I Am Jewtiful Podcast

It’s been one year since we started Spill the P, and we’re celebrating by returning to Bereishit. We’re talking about darkness that isn’t explicitly called bad, a day of separation that isn’t called good, two great lights with very different jobs, and a garden full of abundance where somehow the one forbidden thing became the most interesting. And then, of course, there’s Adam, Chava, the serpent,...

There will never be another Moshe. And there will also never be another you. V’Zot Ha’Brachah brings us to the end of Torah and the completion of Moshe’s life. This week on Spill the P, we look beyond the miracles themselves and toward the responsibility behind them: Moshe continually chose to show up for the purpose entrusted to him. Through the blessings of the tribes, we explore what it means t...

Jewish identity wasn’t meant to fit into a neat little box, and Andy’s story is a perfect example. In this episode of Still Salty. Still Lit. Still Chosen., we discuss Andy being raised Catholic in Minnesota, becaming an atheist before eventually marrying a Jewish woman and building a Jewish family. Years later, his own connection to Judaism deepened enough that he chose to become Jewish himself....

Jewish identity wasn’t meant to fit into a neat little box, and Andy’s story is a perfect example. In this episode of Still Salty. Still Lit. Still Chosen., we discuss Andy being raised Catholic in Minnesota, becaming an atheist before eventually marrying a Jewish woman and building a Jewish family. Years later, his own connection to Judaism deepened enough that he chose to become Jewish himself....

Ki Tavo means “when you come in,” and this week we explore what it means to come inward before moving forward. We talk about vulnerability with the Creator, honesty with yourself, gratitude for what has already been given, and the responsibility that comes with receiving. We also revisit Hineni—“Here I am”—as a posture of presence, openness, and willingness to listen. This episode of Spill the P i...

This week on Spill the P, we explore Ki Teitzei through the lens of relationship, awareness, and accountability. The parsha moves through an incredible range of human interactions—marriage, power, desire, reputation, ownership, debt, generosity, justice—and again and again asks us to consider not only what we can do, but what alignment with the Creator asks us to do. Growth does not necessarily ma...

What happens when shining a light reveals something we would rather not see? This week on Spill the P, Parsha Shoftim takes us into the uncomfortable but necessary territory of accountability. We explore why we make exceptions for people we love, how our emotions and experiences can influence our perception of truth, and why holding someone accountable can sometimes be an act of love rather than c...

In this episode of Spill the P, we uncover how we might have misunderstood blessing. Maybe it was never simply, “Do the right thing and God will reward you.” Re’eh opens by calling listening itself the blessing and turning away the curse. That changes everything. In this episode, we unpack the difference between hearing and truly listening, rightness and alignment, receiving and taking, generosity...

This week on Spill the P, we are diving into Parashat Eikev—and beginning with one word that completely changes how many people understand their relationship with the Creator: reward. The Hebrew does not say that we receive a reward for listening. It says that because we listen, safeguard, and live according to the mishpatim, the Creator continues to safeguard the covenant He made with us. That is...

Every institution asks us for something: our trust, our money, our obedience, our vote, or our willingness to overlook what has already happened. In this episode of What’s the Nus?, we move from food safety and consumer products to political leadership, criminal justice, historical deception, elections, and national security. We explore cyclospora fears, allegations involving feminine-hygiene prod...

What do Moshe’s unanswered prayer, the Aseret HaDibrot, mistranslated Hebrew, spiritual intermediaries, sinat chinam, and performative religion all have in common? Apparently, Parsha Va’etchanan. This week, on Spill the P, we unpack why Moshe begins by saying, “I implored Hashem,” why Bnei Yisrael were afraid of continued direct communication with the Creator, and how that moment may have shaped t...

The final book of the Torah opens with Moshe looking backward so Israel can move forward. Why? Because remembrance isn’t about living in the past—it’s about building a foundation for the future. This week on Spill the P, we begin by exploring Moshe’s final message to the people, the meaning of justice and divine balance, why the Creator repeatedly tells Israel not to place their awe in their obsta...

Every institution asks us for something: our trust, our money, our obedience, our vote, or our willingness to overlook what has already happened. In this episode of What’s the Nus?, we move from food safety and consumer products to political leadership, criminal justice, historical deception, elections, and national security. We explore cyclospora fears, allegations involving feminine-hygiene prod...

What do Moshe’s unanswered prayer, the Aseret HaDibrot, mistranslated Hebrew, spiritual intermediaries, sinat chinam, and performative religion all have in common? Apparently, Parsha Va’etchanan. This week, on Spill the P, we unpack why Moshe begins by saying, “I implored Hashem,” why Bnei Yisrael were afraid of continued direct communication with the Creator, and how that moment may have shaped t...

This week on What’s the Nus?, we’re unpacking headlines from California, across the United States, Europe, and Israel while exploring the bigger questions they raise about responsibility, accountability, technology, and the kind of society we’re creating. From parenting and public behavior to AI privacy, health concerns, prisons, education, government priorities, and developments in Israel, we exa...

Masei is a reminder that growth rarely happens all at once. This week on Spill the P, we reflect on the journeys of Bnei Yisrael, the importance of remembering where we’ve been, and the boundaries that protect the life we’re building. We’ll explore why purpose always comes with structure, why freedom isn’t the absence of boundaries, and how aligning ourselves with the Creator expands our choices r...

This week on Spill the P, Mattot reminds us that words are never “just words.” Every promise, every declaration, every identity we speak over ourselves has the power to shape our lives. Together we’ll explore why the Torah places such significance on vows and oaths, what the Hebrew language reveals about commitment and integrity, and how our speech mirrors the Creator’s own act of creation. We’ll...

The news doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Every story reflects something deeper about our communities, our values, and the choices we make as human beings. This week on What’s the Nus?, we’re exploring conversations happening across America, Europe, and Israel — from questions of responsibility and justice to identity, technology, and the future of our society. Because the goal isn’t just to know the ne...

This week’s parshah isn’t comfortable. It begins with a killing, moves through thousands of names, rewrites inheritance law because five women ask respectfully, appoints a new leader, and ends with pages of repetitive offerings. It sounds disconnected. It isn’t. This week on Spill the P, we uncover the thread connecting every chapter: remaining aligned. We discuss why integrity matters more than i...

Behind every headline is a bigger story about the kind of society we’re building. This week on What’s the Nus?, we examine stories that touch on compassion, responsibility, technology, parenting, education, politics, and the choices shaping communities around the world—from California to Europe to Israel. Some conversations may be uncomfortable, but they’re worth having. Along the way, we also hig...

Parshat Balak asks a question most of us never stop to consider: What if your greatest gift isn’t meant to make you powerful—but trustworthy? This week on Spill the P, we explore one of the Torah’s most misunderstood figures: Bilam. Was he really the greedy villain tradition often paints him to be, or was he something far more complicated? Through his conversations with Balak, his unwavering insis...

For centuries, we’ve been taught that Moshe’s greatest tragedy was that he never entered the Promised Land. But what if we’ve been asking the wrong question? This week, on Spill the P, we explore Parshat Chukat through the lens of purpose rather than punishment. Was Moshe ever actually promised that he would enter the Land? Or was his purpose something far greater—preparing a generation to become...

Civilizations rarely collapse because of one catastrophic event. More often, they erode through thousands of small decisions that slowly disconnect people from truth, responsibility, and reality. This week on What’s the Nus?, we examine a series of stories that reveal exactly that process. From public policy and corporate culture to personal responsibility and institutional failures, each headline...

Korach didn’t just speak—he moved with intention. And that intention? It came from lack. This week on Spill the P, we’re unpacking what it really means to take versus receive, and why that one distinction changes everything. Moshe stays in his lane, stays connected, and lets the Creator handle it. And honestly? That’s the whole energy. This episode is about stepping out of ego, out of reaction, an...

What happens when systems stop working—but no one admits it? This week on What’s the Nus?, we explore stories from around the world that reveal recurring breakdowns in structure, accountability, and truth. From economic fraud to public policy contradictions, the surface stories may differ—but the underlying patterns remain the same. The question is no longer what’s happening—it’s why it keeps happ...