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1.08 Communities: A Love/Hate Story (w/ Wajahat Ali, Dule Hill & Jazmyn Simon)

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Judaism, Religion & Spirituality

5.0531 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

What is the purpose of a community? Rabbi Shira and Joshua look at this very simple yet complex question in this episode that aligns with the Torah portion “Vayakhel”. They are then joined by the esteemed author Wajahat Ali for his unique viewpoint on the subject.

Episode Timecodes:

(17:32) Wajahat Ali Interview

(41:07) Dule Hill & Jazmyn Simon define the Hebrew & Yiddish (and even Aramaic) terms used in our episode

(43:37) Rabbi Shira’s Guided Meditation

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0:00.0

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0:09.6

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0:19.1

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0:24.4

Jason Alexander, former hostage Eli Shurabi, comedian Modi Rosenfeld, CNN's Jake Tapper, and Cindy

0:32.1

Crawford.

0:33.0

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0:36.7

So if you want something smart, expansive, and grounded, check out Being Jewish with Jonah Platt on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:46.9

Or visit BeingJewishpodcast.com.

0:52.4

Oh, yeah, yeah, Josh.

1:04.6

Greetings, Rabbi, how are you?

1:06.7

I'm good, although I'm also anxious, because I feel like we need to have the next chapter of our

1:11.8

conversation about what chutzpahd listeners are going to be called. Oh, yes. I actually learned

1:19.5

something last week, which I don't want to say I'm embarrassed to say because we're all learning and

1:24.1

evolving, which is that posse is not a term that feels safe or

1:29.4

comfortable for everyone.

1:31.1

It's off the table.

1:32.1

We're taking it off the table.

1:33.8

It's off the table and I apologize.

1:37.3

It's a racially charged word.

1:39.0

It also, uh, it brings to mind images of getting a group of men together to do violence.

1:46.7

So are bad.

1:48.6

Okay.

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