Episode 126: In Memory of My Mother

In this special Mother’s Day episode, Nahanni interviews her mother, Emma Rous, who died this winter. They talk about how Emma’s teenage activism in a Protestant youth group influenced her politics, her conversion to Judaism in 1971, memories of her first Yom Kippur, what it was like to invent her own Jewish identity, and how Judaism eventually became her home. You can find Can We Talk? on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or your favorite podcast app. We're also on YouTube ! Don't forget to

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Episode 126: In Memory of My Mother is an episode from Can We Talk? by Jewish Women's Archive.

This episode is 29:19 long.

This episode was published on May 6, 2025.

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