Orly Erez-Likhovski and Josh Weinberg

The Pluralist Podcast - with Orly Erez-Likhovski and Rabbi Josh Weinberg

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Where Israel’s hardest questions meet Jewish values. This podcast brings Israeli lived reality and Diaspora perspective into honest conversation about religion and state, democracy, pluralism, and Jewish responsibility. Hosted by IRAC Executive Director and attorney Orly Erez-Likhovski and Rabbi Josh Weinberg, Vice President for Israel and Reform Zionism at the Union for Reform Judaism, each episode creates space for thoughtful dialogue — without slogans, and without simplifications.

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Orly Erez-Likhovski and Josh Weinberg

Episodes

Choosing Judaism is no Simple Act of Faith with Rabbi Galia Sadan 03.06.2025 27:38

Every Shavuot, we read the Book of Ruth—the ancient story of a woman who chose to join the Jewish people with the words: “Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.” But in today’s Israel, conversion is no simple act of faith. It’s a legal, political, and deeply personal challenge. In this special Shavuot episode of The Pluralist , Orly Erez-Likhovski, Executive Director of the Israel Re...

Israeli Reform Judaism: A Story for Today, A Vision for Tomorrow 22.05.2025 31:43

In this episode of The Pluralist Podcast, IRAC Executive Director Orly Erez-Likhovski sits down with Anna Kislanski, CEO of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism, for a candid and moving conversation about the state of liberal Judaism in Israel today. From Anna’s personal journey—from a secular Soviet upbringing to becoming a leading voice for Reform Judaism in Israel—to the chall...

Against Racism, For Hope: A Jewish Vision for Shared Society with Rabbi Oded Mazor 28.04.2025 29:18

In this powerful episode, IRAC Executive Director Orly Erez-Likhovski sits down with @Rabbi Oded Mazor, spiritual leader of @Kol HaNeshama in Jerusalem, to explore how Jewish values can—and must—be used to fight racism and build a shared society between Jews and Arabs in Israel. From raising his children in a bilingual Hebrew-Arabic school, to leading interfaith initiatives during wartime, Rabbi M...

Defending Israeli Democracy in the name of Judaism - Rabbi Talia Avnon-Benveniste 03.04.2025 29:28

In this powerful opening episode of The Pluralist Podcast , Orly Erez-Likhovski, Executive Director of the Israel Religious Action Center, sits down with Rabbi Talia Avnon-Benveniste, head of the Reform Rabbinical Seminary at Hebrew Union College, to explore the deep connection between Judaism and democracy — and why both are under threat in today’s Israel. Together, they reflect on how the curren...

*TRAILER* Defending Israeli Democracy in the name of Judaism: Rabbi Talia Avnon-Benveniste 25.03.2025 1:34

Coming Soon: In this powerful opening episode of The Pluralist Podcast , Orly Erez-Likhovski, Executive Director of the Israel Religious Action Center, sits down with Rabbi Talia Avnon-Benveniste, head of the Reform Rabbinical Seminary at Hebrew Union College, to explore the deep connection between Judaism and democracy — and why both are under threat in today’s Israel. Together, they reflect on h...