Finding Connections - Chats with Rabbi Jonathan Freirich
Rabbi Jonathan Freirich
Conversations between people who care to make a difference in the world and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, from Temple Beth Zion in Buffalo, New York.
- 18 minutes 59 secondsWhat Our Faith Demands, Episode 1, Part 1
Burnout, accountability, speaking the truth, and more!
Rev. Raquel Alston, Rev. Tanya Spencer, and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich begin a discussion about how to put "loving our neighbors as ourselves" into action.
30 March 2026, 12:00 pm - 18 minutes 47 secondsWhat Our Faith Demands - Episode 1, Part 2
Rev. Raquel Alston, Rev. Tanya Spencer, and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich move from the theoretical into the practical as they talk about feeling the love of the Divine, cultivating healthy self-love, and then using that to act on "loving our neighbors as our selves".
30 March 2026, 12:00 pm - 1 hour 19 minutesBuilding Better Stories - Huck Finn & James
A special edition of Building Better Stories including 30 minutes with Professor Shelley Fisher Fishkin, author of Jim: The Life and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn's Comrade, and more thoughts about James, by Percival Everett.
27 July 2025, 3:00 pm - 1 hour 2 minutesBuilding Better Stories - Huck Finn - encountering the past to build a better future
Should we teach Huck Finn in schools? This and so much more about the stories we tell and how they help us grapple with the real past, talk about real present challenges, and build a better future together.
11 July 2025, 7:00 pm - 39 minutes 34 secondsAccomplices for Justice Weekly - Episode 5
Let's move our conversations into public libraries, schools, and college campuses!
28 April 2025, 2:00 pm - 33 minutes 42 secondsAccomplices for Justice Weekly - Episode 217 April 2025, 2:00 pm
- 1 hour 6 minutesFinding Freedom Together - Session 5
Solidarity - an essential aspect of freedom - and what we are to do about it.
17 April 2025, 2:00 pm - 32 minutes 34 secondsAccomplices for Justice Weekly - Episode 317 April 2025, 2:00 pm
- 34 minutes 44 secondsAccomplices for Justice Weekly - Episode 417 April 2025, 2:00 pm
- 1 hour 1 minuteFinding Freedom Together, Session 4
Factuality - truth as an essential aspect of freedom.
27 March 2025, 1:00 am - 1 hour 5 minutesFinding Freedom Together - Session 3
Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich explore mobility in all its forms and how we are free and hindered because of our access to mobility.
Thanks to Timothy Snyder’s work, “On Freedom” for inspiring this series.
Supported by a grant from Humanities New York and the generosity of the Buffalo History Museum.12 March 2025, 6:00 pm - More Episodes? Get the App