Verses
Welcome to Verses: Where Broadway and Torah Meet, a place to geek out on Broadway musicals, Biblical text, and the interplay of the verses in both. On each episode of Verses, Anita Silvert in Chicago selects a song from the Broadway canon and matches it with a selection from the Biblical canon, putting the texts in conversation with one another.
Episodes
Jan 4, 2022
Jan 4, 2022
25 min
In the search for the meaning of life, what matters most? Love? Wealth? Pleasures? How old you are? Anita and Rabba Rachel discuss Pippin and how it relates to the Book of Ecclesiastes.Read the Biblical text and the song lyrics on this Sefaria source sheet.https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/370926?editor=1Join the Verses Facebook group to continue the conversation!https://www.facebook.com/groups/941182063491276Visit Anita's website at https://www.anitasilvert.comVisit the Jewish Living Lab at www.jewishlivinglab.com
Dec 14, 2021
Dec 14, 2021
28 min
Why do you start on a journey? What do you want? And what do you take with you from the journey? Listen to the conversation about Abraham and the fairy tale characters of Into the Woods. Read the Biblical text and the song lyrics on this Sefaria source sheet.https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/359097?editor=1Join the Verses Facebook group to continue the conversation!https://www.facebook.com/groups/941182063491276Visit Anita's website at https://www.anitasilvert.comVisit the Jewish Living Lab at www.jewishlivinglab.com
Nov 30, 2021
Nov 30, 2021
23 min
When standing up for justice means putting your own life in danger and forcing you to flee, Anita and Rabba Rachel discuss the complexities of personal identity in the life of Moses and the character of Jean Valjean.Follow along with the Sefaria source sheet athttps://www.sefaria.org/sheets/365529?editor=1Join the Verses Facebook group to continue the conversation!https://www.facebook.com/groups/941182063491276Visit Anita's website athttps://www.anitasilvert.comVisit the Jewish Living Lab atwww.jewishlivinglab.com
Nov 2, 2021
Nov 2, 2021
27 min
On the inaugural episode Anita and Rachel discuss the musical Newsies and the classic Bible narrative where the little guy stands up to the big man.Read the Biblical text and the song lyrics on this Sefaria source sheet:https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/297462?lang=biJoin the Verses Facebook group to continue the conversation:https://www.facebook.com/groups/941182063491276Visit Anita's website at https://www.anitasilvert.com/Visit the Jewish Living Lab at www.jewishlivinglab.com/podcasts
Oct 22, 2021
Oct 22, 2021
33 sec
Introducing Verses, a new podcast from The Jewish Living Lab. On each episode Rabba Rachel Kohl-Finegold in Montreal and Anita Silvert in Chicago select a song from the Broadway canon and match it with a selection from the Biblical canon putting the texts in conversation with one another.Watch for episode 1 launching later this month!
