The Jewish Way to a Good Life: A Conversation with Rabbi Shira Stutman

What does it really mean to live a good life and how can ancient Jewish practices help us get there? Rabbi Deborah Waxman sits down with her teacher, colleague, and friend Rabbi Shira Stutman, author of The Jewish Way to a Good Life , for a wide-ranging conversation about meaning, resilience, and loving kindness. Together, they explore how Jewish wisdom offers practical tools for universal human challenges: how to love, how to mourn, how to care for our bodies, how to build justice, and how to show up for one another imperfectly but persistently. At the center of their conversation is hesed, loving kindness, which Shira describes as more than emotion: It’s the courage to show up in daunting spaces and do the hard, sustained work of caring.

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The Jewish Way to a Good Life: A Conversation with Rabbi Shira Stutman is an episode from Hashivenu by Reconstructing Judaism.

This episode is 38:18 long.

This episode was published on Jan 30, 2026.

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