All Else is Commentary

All Else is Commentary is a podcast of Jewish ideas.Following Chanukah, we return to our regular weekly episodes coming out on Mondays. This week we return to our ocassional series of Progressive Sermons from the last 50 years. Elliott speaks to Rabbi Hannah Kingston (Alyth) about a sermon she gave in 2018 inspired by the #metoo movement. To read along with Rabbi Hannah's sermon, click here: https://www.alyth.org.uk/sermons-writings/publication/sermon-chayyei-sara-metoo-speaking-out-against-the-silence/Before our next Monday episode, a special Thursday episode, in which Elliott speaks to a rabbi and a historian to mark the 50th anniversary of the first book published by Rabbi Lionel Blue: To Heaven with Scribes and Pharisees.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.The final of our Chanukah specials.For this episode, Elliott is joined by Mike Mendoza (of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee) to talk about the Plant of the Apes franchise. 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.The seventh of 8 Chanukah specials - one for each night of Chanukah.For this episode, Elliott is joined by the Alyth Youth and Education Hub Team past and present: Abi Brunner, Phoebe Decker, Izzie Marcuson-Stafford and Ezster Toth. They talk about Shrek through a Jewish lens.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.The sixth of 8 Chanukah specials - one for each night of Chanukah.This episode is a continuation of the conversation about the Neflix hit, Nobody Wants This - for which Elliott is joined by Rabbis Deborah Blausten (Finchley Reform Synagogue) and Jordan Helfman (Oaks Lane Synagogue).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.The fifth of 8 Chanukah specials - one for each night of Chanukah.This episode is about the Neflix hit, Nobody Wants This - for which Elliott is joined by Rabbis Deborah Blausten (Finchley Reform Synagogue) and Jordan Helfman (Oaks Lane Synagogue).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.The fourth of 8 Chanukah specials - one for each night of Chanukah.This is the second of two episodes on Lord of the Rings, for which Elliott is joined by Rabbi DY Stern (Radlett Reform Synagogue).Here is the article Elliott mentions: https://share.google/90rsWDhSKwtrBjnoW 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.The third of 8 Chanukah specials - one for each night of Chanukah.This is the first of two episodes on Lord of the Rings, for which Elliott is joined by Rabbi DY Stern (Radlett Reform Synagogue).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.The second of 8 Chanukah specials - one for each night of Chanukah.This is the second of two episodes on Harry Potter, for which Elliott is joined by Student Rabbi Yael Tischler.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.The first of 8 Chanukah specials - one for each night of Chanukah.To kick off, two episodes on Harry Potter, for which Elliott is joined by Student Rabbi Yael Tischler.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.