabbi Shira & Hanna Rosin ponder the ethics of Christmas cosplay in this very merry episode. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on TwitterPor Chutzpod!
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Rabbi Shira and Hanna give advice on how to say you’re sorry, and really (sorta) mean it. Like Chutzpod? Please rate, review and subscribe! Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on TwitterPor Chutzpod!
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What to do when calling your mother is not just a pain, but painful. Rabbi Shira is back from Israel with insights and advice. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Follow Shira on Twitter Follow Hanna on TwitterPor Chutzpod!
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What happens if you receive an unexpected inheritance from a person you’ve cut out of your life? Should you keep it? Give it away to charity? Join Rabbi Shira and Hanna as they balance the rules of Torah with the financial realities of life. Support Chutzpod! Submit a question Contact Chutzpod! Follow Shira on Instagram Follow Hanna on Instagram Fo…
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