HeyJaredAll Else is Commentary: A Podcast of Jewish Ideas
All Else is Commentary is a podcast of Jewish ideas, hosted by Rabbi Elliott Karstadt. Elliott is part of the rabbinic team at Alyth Synagogue in London.
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High Holy Day Sermons, Part 1: Rosh Hashanah – from Progressive Clergy in the UK (opens the original)
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This week is a compilation of sermons given by progressive clergy across the UK, from Edinburgh to Brighton. Short biographies of the preachers can be found below, as well as links to the full video or text of their sermons. As always, you can be in touch with us: allelseis@alyth.org.uk. Rabbi Greg Alexander is the new Senior Rabbi of Alyth. His sermon can be watched in full here . Rabbi Lev Saul is Rabbi at Kingston Liberal Synagogue. You can read his sermons in full here . Rabbi Lea Muhlstein
Through a Jewish Lens: The Odyssey - with Christopher Metcalf (opens the original)
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This week we return to our occasional 'Through a Jewish Lens' series to talk about The Odyssey. Elliott is joined in his discussion by Prof. Christopher Metcalf - https://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-christopher-metcalf And here is a link to the Ezra Klein video Elliott mentions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=livIbni7x7o&t=3s As always, if you have any comments or questions, please be in touch with us at allelseis@alyth.org.uk – we would love to hear from you. You can also join the c
Coming up in Series 3 (opens the original)
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Some highlights of what is coming up soon in Series 3. Shanah tovah to everyone! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jewish Novels #11: American Pastoral by Philip Roth - with Toby Lloyd (opens the original)
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Last week we re-released the conversation Elliott had with Toby Lloyd about Philip Roth's novella, The Ghost Writer . This week, Toby is back to talk about another book in the Nathan Zuckerman series: American Pastoral (1997). Toby's novel, Fervour , is now out in paperback, and you can find out more here: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/toby-lloyd/fervour/9781399724616/ As always, if you have any comments or questions, please be in touch with us at allelseis@alyth.org.uk – we would love to he
Jewish Novels #10: The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth - with Toby Lloyd (Remastered Re-release) (opens the original)
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We're back with Jewish novels, and for the next two weeks Elliott is talking to the author Toby Lloyd about Philip Roth. This week, we are re-releasing a conversation they had about Roth's The Ghost Writer (1979) and next week they are talking about American Pastoral (1998). As always, if you have any comments or questions, please be in touch with us at allelseis@alyth.org.uk – we would love to hear from you. You can also join the conversation on our Facebook page, and we're also on Bluesky , so
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