Breakout Sessions

In this episode, journalist Emma Newbery is joined by Jewish Book Council author, advocate and trauma therapist Dr. Sara Glass (she/they) to discuss Sara’s memoir "Kissing Girls on Shabbat. " This story is one of triumph over forces both internal and external — it details a path out of the strict Hasidic Jewish community in which Sara was raised, into an expansive and celebratory exploration of queerness, and a future of continued advocacy for and dedicated treatment of those who feel trapped or silenced in strict religious communities, as Sara puts it “because of who they are.” This episode is being released in conjunction with Sara’s upcoming visit to the Bonnie & Donald Dwares JCC on March 6, 2025.   Content warning: discussions of trauma, mental illness and suicide.  Register to see Sara speak Live in Providence on 3/6/25: https://www.jewishallianceri.org/events/dr-sara-glass   Links and References:  https://www.drsaraglass.com/  https://www.instagram.com/drsaraglass/  https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/kissing-girls-on-shabbat-a-memoir  https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/all-who-go-do-not-return-a-memoir  https://www.footstepsorg.org/    To request a transcript of this interview, please contact podcasts@jewishallianceri.org  Want more Jewish Rhody Media?  https://www.instagram.com/jewishrhody/  https://www.jewishrhody.com/

This session features Rabbi Barry Dolinger, who recently returned from a trip to the Ukrainian/Polish border with the Rabbinical Council of America.

Listen to Pardeep Singh Kaleka and Arno Michaelis, a Sikh and a former white supremacist, who are advocates and experts in navigating and understanding hate and the ways it manifests in our communities.

Welcome to one of the Breakout Sessions from Jewish Rhody Media, where we take conversations further and think more deeply with the guests who join us behind the mic.