The Rest is Commentary is a podcast that explores connections through music, ancient wisdom, and conversations. Shep Rosenman is writing a song cycle inspired by the Psalms/Tehillim. In each episode, Shep offers one of his songs to a friend and they discuss whatever comes up, from the mundane to the sublime, the philosophical to the sophomoric, from dark and narrow places to wide open spaces of joy.
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The Rest is Commentary is a podcast that explores connections through music, ancient wisdom, and conversations. Shep Rosenman is writing a song cycle inspired by the Psalms/Tehillim. In each episode, Shep offers one of his songs to a friend and they discuss whatever comes up, from the mundane to the sublime, the philosophical to the sophomoric, from dark and narrow places to wide open spaces of joy.
021: When the World Doesn't Feel Safe: A Conversation with Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn
The Rest is Commentary: Podcast
57 minutes 29 seconds
1 month ago
021: When the World Doesn't Feel Safe: A Conversation with Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn
In this powerful episode of The Rest is Commentary, Shep sits down with Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn—synagogue spiritual leader, hospital chaplain, interfaith bridge-builder, and author—to reflect on trauma, creativity, and the fragile hope that persists in times of crisis. From her early encouragement to transform Shep’s songs into a podcast to her reflections on civic unrest, interfaith dialogue, and parenting after October 7th, Alissa offers wisdom rooted in Torah, pastoral care, and lived experience. With vulnerability and strength, she challenges us to confront hate without becoming hardened and to respond to pain with acts of life, connection, and sacred presence.
The Rest is Commentary: Podcast
The Rest is Commentary is a podcast that explores connections through music, ancient wisdom, and conversations. Shep Rosenman is writing a song cycle inspired by the Psalms/Tehillim. In each episode, Shep offers one of his songs to a friend and they discuss whatever comes up, from the mundane to the sublime, the philosophical to the sophomoric, from dark and narrow places to wide open spaces of joy.
