What Our Faith Demands - Rev. Raquel Alston, Rev. Tanya Spencer, Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Wed, 13 May 2026 18:23:17 -0400 https://www.opendoorjudaism.org/ en-us © 2026 What Our Faith Demands - Rev. Raquel Alston, Rev. Tanya Spencer, Rabbi Jonathan Freirich yes Support this Podcast 9f11991a-2030-5975-bcef-08ed9e2230b7 rabbijonathan@yahoo.com Rabbi Jonathan Freirich episodic false What our faith demands.
A multi-faith discussion and action plan: the discussion of three faith leaders, two African American Methodists, Rev. Raquel Alston and Rev. Tanya Spencer, and one Jewish rabbi, Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, focusing on energizing cross-community partnership and building bridges that lead to community collaboration.

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]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Judaism, Spirituality, Social Action, Equity, Interfaith Rabbi Jonathan Freirich rabbijonathan@yahoo.com https://storage.buzzsprout.com/f38j8nhmuaurszw8e7c0phb8ymgs?.jpg What Our Faith Demands - Rev. Raquel Alston, Rev. Tanya Spencer, Rabbi Jonathan Freirich https://www.opendoorjudaism.org/ Pastor Wylie Hughes What Our Faith Demands - Episode 3 - Rabbi Freirich, Rev. Alston, Rabbi Rishon, Rev. Spencer What Our Faith Demands - Episode 3 - Rabbi Freirich, Rev. Alston, Rabbi Rishon, Rev. Spencer A wide-ranging and important conversation this week on What Our Faith Demands. Parallels between worship as minorities in Churches and Synagogues, commitments to self-disrupt, authenticity and insecurity, civility and respect, Exodus consciousness, and avoiding self-enslavement and slavocracy, and so much more, with Rabbi Shais Rishon, Rev. Raquel Alston, Rev. Tanya Spencer, and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich.

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]]> A wide-ranging and important conversation this week on What Our Faith Demands. Parallels between worship as minorities in Churches and Synagogues, commitments to self-disrupt, authenticity and insecurity, civility and respect, Exodus consciousness, and avoiding self-enslavement and slavocracy, and so much more, with Rabbi Shais Rishon, Rev. Raquel Alston, Rev. Tanya Spencer, and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich.

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]]> https://www.opendoorjudaism.org/what-our-faith-demands Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-19164039 Tue, 12 May 2026 14:00:00 -0400 2800 A More Perfect Union - Jewish Partnership for Democracy, MaNishtana, Eidot CHeMDaT”A, Passover, Yitz Jordan, Y-Love, Alisa Hausman, Jeminicana, Shirley Gindler-Price, MochaJuden, Sasha King, Judaism, Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Reform, Conservative, Reconstructi 1 4 full false Rabbi Shais Rishon Pastor Wylie Hughes What Our Faith Demands - Episode 2 - Rev. Alston, Rabbi Freirich, Rev. Spencer What Our Faith Demands - Episode 2 - Rev. Alston, Rabbi Freirich, Rev. Spencer Rev. Raquel Alston, Rev. Tanya Spencer, and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, talk about the problems with power, the challenges of polarization and what to do about it, not raising our voices, being present and listening, and so much more. Join us for blessings and a deep dive into What Our Faith Demands.

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]]> Rev. Raquel Alston, Rev. Tanya Spencer, and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, talk about the problems with power, the challenges of polarization and what to do about it, not raising our voices, being present and listening, and so much more. Join us for blessings and a deep dive into What Our Faith Demands.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-19085102 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0400 2425 1 3 full false What Our Faith Demands - Episode 1, Part 2 What Our Faith Demands - Episode 1, Part 2 Rev. Raquel Alston, Rev. Tanya Spencer, and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich move from the theoretical into the practical as they talk about feeling the love of the Divine, cultivating healthy self-love, and then using that to act on "loving our neighbors as our selves".

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]]> Rev. Raquel Alston, Rev. Tanya Spencer, and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich move from the theoretical into the practical as they talk about feeling the love of the Divine, cultivating healthy self-love, and then using that to act on "loving our neighbors as our selves".

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-18908401 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0400 1127 6 2 full false What Our Faith Demands, Episode 1, Part 1 What Our Faith Demands, Episode 1, Part 1 Burnout, accountability, speaking the truth, and more!

Rev. Raquel Alston, Rev. Tanya Spencer, and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich begin a discussion about how to put "loving our neighbors as ourselves" into action.

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Rev. Raquel Alston, Rev. Tanya Spencer, and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich begin a discussion about how to put "loving our neighbors as ourselves" into action.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-18903044 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0400 1139 6 1 full false Building Better Stories - Huck Finn & James Building Better Stories - Huck Finn & James A special edition of Building Better Stories including 30 minutes with Professor Shelley Fisher Fishkin, author of Jim: The Life and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn's Comrade, and more thoughts about James, by Percival Everett.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-17569878 Sun, 27 Jul 2025 11:00:00 -0400 4773 5 7 full false Building Better Stories - Huck Finn - encountering the past to build a better future Building Better Stories - Huck Finn - encountering the past to build a better future Should we teach Huck Finn in schools? This and so much more about the stories we tell and how they help us grapple with the real past, talk about real present challenges, and build a better future together.

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]]> Should we teach Huck Finn in schools? This and so much more about the stories we tell and how they help us grapple with the real past, talk about real present challenges, and build a better future together.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-17491308 Fri, 11 Jul 2025 15:00:00 -0400 3768 5 6 full false Accomplices for Justice Weekly - Episode 5 Accomplices for Justice Weekly - Episode 5 Let's move our conversations into public libraries, schools, and college campuses!

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-17056644 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:00:00 -0400 2374 5 5 full false Accomplices for Justice Weekly - Episode 4 Accomplices for Justice Weekly - Episode 4 Support the show

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-16995847 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:00:00 -0400 1954 4 3 full false Finding Freedom Together - Session 5 Finding Freedom Together - Session 5 Solidarity - an essential aspect of freedom - and what we are to do about it.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-16995834 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:00:00 -0400 2022 4 2 full false Finding Freedom Together, Session 4 Finding Freedom Together, Session 4 Factuality - truth as an essential aspect of freedom.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-16867531 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:00:00 -0400 3660 3 4 full false Finding Freedom Together - Session 3 Finding Freedom Together - Session 3 Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich explore mobility in all its forms and how we are free and hindered because of our access to mobility.
Thanks to Timothy Snyder’s work, “On Freedom” for inspiring this series.
Supported by a grant from Humanities New York and the generosity of the Buffalo History Museum.

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]]> Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich explore mobility in all its forms and how we are free and hindered because of our access to mobility.
Thanks to Timothy Snyder’s work, “On Freedom” for inspiring this series.
Supported by a grant from Humanities New York and the generosity of the Buffalo History Museum.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-16781182 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:00:00 -0400 3915 4 3 full false Accomplices for Justice Weekly - Episode 1 Accomplices for Justice Weekly - Episode 1 Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich discuss where we go on issues of DEI and Affirmative Action, remembering Roy Ayers, and more.

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]]> Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich discuss where we go on issues of DEI and Affirmative Action, remembering Roy Ayers, and more.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-16753899 Fri, 07 Mar 2025 17:00:00 -0500 2198 5 1 full false Finding Freedom Together - Session 2 Finding Freedom Together - Session 2 Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich facilitate in-person and Zoom discussions, also live on FB, about what it means to be "free to" instead of "free from" using Timothy Snyder's insights from "On Freedom" paired with African American thinkers.


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]]> Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich facilitate in-person and Zoom discussions, also live on FB, about what it means to be "free to" instead of "free from" using Timothy Snyder's insights from "On Freedom" paired with African American thinkers.


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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-16697316 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0500 3690 4 2 full false Finding Freedom Together - Session 1 Finding Freedom Together - Session 1 Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich facilitate in-person and Zoom discussions, also live on FB, about what it means to be "free to" instead of "free from" using Timothy Snyder's insights from "On Freedom" paired with African American thinkers.


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]]> Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich facilitate in-person and Zoom discussions, also live on FB, about what it means to be "free to" instead of "free from" using Timothy Snyder's insights from "On Freedom" paired with African American thinkers.


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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-16697299 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0500 4036 4 1 full false Accomplices for Justice - Take Eighteen Accomplices for Justice - Take Eighteen Inspired by Mary Anne Franks' "Fearless Speech" Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes, Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, and guests, discuss how free speech and justice form a center in our struggles to make things better for everyone.

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]]> Inspired by Mary Anne Franks' "Fearless Speech" Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes, Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, and guests, discuss how free speech and justice form a center in our struggles to make things better for everyone.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-16035794 Sat, 02 Nov 2024 11:00:00 -0400 4175 3 18 full false Accomplices for Justice - Take Seventeen Accomplices for Justice - Take Seventeen Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice in a society structured by predatory capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy.

This week, we look at Adam Gopnik's, "A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism".

Let's collaborate in thwarting the historical efforts to prevent American from being a nation with a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people."

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]]> Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice in a society structured by predatory capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy.

This week, we look at Adam Gopnik's, "A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism".

Let's collaborate in thwarting the historical efforts to prevent American from being a nation with a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people."

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-15949994 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 14:00:00 -0400 4026 3 17 full false Accomplices for Justice - Take Sixteen Accomplices for Justice - Take Sixteen Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice in a society structured by predatory capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy.
This episode, we look at John McWhorter's, "Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America".
Let's collaborate in thwarting the historical efforts to prevent American from being a nation with a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people."

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]]> Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice in a society structured by predatory capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy.
This episode, we look at John McWhorter's, "Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America".
Let's collaborate in thwarting the historical efforts to prevent American from being a nation with a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people."

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-15910496 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:00:00 -0400 4014 3 16 full false Accomplices for Justice - Take 15 Accomplices for Justice - Take 15 Minority rule in America - its awful and long history, from the Constitutional Convention, to its harrowing present in State Houses and the Supreme Court - and what to do about it.

Talking about Ari Berman's excellent book: Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People - and the Fight to Resist It.

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Talking about Ari Berman's excellent book: Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People - and the Fight to Resist It.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-15776185 Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:00:00 -0400 3917 3 15 full false Accomplices for Justice - Take 14 Accomplices for Justice - Take 14 Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice in a society structured by predatory capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy.

This week, we look at VP Kamala Harris' nomination - what are its impacts on patriarchy, misogyny, racism, and gender in America?

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This week, we look at VP Kamala Harris' nomination - what are its impacts on patriarchy, misogyny, racism, and gender in America?

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-15696663 Wed, 04 Sep 2024 14:00:00 -0400 3903 3 14 full false Accomplices for Justice - Take Thirteen Accomplices for Justice - Take Thirteen Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice and against the structures of predatory capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy.
This week, we look at the environmental racism, especially in Buffalo, with expert Dr. Jennifer D. Roberts.

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]]> Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice and against the structures of predatory capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy.
This week, we look at the environmental racism, especially in Buffalo, with expert Dr. Jennifer D. Roberts.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-15634246 Sat, 24 Aug 2024 10:00:00 -0400 4227 3 13 full false Accomplices for Justice - Take Eleven Accomplices for Justice - Take Eleven Live and in person from the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center, talking about housing inequity, the need for honest history, and so much more.

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]]> Live and in person from the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center, talking about housing inequity, the need for honest history, and so much more.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-15494648 Mon, 29 Jul 2024 12:00:00 -0400 3872 3 11 full false Accomplices for Justice - Take Ten Accomplices for Justice - Take Ten Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy.
This week, we look at the history of the racial wealth gap and what to do about it with the wisdom of Dorothy A. Brown's, The Whiteness of Wealth, to guide us.
Check out The Whiteness of Wealth here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/591671/the-whiteness-of-wealth-by-dorothy-a-brown/

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]]> Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy.
This week, we look at the history of the racial wealth gap and what to do about it with the wisdom of Dorothy A. Brown's, The Whiteness of Wealth, to guide us.
Check out The Whiteness of Wealth here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/591671/the-whiteness-of-wealth-by-dorothy-a-brown/

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-15394056 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 15:00:00 -0400 3813 3 10 full false Accomplices for Justice - Take Nine Accomplices for Justice - Take Nine Happy Juneteenth! 
History of the holiday and what it means today.
How we celebrate and observe it and the challenges of inclusion and solidarity and retelling a better history all with the company of Kermit Roosevelt III's "The Nation that Never Was".

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History of the holiday and what it means today.
How we celebrate and observe it and the challenges of inclusion and solidarity and retelling a better history all with the company of Kermit Roosevelt III's "The Nation that Never Was".

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-15278171 Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:00:00 -0400 3758 3 9 full false Accomplices for Justice - Take Eight Accomplices for Justice - Take Eight Honest, bold, and value-driven conversation about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy.

This week, we consider the complexities and challenges of functional society and group formation using the thoughts inspired by the book: "Belonging without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World", by john a. powell and Stephen Menendian.

Check out the book and other interesting information here at the website for the Othering and Belonging Institute: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/belonging-without-othering

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]]> Honest, bold, and value-driven conversation about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy.

This week, we consider the complexities and challenges of functional society and group formation using the thoughts inspired by the book: "Belonging without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World", by john a. powell and Stephen Menendian.

Check out the book and other interesting information here at the website for the Othering and Belonging Institute: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/belonging-without-othering

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-15175308 Sat, 01 Jun 2024 15:00:00 -0400 3782 3 8 full false Accomplices for Justice - Take Seven Accomplices for Justice - Take Seven Honest, bold, and value-driven conversation about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy.

This week, joined by Dr. Gabrie'l Atchison, we reflect on the legacies of Dr. King and Malcolm X and how they might apply with regard to activism and ideological purity and alliances for justice in 2024.

Starting off with responses to Professor James H. Cone's seminal work: Martin & Malcom & America: A Dream or A Nightmare.

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]]> Honest, bold, and value-driven conversation about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy.

This week, joined by Dr. Gabrie'l Atchison, we reflect on the legacies of Dr. King and Malcolm X and how they might apply with regard to activism and ideological purity and alliances for justice in 2024.

Starting off with responses to Professor James H. Cone's seminal work: Martin & Malcom & America: A Dream or A Nightmare.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-15131891 Fri, 24 May 2024 15:00:00 -0400 4055 3 7 full false Accomplices for Justice - Take Six Accomplices for Justice - Take Six Honest, bold, and value-driven conversation about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy.
This week, we reflect on the conversation between Dr. King and Malcolm X regarding non-violence and refer to these works:
"This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed - How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible", by Charles E. Cobb, Jr
"Negroes With Guns", by Robert F. Williams

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]]> Honest, bold, and value-driven conversation about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy.
This week, we reflect on the conversation between Dr. King and Malcolm X regarding non-violence and refer to these works:
"This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed - How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible", by Charles E. Cobb, Jr
"Negroes With Guns", by Robert F. Williams

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-14997083 Thu, 02 May 2024 09:00:00 -0400 4128 3 6 full false Accomplices for Justice - Take Five Accomplices for Justice - Take Five Honest, bold, and value-driven conversation about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy - with Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich.
This week reflecting on points raised by Jim Wallis in his new book: The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy.

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]]> Honest, bold, and value-driven conversation about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy - with Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich.
This week reflecting on points raised by Jim Wallis in his new book: The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-14908640 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:00:00 -0400 3937 3 5 full false Accomplices for Justice - Take Four Accomplices for Justice - Take Four Honest and real conversation taking on the challenges of finding justice in a society woven by white christian nationalism. Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich discuss.

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]]> Honest and real conversation taking on the challenges of finding justice in a society woven by white christian nationalism. Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich discuss.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-14822044 Wed, 03 Apr 2024 13:00:00 -0400 3769 3 4 full false Accomplices for Justice - Take Three Accomplices for Justice - Take Three Continuing conversations with profound attention to race consciousness with Pastor Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich and whomever wants to join. Topics include:

- How White Supremacy and "Winners Take All" capitalism stand in the way of seeing paths forward, and more ideas about what we can do about it.

- Public Discourse - how can we rekindle and improve it?

- What's next for multi-faith - is it possible to really use the teachings of our faith traditions to make progress under White Christian Nationalist hegemony?

...and more!

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]]> Continuing conversations with profound attention to race consciousness with Pastor Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich and whomever wants to join. Topics include:

- How White Supremacy and "Winners Take All" capitalism stand in the way of seeing paths forward, and more ideas about what we can do about it.

- Public Discourse - how can we rekindle and improve it?

- What's next for multi-faith - is it possible to really use the teachings of our faith traditions to make progress under White Christian Nationalist hegemony?

...and more!

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-14744806 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 11:00:00 -0400 4150 3 3 full false Accomplices for Justice - Take Two Accomplices for Justice - Take Two Continuing conversation with serious race consciousness between Pastor Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich.

Covering:
- The Black-Jewish Alliance - what happened to it and how to revive it?
- Public Discourse - can civil conversation return to civic life?
- The illiberal Left - can we revive liberalism among progressives?

The answers discussed - only when we pull apart the Gordian knot of White Supremacy, American misogyny and patriarchy, and anti-Indigenous genocide, for a start.

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]]> Continuing conversation with serious race consciousness between Pastor Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich.

Covering:
- The Black-Jewish Alliance - what happened to it and how to revive it?
- Public Discourse - can civil conversation return to civic life?
- The illiberal Left - can we revive liberalism among progressives?

The answers discussed - only when we pull apart the Gordian knot of White Supremacy, American misogyny and patriarchy, and anti-Indigenous genocide, for a start.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-14641192 Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:00:00 -0500 3767 3 2 full false Accomplices for Justice - Take One Accomplices for Justice - Take One Pastor Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich are joined by Nanette Massey for a discussion of the challenges and opportunities of DEI currently and historically, what might or might not help directly impacted minorities in majority minority communities, and more.

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]]> Pastor Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich are joined by Nanette Massey for a discussion of the challenges and opportunities of DEI currently and historically, what might or might not help directly impacted minorities in majority minority communities, and more.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-14504740 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 14:00:00 -0500 4340 3 1 full false A Minister and a Rabbi Get Real About Antiracism A Minister and a Rabbi Get Real About Antiracism Our first episode - why "colorblind" and "I don't see color" are unintentionally racist and other well-intentioned racist statements. There is no neutrality in aiming for anti-racism and we talk about how to get there.

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]]> Our first episode - why "colorblind" and "I don't see color" are unintentionally racist and other well-intentioned racist statements. There is no neutrality in aiming for anti-racism and we talk about how to get there.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-5046341 Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:00:00 -0400 4435 full false The Wilderness is Normal The Wilderness is Normal A sermon given to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo on Sunday, February 23, 2020.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-2830510 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:00:00 -0500 791 full false Justice, Religion, Race and Ethnicity with Rev. Mark Blue Justice, Religion, Race and Ethnicity with Rev. Mark Blue A personal and community-oriented exploration of the issues of personal spirituality, religion, and racial justice with Rev. Mark Blue, Pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Lackawanna, New York, and the President of our local NAACP.

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]]> A personal and community-oriented exploration of the issues of personal spirituality, religion, and racial justice with Rev. Mark Blue, Pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Lackawanna, New York, and the President of our local NAACP.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-2219801 Wed, 04 Dec 2019 09:00:00 -0500 1816 full false Spirituality and Religious Education Spirituality and Religious Education Beth Steinberg and Kara Kane, the Director and Assistant Director of Temple Beth Zion's Religious School discuss how our experiences lead us to passions for education and communal transformation.

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]]> Beth Steinberg and Kara Kane, the Director and Assistant Director of Temple Beth Zion's Religious School discuss how our experiences lead us to passions for education and communal transformation.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-1691551 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 12:00:00 -0400 1832 full false Education and Spirituality Education and Spirituality Andrew Deyell, Head of School at Elmwood Franklin School in Buffalo, New York, and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, discuss life as religious people who are dedicated to creating pluralism in education and throughout our communities.

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]]> Andrew Deyell, Head of School at Elmwood Franklin School in Buffalo, New York, and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, discuss life as religious people who are dedicated to creating pluralism in education and throughout our communities.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-1657726 Thu, 05 Sep 2019 15:00:00 -0400 1824 full false Crossroads with Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and Rabbi David Evan Markus Crossroads with Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and Rabbi David Evan Markus In anticipation of Rabbi Barenblat and Rabbi Markus joining us in Western New York next weekend, May 17-19, we chat about their backgrounds as rabbis and Jews and leaders who take teachings of the heart and apply them to improving the world.

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]]> In anticipation of Rabbi Barenblat and Rabbi Markus joining us in Western New York next weekend, May 17-19, we chat about their backgrounds as rabbis and Jews and leaders who take teachings of the heart and apply them to improving the world.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-1135193 Tue, 14 May 2019 13:00:00 -0400 1802 Judaism, interfaith, spirituality, Buddhism, Rabbis, Torah, Scripture, Teaching, Learning 1 2 full false Social Action, Racial Equity, and more, with Pastor Tom Yorty Social Action, Racial Equity, and more, with Pastor Tom Yorty The Senior Pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Tom Yorty, and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, of Temple Beth Zion, chat about social action in religious organizations and how best to coordinate our communal work on issues of poverty and equity in Western New York.

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]]> The Senior Pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Tom Yorty, and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, of Temple Beth Zion, chat about social action in religious organizations and how best to coordinate our communal work on issues of poverty and equity in Western New York.

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]]> Rabbi Jonathan Freirich Buzzsprout-1045499 Thu, 18 Apr 2019 15:00:00 -0400 1805 Interfaith, Social Action, Charity, Interfaith, Changing the World, Changing the Paradigm, Racial Healing, Racial Equity 1 1 full false