Your Jewish Neighborhood (Michele Holtz)

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	Pub. Date	Title	Duration
	11 Mar 2011	YJN #215 - 03/10/11 - Two Books, Two Views of the Israeli Political Situation	00:13:33
Be sure to visit us at our official home: www.yourjewishneighborhood.org This week's links: Saving Israel, by Daniel Gordis (from the right) Saving Israel on Amazon.com Reviews of "Saving Israel The Holocaust is Over, by Avraham Burg (from the left) The Independent's feature story on "The Holocaust is Over" The Holocaust is Over on Amazon.com
	21 Nov 2010	YJN #209 - 11/21/10 - Angels in Judaism	00:10:04
Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home: www.yourjewishneighborhood.org This week's links: By Fire, By Water, by Mitchell James Kaplan, at Amazon.com Video promo for By Fire, By Water Angels in Judaism, an overview by Judy Silver Index of Wikipedia listings for Angels in Judaism Angels in Jewish Tradition, by Rabbi David Wolpe, on BeliefNet
	28 Apr 2012	YJN #234 - 04/28/12 - A Child of Temple Isaiah	00:19:54
Be sure to visit Your jewish Neighborhood at our official home: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org
	07 Sep 2010	YJN #205 - 09/06/10 - Cantor Korn on Getting Kids Excited about Jewish Music	00:11:10
Be sure to visit us at our official home at www.yourjewishneighborhood.org! This week's links: Temple Isaiah's music programs for kids and teens Places to study Jewish music Milken Archive of Jewish Music Jewis h Music that Doesn't Kid Around, article from The Jewish Week Wikipedia listing for cantillation
	01 Apr 2012	YJN #233 - 03/31/12 - Some Passover Music	00:09:30
Be sure to visit us at our official website: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Passover Music from TheHolidaySpot.com Alan Eder and Friends Debbie Friedman's website Passover Music from Kosher4Passover.com A downloadable PDF Passover Haggadah
	29 Jul 2012	YJN #236 - 07/29/12 - Rabbi Graetz on Havdalah	00:10:17
Be sure to visit our home site: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Havdalah, from the Jewish Virtual Library Havdalah: Taking Leave of Shabbat, from My Jewish Learning The Magic of Havdalah Havdalah Blessings The Havdalah Ceremony: Distinctions and origins Making Havdalah Simply (video)
	07 Jan 2012	YJN #229 - 01/07/12 - Nina Simone Gotch, Education Director, Anti-Defamation League	00:11:36
Please visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Anti-Defamation League What is Anti-Semitism?, from the ADL Anti-Semitic violence doubled in 2009, from the Jerusalem Post The shocking statistics ab out anti-Semitism in America, YouTube video FBI's 2010 hate crime statistics from ACoordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism Public education Campaign to End Campus Anti-Semitism, from the US Commission on Civil Rights Simon Wiesenthal Center
	12 Jul 2011	YJN #221 - 07/12/11 - Val Morehouse Reads "The Castle on Hester Street"	00:12:07
Be sure to visit our official home: YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: The Castle on Hester Street on Amazon.com Reviews and discussions of The Castle on Hester Street Linda Heller's Website
	02 Dec 2010	YJN #210 - 12/01/10 - What the Maccabees Can Teach Us About Celebrating Hanukkah	00:12:09
Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Wikipedia listing for the Maccabees Behaving like Maccabees, Beliefnet article in acting more like Maccabees than ancient Greeks Hanukkah Lessons for Today, from Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center Maccabees re-establish independence in the land of Israel, from Jewish Agency for Israel Christmas-izing of Chanukah, from Jewish Journal
	20 Dec 2011	YJN #228 - 12/19/11 - Rabbi Shanks on the Significance of Chanukah	00:11:52
Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at our official website: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links Chanukah, from the Jewish Virtual Library Rabbis shed light on Chanukah's importance, from the Palm Beach Daily News The Meaning of Chanukah, from Being Jewish Eight Days of Chanukah -- What's the Spiritual Significance, from aJudaica.com Judaism 101: Chanukah Chanukah, American Style, from the American Jewish Historical Society
	21 Oct 2012	YJN #238 - 10/21/12 - Yom Kippur Sermon	00:20:20
In this special series of podcasts, all falling under the umbrella of episode #238, we are proud to offer the four serllmons from Temple Isaiah's High Holy Days services. This installment features the Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon by Rabbi Judy Shanks. Please be sure to visit our official home on at the web at: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org
	30 Jan 2012	YJN #230 - 01/29/12 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on Temple Isaiah's Founding 60 Years Ago	00:11:09
Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home: YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's one and only link: Temple Isaiah: Celebrating 60 Years
	19 Aug 2012	YJN #237 - 08/19/12 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on Yizkor	00:07:57
Please visit our official home: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Yizkor, the Memorial Service, from My Jewish Learning Yizkor, from Jewish Virtual Library Yizkor: Just the Basics, from My Kaddish The Yizkor Book Project Yizkor: Online Yahrzeit Reminder & Memorials, from ORT Video: Yizkor for Martyrs, a memorial concert by David Chevan
	01 Sep 2011	YJN #223 - 09/01/11 - Rabbi Graetz on Israel and the Arab Spring	00:09:58
Please visit the official YJN website: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Arab Spring spells uncertainty for Israel, from BBC Israel's Arab Spring?, from The Huffington Post Israel must not ignore the Arab Spring, from Haaretz.com Israeli Summer is no Arab Spring, from USA Today What the Arab Spring Means for Israel and Palestine, from NPR Has the Arab Spring arrived in Israel?, from Al Jazeera English
	02 Aug 2011	YJN #222 - 08/02/11 - Judaism and "End Times"	00:10:10
Be sure to visit our official website at YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: The apocalypse in Judaism from Jewish Encyclopedia Apocalypse Then, from Reform Judaism magazine Revelation/Apocalypse vs. Torah Prophesies? Apocalyptic Literature in the Old Testament and Early Judaism, a bibliography Apocalypses and the Apocalypse, from Messianic Jewish Musings Jewish End of Days, a blog dedicated to "a Jewish perspective on the end times and the coming of the Messiah" Judaism section of the Wikipedia listing for "End Time" Mashiach: The Messiah listing from Judaism 101
	18 Apr 2011	YJN #217 - 04/18/11 - Pesach melodies	00:40:56
Be sure to visit our official home: YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Passover tunes (the source for this week's music) Jewish music, including Sephardic tunes Passover songs and music Music for Passover Passover Music (from Holiday Spot)
	20 Feb 2011	YJN #214 - 02/20/11 - What Jews Want Their Christian Friends to Know	00:16:54
Visit us at our official home: YourJewishNeighborhood This week's links: What I Wish My Christian Friends Knew About Judaism A Yahoo Answers contribution Jewish Answers to Christian Questions Our Christan Friends
	04 Apr 2011	YJN #216 - 04/03/11 - Rabbi Shanks of Rabbinic Sabbaticals	00:13:50
Find our official podcast home at: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Preparing For A Rabbinic Sabbatical From The Perspective Of The Congregational Leadership, from the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation Sabbatical Preparations, from Rabbi Adam Morris of Denver, Colorado's Temple Micah Rabbinic Sabbatical Overview (PDF) Official Bhutan website Bhutan Travel Information and Travel Guide from Lonely Planet
	26 Sep 2010	YJN #206 - 09/26/10 - Decorating Your Home Sukkah Can Be a New Family Tradition	00:14:27
Visit our official website at www.yourjewishneighborhood.org This week's links: Decorate Your Sukkah, from Simply Manischewitz Decorating the Sukkah, from Sukkot.com Easy and Inspiring Sukkah Decorations Need some ideas for Skukkah Decorations? Homemade Sukkah Decoration Crafts for Sukkot
	11 Dec 2011	YJN #227 - 12/11/11 - The Campaign for Youth Engagement	00:08:51
Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at our official home: YourJewishNeighborhood.org This weeks links: The URJ's Campaign for Youth Engagement Jewish Parents: how to Get Teens to Keep Engaged After 13, from Radical parenting Preventing Post B'nai Mitzvah Dropout-itis, from Reform Judaism Online Study Finds 'Man Crisis' in Liberal Jewish Circles Keeping Our Kids on the Derech, an Orthodox perspective
	12 Oct 2010	YJN #207 - 10/12/10 - The origins and evolution of Zionism	00:14:35
Be sure to visit our official website at: Your Jewish Neighborhood This week's links: A Definition of Zionism from the Jewish Virtual Library Zionism on the Web A definition and history of Zionism from MideastWeb.org Jews Against Zionism, an alternative point of view Theodor Herzl, founder of political Zionism, from Wikipedia
	21 Oct 2012	YJN #238 - 10/21/12 - Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon	00:26:16
In this special series of podcasts, all falling under the umbrella of episode #238, we are proud to offer the four serllmons from Temple Isaiah's High Holy Days services. This installment features the Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon by Rabbi Judy Shanks. Please be sure to visit our official home on at the web at: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org
	17 Mar 2012	YJN #232 - 03/17/12 - Rabbi Greninger on Grade-Based Alternatives to Jewish Education	00:10:30
Be sure to visit us at our official home: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Alternative Models for Jewish Education, from the Rejewvenate! blog Outcome-based education, a description from Wikipedia Jewish Educational Trends Jewish Education Change Network Temple Isaiah's Religious School
	14 Nov 2011	YJN #226 - 11/14/11 - Modern Synagogue Communications	00:13:35
Visit the official home of Your Jewish Neighborhood: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Who Reads Synagogue Newsletters? Marketing the Shul: What's Working and What Needs to Work U.S. Synagoges Lag in Use of Web and Social Media Technologies Temple Isaiah's Facebook page Rabbi Judy Shanks on Twitter
	11 Jun 2011	YJN #219 - 06/11/11 - Rabbi Forrest on Making Shabbat Meaningful	00:11:29
Be sure to visit our official home: YourJewishNeighborhood This week's links How to Make Shabbat More Meaningful Top Ten Ways to Make Shabbat a Fun Family Celebration "Get Off the Internet, It's Shabbat!" Is it considered Melacha to use the internet on Shabbat? Shabbat in the Community Reimagining Shabbat, by Rabbi Eric H. Yoffe
	23 Oct 2011	YJN #225 - Cantor Korn on Selichot - 10/23/11	00:11:16
Visit our official website at: www.yourjewishneighborhood.org This week's links: Questions and answers about Selichot from the Orthodox Union Selichot: Prayers of Repetence, from MyJewishLearning.com Selicot at the Western Wall, from YouTube When do we begin saying Selichot and why?, from AskMoses.com Music of Selichot and the High Holy Days from Sinai Temple, Springfield, MA Selichot for iPhone and iPad, from The Jewish iPhone Magazine
	22 Jun 2012	YJN #235 - Rabbi Nicki Greninger on Total Physical Response (TPR) for learning languages	00:11:08
Be sure to visit us at our official home: YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: The ABC's of the Total Physical Response Wikipedia listing on TPR Your TPR Source TPR and Language Acquisition (Video) Total Physical Response: A Short Introduction (PDF)
	09 May 2011	YJN #218 - 05/09/11 - Teen Trip to the Religious Action Center	00:10:24
Be sure to visit our official home for more detailed show notes: YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Relgious Action Center RAC Facebook page Temple Isaiah's Confirmation program
	21 Oct 2012	YJN #238 - 10/21/12 - Kol Nidre Sermon	00:17:23
In this special series of podcasts, all falling under the umbrella of episode #238, we are proud to offer the four serllmons from Temple Isaiah's High Holy Days services. This installment features the Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon by Rabbi Judy Shanks. Please be sure to visit our official home on at the web at: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org
	20 Dec 2010	YJN #211 - 12/19/10 - The Jewish Perspective on Bullying	00:11:42
Visit us at our official home: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: What does Judaism say about bullying? from Moment magazine Bullying is Antithetical to Judaism from JewishWeek Behind Bullying, from Reform Judaism Bullies Among Us, from Jewish Journal Help Stop Bulling, a Jewish Federation initiative focused on LGBT bullying There's No Place for Bullying in God's World, from Jewish Exponent
	20 Feb 2012	YJN #231 - 02/19/12 - Rabbi Greninger on The Hebrew Project	00:11:55
Be sure to visit our official home: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Hebrew Project Wiki Hebrew Language, resources from the University of Texas at Austin Hebrew Blackboard, Hebrew teaching resources What Happened to 'Hebrew' in Hebrew School? Expriment in Congregational Education The Jewish Education Project
	28 Jun 2011	YJN #220 - Satan in Judaism - 6/28/11	00:07:15
Be sure to visit the official home of Your Jewish Neighborhood: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Satan from JewishEnyclopedia.com Jews believe in The Satan, and not in the devil, from WhatJewsBelieve.org Do Jews Believe in Satan? from About.com Does Judaism Believe in Satan? from BeingJewish.com
	09 Jan 2011	YJN #212 - 01/09/11 - Rabbi Greninger on Talking to Young Children about Death	00:19:08
Be sure to visit our official home: YourJewishNeighborhood This week's links: How can I explain death to my Jewish grandchild? from "Ask the Reform Rabbi" Life, Death and Mourning, from Judaism 101 A Time to Grieve, A Time to Teach, from The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism The Jewish Bereavement Project How to Talk to Your Kids about Death, from the Jewish Journal Jewish Beliefs on the Afterlife, from Religion Facts
	26 Sep 2011	YJN #224 - 09/25/18 - Why Hebrew Letters are Used for Numbers	00:11:23
Visit the official home of Your Jewish Neighborhood for show notes and more: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org Hebrew Numbers Numbers in Hebrew Video Lesson: Hebrew 101 - Numbers & Days The Confusion of Hebrew Numbers Kabbalah: Meaning of Numbers Symbolism of "Chai", 18
	23 Jan 2011	YJN #213 - 01/23/11 - A Cantorial Concert at the Vatican	00:12:24
Please be sure to visit our official home: Your Jewish Neighborhood This week's links: American Cantors to Perform at Vatican, from The Jewish Week Cantor Sally Neff's Vatican Audition (video) 20 Jewish cantors walk into a church -- it's no joke, from JTA American Conference of Cantors
	16 Jun 2006	YJN #45 - 06/16/06 - Cantor Korn on Havdalah	00:11:30
This week's links: Wikipedia's listing on Havdalah Havdalah and Shabbat candle-lighting times Home Havdalah Service Havdalah candle-making
	23 Jun 2006	YJN #46 - 06/22/06 - Cantor Leigh Korn looks at wedding traditions	00:13:50
This week's links: An Amazon.com list of books for the Jewish bride Wikipedia listing on the Jewish view of marriage Where to get a chuppah, from the Berkeley Parents Network Jewish Weddings, from All Things Jewish On the breaking of the glass, by Adventure Rabbi
	30 Jun 2006	YJN #47 - 06/29/06 - Sandy Anderson on Havurot	00:16:50
This week's links: National Havurah Committee Wikipedia entry on chavurah
	07 Jul 2006	YJN #48 - 07/06/06 - Rabbi Shanks on conversion (part 1)	00:16:00
This week's links: The Center for Converstion to Judaism Conversion to Judaism (from Chamash) Becoming Jewish Who is a Jew? (from Judaism 101) How to Become a Jew (from the BBC) Inviting Conversion (URJ's Biennial Initiative)
	14 Jul 2006	YJN #49 - 07/13/06 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on conversion (part 2)	00:19:20
This week's links: Wikipedia's listing for the mikvah Mikvah Project Ideas for a deeply spiritual conversion ritual Reform conversion to Judaism
	21 Jul 2006	YJN #50 - 07/20/06 - WRJ Director Marlene Belstock on cosmetic ingredients	00:20:50
This week's links: Environmental Working Group's "Skin Deep," news about the safety of popular health and beauty brands The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics FDA article on cosmetic ingredients Ten Synthetic Cosmetic Ingredients to Avoid, from the Organic Consumers Association Women of Reform Judaism
	28 Jul 2006	YJN #51 - 07/27/06 - Soundseeing Tour of Israel Unity rally, San Francisco	00:16:40
This week's links: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome US Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) About the Jewish Community Relations Council Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and South Africa Camp Newman and Camp Swig
	04 Aug 2006	YJN #52 - 08/03/06 - Michele Holtz on YJN's first year	00:14:20
This week's links: Ways to support Israel Brit Tzedek v'Shalom Union for Reform Judaism ARZA
	11 Aug 2006	YJN #53 - An interview with a Jewish "Rosie the Riveter" - 08/10/06	00:17:10
This week's links: Rosie the Riveter Trust Women in the Factories of World War II Rosie the Riveter: Wikipedia entry Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Park Congregation Beth Ami, Santa Rosa, California
	18 Aug 2006	YJN #54 - 08/17/06 - Executive Director Michael Liepman on choosing a synagogue	00:14:01
This week's links: How to choose a synagogue, from My Jewish Learning Choosing a synagogue is harder for intermarrieds, from J magazine How is a synagogue operated? from old Usenet FAQs
	25 Aug 2006	YJN #55 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on Jewish movements -- 08/25/06	00:15:50
This week's links: About.com entry on Jewish denominations Wikipedia's entry on Jewish denominations Judaism 101
	01 Sep 2006	YJN #56 - 08/31/06 - Rabbi Graetz on the Month of Elul	00:14:10
This week's links: The month of Elul and Selichot, from Judaism 101 Rosh Chodesh Elul (Jewish calendar listing) The Month for Repentence, from About.com The Month of Elul: Customs, from Torah.org
	08 Sep 2006	YJN #57 - 09/07/06 - Cantor Leigh Korn on Kol Nidre	00:18:50
This week's links URJ synagogue listing Listing of UK Reform communities Wikipedia listing on Kol Nidre Transliteration, translation, and more Background on Max Bruch arrangement
	15 Sep 2006	YJN #58 - 09/14/06 - Cantor Leigh Korn on Jewish Choral Tradition	00:14:20
This week's links: Zam'Ru: The Jewish Music Choral Database Jewish Choral Music on the Internet URJ: Training Opportunities for Synagogue Musicians URJ: Synagogue Choirs as Instruments of Prayer
	22 Sep 2006	YJN #59 - 09/21/06 - Emily Blanck on JIMENA (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa)	00:09:00
This week's links: JIMENA Justice for Jews from Arab Countries Wikipedia entry for Mizrahi Jews
	28 Sep 2006	YJN #50 - 09/28/06 - Val Morehouse reads "The Hardest Word"	00:13:06
This week's links: Jacqueline Jules' website Amazon listing for "The Hardest Word" by Jacqueline Jules Amazon listing for all books by Jacqueline Jules
	06 Oct 2006	YJN #61 - 10/04/06 - Judy Matzkin on Temple Technology	00:10:07
This week's links: Creating a technology plan for your synagogue, a PDF document from the Center for Congregations The PC in Your Synagogue, from the Union Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Temple Isaiah's website
	13 Oct 2006	YJN #62 - 10/12/06 - Ellen Bernstein Ellis on Avodah	00:15:30
This week's links: Wikipedia's listing for the term, "Avodah" "Let's Go Israel," the annual East Bay Israel trip Temple Isaiah's Avodah program supports
	20 Oct 2006	YJN #63 - 10/19/06 - Dr. Mark Rubenstein on circumcision	00:17:20
This week's links: Wikipedia listing on circumcision Listing from Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion Wikipedia listing for "mohel" Questions to ask a mohel
	27 Oct 2006	YJN #64 - 10/26/06 - Songs from Jeremy Gimbel and Brad Lennox	00:11:54
A 100% all-music podcast! Shira Tirdof (featuring Jeremy Gimbel and Brad Lennox -- a nationally acclaimed song leader, and an accomplished camp educator, respectively), meaning "song shall you pursue," showcase modern musical interpretations of age-old texts through their eclectic variety of musical offerings. This music is from the Podsafe Music Network.
	03 Nov 2006	YJN #65 - 11/02/06 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on Brit Chayim, naming ceremonies for newborn Jewish girls	00:14:30
This week's links: Simhat Bat, the synagogue naming ceremony for girls Rituals for a Baby Daughter Brit Milah, birth ceremonies The New Jewish Baby Book by Anita Diamant (from Amazon.com)
	10 Nov 2006	YJN #66 - 11/09/06 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on affiliation	00:15:12
This week's links: Synagogue affiliation growing (a 2002 article) Shul affiliation rising (United Jewish Communities article) Building your synagogue community (from URJ)
	17 Nov 2006	YJN #67 - 11/16/06 - Rosanne Selfon on the Women's Commentary	00:16:14
This week's links: Jewish Webcasting Temple Judea Podcast Temple Judea Podcasts on Odeo Women of Reform Judaism Women Explore New Commentary (Baltimore JewishTimes.com)
	24 Nov 2006	YJN #68 - 11/23/06 - Audio Highlights from the WRJ Pacific Biennial	00:17:09
This Week's Link: Women of Reform Judaism
	01 Dec 2006	YJN #69 - 11/30/06 - Debbie Enelow on "The December Dilemma"	00:20:27
This week's links: December Holiday Guidelines for Public Schools, from the Anti-Defamation League The December Dilemma, from MyJewishLearning.com Interfaith Families Face December Dilemma, from USA Today Holidays' Convergence Adds to December Dilemma, from The New York Times On Being a Jew at Christmas
	08 Dec 2006	YJN #70 - 12/07/06 - Debbie Enelow on Jewish Resident Camps	00:17:26
This week's links: Find a JCC Camp How Jewish is Summer Camp? from the New Jersey Jewish Standard Jewish Summer Camps in America, from About.com Camps Newman and Swig (Local to Temple Isaiah)
	11 Aug 2005	YJN #1 - 8/11/05 - Rabbi Graetz on Reform weddings in Israel	00:10:16
Welcome to our very first podcast! Your Jewish Neighborhood is a weekly podcast featuring clergy and other leaders from Temple Isaiah in Lafayette, California, discussing issues and topics of general interest to the affiliated and unaffiliated Jews everywhere. If you have comments, please send them to us at yjn@temple-isaiah.org. In our first podcast, Temple Isaiah Rabbi Roberto Graetz talks about Reform weddings in Israel. Links from this show: ARZA World Jewish Congress
	15 Dec 2006	YJN #71 - 12/14/06 -Sandy Anderson on Winter Nights	00:25:14
This week's links Contra Costa County Winter Nights Program Temple Isaiah's Winter Nights 2006 home page YJN #15: Rabbi Graetz on Winter Nights, November 17, 2005
	22 Dec 2006	YJN #72 - 12/21/06 - Rabbi Graetz on Judaism and Human Rights Conference	00:16:24
This week's links: Rabbis for Human Rights Rabbinic Conference on Judaism and Human Rights Conference Coverage from Washington Jewish Week
	29 Dec 2006	YJN #73 - 12/28/06 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on the Iranian Holocaust Conference	00:13:16
This week's links: Iranian Holocaust Conference (CNN.com coverage) Jerusalem Post coverage of Israeli reaction to the conference USC Shoah Foundation Institute Wikipedia listing for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wikipedia listing for Holocaust denial ADL document on Holocaust denial
	05 Jan 2007	YJN #74 - 01/04/07 - Cantor Leigh Korn on Torah traditions and rituals	00:15:47
This week's links: Wikipedia entry on Torah reading Jewish Virtual Library entry on Torah reading Wikipedia entry on cantillation
	18 Aug 2005	YJN #2 - 8/18/05 - Rabbi Graetz on ARZA	00:12:06
In today's podcast, Rabbi Roberto Graetz takes a look at ARZA, the Association of Reform Zionists of America. Links from this show: ARZA Vote ARZA for WZO Elections Our thanks to everybody -- nearly 40 of you! -- who listened to our first podcast. The statistics indicate most of you are downloading the show, and I wanted to let you know that you can also subscribe. You'll need a "podcatcher," software for subscribing to podcasts. I use iPodder. (It's free.) Once you have the software installed on your computer, click the "subscribe" link on this page and copy the URL of the "feed" into the new subscription field in iPodder. And that's it! Now, "Your Jewish Neighborhood" will come to you every Thursday.
	12 Jan 2007	YJN #75 - 01/11/07 - Cantor Korn Explains the Order of Service	00:20:03
This week's links Wikipedia entry for Siddur Siddur Audio, an online source for learning Siddur liturgy The Transliterated Siddur
	19 Jan 2007	YJN #76 - 01/18/07 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on same-sex marriage	00:15:02
This week's links: Judaism and Same-Sex Marriage, from MyJewishLearning.com Jewish Group OK's Same-Sex Marriage, from the Boston Globe The Reform Movement on LGBT Issues, from Jewish Mosaic Wedding Liturgy for a Same Sex Marriage, from the Shalom Center
	26 Jan 2007	YJN #77 - 01/25/07 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on Tu B'Shevat	00:15:06
This week's links: Judaism 101: Tu B'Shevat Wikipedia's listing for Tu B'Shevat The Jewish Virtual Library's listing for Tu B'Shevat Test Your Tu B'Shevat IQ Seder for Tu B'Shevat Plant trees in Israel Israel's passion for trees
	03 Feb 2007	YJN #77 - 02/02/07 - A Musical Show Featuring Light of the River	00:13:44
This week's links: Light of the River songs available for download on Download.com Jewish Music section of Download.com
	09 Feb 2007	YJN #79 - 02/08/07 - Shel Holtz on subscribing to podcasts	00:21:10
This week's links: Podcast Alley Podcast 411 Apple iTunes
	26 Aug 2005	YJN #3 - 8/25/05 - Rabbi Shanks on Jewish Book Groups	00:12:44
Links from the show: Flavius Josephus: Eyewitness to Rome's First Century Conquest of Judea, by Mireille Hadas-Lebel. The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth A Tale of Love and Darkness, by Amos Oz Focus, by Arthur Miller Constantine's Sword, by James Carroll The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant
	16 Feb 2007	YJN #80 - 02/15/07 - A Purim Tale	00:13:47
This week's links: Raisel's Riddle, by Erica Silverman, a Parent's Choice Foundation selection An interview with Erica Silverman
	23 Feb 2007	YJN #81 - 02/22/07 - Temple Isaiah Purimspiel Rehearsal	00:14:38
This week's links: JCC of Manhattan Purim Guide (PDF file) Wikipedia listing for "Book of Esther"
	02 Mar 2007	YJN #82 - 03/01/07 - Ronald Young on the National Interreligious Initiative for Peace	00:16:04
This week's links: Walk the Road to Peace, the website of the National Interreligious Initiative for Peace Initiative documents, including the letter to U.S. Secretary of State Rice, on the site of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops U.S. leadership essential for Israeli-Palestinian peace, an editorial from The Seattle Times supporting the Initiative's efforts Notice of Ron Young's appearance at Temple Isaiah on March 8
	09 Mar 2007	YJN #83 - 03/08/07 - Mary Anne Winig on adult programs at Temple Isaiah	00:12:53
This week's links: Senior Services in the East Bay, from Resource, a guide to Jewish life in the Bay Area Temple Isaiah's adult programs
	01 Sep 2005	YJN #4 - 9/1/05 - Rabbi Shanks on the month of Elul	00:11:39
Links from this show: Jewish Calendar Psalm 27 Song of Songs
	15 Mar 2007	YJN #84 - 03/15/07 - Ben Holtz on being a Jewish Soldier in the U.S. Army	00:16:48
This week's links: Jewish Soldier Foundation A Jewish Soldier's View of Iraq, from NPR One Proud Jewish Soldier, from aish.com
	23 Mar 2007	YJN # - 03/22/07 - Lawrence Grossman on Jewish Webcasting Service	00:21:17
This week's links: Jewish Webcasting Service Jewish podcast listing Another Jewish podcast list
	30 Mar 2007	YJN #86 - 03/29/07 - Frank Winer on Jewish cemeteries	00:12:48
This week's links: International Jewish Cemetery Project Jewish News Weekly article on Gan Shalom's beginnings 2003 San Francisco Chronicle article on opposition to Gan Shalom
	06 Apr 2007	YJN #87 - 04/05/07 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on the Women's Seder	00:18:08
This week's links: A Women's Seder in Israel, from the Jerusalem Post Transcript on a Women's Seder from PBS' "Religion & Ethics" "The Women's Seder Sourcebook" from Barnes & Noble The Why of Women's Seders from RitualWell.org Enriching Your Communal Women's Seder from RitualWell.org Invocation for Women's Seders from RitualWell.org
	13 Apr 2007	YJN #88 - 04/12/07 - Rabbi Shanks on finding a new rabbi	00:16:58
This week's links: Union for Reform Judiasm Central Conference of American Rabbis Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
	08 Sep 2005	YJN #5 - 9/8/05 - Cantor Korn on what it means to be a Cantor	00:15:42
Links from this show: Hebrew Union College Chazzanut Shalom Aleichem Debbie Friedman Jeff Kleppler Danny Nichols Rick Recht L'chu N'ram'na
	20 Apr 2007	YJN #89 - 04/12/07 - Rabbi Graetz and Arlynn Bloom on Steps for Tzedakah	00:12:13
This week's links: Steps for Tzedakah home page Article about Moadonit Or Hadash Congregation
	26 Apr 2007	YJN #90 - 04/26/07 - Deb Phillips on Camp Kefli, Temple Isaiah's summertime day camp	00:16:53
This week's links: Temple Isaiah's Camp Kefli Jewish Summer Camps in America Camping and Continuity (from Jewish World Today) How Jewish is Summer Camp? (from the New Jersey Jewish Standard)
	04 May 2007	YJN #91 - 05/03/07 - Rabbi Robert Graetz on "The New Antisemitism"	00:12:34
This week's links: The New Antisemitism Resources on the new antisemitism from Haaretz The New Antisemitism, an article from Victor Davis Hanson "The 'new' anti-semitism: is Europe in grip of worst bout of hatred since the Holocaust? (a report from UK's The Guardian)
	11 May 2007	YJN #92 - 05/10/07 - Singer-Songwriter Neshama Carlebach	00:20:03
This week's links: Neshama Carlebach's Website Neshama Carlebach's CDs Wikipedia listing for Shlomo Carlebach
	15 Sep 2005	YJN #6 - 9/15/05 - Cantor Korn on Judaism in Broadway musicals	00:13:20
Links from this show: Yiddish theater George and Ira Gershwin Irving Berlin Rogers and Hammmerstein Milk and Honey Don Appel Jerry Herman Philip Roth The 10 Commandments Fiddler on the Roof Joseph Stein Funny Girl Barbara Streisand Molly Picon the Falsettos William Finn Jason Robert Brown Tony Kushner Caroline or Change Jeanine Tesori
	18 May 2007	YJN #93 - 05/17/07 - Librarian Val Morehouse reads a Shavuot story	00:11:32
This week's links: Wikipedia listing for Shavuot My Jewish Learning listing for Shavuot "A Mountain of Blintzes," by Barbara Diamond Goldin, at Amazon.com Cheese blintzes recipe from Cooks.com A blintzes recipe from My Jewish Learning Cheese blintzes recipe from Epicurious
	23 May 2007	YJN #94 - 05/22/07 - Rabbi Graetz on Standing Together at Sinai	00:12:34
This week's links: We All Stood: Experiencing Sinai in Early Childhood, from Madrichim.org Ten Principles for Reform Judaism, from Reform Judaism Magazine Reshaping Jewish Memory, by Judith Plaskow (from MyJewishLearning.org)
	01 Jun 2007	YJN #95 - 05/31/07 - Debbie Enelow on Recruiting and Selecting Religious School Teachers	00:14:40
This week's links: URJ Education Page Commission on Reform Jewish Education Partnership for Excellence in Reform Jewish Education Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education Temple Isaiah Education Site
	07 Jun 2007	YJN #96 - 06/07/07 - Gordon Gladstone on Berkeley Hillel	00:11:19
This week's links: Berkeley Hillel Berkeley Hillel Newsletter Hillel, the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Wikipedia Listing for Hillel
	16 Jun 2007	YJN #97 - 06/16/07 - Cantor Korn on Music in Worship	00:16:00
This week's links: Jewish Music: An Overview Jewish Liturgics Jewish Perspectives: Is Instrumental Music Permitted in Jewish Worship? History of Religious Jewish Music, from Wikipedia Musical Instruments in Ancient Israel
	22 Jun 2007	YJN #98 - 06/22/07 - Rabbi Graetz on Staying Jewish during the Summer	00:14:57
This week's links: Association of Jewish Libraries Temple Isaiah Library URJ on Building Your Jewish Library UW Madison Center for Jewish Studies -- Greenfield Summer Institute Summer courses at Hebrew College
	22 Sep 2005	YJN #7 - 9/22/05 - Education Director Debbie Enelow on Jewish education	00:12:09
Links from this show: Abraham Heschel Solomon Buber
	29 Jun 2007	YJN #99 - Katya Bock on Growing Up Jewish in Ecuador	00:11:21
This week's links: Wikipedia entry on Ecuador Jewish Virtual History Tour of Ecuador Jewish and Kosher Ecuador History of the Jews in Latin America, from Wikipedia
	07 Jul 2007	YJN #100 - 07/06/07 - Alan Jacobson on Temple Isaiah's Men's Club	00:22:40
This week's links: Temple Isaiah's Anshei Isaiah Men's Club Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs North American Federation of Temple Brotherhoods More Citrons, Please! article by Doug Barden, executive director of National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods
	13 Jul 2007	YJN #101 -07/12/07 - Rabbi Shanks on Death and Burial Rituals	00:14:49
This week's links: Berevaement in Judaism, from Wikipedia Life, Death, and Mourning, from the Jewish Virtual Library The Jewish Way of Death Jewish Death and Burial Rituals Jewish Funeral Customs
	20 Jul 2007	YJN #102 - 07/20/07 - Rabbi Shanks on Death and Mourning Rituals, Part 2	00:16:48
This week's links: Wikipedia entry on Shiva Shiva resource from About.com How to pay a Shiva call Wikipedia entry on Kaddish Judaism 101 on Mourner's Kaddish Transliteration and translation of the Kaddish from Yahrzeit.org

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