The Genesis: Conversations About Jewish Arts and Culture

By Joshua Rose

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We are right at the beginning of what some have called "The 21st Century Jewish Cultural Renaissance," and The Genesis is the podcast watching it unfold, in real time and up close. Each week Rabbi Josh Rose has a conversation with a different Jewish artist or cultural figure to explore questions of artistic creativity, individual Jewish identity, Jewish expression and how Jewish arts are reshaping what it means to be Jewish. Our main focus in on the artists from Art/Lab: Innovating Jewish Arts and Culture, and Jewish artists in the Pacific Northwest. Rabbi Josh also engages national leaders (Rabbi Shai Held of Hadar, Seth Pinksy of New York's 92nd Street Y) about the broader world of Jewish culture. So, if you're interested in 21st century Jewish life, Jewish ideas, Jewish arts or just good conversation, you're in the right place. *The Genesis was originally a podcast of Co/Lab, founded by Rabbi Josh. Today the Genesis is a production of Art/Lab where Rabbi Josh continues to shape its unfolding.

Episode Date
S3E47 Can Creativity Overcome Darkness? A Story for Shavuot
May 21, 2026
S3E46 How Jewish Mysticism - and Pain - Inform One Artist's Work (Re-Release)
May 14, 2026
S3E45 How Jewish Music is Creating a Space for Unity in Israel - and Right Here (with Zamru)
May 08, 2026
S3E44 What is the Source of Jewish Musical Creativity? (with Yankl Falk)
Apr 29, 2026
SE43 Special Edition on Jewish Music: Israeli Master Musician Yair Dalal
Apr 23, 2026
S3E42 The Portland Jewish Music Festival: What to Expect (w/ Eric Stern of Eastside Jewish Commons)
Apr 16, 2026
S3E41 Is Music the Purest form of Spirituality? (Michelle Alany)
Apr 08, 2026
S3E40 What is the Art of Exodus?
Apr 01, 2026
S3E39 Making Jewish Art & Making Jewish Community ? (w/ Eddy Shuldman)
Mar 27, 2026
S3 E38 An Iranian Jewish Painter Beyond Labels (with Dana Nehdaran)
Mar 18, 2026
S3E37 Jewish Artist Daniela Naomi Molnar Reads Her Own Work
Mar 12, 2026
S3E36 When Does an Artist Become Jewish First? (W/ Andrea Stolowitz)
Mar 05, 2026
S3E35 What Happens When A Jewish Artist Takes on Counterculture Pop Art? (w/ Steve Marcus)
Feb 26, 2026
S3E34 A Jewish Art of Work (with Toby Perl Freilich)
Feb 18, 2026
S3 E33 What You Get When You Combine Witchy Spirituality, Jewish Community & Radical Creativity (Dana Lynn Louis Part II)
Feb 10, 2026
S3E32 Does Art Have a Role In Helping Repair Civic Life? (W/ Dana Lynn Louis - Part I of II)
Feb 03, 2026
S3E31 How Jewish Mysticism - and Pain - Inform One Artist's Work (W/ Cara Levine)
Jan 28, 2026
S3E30 Curating Jewish Culture in a Fractured Moment (with Rebekah Sobel)
Jan 20, 2026
S3E29 How 17th Century Yiddish Prayer Shaped a Modern Jewish Writer (w/ Eve Bernfeld)
Jan 08, 2026
S3E28 Can We Find Truth Amidst Competing Narratives? (w/ Rebecca Clarren)
Dec 30, 2025
S3E27 Why it Matters that Jews Wrote The Christmas Songs You Love/Hate
Dec 25, 2025
S3E26 How One Artist Balances Trauma & Jewish Humor (with/ Nikki Schulak)
Dec 17, 2025
S3E25 Why a Jewish Arts & Culture Program - And Why Now? (Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem)
Dec 10, 2025
S3E24 Creativity as Jewish Religious Experience (w/ Rabbi Adina Allen; Re-Release of S3E20)
Dec 03, 2025
S3E23 How is Puppetry Like the Torah? With Ora Fruchter
Dec 02, 2025
S3E22 What Happens When You Stop Comparing Yourself to Other Artists? (with Youki Imori)
Nov 25, 2025
S3E21 Is Creativity the Bridge Between the Jewish Past and Future? (with Leila Wice)
Nov 18, 2025
S3E20 Is Creativity a Path to Jewish Religious Experience? (with Rabbi Adina Allen)
Nov 13, 2025
S3E19 S3E19 What Can Yiddish Teach Us About Resistance (and Jewish Resistance)? (with Jessica Rehfield)
Nov 04, 2025
S3E18 How Creativity Helped One Jewish Artist Find His Way Back from a Traumatic Injury (with Justin Jude Carroll)
Oct 29, 2025
S3E17 The Sound of Meta-Modern Jewish Creativity (with Aaron Kahn)
Oct 22, 2025
S3E16 What Jewish Wisdom Does Bob Dylan Have for Us? (with Dr. Stephen Arnoff)
Oct 15, 2025
S3E15 How Individual Voice Can Thrive Within Community (with Holly Goodman)
Oct 08, 2025
S3E14 A Jewish Artist on Writing, Loneliness, and the Urge to Be Seen (with Daniel Elder)
Sep 30, 2025
S2E13 Can Dance Capture the Power of Jewish Teaching? (w/ Jen Gwirtz)
Sep 24, 2025
S3E12 Jewish Particularism & Universalism in America (w/ Mariah Berlanga-Shevchuk)
Sep 16, 2025
S3E11 When the Stories We Tell Ourselves Stop Working (w/ Tom Haviv)
Sep 09, 2025
S3E10 Autobiography of a Rabbi: From Religion to Culture
Sep 06, 2025
S3E9 Making Poetry Out of Anti-Semitic Hate: A Conversation with Daniela Molnar at Annie Blooms Books
Sep 02, 2025
S3E8 Can An Artist Repair The World Through Her Work? (w/ Shir Ly Grisanti)
Aug 26, 2025
S3E7 Is Judaism Fundamentally an Artistic Tradition?
Aug 23, 2025
S3E6 Where is the Line Between Jewish Religion & Culture? (w/ Merridawn Duckler)
Aug 19, 2025
S3E5 What Bruce Springsteen Just Proved About Art
Aug 15, 2025
S3E4 - What the Art of Jewish Study Can Teach Us (w/ Rabbi April Villareal)
Aug 13, 2025
S3E3 Does (Jewish) Art Owe Something to the World?
Aug 09, 2025
S3E2 Is Jewish Community Still Possible? The Case of the 92nd Street Y (w/ Seth Pinsky)
Aug 05, 2025
S3E1 Season Three! How Does Our Past Tell Us Who We Are Now? (w/ Michael Turner)
Jul 29, 2025
S2 E26 Rabbi Shai Held: Can Judaism Reclaim Love?
Jul 23, 2025
S2 E25 Can AI Help Us Understand The Secrets of Jewish Mysticism? (w/ Zac Banik)
Jul 16, 2025
S2E24 Rabbi Josh's Talk with Oregon Book Award Winner Daniela Molnar
Jul 09, 2025
S2E23 What Does Jewish Music Sound Like Now? (with Eric Stein)
Jul 02, 2025
S2E22 Can Art and Music Replace Religion? (w/ Eric Stern)
Jun 27, 2025
S2E21 Can Jewish Culture Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century? (Lou Cove, Part II)
Jun 18, 2025
S2E20 Why the Jewish Cultural Renaissance Matters (w/ Lou Cove)
Jun 11, 2025
S2E19 When A Jewish Artist Makes a Golem (w/ Ahuva Zaslavsky)
Jun 03, 2025
S2E18 Can Judaism Reclaim Love in a Divided World? (w/ Rabbi Shai Held)
May 29, 2025
S2E17 How One Zionist Thinks About the War in Gaza
May 23, 2025
S2E16 Can Synagogues Make Meaning In a Post-Institutional Age? (w/ Rabbi Rachel Joseph)
May 22, 2025
S2E15 Can Jewish Food - or Culture - Evolve Without Losing Its Soul? (w/ Sonya Sanford)
May 16, 2025
S2E14 How One Palestinian Activist is Helping to Make Israel Better (w/ Raghad Jaraisy)
May 13, 2025
S2E13 How Online Jewish Study Is ReShaping Jewish Community (w/ Rabbi Micah Streiffer)
May 08, 2025
S2E12. Israel: We Contain Multitudes
May 02, 2025
S2E11 How One Jewish Artist Turns Hate Into Humor (w/ Leanne Grabel)
May 01, 2025
S2E10 Can Spiritual Practice Create Jewish Art? (w/ Ketzia Schoneberg)
Apr 24, 2025
S2E9 End of Passover '25: Freedom, Politics, and Jewish Ideals
Apr 19, 2025
S2E8 What Does It Mean to Be a Jewish Artist After October 7th? (w/ Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem)
Apr 17, 2025
S2E7 Does Gaza Have a Place at the Seder?
Apr 12, 2025
S2E6 Jewish Federation, Adapting to a New Jewish World & Post-October 7th Realities: Marc Blattner
Apr 10, 2025
S2E5 A Very Jewish Tattoo, Trauma, and Trials of a Jewish Parent: Gadi Golan
Apr 02, 2025
S2E4 Idea of the Week: Pretending to Be
Mar 28, 2025
S2E3 Jewish Artists at this Jewish Moment: Art/Lab (with Art/Lab Alums)
Mar 26, 2025
S2E2 Idea of the Week: Trump Underneath the Mountain
Mar 21, 2025
S2E1 Alicia Jo Rabins: Jewish Art & Jewish Creativity
Mar 19, 2025
We're Back - Purim and More Jewish Content to Come....
Mar 14, 2025
A Surprising (Auto) Biography and What to Make of It: Jeff Alden
Jan 15, 2025
Art, self-criticism & Jewish creativity and Psychedelic Healing: Liz Asch Greenhill
Jan 03, 2025
Jewish Creativity Vs. Tradition and... Jewish AI?
Dec 06, 2024
Music, Jewish Culture & Connection: Aiden Kent & The Portland Niggun Circle
Nov 02, 2024
Israel - One Year Later: Three Rabbis Discuss Jewish Values, Jewish Pain and the Future
Oct 11, 2024
Jewish Values & Israel: Rabbi Josh & A Friend Wrestle with the Ongoing War
Sep 20, 2024
Jewish By Numbers and An Alphabet of God: Rabbi Brian Mayer
Sep 05, 2024
Daniela Molnar: Crazy Fecund World - Poetry, Spirituality and Jewish Identity
Aug 21, 2024
Eleyna Fugman: Marginalization, Inclusion, Synagogues & Small Communities
Aug 08, 2024
Why is This Episode Different From All Other Episodes? An Announcement.
Aug 01, 2024
Staying Off Script, Boring Services and Authenticity: Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder
Jul 25, 2024
Hope, Finding Truth, Quiet, and Zionisms: Moshe Rachmuth
Jul 17, 2024
Jewish Comedy, Justice, & Psychedelics: Roy Kaufmann
Jul 10, 2024
Metasabiya Habteyes & Rabbi Josh: Lefty Discomfort, Israel, Jews of Color & the Jewish Future (Oh, my)
Jul 03, 2024