(29) Aliza Bulow: Empowering Orthodox Jewish Women & Strengthening Our Homes
Release Date: 02/24/2025
(47) Self-Identification, Leaving Orthodoxy, Divorce, Therapy, and More … With Miriam Moster, PhD
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Miriam Moster has a PhD sociology, she is a Mellon Humanities Public Fellow and a Wexner Graduate Fellow. Her research explores Jewish communities, education, and the experiences of individuals navigating the boundaries of insular religious worlds. “Navigating the boundaries” means moving from one sector of Judaism and observance to another sector and lifestyle; and she has published widely on these topics. Her work is distinguished by an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on sociology, narrative, and cultural studies to better understand how people view and construct their own personal...
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(46) Addictions and Suicides in the Orthodox Community … with Zvi Gluck, CEO of Amudim
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Thanks to the Halacha Headlines podcast and Dovid Lichtenstein for allowing us to share this important episode with the Orthonomics audience. Halacha Headlines is an excellent podcast, primarily aimed at the Yeshivish community but with important insights for all Orthodox Jews. It is available at all podcast platforms. For further information about the issues discussed, go to . The Nishma Research Health Assessment Survey of the Orthodox community is available through January 18, 2026 at . You may send feedback or questions to .
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(45) A Man of Emes v’Emunah … Truth and Faith … Harry Maryles
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Harry Maryles is the author behind the blog Emes Ve-Emunah (which is now also released as a Substack publication). For many years he has written extensively and prolifically on issues of Halacha (Jewish law), hashkafa (Jewish philosophy), and contemporary matters affecting Orthodoxy. He does not shy away from sensitive or controversial issues, and his columns are just excellent. I’ve very much enjoyed reading his column and we have even interacted from time to time. He is a rabbi and holds a psychology degree, and also publishes essays and commentary for news-and-analysis outlets such as The...
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(44) Navigating Grief Through Jewish Tradition … with Elissa Felder
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is a: • Renowned speaker • Author of the book “” • The Coordinator of Elissa also mentioned and the excellent they have prepared for follow-up discussion of the topics she raises.
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(43) What Comes After Orthodox Divorce, for Men and Women … with Esther Eisner
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Esther Eisner is the founder of AfterForever.org, an online support community for Jewish divorcees. As a divorcee herself, Esther has experienced firsthand some of the challenges of rebuilding – both one’s home and ones’ self – post-divorce. She started After Forever to help others get back on their feet and to assist in navigating the path to starting over. This is the fourth and final episode of a series dealing wih divorce in the Orthodox Jewish community. See also episode 37 (an overview of the survey findings), episode 39 (conversation with Rabbi Weissmann, director of the Beth...
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(42) Health, Covid and More … with Dr. David Wolpaw, MD
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David Wolpaw reacts to the top health issues that Orthodox Jews recently told us are most important to them, including how their priorities compare with those of the general population. We also have a wide-ranging conversation covering such topics as attitudes toward vaccines, trust in medical authority and government, social media, Israel, and a little bit of politics.
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(41) Diet and Fitness in the Orthodox Community … With Rocky (Yerachmiel) Bochner
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Rocky Bochner is a data analyst and behavioral neuroscientist … and also both a certified personal trainer and a certified nutrition coach in the New York City Orthodox community. It is the latter – exercise and diet – that bring him to this program, in connection with our upcoming health survey. While his practice – RockFitnessNYC.com – provides personal training and classes for men, the issues we discuss apply to all adults in the Orthodox community. Additionally, he trains couples, prepares workouts for women, and can offers recommendations for female one-on-one trainers.
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(40) Divorce and the Law … With Attorney Deborah S. Chames
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This episode continues our series on divorce, with our guest Deborah Chames, a highly respected partner at a Miami law firm. Deborah represents family law clients at Kluger, Kaplan, a Southeast Florida firm with clients nationwide. She handles high-net-worth divorces and high-conflict divorces. Guided by 42 years of experience, Chames crafts a strategy that advocates for clients while remaining sensitive. She is the first and only woman on the board of Yeshiva Toras Chaim, the largest Orthodox day school in the South. Her daughter, Melissa, also practices family law at Kluger, Kaplan. Chames...
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(39) The Broad Role and Value of the Beth Din … With Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann
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We did a recent and discussed the findings in episode 37. This episode is the first of several follow-ups on that topic. The Beth Din of America serves as a national rabbinical court, affiliated with the Rabbinical Council of America and the Orthodox Union. It addresses a broad spectrum of issues and is likely the busiest beth din in the country. (This here are many in the US and experiences vary among them.) Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann is both a rabbi and a lawyer, having received rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University and graduated from Columbia Law School. He oversees BDA operations and...
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(38) Emunah and Physics: A Jewish Resolve …with Dr. Berel (Zachary) Epstein
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Dr. Berel Leib (Zachary) Epstein lives in Baltimore with his wife and children. He learns at Yeshivas Ner Yisroel. He also is a theoretical physicist and a Senior Staff Scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, where he engages in advanced research aimed at supporting the United States' technological edge in defense applications. He came to my attention when I received an email from Mosaica Press about his new book “Emunah and Physics: A Jewish Resolve.” Mosaica Press writes: “The age of the earth. Archaeological evidence. The nature of miracles. These...
info_outlineAliza Bulow is an author, educator and mentor to Jewish women around the world, who founded CORE, an organization that empowers and connects Orthdox Jewish women.
Core connects, develops and sustains women who engage in klal (the collective community) work. Core supports women in three main ways:
1) MMC (Mashpia-Mentor-Counselor) Program: Core offers 2.5 years of training to develop women who are pillars of spiritual support within our communities
2) Communities of Practice: Core connects women who share a field of Jewish service and offers continuing inspiration and education
3) Core Circles: Core supports women who facilitate Core Circles, small groups that strengthen relationships in local communities, and networks those Circles both regionally and internationally
For more information, see http://coretorah.org.
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Before founding Core she directed Ner LeElef’s North American Women’s Program for 11 years where she coached rebbetzins and provided strategic development for outreach organizations in Canada, the US and Mexico.
Her love of Jewish texts and philosophy was developed at Michlelet Bruria, Hebrew University and Hunter College where she graduated with honors in Hebrew and Jewish Studies. In her early career, she worked for Partners in Torah and The Jewish Experience. Even before entering college, Aliza’s passion for strengthening Jews and the Jewish community led her to campaign on behalf of Soviet Jewry and build settlements in Israel while serving in Nachal. That early passion has only grown with time. Over the past four decades, Aliza has worked with hundreds of women in over 50 cities and 5 continents, strengthening the social fabric of Klal Yisroel.
A few of the terms used in this episode:
Mekarvot - Women involved in Jewish outreach
Ratzon - Will; and Bitachon – Faith
Kallah – Bride
Hashkafah - Overall religious guiding philosophy / worldview
Taharat Ha'Mishpacha – Jewish Halachic laws relating to marital relations
Kedushah - Holiness; and Tahara – Spiritual clanliness
Chevra Kadisha - Jewish Burial Society
Kavanah - Religious understanding and purpose