All Else is Commentary

All Else is Commentary is a podcast of Jewish ideas.A special Thursday episode this week, as Elliott is joined by Rabbi Mark Goldsmith (Edgeware and Hendon Reform Synagogue) to talk about a special anniversary. This year is 100 years since the foundation of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, and Rabbi Mark is part of organising a celebratory conference. Find out more about the 2026 conference here: https://events.eupj.org/ (the early bird rate closes on 1 March!)As always, if you have any comments or questions, please be in touch with us at allelseis@alyth.org.uk – we would love to hear from you. You can also join the conversation on our Facebook page, and we're also on Bluesky, so please head over there to give us a follow as well.If there are people in your life who you think would be interested, please tell them about All Else Is Commentary.Please visit our website: https://www.alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adult-learning/all-else-is-commentary/We are incredibly grateful to be supported by the Shoresh Charitable Trust.All Else Is Commentary is brought to you by Alyth.

All Else is Commentary is a podcast of Jewish ideas.This week we return to our ocassional series of Progressive Sermons from the last 50 years. Elliott speaks to Rabbi Rebecca Birk (Finchley Progressive Synagogue) about a sermon she gave this Rosh Hashanah, imagining British Jews coming together to talk about their differing views about Israel/Palestine.Next time in our regular Monday slot: Elliott begins a short series on the idea that human beings are created in the image of God. Before that, on Thursday, Elliott is speaking to Rabbi Mark Goldsmith about the history of the World Union for Progressive Judaism.If you have any comments or questions, or if there is a sermon that you remember that you would love us to talk about, please be in touch with us at allelseis@alyth.org.uk – we would love to hear from you. You can also join the conversation on Facebook or on Bluesky, so please head over there to give us a follow.If there are people in your life who you think would be interested, please tell them about All Else Is Commentary. Please visit our website: https://www.alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adult-learning/all-else-is-commentary/All Else Is Commentary is brought to you by Alyth.We are incredibly grateful to be supported by the Shoresh Charitable Trust.

All Else is Commentary is a podcast of Jewish ideas.This week, Elliott speaks to the contemporary author, Tamar Hodes, to talk about her new book, Mixed.You can find out more about the book here: https://www.legendpress.co.uk/mixedAs always, if you have any comments or questions, please be in touch with us at allelseis@alyth.org.uk – we would love to hear from you. You can also join the conversation on our Facebook page, and we're also on Bluesky, so please head over there to give us a follow as well.If there are people in your life who you think would be interested, please tell them about All Else Is Commentary.Please visit our website: https://www.alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adult-learning/all-else-is-commentary/We are incredibly grateful to be supported by the Shoresh Charitable Trust.All Else Is Commentary is brought to you by Alyth.

All Else is Commentary is a podcast of Jewish ideas.This week, we return to our Jewish Novels series, and Elliott reads The Assistant by Bernard Malamud.Next week: Elliott speaks to the contemporary author, Tamar Hodes, about her new novel, Mixed. As always, if you have any comments or questions, please be in touch with us at allelseis@alyth.org.uk – we would love to hear from you. You can also join the conversation on our Facebook page, and we're also on Bluesky, so please head over there to give us a follow as well.If there are people in your life who you think would be interested, please tell them about All Else Is Commentary.Please visit our website: https://www.alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adult-learning/all-else-is-commentary/We are incredibly grateful to be supported by the Shoresh Charitable Trust.All Else Is Commentary is brought to you by Alyth.

All Else is Commentary is a podcast of Jewish ideas.This week, we return to our Jewish Novels series, and Elliott reads Gentleman's Agreement by Laura Z. Hobson.Next week: Elliott talks about another book set in New York, but this time in the 1950s: Bernard Malamud's The Assistant.As always, if you have any comments or questions, please be in touch with us at allelseis@alyth.org.uk – we would love to hear from you. You can also join the conversation on our Facebook page, and we're also on Bluesky, so please head over there to give us a follow as well.If there are people in your life who you think would be interested, please tell them about All Else Is Commentary.Please visit our website: https://www.alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adult-learning/all-else-is-commentary/We are incredibly grateful to be supported by the Shoresh Charitable Trust.All Else Is Commentary is brought to you by Alyth.

All Else is Commentary is a podcast of Jewish ideas.This week we stay on the theme of Jewish novels, but take a slight diversion into stage and screen. Last week, Elliott spoke about Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin. This week he looks at the stage show and the film inspired by the book: Cabaret.You can watch the 1993 production here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOs82ubFyFQA key to the name changes:Christopher Isherwood (book) > Cliff Bradshaw (show) > Brian Roberts (film)Fraulein Schroeder (book) > Fraulein Schneider (show and film)Clive (book) > Max (film)As always, if you have any comments or questions, please be in touch with us at allelseis@alyth.org.uk – we would love to hear from you. You can also join the conversation on our Facebook page, and we're also on Bluesky, so please head over there to give us a follow as well.If there are people in your life who you think would be interested, please tell them about All Else Is Commentary.Please visit our website: https://www.alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adult-learning/all-else-is-commentary/We are incredibly grateful to be supported by the Shoresh Charitable Trust.All Else Is Commentary is brought to you by Alyth.

All Else is Commentary is a podcast of Jewish ideas.This week, we return to our Jewish Novels series, and Elliott reads Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood, a novel about Berlin at the beginning of the 1930s, its decadence, its complacency, and its descent into Naziism. Next week: Elliott talks about the muscial inspired by Goodby to Berlin - Cabaret.As always, if you have any comments or questions, please be in touch with us at allelseis@alyth.org.uk – we would love to hear from you. You can also join the conversation on our Facebook page, and we're also on Bluesky, so please head over there to give us a follow as well.If there are people in your life who you think would be interested, please tell them about All Else Is Commentary.Please visit our website: https://www.alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adult-learning/all-else-is-commentary/We are incredibly grateful to be supported by the Shoresh Charitable Trust.All Else Is Commentary is brought to you by Alyth.

All Else is Commentary is a podcast of Jewish ideas.This week was supposed to be a week off - and then Elliott went to see the new film Marty Supreme, and just had to talk about its Jewish themes.You can see a trailer for the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9gSuKaKcqMAs always, if you have any comments or questions, please be in touch with us at allelseis@alyth.org.uk – we would love to hear from you. You can also join the conversation on our Facebook page, and we're also on Bluesky, so please head over there to give us a follow as well.If there are people in your life who you think would be interested, please tell them about All Else Is Commentary.Please visit our website: https://www.alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adult-learning/all-else-is-commentary/We are incredibly grateful to be supported by the Shoresh Charitable Trust.All Else Is Commentary is brought to you by Alyth.