All Else is Commentary: A Podcast of Jewish Ideas

Last week we re-released the conversation Elliott had with Toby Lloyd about Philip Roth's novella, The Ghost Writer. This week, Toby is back to talk about another book in the Nathan Zuckerman series: American Pastoral (1997).Toby's novel, Fervour, is now out in paperback, and you can find out more here: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/toby-lloyd/fervour/9781399724616/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.

This week, Elliott is joined by his teacher, Rabbi Prof. Deborah Kahn-Harris as we prepare for Tisha b'Av by reading the Book of Lamentations.Also featuring Cantor Sarah Grabiner, chanting Lamentations in its distinctive trope.If you want to find out more about Leo Baeck College, and what it takes to study for the rabbinate, and how you can support the college, please check out their website: www.lbc.ac.uk. If you have any comments or questions, or if there are any particular topics you would like us to 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 page, and we have just arrived 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.

This week, Elliott is joined by his teacher, Rabbi Prof. Deborah Kahn-Harris as we prepare for Tisha b'Av by reading the Book of Lamentations.If you want to find out more about Leo Baeck College, and what it takes to study for the rabbinate, and how you can support the college, please check out their website: www.lbc.ac.uk. If you have any comments or questions, or if there are any particular topics you would like us to 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 page, and we have just arrived 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.

This week, Elliott is joined by his teacher, Rabbi Prof. Deborah Kahn-Harris as we prepare for Tisha b'Av by reading the Book of Lamentations.Also featuring Cantor Sarah Grabiner, chanting Lamentations in its distinctive trope. If you want to find out more about Leo Baeck College, and what it takes to study for the rabbinate, and how you can support the college, please check out their website: www.lbc.ac.uk. If you have any comments or questions, or if there are any particular topics you would like us to 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 page, and we have just arrived 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.

Two special episodes this week, as we celebrate the ordination of Student Rabbi Yael Tischler at the Leo Baeck College on Sunday. She joins Elliott to talk about the subject of her rabbinic thesis: the character of Lilith. In this episode, they answer the question that Yael posed at the end of part 1: what to do with Lilith's monstrousness. If you want to find out more about Leo Baeck College, and what it takes to study for the rabbinate, and how you can support the college, please check out their website: www.lbc.ac.uk. If you have any comments or questions, or if there are any particular topics you would like us to 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 page, and we have just arrived 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.

Two special episodes this week, as we celebrate the ordination of Student Rabbi Yael Tischler at the Leo Baeck College on Sunday. She joins Elliott to talk about the subject of her rabbinic thesis: the character of Lilith. In this episode, they explore Lilith's origins in midrash and in the Alphabet of Ben Sira. Part 2 will come on Thursday.If you want to find out more about Leo Baeck College, and what it takes to study for the rabbinate, and how you can support the college, please check out their website: www.lbc.ac.uk. If you have any comments or questions, or if there are any particular topics you would like us to 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 page, and we have just arrived 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.

The first live episode of All Else is Commentary, recorded in front of an audience at Hineinu: the inaugural conference of the new Movement for Progressive Judaism.Featuring special guests:Rabbi Charley Baginsky (Co-Lead of the the Movement for Progressive Judaism)Rabbi Josh Levy (Co-Lead of the the Movement for Progressive Judaism)Rabbi Lea Mühlstein (Senior Rabbi at the Ark Synagogue; Chair of the European Union for Progressive Judaism)Lesley Sachs (Chair of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism)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.

This week, Elliott is joined by the historian Alexander Lee, to talk about his new book on the history of the Venice Ghetto. You can find out more about the book here: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/alexander-lee/the-first-ghetto/9781529066500As 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.