This week we sit down with Heather Miller, a current student at the Pluralistic Rabbinical Seminary. Besides being a student at PRS, Heather is also a synagogue president, school administrator, and most importantly a mother of two! Apply: https://jewishpluralism.org/apply-to-our-program/ Join the Bet Midrash: https://jewishpluralism.org/enroll-community-beit-midrash/ Reach Out To Us: https://jewishpluralism.org/contact ..read more

What is true freedom? Surprise…it’s God! A Passover message in less than five minutes. Apply: https://jewishpluralism.org/apply-to-our-program/ Join the Bet Midrash: https://jewishpluralism.org/enroll-community-beit-midrash/ Reach Out To Us: https://jewishpluralism.org/contact ..read more

PRS Talmud instructor and text electives educator Rabbi Eric Wasser sits down with Rabbi Sandy to talk about teaching old ideas in new mediums and share a few stories of his time at PRS Apply: https://jewishpluralism.org/apply-to-our-program/ Join the Bet Midrash: https://jewishpluralism.org/enroll-community-beit-midrash/ Reach Out To Us: https://jewishpluralism.org/contact ..read more

Starting a pluralistic rabbinical seminary is no easy task. The rabbis reflect on the past two years of ups and downs, including what they would do differently if they had the choice. Apply: https://jewishpluralism.org/apply-to-our-program/ Join the Bet Midrash: https://jewishpluralism.org/enroll-community-beit-midrash/ Reach Out To Us: https://jewishpluralism.org/contact ..read more

How do you build a multinational Jewish nonprofit from your kitchen? Rabbi Sandy interviews Rabbi Patrick on the history of the PunkTorah network of websites, his most controversial moments of his career, and whether he’ll ever live down being “Patrick Aleph, the tattooed rabbi”. Apply: https://jewishpluralism.org/apply-to-our-program/ Join the Bet Midrash: https://jewishpluralism.org/enroll-community-beit-midrash/ Reach Out To Us: https://jewishpluralism.org/contact ..read more

Rabbi Patrick interviews Rabbi Sandy for a candid look at his life, what brought him to the independent rabbinate, and his hopes for the future. Apply: https://jewishpluralism.org/apply-to-our-program/ Join the Bet Midrash: https://jewishpluralism.org/enroll-community-beit-midrash/ Reach Out To Us: https://jewishpluralism.org/contact ..read more

Happy Purim with Rabbi Sandy! Rabbi Sandy shares a Purim message along with some teachings about the holiday. Text can be found on Sefaria.org Apply: https://jewishpluralism.org/apply-to-our-program/ Join the Bet Midrash: https://jewishpluralism.org/enroll-community-beit-midrash/ Reach Out To Us: https://jewishpluralism.org/contact ..read more

The rabbis reflect on the fateful day they said, “let’s do this” and started the Pluralistic Rabbinical Seminary. Apply: https://jewishpluralism.org/apply-to-our-program/ Join the Bet Midrash: https://jewishpluralism.org/enroll-community-beit-midrash/ Reach Out To Us: https://jewishpluralism.org/contact ..read more

Rabbis Sandy & Patrick talk about why PRS was so badly needed, the problems they attempt to solve with an online rabbinical seminary. Apply: https://jewishpluralism.org/apply-to-our-program/ Join the Bet Midrash: https://jewishpluralism.org/enroll-community-beit-midrash/ Reach Out To Us: https://jewishpluralism.org/contact ..read more

Founder & Director Rabbi Sandy Zisser along with Rabbi Patrick (PRS Director of Innovation) give you the inside scoop on what it’s like to start a rabbinical seminary in the era of COVID, the victories and setbacks along the way, and what to expect from this podcast. Apply: https://jewishpluralism.org/apply-to-our-program/ Join the Bet Midrash: https://jewishpluralism.org/enroll-community-beit-midrash/ Reach Out To Us: https://jewishpluralism.org/contact ..read more