Sunday, July 22, 2007
Temple Emanuel Podcast #5, 6/1/2007: Rabbi Geri Newburge discusses the Youth Alternative Weekend
This podcast is Temple Emanuel Podcast #5, an interview with Associate Rabbi Geri Newburge about the Temple Emanuel Youth Alternative Weekend program, which took place last November.
Last November, Temple Emanuel young people spend the weekend of the annual teacher's convention on an alternative retreat in Baltimore that combined social, spiritual, and community action activities.
In April, the program won the Irving J. Fain Award from the Religious Action Center of the Union for Reform Judaism. Rabbi Geri Newburge, our associate rabbi, accepted the Award RAC's Consultation on Conscience program in Washington.
The award is named in honor of the late Irving J. Fain, who was Chair of the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism for more than a decade.
In its citation, the Reform Action Center said "Temple Emanuel’s youth program is modeled after the college Alternative Spring Break. Held in November when schools were closed for an annual teachers’ convention, Temple Emanuel exposed students to the effects of poverty through a volunteer program in Baltimore, MD. Participants volunteered in three agencies including a soup kitchen, a food bank and a transitional homeless shelter. After returning, they dedicated themselves to educating others in the congregation about the shared responsibility to work for social and economic justice."
In this podcast, Rabbi Newburge discusses the program and the award, and the challenges of developing compelling program for Jewish young people.
Download the podcast file here (17.2 mb stereo MP3 file, 00:12:17 length).Keywords: temple emanuel,synagogue,jewish,judaism,cherry hill,nj,new jersey,lubetkin,geri newburge,rabbi,rac,fain,award,youth,tefty,nfty,youth alternative,baltimore
Temple Emanuel Podcast #4, 2/18/2007: An interview with Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen, Director of Lifelong Education
| Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen, Associate Rabbi and Director of Lifelong Education |
Temple Emanuel, Cherry Hill, NJ, continues its series of podcasts about Temple activities. In this episode, we interview Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen, whose second book, Lilith’s Ark: Teenage Tales of Biblical Women, was named to receive a 2007 National Jewish Book Award in the Jewish Family Literature category.
You can read Rabbi Cohen's bio here.
Download the podcast file here (21.7 mb stereo MP3 file, 00:15:28 length).Temple Emanuel Podcast #3, 8/2/2006: Panel Discussion on the Middle East Crisis
Temple Emanuel, Cherry Hill, NJ, continues its series of podcasts about Temple activities.
In this program, recorded August 2, 2006, we present a panel discussion of the Middle East crisis moderated by Senior Rabbi Jerome P. David. Panelists are: Dr. Janine Sobel, president of the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey, who just returned from a visit to Israel as part of an emergency mission trip for US Jewish community leaders; and Aryeh Gluck, former director of the Reform summer camp, Camp Harlam, and an Israeli citizen and Israeli Defense Force veteran who frequently visits Israel.
Download the podcast file here (116.4mb stereo MP3 file, 01:22:46 length).Temple Emanuel Podcast #2, 7/24/2006: An interview with Cantor Peter Halpern
| Cantor Peter Halpern, new cantor at Temple Emanuel, Cherry Hill, leads singing in the sanctuary. |
Temple Emanuel, Cherry Hill, NJ, continues its series of podcasts about Temple activities. In this episode, we interview Cantor Peter Halpern, who just joined the clergy team at Temple Emanuel after serving at Temple Adat Elohim in Thousand Oaks, CA. In addition to speaking with Cantor Halpern, we also play some of his recorded performances, including two of his own compositions, musical settings of "Shalom Rav" and "Tov Lehodot."
This program was recorded Friday, July 14, 2006.
Download the podcast file here (29.33mb stereo MP3 file, 00:21:21 length).Temple Emanuel Podcast #1, 4/13/2006: Our first "Men's Seder" led by Rabbi Jerome P. David
| Rabbi Jerome P. David, Senior Rabbi, Temple Emanuel, Cherry Hill, NJ |
Temple Emanuel, Cherry Hill, NJ, inaugurates a series of podcast programs about our activities with our first-ever Men's Seder. We've had a "Her Seder" for years, so this year we added a Seder especially for our men's club. In this podcast, Rabbi David talks about the significance of Passover in mens' lives, and leads the model Seder with our men. This program was recorded Sunday, April 9, 2006.
Download the podcast file here (88mb stereo MP3 file, 1:03:06 length).Theme Music: "Untitled," by Dave Ahl, from GarageBand.com
