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Not That Kind of Rabbi

Spiritual journeys, discussions and lessons from award-winning broadcaster Ralph Benmergui. Every two weeks, join Ralph and his insightful guests for an in-depth sit-down conversation about the unseen problems affecting our world.

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Rabbi Natan Margalit

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2026/02/02

When Rabbi Natan Margalit looks at a dead tree on the ground he probably doesn't see what we see. He sees a divine spark of the creator. Everything, you see, is infused with that cosmic power. Reb Natan has a book out called the Pearl and the Flame. We had a great talk on this week's episode of NTKR. Have a listen.

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Maytal Kowalski

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2026/01/16

There is, shall we say, a lot of turbulence in the Jewish world right now. Sometimes that turbulence becomes toxic and conversations are polarizing. One person who wants to change all that is the Executive Director of a progressive Jewish thought leadership and lobby group called Jspace. Her name is Maytal Kowalski and she joins me from Vancouver on Not That Kind of Rabbi.

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Arik Labowitz, Rabbi at Canada's largest...

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2026/01/09

Sometimes we see what our parents do and think that it would be a great idea to follow in their footsteps. Especially when they both chose the same profession. In this episode of Not That Kind of Rabbi I speak with a next generation Rabbi who did his best to resist the siren call of spiritual leadership. Didn't work. He's a Rabbi, but not that kind of Rabbi. Arik Labowitz is,and has been for a while, the Rabbi at Canada's largest Renewal Synagogue, Or Shalom.

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Rabbi Rami Shapiro

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2025/11/17

On the latest episode of Not That Kind of Rabbi, Ralph talks to Rabbi, Zen practitioner and spiritual rascal Rabbi Rami Shapiro. Shapiro is the author of 36 books, his latest being Zen Mind--Jewish Mind. The Rabbi believes that everything is God. There is no outside or inside of the divine . The Divine is in everything , we just have to be available to experience it.

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00:47:22

A Little off the Top

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2025/11/03

More Jewish couples are deciding to skip a ritual That has been a part of Jewih life for four thousand years. the Brit Milah. The circumcision of a male Jewish child at eight days old. Circumcision today has a scientific and a religious aspect. We'll explore those in this edition. of Not That Kind of Rabbi with my guest, a pediatric surgeon (retired) and a Mohel, Someone who performs circumcisions.

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Saul Rubinek

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2025/10/06

In this episode of Not That Kind of Rabbi, Ralph speaks with actor, director, producer, and playwright Saul Rubinek.

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Rabbi Dr. David Seidenberg: Eco-spiritual, Eco-what?

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2025/06/13

On this episode of Not That Kind of Rabbi, Ralph Benmergui speaks with neohasid.org founder and author of the book, Kabbalah and Ecology, Rabbi David Seidenberg, on how we can restore the spiritual bond with an earth based Judaism.

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Amichai Lau-Lavie, the 'Sabbath Queen', is forging...

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2025/03/05

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For Rabbi Aaron Rotenberg, environmentalism isn't...

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2025/02/13

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'You can forgive and seek justice at the same time':...

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2025/01/21

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Gary Topp ushered Toronto into the cultural...

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2025/01/13

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How Choir! Choir! Choir! grew out of a living room...

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2024/12/23

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Playwright Mark Leiren-Young explains why Shylock...

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2024/12/05

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Filmmaker Allan Novak turns the camera on his family:...

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2024/11/20

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In his new memoir, Michael Coren recounts his life,...

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2024/11/07

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00:26:56

How Eva Almos channels the spirit of her survivor...

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2024/10/22

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00:33:45

From devastation to creation: How artist Devon Spier...

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2024/10/02

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Trailblazing artist Neshama Carlebach opens up about...

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2024/09/17

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Jesse Brown lost 9% of his supporters after he began...

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2024/09/04

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Rabbi Victor Gross is reimagining religion as a force...

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2024/08/20

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