Not That Kind of Rabbi
Award winning broadcaster Ralph Benmergui brings his passion and curiosity to a brand new podcast. ‘Not That Kind of Rabbi’ lets you see people you thought you knew and turns their story upside down by looking at them through a spiritual lens.
Listen to the latest episodes of Not That Kind of Rabbi:
In his new memoir, Michael Coren recounts his life, from Jewish cabbie's son to Anglican priest
November 7, 2024
Michael Coren has lived many lives. Born to a Jewish cab driver in England, Coren converted to Catholocism in the 1980s, then Evangelicalism in the '90s; he grew into a bombastic right-wing Christian talk radio and TV personality with shows on the Sun News Network and the Crossroads Television System; then he came back to […]
How Eva Almos channels the spirit of her survivor mother in an audio drama about Holocaust zombies
October 22, 2024
Both of Eva Almos's parents were Holocaust survivors. Her mother, from Lithuania, was a kind and gentle soul who went out of her way to uplift strangers and support her daughter. But her father was the opposite: a traditional Greek man with chauvinist ideas who was hardened by the horrors of the Holocaust. The duality […]
From devastation to creation: How artist Devon Spier found spiritual meaning through affliction
October 2, 2024
Devon Spier has long COVID. The artist, poet and spiritual guide has spent days bedridden, feeling ill and angry at God. But that forced pause gave her time to reflect on her life, art and beliefs, and she began to realize more emphatically how God, for her, exists in liminal spaces—in the wilderness, in small […]
Trailblazing artist Neshama Carlebach opens up about her next spiritual goal: the rabbinate
September 17, 2024
Growing up in the Orthodox movement, Neshama Carlebach would hear it a lot: "It's a shame your father never had sons." The father in question, the acclaimed Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, instead had two daughters—and the implication was that his legacy as a prolific songwriter, whose repertoire includes the popular 1965 folk anthem "Am Yisrael Chai", […]
Jesse Brown lost 9% of his supporters after he began spotlighting antisemitism. Here's why he won't stop
September 4, 2024
In the aftermath of Oct. 7, Jesse Brown—who has risen to prominence as a media critic and muckraker with his Canadaland podcast and digital media company—once again stirred up controversy online. But it wasn't a big news investigation that sparked outrage; it was a series of posts about antisemitic attacks on Canadian Jewish-aligned institutions, from […]