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Bonus Episode: The Dybbukast Season 2, Episode 4 - The St. Thomas Split

Bonus Episode: The Dybbukast Season 2, Episode 4 - The St. Thomas Split

FromJudaism Unbound


Bonus Episode: The Dybbukast Season 2, Episode 4 - The St. Thomas Split

FromJudaism Unbound

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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Feb 14, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This bonus episode of Judaism Unbound is presented in partnership with Theatre Dybbuk. Once a month, their podcast -- called The Dybbukast -- releases a new episode, and we are proud to feature their second season's fourth episode as a bonus episode here on Judaism Unbound's channel. In each episode, they bring poems, plays, and other creative texts from throughout history to life, all while revealing their relationships to issues still present today. Subscribe to The Dybbukast in Apple Podcasts, or anywhere else that podcasts are found.In this episode, presented in collaboration with The Mervis Chair, Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University Bloomington, the Dybbukast explores a series of letters which document a moment in the late 1860s when opposing viewpoints caused a split in the Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas.Dr. Laura Leibman, Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College shares about the history of Jews in the Caribbean, and Dr. Judah Cohen, the Lou and Sybil Mervis Professor in the Study of Jewish Culture and Professor of Musicology and Jewish Studies at Indiana University, discusses Jewish life on St. Thomas, the circumstances surrounding the split, and the ways in which this story relates to the complexities of communal identity.
Released:
Feb 14, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Listen in as Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg analyze pressing issues for 21st century American Judaism. Mixing their own analysis with interviews of leading thinkers, practitioners, and even "regular Jews," Dan and Lex look to push past the bounds of what it means to be Jewish in the 21st century. You can support Judaism Unbound at www.JudaismUnbound.com/donate.