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:
Why writer Marsha Lederman, daughter of Holocaust survivors, feels 'less alone' on Yom HaShoah
May 6, 2024
Marsha Lederman is a catastrophizer. As the daughter of Holocaust survivors, the author and Globe and Mail columnist has gone through life worrying about everything that can go wrong, to the point that she wrote a book about things going wrong in her life. Kiss the Red Stairs, released August 2023, investigates the ramifications of […]
This Earth Day, pretend it's Shabbat—and take a break for the environment
April 21, 2024
You may not think of keeping Shabbat as environmental activism—but Jonathan Schorsch does. The founder of the Green Sabbath Project is on a mission to tackle climate change by adapting the biblical Jewish practice into something universally good for our planet. After all, in the Venn diagram of environmentalism and observant Judaism, "Not driving one […]
Alan Zweig looks back on decades of filmmaking—and ahead to his pessimistic new podcast
April 10, 2024
Alan Zweig was on the road to becoming, like so many other midtown Toronto Jews, a lawyer. Instead, in his early 20s, he zigzagged off the course and wound up taking multiple lengthy trips to India, changing his perspective on life and work. He chose film school instead, propelling him into a decades-long documentary career […]
A new Orthodox horror novel blends Kabbalah, family drama and memories of the Holocaust
March 19, 2024
Toby Lloyd didn't grow up religious. But the British Jewish author became fascinated with Orthodoxy—how different people, even in the same family, can interpret biblical texts as either literal or metaphorical. Wanting to tap into the meaning and effects of people's belief systems, as well as reinterpreting stories from the Torah and wrapping it in […]
In her new solo show, Diane Flacks tackles divorce, motherhood and the intergenerational power of Jewish guilt
March 4, 2024
Diane Flacks has always felt the power of Jewish guilt. But when when she decided she wanted a divorce, that guilt grew to a whole new level. She constantly questioned the process, even while she was going through it, thinking about whether it was the right move or not. To process these thoughts and emotions, […]