Can We Talk?

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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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 20m. Bisher sind 185 Folge(n) erschienen. Jede Woche gibt es eine neue Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 13 hours 31 minutes

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Episode 90: Reproductive Rights After Roe


In this episode of Can We Talk?, we bring you a story about the far-reaching consequences of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade, and three Jewish women who are fighting back. 


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 April 10, 2023  20m
 
 

Episode 89: Samira Mehta On The Racism of People Who Love You


In this episode of Can We Talk?, Judith Rosenbaum speaks with Samira Mehta about her new book, The Racism of People Who Love You. 


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 March 27, 2023  25m
 
 

Episode 88: Jewish Women Behind the Mic


In this episode of Can We Talk?, Judith Rosenbaum talks with some of our favorite Jewish women podcasters: Stephanie Butnick from Unorthodox, Judy Gold from Kill Me Now, and Emily Bazelon from Slate's Political Gabfest.


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 March 14, 2023  23m
 
 

Episode 87: Jodi Kantor Said


In this episode of Can We Talk?, Nahanni Rous talks with Jodi Kantor about breaking the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse story, which helped ignite the #MeToo movement. 


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 February 28, 2023  26m
 
 

Episode 86: Fat Torah with Minna Bromberg


In this episode, Judith Rosenbaum talks to Rabbi Minna Bromberg about Fat Torah, her project to end fat stigma in Jewish communal life. 


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 December 20, 2022  24m
 
 

Episode 85: Teens and Mental Health in the (Post)Pandemic


In this episode of Can We Talk?, we speak with Vanessa Kroll Bennett about teens and mental health—before, during, and after the pandemic. We also hear directly from teens about how the pandemic affected them and now they're doing now. 


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 December 5, 2022  20m
 
 

Episode 84: Modern Loss with Rebecca Soffer


In this episode of Can We Talk?, we speak with Rebecca about all things grief-related: trigger days, bespoke holidays, Jewish grief rituals, and what to say—and not to say—to someone in mourning. 


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 November 22, 2022  21m
 
 

Episode 83: Fighting for Israel's "Chained Women"


In this episode of Can We Talk?, Jen talks to Kylie Eisman-Lifschitz, board chair of Mavoi Satum, about how her organization helps women in Israel whose husbands refuse to grant them a divorce. 


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 November 8, 2022  23m
 
 

Episode 82: When Jewish Women Talked to the Dead


In this episode of Can We Talk?, Jen Richler speaks with scholar Sam Glauber-Zimra about Jews and spiritualism. They talk about why communicating with the dead had such appeal for Jews in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and why Jewish women were prominent as mediums. 


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 October 24, 2022  21m
 
 

Episode 81: Linke Fligl Ends With Love


In this episode of Can We Talk?, we walk the land at Linke Fligl, a queer Jewish chicken farm and cultural organizing project in New York's Hudson Valley.


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 October 11, 2022  22m