Kol Jeshurun

by Temple B'nai Jeshurun

Welcome to Kol Jeshurun, the podcast of Temple B’nai Jeshurun, a vibrant and flourishing Reform Jewish community in Essex County, New Jersey. This podcast is a place to engage with teachings and music from our clergy, staff, and guest speakers, as we strive to bring a sense of meaning and hope into our world. If you would like to learn more about our congregation, please visit us at www.tbj.org and follow us on Facebook @tbj ... 

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Podcast episodes

  • Introducing Kol Jeshurun: A Podcast of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun

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    Introducing Kol Jeshurun: A Podcast of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun

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    Welcome to Kol Jeshurun, a podcast of Congregation B’nai Jeshurun. In this introduction episode, listen to Rabbi Matthew D. Gewirtz and Rabbi Leah H. Sternberg chat about how this podcast came to be, and hear a taste of what is to come. Theme music composed by Matthew J. Turk

  • Season 1

  • BONUS EPISODE: D'var Torah & Musical Drash on Sanctuary

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    BONUS EPISODE: D'var Torah & Musical Drash on Sanctuary

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    Cantor Lucy B. Fishbein offers a d'var torah on this week's Torah portion - Terumah - and its most famous line: "וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹכָם." “Prepare for me a sanctuary​, that I may dwell within you.” - Exodu​s 25:8 07:18 - Lord Prepare Me (J.W. Thompson & R. Scruggs) Vocals: Cantor Emma Lutz & Cantor Lucy B. Fishbein Audio Production, Piano & Guitar: David Kates Produced by Lucy B. Fishbein Theme Music by Matthew J. Turk

  • Americana Music - Framing our Jewish Identity

    Americana Music - Framing our Jewish Identity

    On this edition of Kol Jeshurun, Cantor Lucy B. Fishbein and Matthew J. Turk share American folk songs from Shabbat Services on January 8th, 2021. Listen as Cantor Fishbein shares thoughts on the ways in which music frames our experiences, prayers and identity. This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie) If I Had a Hammer (Lee Hays and Pete Seeger) America the Beautiful (Katherine Lee Bates, Samuel A. Ward) Oseh Shalom (Nurit Hirsch) Produced by Lucy B. Fishbein & Matthew J. Turk Theme music composed by Matthew J. Turk

  • Softening Our Hearts, Renewing Ourselves

    Softening Our Hearts, Renewing Ourselves

    Listen as Rabbi Karen Glazer Perolman reflects on the events of the 2021 Presidential Inauguration and this week's Torah Portion, Parshat Bo. How does the biblical story of the Egyptian Pharaoh's heart being hardened help us reflect on the ways in which the last 5 years have hardened our hearts? How might we become more open hearted in the weeks and months to come? L’dor Vador - Music & Lyrics by Josh Nelson Vocals: Lucy B. Fishbein Guitar: Matthew J. Turk Piano: Pedro D’Aquino Percussion: Eran Fink Violin: Benjamin Sutin Produced by Lucy B. Fishbein Theme Music Composed by Matthew J. Turk

  • When Will Redemption Come?

    When Will Redemption Come?

    A lifelong educator from Newark, New Jersey's South Ward, Charity Haygood speaks on social and economic justice in the context of biblical enslavement and wandering. Haygood asks from our Liturgy, “When will redemption come? When we grant everyone what we claim for ourselves.” Originally aired during Shabbat services in the Summer of 2021. Produced and edited by Matt Turk, TBJ's music director. Theme Music by Matt Turk.