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Drinking and Drashing: Torah with a Twist

Drinking and Drashing

Drinking and Drashing: Torah with a Twist

A weekly Religion, Spirituality and Judaism podcast

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Drinking and Drashing: Torah with a Twist

Drinking and Drashing

Drinking and Drashing: Torah with a Twist

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Jun 5th, 2023
While this iteration of Drinking and Drashing: Torah with a Twist might have come to a close, you can still always head to our website (www.drinkinganddrashing.com) to find past episodes, resources, drinks, and merchandise. We are so grateful to have learned with and from you and look forward to the new adventures that...
May 22nd, 2023
We bring you this final podcast episode as an insider look at Drinking and Drashing: Torah with a Twist. Hear about our proudest moments, our silliest giggles, some of the challenges we’ve faced and overcome, and some of our favorite fan stories that still make us smile. Thanks for the memories listeners—we wish you a ...
May 15th, 2023
We begin the fourth book of the Torah—the book of Numbers—with its Hebrew primary parasha—B’midbar! (But, if you ask Amanda, there’s multiple ways you can say this! If you ask Gabe, Amanda’s wrong!) Rabbi Amanda K. Weiss, Canto (one more year until the R!) Gabe Snyder and “Chazanta!” Edon Valdman are thrilled to welcom...
May 8th, 2023
WOW!!! This week, you’re hearing for the first time ever on our podcast Master of Sacred Music Gabe Snyder and RABBI Amanda K. Weiss! Woohoo! (Chazak chazak v’nitchazek!) We’re not done learning yet! We still have the extraordinary Miranda Bass who walks us through the significance of service (both to the Temple and to...
May 1st, 2023
When we’re in the middle of counting the Omer (the time between Passover and Shavuot), it’s hard NOT to think about what counts—in our actions, our thoughts, and especially in our words. We were thrilled to welcome back (this time as featured guest!) Rabbi Becky Jaye, Program Manager for Emor: The Institute for Bold Je...
Apr 24th, 2023
This is a short one, but a GREAT one! For our second double-portion in a row, we brought you the original trio to speak a bit about this week’s duality: how do we deal with life after death? Or even more so, how can we look at the relationships we hold in life and find ways to find holiness in every interaction? Of cou...
Apr 17th, 2023
Who doesn’t love a bargain? This week we’re getting an excellent guest to take on not one, but two parashiyot (well, at least a two-in-one because this week we have a double portion!). We are so thrilled to have Samantha Klipstein join us and walk us through what this week’s portion can look like through the lens of mo...
Apr 10th, 2023
What does it look like to treat those who die with dignity? How can Jewish leaders mourn for and alongside their communities while maintaining the sacred mantle of leadership? In this week’s episode, we were blessed to learn with and from Cantor Yugend-Green, the current Cantor of Oak Park Temple (a special place for E...
Apr 3rd, 2023
Mitzrayim — Hebrew for Egypt — literally means “Narrow Place,” and we found our listenership just a bit too narrow… That is, until we were redeemed by the power of Wyoming. That’s right: we got Wyoming, finally getting the last state in our quest for listeners from all across the country.In honor of that achievement, ...
Mar 27th, 2023
How can we look at the opportunities and goals that are constantly changing in the Jewish landscape to help us amplify what success can look like? Innovator, transformer, and community collector, Lisa Colton walks us through the importance of always adapting and adjusting with intention—and ensuring that our values can...
Mar 20th, 2023
What do we do when we start a new book that feels so far away from the Judaism that we practice now? Spiritual leader, educator and Amanda’s HHD guide Cantor Harriet Dunkerley explains that so many of the values of our sacrifices are practiced in meaningful ways now (thankfully, with less blood!). We discuss what we ne...
Mar 13th, 2023
While this may be one of our first majorly law-centered locations, Mishpatim helps us look at our humanity and our Jewishness as an interconnected feature of Judaism, the Jewish People, and the Jews. Rabbi Howard Goldsmith helps us play with how we might inspire our communities with a people-first approach, discovering...
Feb 27th, 2023
Have you ever wondered how artistry and fashion design might enter into our history as a Jewish people? This week, we learned from Sloane Applebaum, Supply Chain Manager for SkinCeuticals at L'Oréal, how fashion can be a collaborative construction. Colors and fabrics can represent status and belonging. Coded messages c...
Feb 20th, 2023
How can we take ownership and notice of our bodies when we’re building holy dwelling spaces? Everyone has a gift, skill, or offering, that enables us to build sacred communities and spaces. Mitsui Collective Founder and Executive Director Yoshi Silverstein shares his insights about how we find sparks of the divine from...
Feb 13th, 2023
While this may be one of our first majorly law-centered locations, Mishpatim helps us look at our humanity and our Jewishness as an interconnected feature of Judaism, the Jewish People, and the Jews. Rabbi Howard Goldsmith helps us play with how we might inspire our communities with a people-first approach, discovering...
Feb 6th, 2023
Have you heard the news?? We’ve just lived through a miracle; we’re going to dance tonight!!! For Parashat Yitro, we’re moving from miraculous redemption to meaningful reality. Lucky for us, we have awesome rabbi, dancer, singer, leyner, and camp-advocate Rabbi Cece! Rabbi Cece walks us through the modalities of mentor...
Jan 30th, 2023
Our hearts are singing for our third dance with Beshalach, featuring Cantor Rosalie Will and Cantor Ellen Dreskin as our Miriam’s songstresses! In this episode, we lift up the magic of collaborative music, shared faith, and singing communities. We also discuss how song can help us face challenges, conflicts, and challe...
Jan 23rd, 2023
For Parashat Bo, we’re talking plagues, darkness, light, Zionism, and more with guest Rabbi Ari Goldstein. Rabbi Goldstein is Gabe’s mentor at Temple Beth Shalom in Arnold, MD. A fantastic teacher and speaker, Ari shares his thoughts and interpretations, as well has his rabbinic philosophies, taking to heart the diffic...
Jan 16th, 2023
What does it look like when we’re in the middle of our arc to redemption—especially when we’re facing a spiritually suffering community and we’re unsure of how to make use of the microphones available to us? Extraordinary educator Judi Williams helps explain how presence can be a form of protest, how to help people lea...
Jan 9th, 2023
Welcome back to the Book of Shemot! We’re starting a brand new book, but don’t worry, we have some familiar friends to help us move through it. Welcoming back #TeamPlotkin (Jewish professionals Aliza and Jason Plotkin), we engage with this week’s parasha through a new lens: that of adoption. Jason and Aliza walk us thr...
Jan 2nd, 2023
Chazak, chazak, v’nitchazeik! We’ve made it to the last book of Genesis and a cinematic peek into the final moments of Jacob’s life. In this episode, we learn about supporting strong and meaningful endings from Sarit Wishnevski, Executive Director of Kavod V’Nichum. We learn about rituals and experiences that help info...
Dec 26th, 2022
What happens when our communities are thrown into just a bit of chaos? What happens when we make plans, but need to also be ready to pivot at the same time? Our guest, today, Director of Operations for Camps Airy and Louise (and Creator of Schwipe!), Scott Black, helps us engage in the work of community-building, even ...
Dec 19th, 2022
Rabbinical Student and generally-impresive-and-very-busy-person Jesse Epstein joins the Drinking and Drashing crew to discus Parashat Mikeitz. Jesse’s entrepreneurial pursuits—most recently, his acquisition and relaunch of the Shmaltz Brewing Company—make him the perfect guest to discuss this Torah portion of dreaming ...
Dec 5th, 2022
Throwback to the BEST type of religious school: the one where you had the “cool teacher” who taught you about the craziest Genesis stories and really wanted to know what YOU thought and felt and had to say? What—you didn’t have that experience? Well let us give it to you this week with an excellent teacher—Rabbi Dr. Ka...
Nov 21st, 2022
What happens when our origin stories don’t really present us in the best light—or even shows us as characters that we don’t identify with? When stories are often shared by “the winners” or the people who wield power, there’s a lot of missed or erased history—all of which influence our greater Genesis understandings. Lu...
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