Hill Havurahdcast
Religion & Spirituality Podcas
Hill Havurah (www.hillhavurah.org) is an independent Jewish community in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC. After the Coronavirus pandemic turned the Havurah ("Fellowship") into a virtual community, Hill Havurah's Rabbi Hannah Spiro continued connecting the congregation with weekly Zoom chats with individual members of the Havurah, to talk about life, work, pandemic and spirituality. Those conversations turned into Havurahdcast episodes. They are edited and produced by Jessica Smith. Artwork by Sarah Burford, @sarahmburford on Instagram. Original music by Rabbi Hannah Spiro.
Location:
United States
Description:
Hill Havurah (www.hillhavurah.org) is an independent Jewish community in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC. After the Coronavirus pandemic turned the Havurah ("Fellowship") into a virtual community, Hill Havurah's Rabbi Hannah Spiro continued connecting the congregation with weekly Zoom chats with individual members of the Havurah, to talk about life, work, pandemic and spirituality. Those conversations turned into Havurahdcast episodes. They are edited and produced by Jessica Smith. Artwork by Sarah Burford, @sarahmburford on Instagram. Original music by Rabbi Hannah Spiro.
Language:
English
Contact:
2026690552
Email:
jesssmith111@gmail.com
Episodes
Havuradcast #41 Keiana Mayfield (Social Worker, Antiracism Consultant)
6/3/2022
The Havuradhcast is back! After a year long hiatus, we are bringing you an extended conversation that Rabbi Hannah had just before she went on maternity leave last year. She spoke with Havurah member Keiana Mayfield. Keiana is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Maryland, College Park in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methods. Her research focuses on ways to help families support child and adolescent development and well-being. The conversation ranges from...
Duration:00:33:03
Havurahdcast #40 - Brad Snyder (Sports Law and Social Justice )
5/20/2021
The Supreme Court right is considering a case involving NCAA athletes -- a case that involves sports, money, race and the law. Georgetown Law Professor Brad Snyder, and expert in constitutional law and sports law, breaks it all down for Rabbi Hannah. He also talks about his longtime interest in sports and civil rights. Brad is author of the 2006 book "A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood’s Fight for Free Agency." Brad and Rabbi Hannah also talk about leaders who speak out on social issues.
Duration:00:23:35
Havurahdcast #39 - Susan Ades (Smithsonian Museum Exhibits Director)
3/26/2021
If you have missed going to museums this past year, you are going to love this episode. Rabbi Hannah talks to Havurah member Susan Ades, Director of Smithsonian Exhibits. Susan works with museums across the Smithsonian, and has been in museum education for 30 years. She tells Rabbi Hannah about some of the powerful experiences that inspired her career. Rabbi Hannah also shares some thoughts for this Shabbat, on the eve of Passover.
Duration:00:26:47
Havurahdcast #38 - Cheryl Shapiro, PhD (psychoeducational testing)
3/9/2021
When parents find their child struggling at school, they may end up at Havurah member Cheryl Shapiro's office. Cheryl is a clinical psychologist who specializes in psycho-educational testing. These are the assessment that help parents identify if their child has a learning difference, and if she or he does, how to address that difference so that their child can function better. Cheryl and Rabbi Hannah talk about the nuts and bolts of testing, learning differences, and the human brain. Rabbi...
Duration:00:15:21
Havurahdcast #37 Annie Karni (White House Correspondent, New York Times)
2/23/2021
In episode 38, Rabbi Hannah speaks with Havurah member Annie Karni, the current White House correspondent for the New York Times, about what it's like to cover the Biden White House after four years of Trump Administration drama and chaos. Also, do Jews believe in Heaven? And tweeting about religion can be tricky. Rabbi Hannah shares her final thoughts on Stranger Things and Purim, and our closing music is Zum Gali Gali from the beautiful Elana Jagoda.
Duration:00:21:47
Havurahdcast #7 Daniel and Carolyn Trager Kliman (Family Deployment and Separation)
2/10/2021
This week, timed to Parshat Mishpatim, Rabbi Hannah highlights the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Washington https://www.hebrewfreeloandc.org/
Duration:00:33:51
Havurahdcast #36 - Julie Davis (New York Times Editor on covering Trump - and now Biden -- for the Times)
1/25/2021
In the episode, Rabbi Hannah catches up with Julie Davis, the Congressional Editor and former White House correspondent for the New York Times (and former Congressional correspondent). Rabbi Hannah asks Julie how her work and life has changed since Joe Biden became President, after four frenzied years of covering Donald Trump. Julie is also the co-author "Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration."
Duration:01:48:18
Havurahdcast #35 - Mark Sherman (Supreme Court reporter for the Associated Press)
1/11/2021
Before the horrific attack on the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, Rabbi Hannah interviewed Havurah member Mark Sherman, a reporter who has been covering the Supreme Court for the last 14 years. He shares insights about his work, and a crazy story of work crashing into life: the moment he found out a Supreme Court justice passed, just minutes before his daughter was to become a bat mitzvah. This episode, while not directly connected to the events of the past week, highlights the critical...
Duration:00:52:28
Havurahdcast #34 - Gregory Woodward (Home education)
12/17/2020
www.droppingsomeknowledge.com
Duration:00:39:24
Havurahdcast #33 - Michael Svetlik (In Poland, A Life Transformed and Lives Created)
12/10/2020
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems
https://www.ifes.org/
Opening theme: Gather You Together (Hannah Spiro)
Closing song: Ma'ariv Aravim (Hannah Spiro)
Duration:00:14:08
Havurahdcast #32 - Leslie Feder (The One to Ten Scale) and more Aviva Chernick!
12/1/2020
Havurah member and social worker Leslie Feder tells Rabbi Hannah about a communications tool she uses when she counsels couples in relationship therapy: the "one to ten scale." Then we'll hear another song from the soulful Aviva Chernick: "Buena Semana," sung in Ladino, is a traditional greeting in Sephardic communities at the conclusion of Shabbat, expressing hopes and desires for the sweetness of Shabbat to move into the week to come. Play it again on Saturday evening!
Duration:00:18:00
Havurahdcast #31 - Becca Epstein (The Chaos Slayer) and music from Josh Warshawsky
11/24/2020
https://joshwarshawsky.com/
https://www.managementcenter.org/
Duration:01:12:55
Havurahdcast #30 Maya Ajmera (Jain, Jewish and Southern, and the Moment of Obligation) and Music from Elana Jagoda
11/17/2020
https://globalfundforchildren.org
www.societyforscience.org
www.sciencenews.org
https://elanajagoda.com/home
Duration:00:21:09
Havurahdcast #29 - Keri Linas (Child Psychologist) and new music from Aviva Chernick!
11/9/2020
http://avivachernick.com/
Duration:00:24:13
Havurahdcast #28 - Ken Eisner (Navigating Interfaith Marriage, Working at Amazon)
11/2/2020
https://ritualwell.org/ritual/voting-prayer
Voting Prayer
By Rabbi David Mevorach Seidenberg
This prayer, originally published in 2008, is updated for the 2020 election. Download the PDF at the bottom of the page for the prayer in Hebrew, English and transliteration.
Behold, I am intending through my vote / through my prayer
to seek peace for this country, as it is written (Jer. 29:7):
“Seek the peace of the city where I cause you to roam
and pray for her to YHVH (Adonai/God),
for in...
Duration:01:10:05
Havurahdcast #27 - Kim Fellner (Writer, Child of Holocaust Survivors, Labor Organizer)
10/28/2020
https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2020/10/01/kindertransport-children-holocaust-memories/ideas/essay/
Duration:00:31:11
Havurahdcast #26 - Elyse Genderson (Sommelier and Purveyor of Fine Wines & Spirits)
10/21/2020
In Episode #26. Rabbi Hannah indulges in wine talk with Elyse Genderson, fourth generation owner of the renowned wine and spirits store, Schneider's of Capitol Hill. Elyse talks about the store's history, her own path into the industry, her return to a more active Jewish life, and she also offers tips for fall wine buying. Then Rabbi Hannah shares her own thoughts on this week's Parsha, Parshat Noach. It's not Noah's Ark, but the Tower of Babel story that has Rabbi Hannah wondering....
Duration:00:18:55
Havurahdcast #25 - Steve Lickteig and Barrie Hardymon (Media Life)
10/13/2020
In episode #25, Rabbi Hannah talks to veteran journalists Barrie Hardymon and Steve Lickteig about their work at NBC and NPR, podcasting and media life and spirituality, and being a news filter for their young kids.
Duration:00:46:13
Havurahdcast #24 - Eric Emanuel (Surviving Cancer with Grace and Humor)
10/6/2020
Here is the link to the tweet Rabbi Hannah mentions in her remarks at the end of the episode. https://twitter.com/butsh_feygele/status/1312607255284666368/photo/1
Duration:00:25:11
Havurahdcast #23 - Zoe Gutterman (Zoom The Midwife!)
10/1/2020
In this episode, Rabbi Hannah interviews Havurah member and certified nurse-midwife Zoe Gutterman. Zoe works at Unity Health Care, as well as Howard University Labor and Delivery Unit. and she teaches at Georgetown University. She talks to Rabbi Hannah about how she started her career in midwifery, how social justice issues shape her approach to midwifery, and what it's like to be a midwife in the age of Covid.
Duration:01:03:13