Regeneration: A Podcast About Crafting DIY Jewish Ritual

On today’s episode, we speak with Lee Hendler, co-founder and president of the Jewish Grandparents Network. She is also the founder of Freedom’s Feast, an initiative that explores American holidays as opportunities to connect with our values, history, and traditions, and the author of The Year Mom Got Religion: One Woman’s Midlife Journey into Judaism.

Lee reflects on the interconnected nature of religion, family, and community, and shares how she lives her values through her role as a grandparent deeply invested in strengthening family connections across generations.

Today’s episode is the last in Season 1, and we want to hear from you: 

Tell us about a time you remixed ritual when life changed, or you found yourself without regular supplies? We want to hear how you marked the moment, or even had a festive drink. Send us a voice memo or email at JGNpodcast@gmail.com. 

Visit our website here to download guidebooks for each episode: recustom.com/regeneration

Get ideas and resources for Jewish family connection at jewishgrandparentsnetwork.org.

If you’d like to sponsor a future episode or share feedback, you can reach us at JGNpodcast@gmail.com. 

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Regeneration is hosted by Eileen Levinson and Debra Weinberg and produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Josh Gilbert ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kate Mishkin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

On today’s episode, we welcome Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin, who thinks deeply and lives deeply in these life cycles, particularly in two major ways: through the environment, and through issues of infertility. In this episode, we talk about the responsibilities the individual has to the community and vice versa, the elasticity of ritual, and the ritual of making lemons into lemonade. 

Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin is an author, an activist, director of Jewish Life at JCC in Baltimore, and founder of the Jewish Women’s Resource Center. She’s also one of the first women ordained as a Conservative rabbi.  

Visit our website here to download guidebooks for each episode: recustom.com/regeneration

Get ideas and resources for Jewish family connection at jewishgrandparentsnetwork.org.

If you’d like to sponsor a future episode or share feedback, you can reach us at JGNpodcast@gmail.com. 

Regeneration is hosted by Eileen Levinson and Debra Weinberg and produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Josh Gilbert ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kate Mishkin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In this episode, we welcome Rabbi Josh Feigelson, PhD, President & CEO at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality – a haven for those looking for Jewish mindfulness. 

In this episode, Rabbi Josh talks about living intentionally with values – whether that’s meditation, movement, or some other way of locking in, and how IJS has grown and sustained through seismic global shifts.

Bonus reading:


Jonathan Sacks’s A Letter in the Scroll 


Haggadah: The Passover Story book by Marc-Alain Ouaknin 


Podcast: Soulful Jewish Living: Mindful Practices For Every Day

Visit our website here to download guidebooks for each episode: recustom.com/regeneration

Get ideas and resources for Jewish family connection at jewishgrandparentsnetwork.org.

If you’d like to sponsor a future episode or share feedback, you can reach us at JGNpodcast@gmail.com. 

Regeneration is hosted by Eileen Levinson and Debra Weinberg and produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Josh Gilbert ⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Kate Mishkin⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Today, we speak with Rabbi Shira Stutman, senior rabbi at the Aspen Jewish Congregation, author of The Jewish Way to a Good Life, and host of the beloved PRX podcast “Chutzpod.” 

In this episode, we talk about how we use touch and affection in our rituals. We also talk about how ritual can be flexible enough to adapt as our kids and grandkids grow older, but how it can act as an unshakeable commitment to tradition. 

Read more about Rabbi Shira Stutman here. Listen to Chutzpod here. 

Visit our website here to download guidebooks for each episode: recustom.com/regeneration

Get ideas and resources for Jewish family connection at jewishgrandparentsnetwork.org.

If you’d like to sponsor a future episode or share feedback, you can reach us at JGNpodcast@gmail.com. 

Regeneration is hosted by Eileen Levinson and Debra Weinberg and produced by ⁠⁠⁠Josh Gilbert ⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠Kate Mishkin⁠⁠⁠.

At Recustom, we have a saying: We want to help you make ritual your own, so you can welcome whatever life brings. Rituals are a way to ready ourselves against the unpredictability of life. In this episode, we consider rituals as a way to usher in gratitude, and to be reminded of what we already have.

Our guest is Rabbi Dana Saroken, rabbi at the Beth El Congregation in Baltimore, Maryland. She’s been there since 2007, when she became the congregation’s first female rabbi. She’s also founder of the Soul Center – self-described as a “place where you can exhale. A place that nourishes and inspires you. A place where you feel supported, cared for and at peace. A place where you can learn and grow and just “be” without judgment.” 

Read more about The Soul Center here. 

Visit our website here to download guidebooks for each episode: recustom.com/regeneration

Get ideas and resources for Jewish family connection at jewishgrandparentsnetwork.org.

If you’d like to sponsor a future episode or share feedback, you can reach us at JGNpodcast@gmail.com. 

Regeneration is hosted by Eileen Levinson and Debra Weinberg and produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Josh Gilbert ⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Kate Mishkin⁠⁠⁠⁠.