Temple Emanuel Podcast #5, 2/8/2009:
Couples Counselor Ed Monte speaks about
"Putting the Spark Back in Your Marriage"

Couples Counselor Ed Monte on "Putting the Spark Back in Your Marriage", Men's Club 2/8/2009.  The Men’s Club of Temple Emanuel hosted Ed Monte, a well-known couples therapist, at its February 8 breakfast meeting. Dr. Monte’s presentation, “Putting the Spark Back in Your Marriage,” is the topic of this podcast program.

Download the podcast here (72.4 mb stereo MP3 file, 00:52:46 duration).

Temple Emanuel Podcast #4, 6/1/2007:
Rabbi Geri Newburge discusses the Youth Alternative Weekend

This podcast is Temple Emanuel Podcast #5, an interview with Associate Rabbi Geri Newburge about the Temple Emanuel Youth Alternative Weekend program, which took place last November.

Last November, Temple Emanuel young people spend the weekend of the annual teacher's convention on an alternative retreat in Baltimore that combined social, spiritual, and community action activities.

In April, the program won the Irving J. Fain Award from the Religious Action Center of the Union for Reform Judaism. Rabbi Geri Newburge, our associate rabbi, accepted the Award RAC's Consultation on Conscience program in Washington.

The award is named in honor of the late Irving J. Fain, who was Chair of the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism for more than a decade.

In its citation, the Reform Action Center said "Temple Emanuel’s youth program is modeled after the college Alternative Spring Break. Held in November when schools were closed for an annual teachers’ convention, Temple Emanuel exposed students to the effects of poverty through a volunteer program in Baltimore, MD. Participants volunteered in three agencies including a soup kitchen, a food bank and a transitional homeless shelter. After returning, they dedicated themselves to educating others in the congregation about the shared responsibility to work for social and economic justice."

In this podcast, Rabbi Newburge discusses the program and the award, and the challenges of developing compelling program for Jewish young people.

Download the podcast file here (17.2 mb stereo MP3 file, 00:12:17 length).

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Temple Emanuel Podcast #3, 2/18/2007:
An interview with Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen, Director of Lifelong Education

Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen, Associate Rabbi and Director of Lifelong Education

Temple Emanuel, Cherry Hill, NJ, continues its series of podcasts about Temple activities. In this episode, we interview Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen, whose second book, Lilith’s Ark: Teenage Tales of Biblical Women, was named to receive a 2007 National Jewish Book Award in the Jewish Family Literature category.

You can read Rabbi Cohen's bio here.

Download the podcast file here (21.7 mb stereo MP3 file, 00:15:28 length).

Temple Emanuel Podcast #2, 8/2/2006:
Panel Discussion on the Middle East Crisis

Temple Emanuel, Cherry Hill, NJ, continues its series of podcasts about Temple activities.

In this program, recorded August 2, 2006, we present a panel discussion of the Middle East crisis moderated by Senior Rabbi Jerome P. David. Panelists are: Dr. Janine Sobel, president of the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey, who just returned from a visit to Israel as part of an emergency mission trip for US Jewish community leaders; and Aryeh Gluck, former director of the Reform summer camp, Camp Harlam, and an Israeli citizen and Israeli Defense Force veteran who frequently visits Israel.

Download the podcast file here (116.4mb stereo MP3 file, 01:22:46 length).

Temple Emanuel Podcast #1, 4/13/2006:
Our first "Men's Seder" led by Rabbi Jerome P. David

Rabbi Jerome P. David, Senior Rabbi, Temple Emanuel, Cherry Hill, NJ

Theme Music: "Untitled," by Dave Ahl, from GarageBand.com