Benay Lappe: Judaism Unbound Episode 506 - Our 1st Guest…500 Episodes Later
Benay Lappe, founder and rosh yeshiva of SVARA: a Traditionally Radical Yeshiva, returns to Judaism Unbound! She was our first ever guest on this show, in Episode 3: Exodus, and she's returned many times before -- but this time, she specifically is here to reflect on how American-Jewish life has transformed over the course of the past 10 years, since that first appearance.
[1] Love what you hear? You can listen to Benay Lappe in conversation with our co-host Dan Libenson, in another podcast that's part of the Judaism Unbound family of podcasts! It's called The Oral Talmud -- learn more about it and subscribe here.
[2] For episode 500 of Judaism Unbound, where Dan and Lex became the guests, and reflected on the evolution and growth of Judaism Unbound over the years with executive director Miriam Terlinchamp, see Episode 500: 500 Weeks of Unbound Judaism. For Benay Lappe’s previous appearances on Judaism Unbound, see any of the below:
[3] For a piece about Lex’s uncle, Eric Rofes, being featured in the Stonewall Inn’s wall of honor in New York City, click here.
[4] Read a piece by Lappe, about Daf Shenati, the initiative she recently launched at Svara dedicated to studying one page of Talmud a year — and then teaching one another those pages — via this link.
[5] For the Talmudic story featuring the Hiyya and Hanina, which Lappe references, see Bava Metzia 85b. For the story Dan references, featuring Yochanan and Reish Lakish, see Bava Metzia 84a (yes these two stories, eerily, are on adjacent pages of the Talmud!).