08/21/2025
🔉🤲 NEW JAM community podcast: Ordinary Jews. Talking. 🤲🔉
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From show producer/host Liora Alschuler:
Ordinary Jews. Talking. is about us, you and I, talking. To each other. About how we are being Jewish in the world today and our relationship to Israel – topics that may have been difficult for us to talk about in the past and maybe more so since October 7, 2023. Each episode starts with a bit of Jewish Geography – where and how did we grow up Jewish and how has that changed – or not – over time? Is it an important part of our life—or not? And then the Israel thing – feel connected, or not? Visited or lived there? And then we dig in a bit to how we are feeling in this post October 7 world – how has it affected us and our relationship to Judaism and to Israel?
For my part, I did grow up Jewish and have stayed so and I lived in Israel for several years. Since returning, I’ve found it really hard to talk about all that. (See Episode 0 for more on me.) My sense is that you, too, have your own history, antecedents, opinions, and experience. Perhaps you are also finding that the circles where you are comfortable sharing opinions, affections, concerns, and allegiances could stand to grow a little. If you would like to be part of the conversation, please write a short note to me at: [email protected]
Producer/host: Liora Alschuler, East Thetford, Ordinary Jew
Music: Composed and performed by Joette Hayashigawa; recorded courtesy Studio Ferm.
Graphic fist: Antoinette Jacobson
Audio editing/post-production: Kelsie Hogue, JAM Audio Producer
Audio Engineering: Chico Eastridge, JAM Senior Producer; Mike Cannon, JAM Operations Manager
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