1.16 I Want You to Know We Are Still Here (w/ Esther Safran Foer & Franklin Foer)

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Judaism, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 22 April 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Joshua and Rabbi Shira reconvene after spending Passover seder with friends and family. As Yom HaShoah (Holocause Remembrance Day) approaches, we take this opportunity to hear an unforgettable family story from Esther Safran Foer and her son Franklin Foer about their ancestry that was affected by the Holocaust. Esther has written a book titled, “I Want You to Know We’re Still Here: A Post Holocaust Memoir” about her experiences.

Episode Timecodes:

(08:42) Interview with Esther and Franklin

(42:58) Rabbi Shira “Counts the Omer”

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0:31.6	Lacko, I'm in a few, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Rabbi.
0:44.9	Hey, Josh.
0:46.5	We're midstream, Passover-wise.
0:49.8	It's a very complicated moment in the Jewish calendar, Josh, because if you're listening
0:53.5	to the podcast on the day it drops, Friday, April 22nd, or the 21st day of Nissan, according
1:00.0	to the Hebrew calendar, for some people, this is the final day of Passover.
1:05.4	But for other people, there's still one more day.
1:08.5	That's right, depending on where you live.
1:10.0	And how observant you are.
1:11.4	Well, that's also true.
1:13.2	A possible pass over ended for you days ago already.
1:16.1	Sorry, that is actually possible never began.
1:19.8	How were your saders?
1:21.0	Awesome.
1:21.7	So good.
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