My Musings Podcast

Birthright Citizenship: Who Belongs? 03.07.2026 9:39 ↓

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Why Are We So Afraid of Change? 29.06.2026 4:55 ↓

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Rights, Democracy, & Decency Under Assault: A Jewish Conversation w/ Debra Shushan, Rabbi Sandra Lawson, & Stephanie Wilson 22.05.2026 1:23:17 ↓

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We Are More Committed to Supremacy Than Democracy 30.04.2026 10:46 ↓

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Kedoshim 19: The Holiness Code as Organizing Document 24.04.2026 7:52 ↓

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Passover in a time of selective freedom 03.04.2026 14:08 ↓

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Torah: Fracture and Covenant 06.03.2026 6:59 ↓

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Some Torah: Tetzaveh: Bring the Oil, Clothe Them in Dignity 27.02.2026 10:15 ↓

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Liberation Is Disorienting 06.02.2026 15:44 ↓

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Let Our People Go: Parashat Bo and Minneapolis 23.01.2026 8:54 ↓

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Conversation with Beth Gendler Executive Director of the Jewish Community Action in Minnesota 20.01.2026 29:57 ↓

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Martin Luther King Jr., Minneapolis, and the Refusal to Be Silent 16.01.2026 13:19 ↓

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When Power Refuses to Know: Shemot and State Violence Parashat Shemot 09.01.2026 10:20 ↓

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Her Name Was Renee Nicole Good 08.01.2026 9:50 ↓

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Exodus as Liberation Theology 04.01.2026 13:45 ↓

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We are the Mixed Multitude 02.01.2026 23:01 ↓

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Live with Rabbi Sandra: Torah Teaching — Vayeshev 12.12.2025 4:45 ↓

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ADL’s Abdication of Its Civil Rights Mission with Rabbi Sandra Lawson 17.11.2025 1:04:14 ↓

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In Conversation with Rabbi Sandra Lawson 16.10.2025 30:08 ↓

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Justice and Memory: Emmett Till and Parashat Shoftim 29.08.2025 4:55 ↓

This week we read Shoftim , and right at the center of the portion comes one of the most powerful imperatives in all of Torah: Tzedek, tzedek tirdof — “Justice, justice shall you pursue.” The repetition is intentional. The rabbis remind us that the Torah never wastes a word. Justice must be pursued not once, not occasionally, but relentlessly — until it takes root in the world. My Musings is a rea...

Did you know that we blow the Shofar in the morning during the month of Elul. 23.08.2025 1:41 ↓

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Did you know Judaism sets aside an entire month to get ready for the High Holidays? 21.08.2025 2:06 ↓

That month is called Elul . Elul comes right before Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—the holiest days of the Jewish year. Instead of just showing up to synagogue and hoping for the best, our tradition says: prepare your heart . Transformation doesn’t happen in an instant. It takes intention, practice, and time. Elul gives us that time. This month is about teshuva , a word often translated as “repentan...

Let’s discuss Jubilee with Amanda Seales 19.08.2025 11:06 ↓

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Staying in the Room 11.08.2025 7:01 ↓

Progressive Jews must stay in relationship with other progressive people and confront antisemitism when it happens. My Musings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to My Musings at rabbisandra.substack.com/subscribe

Losing a Generation 07.08.2025 5:11 ↓

I made this video to expand a little and talk about what I wrote in Losing a Generation… Also, please forgive Stella’s snoring in the background. VIDEO TRANSCRIPT: So last week I wrote a Substack piece titled it basically Losing a Generation. And I'll add it here, and I want to talk about it a little bit in this video, because it's gotten a lot of attention. Um, and in the essay, I say we are losi...