Torah to the People

Israel 5 months later: Only Together Will We Win, Rabbi Dreifus

 
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Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman
Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People.
Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.

Torah to the People #14 - Hannah Chanin

Rabbi Dreifus and Hannah Chanin discuss what drew Hannah to Israel as a young Memphian, her recent experience volunteering on a farm in the midst of the war, and how young people think about Israel today. 
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Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman
Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People.
Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Audio technical support provided by Ajay Cohen.

Someone to Love: The Torah Portion 2 Days After Valentine's, Rabbi Greenstein, 2/16/24

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Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman
Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People.
Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.

Opening the Eyes of Justice: NCJW RePro Shabbat, Rabbi Levy, 2/9/24

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Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman
Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People.
Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.

Lurking in the Shadows: Anti-Semitism Through the Eyes of Zak Osmo, 2/2/24

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Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman
Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People.
Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.

The Miracle of Trees, The Miracles All Around, Rabbi Dreifus, 1/26/24

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Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman
Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People.
Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.

Torah to the People #5 - Spiritual Accounting with Mark and Michelle Levine

Michelle Levine, owner of Mosa Restaurant, and Mark Levine, President of Marketing and Strategy Consulting Firm Epic Pivot, join Rabbi Jeff Dreifus in this conversation about the intersection of their spiritual and professional lives.
 
Check out the entire Spiritual Accounting series at https://onthego.reformjudaism.org
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Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman
Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People.
Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.
Thank you to Ajay Cohen for audio and technical support.

Torah to the People #13 - Music and the Sacred with Elana Arian

Rabbi Ross sat down with renowned Jewish singer-songwriter Elana Arian at TI Crosstown during her visit to Memphis on September 30, 2023. Recorded in front of a live audience, they discussed Elana's journey into the world of jewish music, her inspiration, and the intersection of music and spirituality 

Torah to the People #12 - An Update from Israel with Student Rabbi Josh Scharff

Rabbi Jeff Dreifus and guest Josh Scharff, who's in his final year of rabbinical school at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem, discuss Josh's formative years in St. Louis and at Yale, what led him to want to be an Israeli Reform rabbi, how he experienced the Hamas attacks of October 7th from Tel Aviv, the implications of this war for Israel's future, how this moment is experienced in the Jewish diaspora, and the roots of the anti-Israel and anti-Semitic response on college campuses and the American political left. 

Torah to the People #11 - Black Hebrew Israelites with Rabbi Brett Weisman

Today Rabbi Jeff Driefus sits down with Rabbi Brett Weisman. Rabbi Brett currently serves as Assistant Rabbi at Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Seattle, WA. Rabbi Brett and Jeff were classmates during Rabbinical school, and today’s episode discusses Brett’s thesis about the Black Hebrew Israelite community.
Expect to learn about the history of the Black Hebrew Israelites, the development of their faith and how it relates to slavery in America, and the process of ethnographic interviews performed by Weisman. Rabbis Driefus and Weisman discuss the two hallmarks of Black Hebrew Israelite ideology: that they are the “true Jews” and Deuteronomy 28 as a foundational text. 
During this conversation, you will learn how Black Hebrew Israelites see themselves in the Exodus narrative, what Black Hebrew Israelite religious practice entails, whether “Redemption Song” by Bob Marley is related to their community, and the similarities and differences of the concept of “chosen-ness” in Judaism vs. Black Hebrew Israelite religious thought. 
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Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman
Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People.
Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.