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JewishBoston.com’s The Vibe of the Tribe podcast explores Jewish arts and culture, history, Israel, tradition and so much more. Hosted by Boston Jews Miriam and Dan, with special guests.
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Honoring the Stories of Ethiopian Jews
When she was a child, human rights activist and educator Dr. Shula Mola and her family fled Ethiopia for Israel. As they and other members o...
Strangers in Strange Lands: Sci-Fi & The Jewish Experience
Spooky season is upon us, and that means it’s time for The Vibe of the Tribe’s annual Halloween episode with author and occult and sci-fi ex...
Asylum: A Memoir of Family Secrets
How much do we really know about the lives of our parents and the secrets they’ve kept in their past? How do we delineate fiction from fact...
Tolkien and the Jews
In “a long-expected” episode, The Vibe of the Tribe celebrates the 20th anniversary of the cinematic release of the iconic fantasy film “The...
Jewish Death Rituals Explained
We exist in an era when the Jewish rituals around mourning—such as sitting shiva and saying kaddish—make frequent appearances in popular cul...
Combating Rising Jew Hatred With Dr. Rachel Fish
Antisemitism: What’s new with the oldest hatred? It’s a difficult question to ask, but we did it anyway. Dr. Rachel Fish (https://rachelfish...
OMfG! Irreverent Torah With Rabbis Jen Gubitz & Jodie Gordon
As a Jewish podcast, it’s only natural we want to be BFFs with other Jewish podcasts. After all, we’re a small corner of the podcast univers...
Getting the Joke: Exploring Jewish Comedy With Reb Moshe Waldoks
To say that we all collectively could use a laugh is a vast understatement. Luckily, rabbi, humorist, author, interfaith leader, academic, c...
Activist Mimi Lemay on Supporting Trans & Nonbinary Youth
From the time she wrote her 2015 essay that went viral, “A Letter to My Son Jacob on His 5th Birthday,” Mimi Lemay became more than the moth...
Growing Community With Beantown Jewish Gardens
Did you know that much of Judaism’s calendar cycle, rituals and practices grew from ancient Israel’s agricultural rhythms? As Jews in New En...
Jake Cohen: The Future of Jewish Food
Jake Cohen loves food. We love food. And we love Jake Cohen. Hailed as “the creative, youthful future of Jewish food” by icon Joan Nathan, C...
Dismantling the Intermarriage Narrative
It has taken the Jewish communal world a long time to reckon with intermarriage. And the evolution of attitude—from gloom and doom to gradua...
“Shtisel” Season 3 Epic Binge Recap!
If you have yet to pick your jaw up from the floor after watching “Shtisel” Season 3, you’re not alone. Join a completely verklempt Miriam a...
“The Vigil” Cast & Director on Redefining Jewish Horror
The list of great Jewish-themed horror films is woefully short. But there’s a new front-runner in this niche category—a legit horror film th...
Does “The Prince of Egypt” Stand the Test of Time?
The JewishBoston crew observes a sacred Jewish tradition as old as, well, as old as 1998. To get in the Passover spirit, Miriam, Dan and Ash...
“The Kosher Baker“ Paula Shoyer Serves Up Cooking Inspiration
If there was ever a time when comfort food was important, it’s right now, in the interminable miserable pandemic year. Luckily, chef Paula S...
How International Disability Rights Advocate Judy Heumann Changed Our World
February is Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month, a unified effort among Jewish organizations worldwide to raise awar...
Making Contact Beyond the Veil of Death
In our recent episode “Heaven and Hell in Judaism” (jewishboston.com/the-vibe-of-the-tribe-podcast-heaven-and-hell-in-judaism), co-hosts Mir...
It Is Talmud, and We Must Learn
On Jan. 5, 2020, Miriam and Dan embarked on a seven-and-a-half-year journey simultaneously with tens of thousands of people across the world...