00:00 Radio host tests the audio before they get started; 00:40 Interviewer asks Leah, “how does the Rosh Hashanah holiday relate to women; or, how can women experience it in a unique way?” Leah responds that the holiday is a time to look back at your relationship with people and deities. There is not a distinction between men and women during this holiday. She also mentions that this should be a time when women can think about the progress they have made in egalitarian services and language; 02:30 The interviewer asks for an example of a prayer or language that embodies egalitarian concepts. Leah talks about the Shekinah and the divine spirit; 05:45 Interviewer asks Leah to provide an example of a female priestess or matriarch and what kind of example she might be to feminists today; 09:50 Interviewer asks Leah to describe what the celebration of Rosh Hashanah is like; 11:55 Interviewer asks, “on a more material or practical level, what about blowing the shofar and eating apples and honey?” Leah mentions that blowing the shofar is traditionally a male activity but in the San Francisco Bay area there are skilled women that can use a shofar. The shofar is used as a symbol to “reawaken”; 17:50 Interviewer asks Leah how the interpretation of original sin entered the story of Adam and Eve; 21:05 Leah finishes the interview by telling the listeners about some of the egalitarian work that has happened around the Berkeley area.
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00:00 Radio host tests the audio before they get started; 00:40 Interviewer asks Leah, “how does the Rosh Hashanah holiday relate to women; or, how can women experience it in a unique way?” Leah responds that the holiday is a time to look back at your relationship with people and deities. There is not a distinction between men and women during this holiday. She also mentions that this should be a time when women can think about the progress they have made in egalitarian services and language; 02:30 The interviewer asks for an example of a prayer or language that embodies egalitarian concepts. Leah talks about the Shekinah and the divine spirit; 05:45 Interviewer asks Leah to provide an example of a female priestess or matriarch and what kind of example she might be to feminists today; 09:50 Interviewer asks Leah to describe what the celebration of Rosh Hashanah is like; 11:55 Interviewer asks, “on a more material or practical level, what about blowing the shofar and eating apples and honey?” Leah mentions that blowing the shofar is traditionally a male activity but in the San Francisco Bay area there are skilled women that can use a shofar. The shofar is used as a symbol to “reawaken”; 17:50 Interviewer asks Leah how the interpretation of original sin entered the story of Adam and Eve; 21:05 Leah finishes the interview by telling the listeners about some of the egalitarian work that has happened around the Berkeley area.
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