Torah to the People
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Ep 156A Sign Upon Your Hand: Spiritual Attention, Rabbi Ross Levy, 1/19/24
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 155It’s Never Too Late to Become Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Rabbi Greenstein, 1/12/24
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 154Unlikely Heroes, Rabbi Levy, 1/5/24
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 153Vayechi 5784 - Family the Stays Together, Rabbi Dreifus, 12/29/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 152My 72 Hours in Israel This Week, Rabbi Greenstein, 12/22/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 151Don’t Forget the Hostages - Parashat Miketz, Rabbi Dreifus, 12/15/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
S2 Ep 150The Miracle of the First Day (Rabbi Ross Levy) and God will Light a Star, (Russel Strauss)
The song at the end of this episode was written by Temple Israel's very own Russel Stauss as part of this past years Music Production class taught by Emily Groff Heilborn. -- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 149Moving from Grief to Hanukkah Hope, Rabbi Greenstein featuring Elana Arian, 12/1/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
S2 Ep 148Music and the Sacred with Elana Arian
Rabbi Ross sat down with renowned Jewish singer-songwriter Elana Arian at TI Crosstown during her visit to Memphis on September 30, 2023. Recorded in front of a live audience, they discussed Elana's journey into the world of jewish music, her inspiration, and the intersection of music and spirituality
Ep 147Jewish Stuffing on a Thanksgiving Shabbat, Rabbi Greenstein, 11/24/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 146Knower of Secrets: Holding on to Hope- Rabbi Levy, 11-17-23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 144Torah to the People #12 - An Update from Israel with Student Rabbi Josh Scharff
Rabbi Jeff Dreifus and guest Josh Scharff, who's in his final year of rabbinical school at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem, discuss Josh's formative years in St. Louis and at Yale, what led him to want to be an Israeli Reform rabbi, how he experienced the Hamas attacks of October 7th from Tel Aviv, the implications of this war for Israel's future, how this moment is experienced in the Jewish diaspora, and the roots of the anti-Israel and anti-Semitic response on college campuses and the American political left.
Ep 145Kesef Maleh: Those Who Give, Receive More Than They Get, Rabbi Greenstein, 11/10/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 143A Room Fit for a Prince, Rabbi Dreifus, 11/3/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 142The Power of Jewish Joy, Rabbi Levy, 10/27/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 141Noah, Hamas, and the Flood that Destroyed the World, Rabbi Greenstein, 10/20/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 140Humanity, Where Are You? Israel This Week, Rabbi Dreifus, 10/13/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 139Israel: Do Miracles Last Forever?, Rabbi Dreifus, 9/24/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 138Beauty Around the Imperfections, Cantor Emily Groff-Heilborn, 9/22/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
S2 Ep 137Breaking the Binds/ the Akeidah and Us, Rabbi Ross Levy
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
S2 Ep 136Installation of Rabbi Ross Levy
Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
S2 Ep 135Monarch Butterflies and Gratitude for those who Came Before, Rabbi Dreifus, 9-01-23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 134How Our Teachers Shape Us, Rabbi Dreifus, 8/25/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 133Family Shabbat, Rabbi Levy, 8-18-23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 132To Live is to Choose, Rabbi Greenstein, 8-11-23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 131Fighting for Israel’s Soul...Through Compromise, Rabbi Dreifus, 8/4/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 130Sadness: Tisha B’Av in the 21st Century, Rabbi Levy, 7/28/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 129When Words Fail, Rabbi Greenstein, 7/21/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 128Wisdom from Hindsight for Right Now, Rabbi Dreifus, 7/14/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 127Standing Up to see Each Person’s Dignity, Rabbi Jeff Dreifus, 7-7-23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 126Monthly Moons, Summer stars, and Jewish Superstitions, Rabbi Greenstein, 6/30/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 125Good leaders, Bad Leaders, Rabbi Greenstein, 6/23/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 124Help and Courage from Unlikely Places, Rabbi Greenstein, 6/16/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 123Nigun (Ball Shem No. 2) by Ernest Bloch, performed by Basil Alter, 6/9/23
Podcast description -- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 122Pride Shabbat with Michael Eisenstatt, 5-6-23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 121Memory is Not Our Past. It is Who We Are., Rabbi Dreifus, 5/26/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 120Everybody Counts, Everybody’s Special, Rabbi Dreifus, 5/19/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 119Graduation Shabbat, Rabbi Greenstein, 5/12/23
Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 118A Charge to the Confirmation Class of 2023, Rabbi Dreifus, 5-5-23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 117169th Annual Meeting & Leadership Shabbat- Rabbi Micah Greenstein and Rabbi Jeff Dreifus
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 116All Else Failed, D’Var Torah from author Dana Sachs, 4/21/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 115A Shabbat Service of Commonality, Rabbi Greenstein, 4/14/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 114Passover, Tennessee, and Freedom from Gun Violence, Rabbi Greenstein, 4/7/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 113The Flame of Jewish Faith, Rabbi Greenstein, 3/31/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 112Teens are our Future, Rabbi Greenstein, 3/24/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 111Meditation from Thais, Basil Alter, 3/10/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 110The Serious Side of Purim, Rabbi Greenstein, 3/3/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 109Finding Holy Space, Rabbi Dreifus, 2/24/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 108Torah to the People #11 - Black Hebrew Israelites with Rabbi Brett Weisman
Today Rabbi Jeff Driefus sits down with Rabbi Brett Weisman. Rabbi Brett currently serves as Assistant Rabbi at Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Seattle, WA. Rabbi Brett and Jeff were classmates during Rabbinical school, and today’s episode discusses Brett’s thesis about the Black Hebrew Israelite community. Expect to learn about the history of the Black Hebrew Israelites, the development of their faith and how it relates to slavery in America, and the process of ethnographic interviews performed by Weisman. Rabbis Driefus and Weisman discuss the two hallmarks of Black Hebrew Israelite ideology: that they are the “true Jews” and Deuteronomy 28 as a foundational text. During this conversation, you will learn how Black Hebrew Israelites see themselves in the Exodus narrative, what Black Hebrew Israelite religious practice entails, whether “Redemption Song” by Bob Marley is related to their community, and the similarities and differences of the concept of “chosen-ness” in Judaism vs. Black Hebrew Israelite religious thought. -- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Ep 107Abortion, Judaism, and the many sins in overturning Roe v. Wade, Rabbi Greenstein, 2/17/23
-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.