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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

New Episode Out Now! For the three weeks leading up to Tisha b'Av, Elliott is speaking to Rabbi Deborah Kahn-Harris (Principle, Leo Baeck College) about the Book of Lamentations. Find out more: www.alyth.org.uk/.../adul.../... open.spotify.com/episode/7v2y... #judaism #TishaBAv #Lamentations

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

New Episode Out Now! This week, Elliott spoke to the historian Alexander Lee about the Venice Ghetto. In this video, you can hear Alex talking about his first experience of the first ghetto. Learn more about the podcast: www.alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adu... #venice #judaism #history

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

New Episode Out Now! Elliott speaks to Student Rabbi Yael Tischler about Anita Diamant's novel, The Red Tent. Find out more about the podcast here: www.alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adu... #judiasm #theredtent #torah

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

New Episode Out Now! Elliott is joined by (nearly) Rabbi Yael Tischler to talk about the story of Dinah. Listen to the full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/2Wv3... Find out more about the podcast: www.alyth.org.uk/.../adul.../... #torah #judaism

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Elliott speaks to his colleague Rabbi Elli Tikvah Sarah about her new book: Breaking Binaries. Spotify: tinyurl.com/4yts6drd Find out more: www.alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adu... #judaism #Torah

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! This week, Elliott begins a new series on the idea that humans are created B'tzelem Elohim - in the image of God. Find out more: www.alyth.org.uk/.../adul.../... #judaism #BtzelemElohim #Torah

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

You can still listen to Elliott’s podcast about the Jewish themes of Marty Supreme here: open.spotify.com/episode/4GG5...

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Elliott speaks to the contemporary author, Tamar Hodes, about her new novel, Mixed - the story of two sisters whose religious lives take them in different directions. Find out more: www.alyth.org.uk/.../adul.../... #judaism #novels

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Elliott continues the series on Jewish novels - this week he got to Bernard Malamud's tale of 1950s Jewish immigrants to New York: The Assistant. Visit our website: www.alyth.org.uk/.../adul.../... #judaism #novels #brooklyn #Malamud

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Elliott talks about the book Gentleman's Agreement by Laura Hobson - in which the journalist Phil Green decides to pretend he is Jewish in order to understand antisemitism from the inside. www.alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adu... #jewish #novels #gentlemansagreement

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! We resume our series on Jewish novels, a novel about Berlin at the beginning of the 1930s, its decadence, its complacency, and its descent into Naziism. Find us here alyth.org.uk/.../adult...... #judaism #novels #isherwood #holocausthistory

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! We were supposed to have another week off, but then Elliott went to see Marty Supreme and just felt the need to talk about it. On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4GG5.... On Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/.../through-.... #martysupreme #judaism #film #holocaust

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Rabbi Elliott Karstadt @ekarstadt.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

My first attempt at a Substack post - on something I taught last week - the rabbis of the Talmud teach that Jacob never died. How is that teaching relavant to today? #Torah #Judaism

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Jacob Did Not Die

Death and Captivity in the Bible and in Gaza today

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Don't miss Elliott's discussion with Rabbi Hannah Kingston about Wicked Through a Jewish Lens. Find us alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adult-learning/all-else-is-commentary/ #judaism #wicked #podcast

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Today's Chanukah present from All Else is Commentary is a discussion with Rabbi Deborah Blausten and Rabbi Jordan Helfman about the new series of Nobody Wants This. open.spotify.com/episode/3XFV... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... www.alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adu... #nobodywantsthis #judaism

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Today's chanukah present from All Else is Commentary is another look through the Jewish lens. Elliott is joined by Rabbi DY Stern to discuss The Lord of the Rings (and the rest of the Tolkien universe). Spotify: tinyurl.com/53tkcvjs Apple: tinyurl.com/ycaptx79 #lotr #judaism #middleearth

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Over Chanukah, we are bringing you a little podcast present with every candle. Each episode will read or watch a cultural phenomon through a Jewish lens. Today, Elliott speaks with Student Rabbi Yael Tischler about Harry Potter. open.spotify.com/episode/2e5c... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

progressivejudaism.org.uk/podcasts/ All Else is Commentary is listed on the new Progressive Judaism website - alongside the podcasts of a number of other amazing and talented rabbis and educators. Check it out 😊

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

In this week's episode of All Else is Commentary, Rabbi Elliott speaks to Dr Jeremy Smilg about the Jews of England in the time of the French Revolution. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5roo... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a... Alyth: www.alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adu...

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

For our Kol Nidre special, Elliott spoke to Rabbi Elli Tikvah Sarah about a sermon she gave in 1996 about Same-sex Marriage - which proved more controversial than she expected. To listen on Spotify: tinyurl.com/2p9pvywv Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/5584w8z3 On the Alyth website: tinyurl.com/2p373mfz

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

This week Elliott is joined by Student Rabbi Yael Tischler to talk about Queen Ataliah - the only sovereign queen in the Hebrew Bible, and one of its unambiguous villains. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0aQw... Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/q... #hebrewbible #Torah

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

This week we celebrate the ordination of two incredible new rabbis from Leo Baeck College. First, Elliott speaks to Erev Rav Andrea Kulikovsky @deakuli.bsky.social about the theology of the cloud. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3AXV... Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #judaism

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

This week, Elliott speaks to Rabbi Josh Levy (Co-Lead of the new Progressive Movement) about a sermon Rabbi Josh gave in September 2023, just a few days before the 7 October attacks. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6vID... Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... #progressivejudaism

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

We're back from our Shavuot break, and this week Elliott speaks to the historian Gavin Schaffer about the British Jewish community since 1945. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/29Co... Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Alyth: www.alyth.org.uk/.../adul.../... #jewishhistory

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Now that Shavuot is behind us, Elliott can start preparing for a summer of reading Jewish novels for a new series coming out in September. Any others you’d be interested in hearing about?

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Keith Kahn-Harris @keithkahnharris.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

This was my first interview about my upcoming book and I really enjoyed it. Worth a listen!

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Now available: Elliott is joined by @keithkahnharris.bsky.social, to talk about Keith's new book, Everyday Jews. www.iconbooks.com/ib-title/eve... open.spotify.com/episode/2BiD... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... www.alyth.org.uk/.../adul.../...

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Out today: Elliott speaks to Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen about the biblical character of Ritzpah. They talk about the story of this courageous woman, its context, and how it is relevant to politics today. Spotify open.spotify.com/show/4xP1yJX... Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/.../all-else...

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Out now: Elliott sat down with Rabbi Colin Eimer to discuss a sermon that Colin gave back in 1982, at the height of the Falklands Crisis. Spotify open.spotify.com/show/4xP1yJX... Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/.../all-else... Alyth website www.alyth.org.uk/.../adul.../...

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Out today: Elliott's conversation with Rabbi Daniel Lichman, reading the Talmud with the French Jewish philosopher, Emmanuel Levinas. Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4xP1yJX... Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/.../all-else... Alyth: www.alyth.org.uk/.../adul.../...

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

A sneak peak of our new episode, coming on Monday - Rabbi Kath Vardi returns to discuss another legend about rabbinic power. This time, she and Elliott consider the story of Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish. Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4xP1yJX... Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/.../all-else...

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

A sneak peak at our new episode, coming on Monday - the final episode (for the moment) with Student Rabbi Kohenet Yael Tischler. You can listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or on the Alyth website: www.alyth.org.uk/.../adul.../... #Torah #Bible #feminism #warriorwomen

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

A sneak peak at Monday's episode: Elliott has a second conversation with Student Rabbi Yael Tischler. This time, they discuss the story of She'ilah, the daughter of Yiftach, who is sacrificed by her own father after he makes a frivilous vow to God.

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All Else is Commentary @allelseis.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Sneak peak of a new episode coming on Monday: Elliott is joined by Kohenet Yael Tischler, student rabbi at Leo Baeck College, to talk about the only woman named in the Book of Leviticus: Shelomit bat Dibri. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or on the Alyth website: www.alyth.org.uk/.../adul.../...

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Rabbi Elliott Karstadt @ekarstadt.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

The first and second parts of my discussion with Rabbi Kath Vardi are up on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and at: www.alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adu... Give us a listen - and if you enjoy All Else is Commentary, please tell your friends #judaism #podcast #talmud

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