2.04 Synagogue President Goes to Washington (w/ Senator Jacky Rosen)
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🗓️ 21 October 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) is the only person to ever serve as both synagogue president and U.S. Senator. She joins the rabbi and Joshua this week to discuss navigating shul politics, the pursuit of Tikkun Olam, and even Broadway musicals. Before the interview, Chutzpod! addresses the recent comments by former President Trump on American Jews.
Episode Timecodes:
(15:30) Senator Rosen Interview
(34:15) Rabbi Shira's Guided Meditation
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| 1:12.4 | It's a very exciting week for us in the Jewish community because all the holidays are finally over. |
| 1:18.6 | Yeah. So is it exciting that we're done? Is it a relief? Is there a sense of relief that I'm detecting? |
| 1:25.5 | A little bit. A little bit. Like I'm ready to get back, get back into the swing of sort of |
| 1:31.3 | living a Jewish life 24-7, but also out in the world, not just in my succumb. Okay, good answer. |
| 1:37.1 | So it's not cruise control until next year. It's just back to the daily life of being a Jew |
| 1:43.7 | rather than the run on holidays. |
| 1:46.6 | That's right. |
| 1:47.1 | I always used to say, like, you know, we're in the Hebrew month of Tishrae, which I guess |
| 1:50.6 | will be over in about a week and a half, two weeks or so. |
| 1:54.4 | And the month that comes after is called Cheshvan, which is often called Mar Cheshvan, |
| 2:00.0 | like the bitter month of Cheshvan because it has no |
| 2:03.7 | holidays in it, zero holidays. And so I always feel like that was Hashem's special gift to like |
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