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	Title	Pub. Date	Duration
	YJN #238 - 10/21/12 - Yom Kippur Sermon	21 Oct 2012	00:20:20
In this special series of podcasts, all falling under the umbrella of episode #238, we are proud to offer the four serllmons from Temple Isaiah's High Holy Days services. This installment features the Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon by Rabbi Judy Shanks. Please be sure to visit our official home on at the web at: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org
	YJN #238 - 10/21/12 - Kol Nidre Sermon	21 Oct 2012	00:17:23
In this special series of podcasts, all falling under the umbrella of episode #238, we are proud to offer the four serllmons from Temple Isaiah's High Holy Days services. This installment features the Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon by Rabbi Judy Shanks. Please be sure to visit our official home on at the web at: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org
	YJN #238 - 10/21/12 - Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon	21 Oct 2012	00:26:16
In this special series of podcasts, all falling under the umbrella of episode #238, we are proud to offer the four serllmons from Temple Isaiah's High Holy Days services. This installment features the Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon by Rabbi Judy Shanks. Please be sure to visit our official home on at the web at: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org
	YJN #237 - 08/19/12 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on Yizkor	19 Aug 2012	00:07:57
Please visit our official home: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Yizkor, the Memorial Service, from My Jewish Learning Yizkor, from Jewish Virtual Library Yizkor: Just the Basics, from My Kaddish The Yizkor Book Project Yizkor: Online Yahrzeit Reminder & Memorials, from ORT Video: Yizkor for Martyrs, a memorial concert by David Chevan
	YJN #236 - 07/29/12 - Rabbi Graetz on Havdalah	29 Jul 2012	00:10:17
Be sure to visit our home site: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Havdalah, from the Jewish Virtual Library Havdalah: Taking Leave of Shabbat, from My Jewish Learning The Magic of Havdalah Havdalah Blessings The Havdalah Ceremony: Distinctions and origins Making Havdalah Simply (video)
	YJN #235 - Rabbi Nicki Greninger on Total Physical Response (TPR) for learning languages	22 Jun 2012	00:11:08
Be sure to visit us at our official home: YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: The ABC's of the Total Physical Response Wikipedia listing on TPR Your TPR Source TPR and Language Acquisition (Video) Total Physical Response: A Short Introduction (PDF)
	YJN #234 - 04/28/12 - A Child of Temple Isaiah	28 Apr 2012	00:19:54
Be sure to visit Your jewish Neighborhood at our official home: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org
	YJN #233 - 03/31/12 - Some Passover Music	01 Apr 2012	00:09:30
Be sure to visit us at our official website: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Passover Music from TheHolidaySpot.com Alan Eder and Friends Debbie Friedman's website Passover Music from Kosher4Passover.com A downloadable PDF Passover Haggadah
	YJN #232 - 03/17/12 - Rabbi Greninger on Grade-Based Alternatives to Jewish Education	17 Mar 2012	00:10:30
Be sure to visit us at our official home: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Alternative Models for Jewish Education, from the Rejewvenate! blog Outcome-based education, a description from Wikipedia Jewish Educational Trends Jewish Education Change Network Temple Isaiah's Religious School
	YJN #231 - 02/19/12 - Rabbi Greninger on The Hebrew Project	20 Feb 2012	00:11:55
Be sure to visit our official home: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Hebrew Project Wiki Hebrew Language, resources from the University of Texas at Austin Hebrew Blackboard, Hebrew teaching resources What Happened to 'Hebrew' in Hebrew School? Expriment in Congregational Education The Jewish Education Project
	YJN #230 - 01/29/12 - Rabbi Judy Shanks on Temple Isaiah's Founding 60 Years Ago	30 Jan 2012	00:11:09
Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home: YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's one and only link: Temple Isaiah: Celebrating 60 Years
	YJN #229 - 01/07/12 - Nina Simone Gotch, Education Director, Anti-Defamation League	07 Jan 2012	00:11:36
Please visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Anti-Defamation League What is Anti-Semitism?, from the ADL Anti-Semitic violence doubled in 2009, from the Jerusalem Post The shocking statistics ab out anti-Semitism in America, YouTube video FBI's 2010 hate crime statistics from ACoordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism Public education Campaign to End Campus Anti-Semitism, from the US Commission on Civil Rights Simon Wiesenthal Center
	YJN #228 - 12/19/11 - Rabbi Shanks on the Significance of Chanukah	20 Dec 2011	00:11:52
Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at our official website: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links Chanukah, from the Jewish Virtual Library Rabbis shed light on Chanukah's importance, from the Palm Beach Daily News The Meaning of Chanukah, from Being Jewish Eight Days of Chanukah -- What's the Spiritual Significance, from aJudaica.com Judaism 101: Chanukah Chanukah, American Style, from the American Jewish Historical Society
	YJN #227 - 12/11/11 - The Campaign for Youth Engagement	11 Dec 2011	00:08:51
Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at our official home: YourJewishNeighborhood.org This weeks links: The URJ's Campaign for Youth Engagement Jewish Parents: how to Get Teens to Keep Engaged After 13, from Radical parenting Preventing Post B'nai Mitzvah Dropout-itis, from Reform Judaism Online Study Finds 'Man Crisis' in Liberal Jewish Circles Keeping Our Kids on the Derech, an Orthodox perspective
	YJN #226 - 11/14/11 - Modern Synagogue Communications	14 Nov 2011	00:13:35
Visit the official home of Your Jewish Neighborhood: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Who Reads Synagogue Newsletters? Marketing the Shul: What's Working and What Needs to Work U.S. Synagoges Lag in Use of Web and Social Media Technologies Temple Isaiah's Facebook page Rabbi Judy Shanks on Twitter
	YJN #225 - Cantor Korn on Selichot - 10/23/11	23 Oct 2011	00:11:16
Visit our official website at: www.yourjewishneighborhood.org This week's links: Questions and answers about Selichot from the Orthodox Union Selichot: Prayers of Repetence, from MyJewishLearning.com Selicot at the Western Wall, from YouTube When do we begin saying Selichot and why?, from AskMoses.com Music of Selichot and the High Holy Days from Sinai Temple, Springfield, MA Selichot for iPhone and iPad, from The Jewish iPhone Magazine
	YJN #224 - 09/25/18 - Why Hebrew Letters are Used for Numbers	26 Sep 2011	00:11:23
Visit the official home of Your Jewish Neighborhood for show notes and more: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org Hebrew Numbers Numbers in Hebrew Video Lesson: Hebrew 101 - Numbers & Days The Confusion of Hebrew Numbers Kabbalah: Meaning of Numbers Symbolism of "Chai", 18
	YJN #223 - 09/01/11 - Rabbi Graetz on Israel and the Arab Spring	01 Sep 2011	00:09:58
Please visit the official YJN website: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Arab Spring spells uncertainty for Israel, from BBC Israel's Arab Spring?, from The Huffington Post Israel must not ignore the Arab Spring, from Haaretz.com Israeli Summer is no Arab Spring, from USA Today What the Arab Spring Means for Israel and Palestine, from NPR Has the Arab Spring arrived in Israel?, from Al Jazeera English
	YJN #222 - 08/02/11 - Judaism and "End Times"	02 Aug 2011	00:10:10
Be sure to visit our official website at YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: The apocalypse in Judaism from Jewish Encyclopedia Apocalypse Then, from Reform Judaism magazine Revelation/Apocalypse vs. Torah Prophesies? Apocalyptic Literature in the Old Testament and Early Judaism, a bibliography Apocalypses and the Apocalypse, from Messianic Jewish Musings Jewish End of Days, a blog dedicated to "a Jewish perspective on the end times and the coming of the Messiah" Judaism section of the Wikipedia listing for "End Time" Mashiach: The Messiah listing from Judaism 101
	YJN #221 - 07/12/11 - Val Morehouse Reads "The Castle on Hester Street"	12 Jul 2011	00:12:07
Be sure to visit our official home: YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: The Castle on Hester Street on Amazon.com Reviews and discussions of The Castle on Hester Street Linda Heller's Website
	YJN #220 - Satan in Judaism - 6/28/11	28 Jun 2011	00:07:15
Be sure to visit the official home of Your Jewish Neighborhood: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Satan from JewishEnyclopedia.com Jews believe in The Satan, and not in the devil, from WhatJewsBelieve.org Do Jews Believe in Satan? from About.com Does Judaism Believe in Satan? from BeingJewish.com
	YJN #219 - 06/11/11 - Rabbi Forrest on Making Shabbat Meaningful	11 Jun 2011	00:11:29
Be sure to visit our official home: YourJewishNeighborhood This week's links How to Make Shabbat More Meaningful Top Ten Ways to Make Shabbat a Fun Family Celebration "Get Off the Internet, It's Shabbat!" Is it considered Melacha to use the internet on Shabbat? Shabbat in the Community Reimagining Shabbat, by Rabbi Eric H. Yoffe
	YJN #218 - 05/09/11 - Teen Trip to the Religious Action Center	09 May 2011	00:10:24
Be sure to visit our official home for more detailed show notes: YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Relgious Action Center RAC Facebook page Temple Isaiah's Confirmation program
	YJN #217 - 04/18/11 - Pesach melodies	18 Apr 2011	00:40:56
Be sure to visit our official home: YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Passover tunes (the source for this week's music) Jewish music, including Sephardic tunes Passover songs and music Music for Passover Passover Music (from Holiday Spot)
	YJN #216 - 04/03/11 - Rabbi Shanks of Rabbinic Sabbaticals	04 Apr 2011	00:13:50
Find our official podcast home at: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Preparing For A Rabbinic Sabbatical From The Perspective Of The Congregational Leadership, from the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation Sabbatical Preparations, from Rabbi Adam Morris of Denver, Colorado's Temple Micah Rabbinic Sabbatical Overview (PDF) Official Bhutan website Bhutan Travel Information and Travel Guide from Lonely Planet
	YJN #215 - 03/10/11 - Two Books, Two Views of the Israeli Political Situation	11 Mar 2011	00:13:33
Be sure to visit us at our official home: www.yourjewishneighborhood.org This week's links: Saving Israel, by Daniel Gordis (from the right) Saving Israel on Amazon.com Reviews of "Saving Israel The Holocaust is Over, by Avraham Burg (from the left) The Independent's feature story on "The Holocaust is Over" The Holocaust is Over on Amazon.com
	YJN #214 - 02/20/11 - What Jews Want Their Christian Friends to Know	20 Feb 2011	00:16:54
Visit us at our official home: YourJewishNeighborhood This week's links: What I Wish My Christian Friends Knew About Judaism A Yahoo Answers contribution Jewish Answers to Christian Questions Our Christan Friends
	YJN #213 - 01/23/11 - A Cantorial Concert at the Vatican	23 Jan 2011	00:12:24
Please be sure to visit our official home: Your Jewish Neighborhood This week's links: American Cantors to Perform at Vatican, from The Jewish Week Cantor Sally Neff's Vatican Audition (video) 20 Jewish cantors walk into a church -- it's no joke, from JTA American Conference of Cantors
	YJN #212 - 01/09/11 - Rabbi Greninger on Talking to Young Children about Death	09 Jan 2011	00:19:08
Be sure to visit our official home: YourJewishNeighborhood This week's links: How can I explain death to my Jewish grandchild? from "Ask the Reform Rabbi" Life, Death and Mourning, from Judaism 101 A Time to Grieve, A Time to Teach, from The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism The Jewish Bereavement Project How to Talk to Your Kids about Death, from the Jewish Journal Jewish Beliefs on the Afterlife, from Religion Facts
	YJN #211 - 12/19/10 - The Jewish Perspective on Bullying	20 Dec 2010	00:11:42
Visit us at our official home: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: What does Judaism say about bullying? from Moment magazine Bullying is Antithetical to Judaism from JewishWeek Behind Bullying, from Reform Judaism Bullies Among Us, from Jewish Journal Help Stop Bulling, a Jewish Federation initiative focused on LGBT bullying There's No Place for Bullying in God's World, from Jewish Exponent
	YJN #210 - 12/01/10 - What the Maccabees Can Teach Us About Celebrating Hanukkah	02 Dec 2010	00:12:09
Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Wikipedia listing for the Maccabees Behaving like Maccabees, Beliefnet article in acting more like Maccabees than ancient Greeks Hanukkah Lessons for Today, from Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center Maccabees re-establish independence in the land of Israel, from Jewish Agency for Israel Christmas-izing of Chanukah, from Jewish Journal
	YJN #209 - 11/21/10 - Angels in Judaism	21 Nov 2010	00:10:04
Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home: www.yourjewishneighborhood.org This week's links: By Fire, By Water, by Mitchell James Kaplan, at Amazon.com Video promo for By Fire, By Water Angels in Judaism, an overview by Judy Silver Index of Wikipedia listings for Angels in Judaism Angels in Jewish Tradition, by Rabbi David Wolpe, on BeliefNet
	YJN #207 - 10/12/10 - The origins and evolution of Zionism	12 Oct 2010	00:14:35
Be sure to visit our official website at: Your Jewish Neighborhood This week's links: A Definition of Zionism from the Jewish Virtual Library Zionism on the Web A definition and history of Zionism from MideastWeb.org Jews Against Zionism, an alternative point of view Theodor Herzl, founder of political Zionism, from Wikipedia
	YJN #206 - 09/26/10 - Decorating Your Home Sukkah Can Be a New Family Tradition	26 Sep 2010	00:14:27
Visit our official website at www.yourjewishneighborhood.org This week's links: Decorate Your Sukkah, from Simply Manischewitz Decorating the Sukkah, from Sukkot.com Easy and Inspiring Sukkah Decorations Need some ideas for Skukkah Decorations? Homemade Sukkah Decoration Crafts for Sukkot
	YJN #205 - 09/06/10 - Cantor Korn on Getting Kids Excited about Jewish Music	07 Sep 2010	00:11:10
Be sure to visit us at our official home at www.yourjewishneighborhood.org! This week's links: Temple Isaiah's music programs for kids and teens Places to study Jewish music Milken Archive of Jewish Music Jewis h Music that Doesn't Kid Around, article from The Jewish Week Wikipedia listing for cantillation
	YJN #204 - 08/17/10 - Getting a Get	17 Aug 2010	00:07:36
Please visit our official website: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Divorce, from the Jewish Virtual Library The Jewish Divorce Getting a Get, from Ask the Rabbi Jewish Divorce Law from WomensLaw.org How to Get a Jewish Divorce from eHow
	YJN #203 - 07/25/10 - Jewish Valentine's Day	25 Jul 2010	00:07:10
Visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at our official site: www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Wikipedia listing for Tu B'Av A Day of Love from My Jewish Learning Jewish Valentine's Day Tu B'Av Still Eludes Definition, 1997 article from J Weekly The Great Tu B'Av Project
	YJN #202 - 07/11/10 - Soundseeing Tour of Jewish Prague, Part 2	11 Jul 2010	00:18:44
Please visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at our official home: www.yourjewishneighborhood.org This week's links: Kosher Prague Wikipedia Listing for The Old-New Synagogue in Prague The Spanish Synagogue in Prague Prague's Old Jewish Cemetery Prague Jewish Museum Tour Guide Lenka Martinkova's Website
	YJN #201 - 07/03/10 - Soundseeing Tour of Prague's Jewish Quarter, Part 1	03 Jul 2010	00:26:36
Visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at our official home: www.yourjewishneighborhood.org This week's links: Tour guide Lenka Martinkova's website Virtual Jewish History tour of Prague Jewish Magazine article, Prague and the Jews Contemporary Jewish Culture in Prague Judaism listing in the Portal of Prague
	YJN #200 - 06/04/10 - Cantor Leigh Korn on Melodies for V'Ahavta and Mi Chamoca	05 Jun 2010	00:13:20
Please be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at our official home: www.yourjewishneighborhood.org This week's links: Cantor Korn chants the V'Ahavta; transliteration included V'Ahavta lessons, from Torah Focus Mi Chamoca, chanted by former Temple Isaiah Cantor Chanin Becker, with transliteration included Fusion: Tradition and Change in Synagogue Music, from the United Synagogue Review
	YJN #199 - A YJN Mystery: How Did Longfellow Come By His Talmudic Knowledge?	24 May 2010	00:08:25
Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home: http://www.yourjewishneighborhood.org This week's links: Wikipedia listing for Sandalphon Archaeon Sandalphon from Inner Light-Workers Sandalphon, the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Sandalphon: Facts, Discusion Forum and Encyclopedia Article The Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in its entirety, from Google Books
	YJN #198 - 04/20/10 - Rabbi Roberto Graetz on Judaism in Latin America	20 Apr 2010	00:10:10
Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home. This week's links: History of the Jews in Latin America, from Wikipedia Progressive Judaism on the Map in Argentina The Virtual Jewish History Tour: Brazil The Virtual Jewish History Tour: Argentina Are the Jews of Argentina Disappearing?
	YJN #197 - 04/04/10 - "Twinning" congregations	04 Apr 2010	00:07:49
Please visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home: YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Congregation Tzur Hadassah, Temple Isaiah's twinning partner YJN #141, our first discussion on synagogue twinning URJ page on twinning
	YJN #196 - 03/18/10 - Reform Judaism's Stance on LGBT Issues	19 Mar 2010	00:14:45
Please visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its regular home: YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: History of Reform Judaism's position on homosexuality, from ReligiousTolerance.org Gays & Lesbians Under the Chupah, from Reform Judaism Magazine Judaism and Same-sex Marriage, from MyJewishLearning.com Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism page on LGBT rights The REform Movement on LGBT Issues, from Jewish Mosaic, the National Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity
	YJN #195 - 02/28/10 - Rabbi Shanks on God's Role in Natural Disasters	28 Feb 2010	00:15:33
Please visit the official home of Your Jewish Neighborhood for complete show notes and more! This week's links: The Jewish response to natural disasters On Judaism: When disaster strikes, from the Jerusalem Post Is God in Haiti?, from Reform Judaism blog The Jewish way of responding to natural disasters
	YJN #194 - 02/14/10 - The Ritual and Relevance of Tefillin	14 Feb 2010	00:15:56
Be sure to visit the official home of Your Jewish Neighborhood. This week's links: Detailed information about Tefillin from Judaica Guide Video tutorial on putting on Tefillin from YouTube The Mitzvah of Tefillin from BeingJewish.com Prayers for putting on Tefillin from Judaism 101 Meditation for Tefillin from "The Torah: A Women's Commentary"
	YJN #193 - 02/02/10 - The Evolution of Tu B'Shevat	02 Feb 2010	00:13:22
Visit us at our official website, www.YourJewishNeigbhborhood.org This week's links: Judaism 101's entry on Tu B'Shevat a Tu B'Shevat rap from the JNF on YouTube A Tu B'Shevat seder (downloadable PDF) Another Tu B'Shevat seder Tu B'Shevat recipe index
	YJN #192 - 01/21/10 - Removing the Stigma of Mental Illness	22 Jan 2010	00:19:07
Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home, YourJewishNeighborhood.org. This week's links: P'tach Libeynu, Temple Isaiah's mental illness support program Overcoming the stigma of mental illness, from The Mayo Clinic NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness Judaism and Mental Illness, from My Jewish Learning
	YJN #191 - 01/06/10 - The pressure on kids to be perfect	06 Jan 2010	00:12:27
Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home: www.yourjewishneighborhood.org This week's links: Resilience of the Soul, from URJ Books How to begin a Resilience of the Soul Program, from the URJ The Jewish Publication Society
	YJN #190 - 12/19/09 - Rabbi Forrest on Rosh Chodesh: It's a Girl Thing	19 Dec 2009	00:10:54
Be sure to visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at our official home, www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org This week's links: Rosh Chodesh explained by Judaism 101 Wikipedia listing for Rosh Chodesh Rosh Hodesh: It's a Girl Thing Moving Traditions Rosh Chodesh at Temple Isaiah

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