Adapting Podcast: Building Community Through Torah Learning

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Rabbi Dr. Dan Smokler and Erica Frankel of the Office Of Innovation discuss how they are harnessing this cultural moment when adults have a thirst for learning.

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Community. Love of Torah. Stronger social bonds. These are just a few of the benefits Rabbi Dr. Dan Smokler and Erica Frankel of the Office Of Innovation see in adults who participate in regular Torah study with peers. Dan and Erica discuss their unique backgrounds in labor organizing and dance, respectively, their small-town upbringings, OOI's new cohort based Jewish learning series, IYUN, and how they are harnessing this cultural moment when adults have a thirst for learning.

This episode was produced by Dina Nusnbaum and Gabriel Weinstein. The show’s executive producers are David Bryfman, Karen Cummins, and Nessa Liben. This episode was engineered and edited by Nathan J. Vaughan of NJV Media. If you enjoyed the show please leave us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or even better, share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and be the first to know when new episodes are released.

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