You Gotta Have Faith with Rabbi Wendi Geffen
Life, Death & The Space Between with Dr. Amy Robbins
Dr. Amy Robbins
4.8 • 585 Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Rabbi Wendi Geffen has served as one of the rabbis at North Shore Congregation Israel since her rabbinic ordination in 2002, assuming the role of senior rabbi in July 2015. A visionary, thought leader, and distinguished orator and teacher, Rabbi Geffen is passionate about Judaism, Torah, and the ways these ancient sources of wisdom add meaning to our lives and enable us to better our world today. She dedicates herself to learning and teaching with those interested in developing their own Jewish identities and Jewish journeys, no matter their age or background; she is regularly sought as a teacher and speaker, and her writing has been widely published.
What does Judaism tells us about how to live a meaningful life?
There is a lot of talk right now about people turning away from a more organized religion and turning toward their own version of spirituality, what are your thoughts about that?
What does Judaism teach us about the afterlife and what happens to us when we die?
How do you as a Rabbi help people understand communication such as signs to understand and make sense of these experiences within the framework of Judaism.
Can you talk about your recent experience that was spiritually transformative in a way that made you rethink how you thought about faith and things happening for a reason?
Many people really dislike the phrase "everything happens for a reason" and I understand why, can you describe your experience and how you came to a potential reogranization of how you understand faith as a result of that experience?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Dr. Amy Robbins and welcome to life, death, and the Space Between podcast. |
| 0:09.6 | By now, I'm sure you know me. I'm your host, and here we talk about life, death, consciousness, |
| 0:17.6 | and what it all means. On today's show, I have Rabbi Wendy Gaffin. |
| 0:23.7 | She is the senior rabbi at North Shore Congregation Israel, a prominent reformed synagogue |
| 0:29.6 | in the suburbs of Chicago. |
| 0:32.2 | Rabbi Gaffin is a tireless leader and is passionate about how Jewish wisdom adds meaning to the lives of her members |
| 0:39.4 | and enables us all to better to better our world every day. Beyond her leadership at her congregation, |
| 0:47.8 | Rabbi Geffen is the leader in the Jewish community both locally and nationally and is a frequent commentator in the Jewish community both locally and nationally, |
| 0:55.0 | and as a frequent commentator in the community to the press |
| 1:00.0 | on issues of national importance. |
| 1:03.0 | I am honored to have Rabbi Geffen here on today's show |
| 1:07.0 | as we begin to explore how various religions understand life and death. |
| 1:13.0 | Welcome, Rabbi Geffen. |
| 1:14.7 | Thank you. I'm so glad to be here. |
| 1:16.6 | So I know this isn't going to be a brief conversation |
| 1:19.6 | because I have so many questions personally. |
| 1:22.4 | But can you kind of give us a brief, if you can do brief, |
| 1:33.4 | synopsis of what Judaism tells us about how we live a meaningful life? Sure, I'll do my best. I think in many respects, Judaism was really set up to create a framework for just that. You know, Judaism is a |
| 1:50.5 | religion and a tradition and a history and a culture that's really built around this life, |
| 1:59.1 | how we live in this life. |
| 2:01.1 | It's not, although Judaism has its kind of theories |
| 2:04.5 | about what happens after this life, |
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