The Poem. The ParSHA. The Podcast.

The Poem. The ParSHA. The Podcast. Hosted by Rivy Kletenik

Bechukotai - Rebuke “Night Heron Maybe”

Thunder would follow me all my days, stern reminder and sharp rebuke.

06-01
18:46

ParSHAt Behar. Emily Dickinson.

The Resting of the Land. Shabbat Ha’retz. Thinking about Sabbath. Emily Dickinson…

05-23
20:53

ParSHAT Behar - Emily Dickinson!

The Torah portion that talks about the resting of the land in the seventh year and in year 50. Emily Dickinson. What does it mean to observe a Sabbath? Her poem? Some keep the sabbath going to church I keep it, staying at home.

05-20
20:49

ParSHAt Acharei Mot

ParSHAt Acharei Mot

04-26
21:43

ParSHAt Bo/The challenge: to start

The Israelites are on the precipice of entering their next big stage. They triumphantly walk out of Egypt mid day. Are they ready? Is there a procedure? OK

01-07
40:12

ParSHAt Vayechi - Judah is blessed with kingship. Robert Burns mourns a Jacobite.

What is it about royalty? Thousands of years we have this idea of a king, have a queen. What is it about royalty that we are so enamored with anything that has to do with the crown?

12-16
21:41

ParSHAt Vayeitze

Let’s talk about stones!

11-11
20:34

ParSHAt Toldot/Harjo

Looking at Toldot through the lens of Harjo’s Once the WorldWas Perfect

11-02
23:06

ParSHAt Chaye Sarah

So, not easy to say Goodbye!

10-26
19:18

Va’Yera/The Akeidah

Howe, Owen, and two readers who will not budge over the Akeidah.

10-21
48:42

Lech Lecha / Family

Lech Lecha through the lens of Miles’ poem “Family.”

10-12
18:56

ParaSHAt Noach

Derek Walcott/Noach

10-05
20:23

Bereishith/ William Carlos Williams

What is our appetite? What is the hunger to know?

09-30
19:33

Passing through the gate one by one.

It’s that time of year again. Join us as we take a look at a poem by Jenny George “One-Way Gate”. It evokes connections to our liturgy of how we pass before the Lord judged one by one.

08-31
16:26

ParSHAt Balak

ParSHAt Balak, Miller Oberman

06-25
17:10

ParSHAt Korach

Poor Moshe. Attacked by his very own cousin! Who then is swallowed up by the earth! Oh my. Our home, “Our Cousin from Lublin” is quite the interesting match. Take a listen...

06-08
17:50

ParshatShelach

Shelach/Yehiuda Amichai

06-04
16:41

Ba’ha’alotecha

Join Adrienne and Rivy for a lively conversation about the desert. We will read the poem by Josephine miles and we will explore the idea of what does it mean for the people Israel to venture forth into the desert on the way to the promised land.

05-27
17:29

ParSHAt Bamidbar

This is the year of the census. This is the ParSHA of the census and now we’ve got the poem of the census. What’s with all the counting?

05-12
17:29

ParSHAt Behar Bechukotai

What is land? Why must it rest? What is America?

05-05
12:25

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