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Kol Jeshurun

Temple B"nai Jeshurun

Welcome to Kol Jeshurun, the podcast of Temple B’nai Jeshurun, a vibrant and flourishing Reform Jewish community in Essex County, New Jersey. This podcast is a place to engage with teachings and music from our clergy, staff, and guest speakers, as we strive to bring a sense of meaning and hope into our world. If you would like to learn more about our congregation, please visit us at www.tbj.org and follow us on Facebook @tbjnewjersey and on Instagram @tbj_nj . Transcriptions available at

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10:22

Bringing a Better Reality into Being

Kol Jeshurun ·

2025/11/18

Rabbi Hannah Ellenson’s November 14, 2025 sermon calls for us to all celebrate life and bring a better reality into being. We are to be open to another side of the story that may have been hidden from our view.We watch as brothers reunite against the odds being stacked against them in this refreshing account of the story of Isaac and Ishmael.

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43:45

October 7th, 2023: In Memoriam

Kol Jeshurun ·

2025/10/28

A service of memory and hope in the wake of October 7th as we mark the somber 2 year anniversary of that dark day with prayer and music. Originally aired Erev Shabbat - October 10, 2025

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41:47

Rabbi Matthew D. Gewirtz - Rosh Hashana Morning 5786

Kol Jeshurun ·

2025/10/07

Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz's Rosh Hashana Morning SermonSeptember 22nd, 2025 ~ 5786

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25:05

God Was Right: How Modern Social Science Proves the...

Kol Jeshurun ·

2025/09/29

Mark Gerson is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, author and the co-founder and Chairman of United Hatzalah, the crowd-sourced network of volunteer medics that save people’s lives in the two minutes that separate life from death. On September 12, 2025, he joined us at TBJ to teach about his new book "God Was Right: How Modern Social Science Proves the Torah Is True."

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13:53

5786: Where our happiness is in the Preparation.

Kol Jeshurun ·

2025/09/09

Rabbi Karen Glazer Perolman proclaims 5786 here we come.

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36:29

Tree of Life - Reflections on Rabbi Gewirtz's most...

Kol Jeshurun ·

2025/08/12

Cantor Lucy B. Fishbein tenderly leads "Tree of Life" by Nefesh Mountain while Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz shares of his most recent trip to Israel.Sermon: Rabbi Matthew D. GewirtzMusic & lyrics by Nefesh Mountain - sung by Cantor Lucy B. Fishbein & Matt Turk, Music DirectorOriginally broadcast - Erev Shabbat 8/1/25Theme Music & Production by Matt Turk

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11:54

Hope in the face of Adversity

Kol Jeshurun ·

2025/07/22

TBJ Alum and Coordinator of Chapter Engagement and Strategy at Israel Policy Forum, Rebecca Mandelbaum shares her profound insight on her trip to Auschwitz this spring, her work in Israel advocacy and conflict resolution, and how she holds on to hope during uncertain times. A bit about Rebecca: Rebecca Mandelbaum is IPF Atid Coordinator of Chapter Engagement and Strategy. She received her bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Judaic Studies from Brown University and her master’s degree in

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11:10

Unexpected Blessings: Finding Prophets in Unlikely...

Kol Jeshurun ·

2025/07/15

In a world overwhelmed by hardship and division, the story of Balaam reminds us that wisdom, holiness, and the power to bless can come from unexpected places—even outside our own community—and that by staying open and attentive, we can bring more goodness and peace into our lives and to our world.Rabbi Hannah Ellenson shares her thoughts about this week's Torah portion - Balak.

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12:05

A Complicated Love - Reflections on the 4th of July

Kol Jeshurun ·

2025/07/10

Rabbi Perolman reflects on how Judaism models that a loving relationship spurs us to action.

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13:31

Lo L'fached K'lal - Managing Our Fear in Uncertain Times

Kol Jeshurun ·

2025/06/26

Rabbi Karen Glazer Perolman offers her reflections on Parshat Sh'lach Lecha and how we manage our fear during these unprecedented and uncertain times.Originally aired Erev Shabbat - June 20th, 2025

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15:22

In Every Generation...

Kol Jeshurun ·

2025/04/17

“Yatzah MiMitzrayim by Elana Arian and Noah Aronson” sung by Cantor Lucy Fishbein and Matt Turk. Original theme music by Matt Turk.As we approach the end of the Passover holiday, listen as Cantor Lucy Fishbein shares about the time honored Passover tradition that in every generation each of us should imagine that we ourselves experienced the exodus from Egypt.

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15:50

The opposite of war isn't peace, it's creation!

Kol Jeshurun ·

2025/04/10

Rabbi Karen Perolman's inspired sermon begins with Jonathan Larson's infamous rock musical quote: "The opposite of war isn't peace...it's Creation!" Originally aired March 28, 2025.

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34:58

Reflections on Our Recent Mission to Israel

Kol Jeshurun ·

2025/03/17

Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz' sermon takes light from TBJ children's wisdom to his recent mission to Kibbutzim Nir Oz and Erez, meeting with freed Israeli hostages, being in chance proximity to a terror attack, approaching wholeness in Jerusalem and finding the compelling need for healing and completion of this stage of the October 7th war.

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55:17

Nobody Wants This: A Conversation

Kol Jeshurun ·

2024/12/10

More of "Nobody Wants This!"Rabbi Karen Glazer Perolman and Lauren Rutkin (who happens to be married to TBJ's Senior Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz) sit down to discuss more about the hit Netflix show-- what rang true, what was over the top, and what they hope to see in Season 2.

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3:39

Dorin Cohen - A Story of Survival - October 7th -

Kol Jeshurun ·

2024/01/11

On October 7, the Cohens hid in their bomb shelter with their two young sons in their home in Kibbutz K’far Aza for nearly 30 hours. They quieted their older son, Adam, by watching 'Cocomelon' on his iPad. Eleven-year-old TBJ member Cody Braverman, who voices the main character on the show, was able connect with Adam, which is what brings the Cohens to TBJ on January 5, 2024. This is their harrowing story of survival against all odds.Produced by Matt Turk, Music Director

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25:19

From Power to Agency - Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz

Kol Jeshurun ·

2023/12/19

Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz reflects on the impact of his experience viewing the harrowing footage of the attacks on October 7th and how we all parse out our different views on the conflict as it unfolds.Originally broadcast December 19th, 2023.Produced by Matt Turk, Music Director.

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17:34

Arguments for the Sake of Heaven - Rabbi Leah Sternberg

Kol Jeshurun ·

2023/12/19

Rabbi Leah Sternberg explores the concept of machloket l'shem shamayim, arguments for the sake of heaven, as it pertains to the present conflict in Israel/Gaza.Cantor Lucy Fishbein sings a classic Israeli folk song, Ani V'atah - Me & You - which expresses how it is our responsibility to work together to create the change we wish to see in the world.Music & Lyrics by Arik EinsteinOriginally broadcast November 10th, 2023 @ 5:23pmProduced by Matt Turk, Music Director

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40:27

Report from the Ground - Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz

Kol Jeshurun ·

2023/12/19

Rabbi Matt Gewirtz reports back after a very powerful trip to Israel in the aftermath of the October 7th attacks.Cantor Lucy Fishbein sings a heart wrenching peace of music - Rikmah Enoshit Achat (We are one human tapestry) by Moti Hammer - to honor the fallen in Israel.Originally broadcast November 3rd, 2023Produced by Matt Turk, Music Director

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14:35

Answering the Call - Rabbi Karen Glazer Perolman

Kol Jeshurun ·

2023/12/18

The first in our Israel series:Rabbi Perolman reflects on the aftermath of October 7th and how the world immediately changed. She asks the question "what do we do now??" and gives us some tools to start searching for the answer.Sermon originally aired Friday October 27th, 2023 at TBJ.For more information, visit us at TBJ.org.Produced by Matt Turk, Music Director.

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59:24

Reflections on a song-filled career from Cantor...

Kol Jeshurun ·

2023/05/02

Cantor Lucy Fishbein of TBJ sits down for a conversation with her teacher, Cantor Benjie Ellen Schiller. Cantor Schiller has been a professor at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion for 35+ years and is a prolific composer in her own right. She is on the verge of retiring from her post as the Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman Professor of Liturgy, Worship and Ritual and Professor of Cantorial Arts and shares her reflections on her career and the evolution of the cantorate in the 4 decades

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