Each month on Can We Talk?, the Jewish Women’s Archive features stories and conversations about Jewish women and the issues that shape our public and private lives. Alternating between a documentary style and a roundtable format, Can We Talk? includes profiles of historical and contemporary Jewish women, frank discussion of culture, politics, and current events, and little-known stories from our past and present. Contact us at podcasts@jwa.org. Tell us what you think of the podcast! Take our survey at https://jwa.org/podcastsurvey.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 5 hours 22 minutes
Episode 78: Word of the Week: Gaslighting
In the second of our Word of the Week mini-series, we talk about the word "gaslighting"—where it came from and how it's used now—with linguist Rachel Steindel Burdin and psychotherapist Robin Stern. Comedian Judy Gold and TikTok star Miriam Anzovin also offer their takes on the word.
Episode 77: Word of the Week: Yenta
In the first of our new Word of the Week mini-series, we trace the evolution of the word yenta with Fiddler on the Roof scholar Jan Lisa Huttner, comedian Judy Gold, author Lizzie Skurnick, and Tik Tok star and Torah commentator Miriam Anzovin.
Episode 76: Message From Ukraine
In this episode of Can We Talk?, Nahanni Rous talks to Vlada Nedak, Executive Director of Project Kesher Ukraine, about her experiences of the war and about how it has affected the women in Project Kesher's network.
Episode 75: Eleanor Reissa's Invisible Birthmark
In this episode of Can We Talk?, Nahanni Rous talks with Eleanor Reissa about how her life has been defined by being the daughter of people who lived through the Holocaust.
Episode 74: A Half-Century of Women Rabbis
In this episode of Can We Talk?, we mark the 50th anniversary of women in the rabbinate by talking with three women rabbis about the challenges they've faced and the ways they're shaping the Jewish community.
Episode 73: An Orange Belongs on the Seder Plate Like...
In this episode of Can We Talk?, host Nahanni Rous talks with Susannah Heschel, who created the ritual of putting an orange on the seder plate, about the real meaning behind the symbol.
Episode 72: Ezrat Nashim Confronts the Rabbis
In 1972, a group of Jewish women crafted a manifesto and showed up uninvited to make their demands known to the all-male Rabbinical Assembly of the Conservative Movement. We speak to three of the women who were involved.
Episode 72: Ezrat Nashim Confronts the Rabbis
In 1972, a group of Jewish women crafted a manifesto and showed up uninvited to make their demands known to the all-male Rabbinical Assembly of the Conservative Movement. We speak to three of the women who were involved.
Episode 71: Bat Mitzvah at 100
The spring season of Can We Talk? launches with the first in our anniversary series: the 100th anniversary of the first bat mitzvah in America.
Episode 70: Jane: Abortion Before Roe
In the years before Roe v Wade, when abortion was illegal, a group of women in Chicago saw the need and literally took matters into their own hands.