Community with Rabbi Herschel Gluck

Somewhere To Believe In

This week we bask in the warmth of Rabbi Herschel Gluck – an incredible Orthodox Jewish leader – whose entire life seems to be one big act of love.

Aside from being in awe of Rabbi Gluck’s gentle soul and kind nature, we talk about his life-long dedication to his community, his outlook on the good that could come from the pandemic and his belief that we can work together to create a better future; without losing sight of our own traditions, cultures and values.

Rabbi Gluck also shares how he still struggles to grasp the effect that the Holocaust had on his family, and speaks of the continuous trauma generations of Jewish communities still experience because of it.

Plus, Katherine and Paul update us on the plans for Prospect Farm and get an unexpected visit from our new podcast sponsors, Hello Fresh.

Promo code: JustKidding.

Links, resources and episode timestamps (for all you skippers out there) below.

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ABOUT RABBI HERSCHEL GLUCK

Rabbi Herschel Gluck OBE is a British Rabbi based in Stamford Hill in North East London. Born in London and based in the city for most of his life, he is a committed member of a wider ‘global village’, having studied at Yeshivos in France, Canada and the USA and working with communities across the world. Rabbi Gluck was appointed an OBE in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to interfaith understanding. In the past year he has been quoted in British Parliament for his lifetime commitment to inter-communal understanding and his work countering Anti-Semitism in the UK.

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LINKS AND RESOURCES

Oysgezoomt: The Yiddish word of 2020

Holocaust

Kindertransport

Tzedakah

The Scream

Rabbi Herschel Gluck’s talks at Greenbelt Festival

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00:00 - Welcome to Somewhere To Believe In

00:48 - Katherine and Paul catch up

05:00 - Katherine and Paul on Prospect Farm

06:46 - Introducing Rabbi Herschel Gluck

07:22 - Rabbi Gluck joins the conversation

08:10 - Rabbi Gluck on becoming a Rabbi

09:47 - Rabbi Gluck on duty and care

11:40 - Rabbi Gluck on finding precious moments

12:45 - Rabbi Gluck on lockdown

14:09 - Rabbi Gluck on community

15:30 - Rabbi Gluck on modern Judaism

20:30 - Rabbi Gluck on generations of Jewish experience

23:50 - Rabbi Gluck on change

27:00 - Rabbi Gluck on Greenbelt Festival

28:10 - Rabbi Gluck on being interfaith and refugees

34:00 - Rabbi Gluck on charity

36:50 - Rabbi Gluck on being humble

38:08 - Rabbi Gluck on art as connection

40:57 - Katherine and Paul reflect on the conversation with Rabbi Gluck

57:54 - Next week on the podcast

58:41 - How to get in touch with us

59:30 - Thank you’s

01:00:19 - Hidden track

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A huge thanks to the Greenbelt Volunteer Talks Team for all their hard work on editing this episode. Our podcast music is ‘I Can Change’ by Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires.

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