Temple B'nai Jeshurun

Kol Jeshurun

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Welcome to Kol Jeshurun, the podcast of Temple B’nai Jeshurun, a vibrant and flourishing Reform Jewish community in Essex County, New Jersey. This podcast is a place to engage with teachings and music from our clergy, staff, and guest speakers, as we strive to bring a sense of meaning and hope into our world. If you would like to learn more about our congregation, please visit us at www.tbj.org and follow us on Facebook @tbjnewjersey and on Instagram @tbj_nj . Transcriptions available at www.tbj.org/podcast#

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BONUS EPISODE: D'var Torah & Musical Drash on Sanctuary 20.02.2021 10:51

Cantor Lucy B. Fishbein offers a d'var torah on this week's Torah portion - Terumah - and its most famous line: "וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹכָם." “Prepare for me a sanctuary, that I may dwell within you.” - Exodus 25:8 07:18 - Lord Prepare Me (J.W. Thompson & R. Scruggs) Vocals: Cantor Emma Lutz & Cantor Lucy B. Fishbein Audio Production, Piano & Guitar: David Kates Produced by L...

A conversation on Compassion and Covid 16.02.2021 28:38

This week on Kol Jeshurun, Rabbi Karen Glazer Perolman is in conversation with Debbie Evans, LCSW and Jordyn Feingold, MAPP and Medical Student about how we navigate a COVID world with compassion for ourselves and others. Produced by Lucy B. Fishbein Theme Music by Matthew J. Turk

Leadership in Times of Crisis 09.02.2021 30:37

In this weeks installment of Kol Jeshurun, Rabbi Gewirtz has a roundtable discussion with four congregational lay leaders who have been at the helm of TBJ's Synagogue Board during times of communal and national crisis. Using this weeks Torah portion, Parshat Yitro, as a framework, Rabbi Gewirtz discusses what leadership means during times of acute crisis and how we move forward with wisdom and hea...

Interview with author, Erica Keswin: Rituals Roadmap 02.02.2021 19:57

In this weeks episode of Kol Jeshurun, Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz and Rabbi Karen Glazer Perolman are in conversation with best-selling author, Erica Keswin. Listen as they discuss how rituals have the ability to impact the way we engage with our everyday activities and change the way we live our lives, particularly during these turbulent times. Erica Keswin is the author of Rituals Roadmap (2021) and...

Softening Our Hearts, Renewing Ourselves 26.01.2021 19:05

Listen as Rabbi Karen Glazer Perolman reflects on the events of the 2021 Presidential Inauguration and this week's Torah Portion, Parshat Bo . How does the biblical story of the Egyptian Pharaoh's heart being hardened help us reflect on the ways in which the last 5 years have hardened our hearts? How might we become more open hearted in the weeks and months to come? L’dor Vador - Music & Lyrics by...

Americana Music - Framing our Jewish Identity 19.01.2021 10:51

On this edition of Kol Jeshurun, Cantor Lucy B. Fishbein and Matthew J. Turk share American folk songs from Shabbat Services on January 8th, 2021. Listen as Cantor Fishbein shares thoughts on the ways in which music frames our experiences, prayers and identity. This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie) If I Had a Hammer (Lee Hays and Pete Seeger) America the Beautiful (Katherine Lee Bates, Samuel A....

BONUS EPISODE: A Musical Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. Day 18.01.2021 7:08

Listen as Cantor Lucy B. Fishbein and TBJ Music Director Matthew J. Turk perform a unique arrangement of the civil rights era anthem Abraham, Martin and John by Dion DiMucci in honor of Martin Luther King Day. Vocals: Lucy B. Fishbein Guitar & Mandolin: Matthew J. Turk Theme music composed by Matthew J. Turk

Introducing Kol Jeshurun: A Podcast of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun 18.01.2021 6:30

Welcome to Kol Jeshurun, a podcast of Congregation B’nai Jeshurun. In this introduction episode, listen to Rabbi Matthew D. Gewirtz and Rabbi Leah H. Sternberg chat about how this podcast came to be, and hear a taste of what is to come. Theme music composed by Matthew J. Turk