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Real Rabbi NYC

Juliet Elkind-Cruz

As a rabbi, I like keeping things real, whether about my life, or about Torah. And I do it all with a good helping of irreverence. I try to be both short and sweet, starting with my own life, my struggles, and those of the world today, and connecting to lessons I can take from Torah. My goal is to bring you the meaning I find with a new and relevant perspective as I discover it for myself, leaving you with a blessing or a prayer for the week each time.

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00:19:00

Cowardice, Bravery, & B’shalakh

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2024/01/30

It’s been a while. But I’m back and ready to talk about the real issues -again. Uvalde mass shooting from 2022 and the justice department’s report, plus Gaza war…they have something in common as a lesson for us connected to Torah! Listen to find out, and leave a comment if you wish. I love to hear from my listeners!

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00:26:56

Six Feet Under & Tevet

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/12/15

When I recently watched the show Six Feet Under from the early 2000’s, I saw many similarities in the energy, plot, and lessons to what is happening today in the world and in Israel and Gaza, and the spiritual demands of our time. Listen to find out. I love dark humor, but this got very dark. Still, I was obsessed.

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00:13:26

Thanksgiving Stuffing & Kislev

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/11/20

I’ve been stuffing down my feelings with food—tried and NOT true way to deal with difficult things. What is the right and righteous thing to do with the Israel/Gaza situation? How does Torah reflect our struggles? What side of history will we be on?

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00:16:59

Bitter Heshvan Living Up To Its Name, & Light in the...

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/10/26

As the moon waxes to its maximum light this month, it’s hard to find the light among the bitterness and pain of death and destruction of the past weeks in Israel and Gaza. What does my voice need to express, what is my responsibility as a person, a Jew, a rabbi, in a time when what I have to say is unpopular with my tribe? How do Sarah and Angelina Grimke as abolitionists and suffragists inspire me?

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00:28:16

Two Weddings, a Funeral, and an Unveiling

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/10/12

I just returned from co-officiating at two interfaith weddings, and what an experience of joy and bringing people together that don’t normally interact so much. It felt like such holy work, and gave me so much hope for the future. And then the attacks came on Israel, and it all unraveled…listen here to my incredible experiences that I want so much to share with you. Leave a comment in the comments section, go to my website and contact me. Let’s talk.

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00:09:12

God Willing (Ha’azinu)

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/09/22

It’s the end of a year, the end of a season, and the beginning of new ones. With the end of this Jewish year, I have an announcement to make for the coming year as I go through a transition. As I open to the still, small voice, I have decided that ater three years of weekly blogging, and I’m not sure how many weekly podcasts corresponding to the Parsha, I am making space and time for other things. Listen for the full story! Until soon!

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00:12:15

Newer-Truer vs. Oldy-Moldy (Nitzavim/Vayelikh)

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/09/07

What do you do when you’re working with a Christian minister and they don’t know how it feels to hear, “Jesus Christ Our Lord and Savior”? And what part of this phrase are most problematic? And why? This week, through my own struggles and this week’s double Parasha, I take you on a journey of exploration and revelation. Just in time for Rosh Hashanah!

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00:12:00

A Hard Pill to Swallow & Ki Tavo

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/08/31

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse…this is how the Parsha reads this week—if we don’t follow God’s commandments. The same is true for the opposite: if we do, everything will be perfect, no one will get sick, etc. We tend to live that way in our modern world. We’ve been told that if we do everything right, everything will be perfect. But it’s unrealistic. As we approach Rosh Hashanah, how do we find the balance between being and doing?

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00:06:06

Zero Expectations & Ki Teitzei

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/08/24

How much do our expectations define outcomes? Self-fulfilling prophecies and high expectations that disappoint because we’re expecting more than can be delivered can really let us down. That means that changing expectations can make us happier. Listen for the connection to this week’s parsha. It’s a quick one.

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00:10:11

Go Woke, Go Broke, Stone Throwing, Happy Elul, & Shoftim

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/08/17

With the Women’s soccer team losing this week, and all the flack they’ve gotten from the Right, the discourse around gender continues to be challenging, to say the least. Also, I have Covid brain at the moment, meaning my mind is muddled from actual Covid, but it’s really important to be clear when we communicate—and it’s probably the hardest thing we have to do as humans.

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00:08:36

R’eih and The Choices We Make

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/08/10

R’eih gives us the choice of the blessing or the curse. Whether it’s child rearing, or speaking up when sexual assault or abuse of power occur, the choices we make are never easy. We have to balance them with the society we live in and what we can manage. Here I share my personal experience of choosing unpopular ways of raising my children, and the predictions people made about their future, and offer a parallel with political things happening in the news this week. What are the spiritual lessons

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00:12:46

A Whack On the Head & Eikev

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/08/03

Black boys, public pools, drowning, mass incarceration, the death penalty, crusted hearts, stiff necks, and the Parsha.

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00:13:56

God is a Communist (Tisha B’av & Va’etchanan)

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/07/27

This week as we commemorate the destruction of the Temple, we mourn. What are we mourning, really? We are experiencing the hottest temperatures this summer on record. What do we do about it? Will prayer bring us where we need to go? God, through Isaiah, has a lot to say about this.

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00:09:53

Which Way Do We Look?

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/07/20

With wildfires sending smoke across the globe, and heat rising to unprecedented levels, can we even escape? What can we learn from the Torah this week?

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00:15:10

On the Way (Matot-Masei & Am I Worthy?)

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/07/13

Recounting just some the magic that happened for me last week at the Kallah conference for Jewish Renewal. Am I worthy? Worth the listen!

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00:04:47

All About Magic (Hukkat & Balak)

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/06/29

Today I explore the idea of magic and how it shows up in the Torah, Judaism and our lives.

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00:12:58

Lords, Dukes, Kings, Gods, & Korakh

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/06/22

I watched a ridiculous Spanish series on Netflix about royalty that I couldn’t tear myself away from. What does this have to do with Korakh’s rebellion? Listen and find out.

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00:18:45

Weddings & Blazers; Fringes & Assumptions and Shlakh...

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/06/15

I did a wedding on Saturday afternoon, which turned out great, but there was so much talk about what I should wear as the rabbi, it made me crazy. Blazers and trailblazers, assumptions and laws. How do we figure out what’s right while also respecting our traditions? So very complicated, yet so very simple.

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00:09:10

Fire & Brimstone, and Lost in Torah

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/06/08

I got ahead of myself in Torah last week, but I have a story that fits perfectly with next week’s Parsha, so I’m talking about it anyway. And though the smoke from wildfires of Canada sweeping into the United States feels apocalyptic, that’s not my story, but it sure feels similar after this week from hell.

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00:10:11

New Territory, Misogyny, Naso, B’ha’a’lot’cha.

Real Rabbi NYC ·

2023/06/01

A revelation came to me last week as Shavuot, the holiday of Revelation, descended upon me last week. I’m entering new territory, and not sure where it will take me, but it sure is exciting! Take a listen.

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