Episodes
![The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep: 63 B-Mitzvah in Divorceland w/ Leeron Tal Dvir CDC & Reb Ezra Weinberg](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9500578/Podcast_Cover_3__mgr2xz_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Episode 63 is a big one for us! We're joined by Leeron Tal Dvir (CDC) and Reb Ezra Weinberg. On this episode we talk about celebration a B-Mitzvah in divorceland from a professional as well as a personal perspective. And we share about how the process is going or has gone for all of us, and our families. How do we handle the stress leading up to it? How do we handle planning responsibilities, honors on the day of, and the emotional labor of it all? What if i'm dealing with an uncooperative ex and a high conflict divorce? And what's the best I can realistically hope for on this special day?
Guest Bios:
Leeron Tal Dvir CDC - Leeron Tal grew up in the San Fernando Valley to Israeli parents. She comes from an eclectic background working in Entertainment Public Relations, Marketing, Special Events and Community Development she is most passionate and has 15 years of experience working in the Jewish Community as Child Development Educator, most recently as a Preschool Director and Parenting Facilitator.
When seeing so many marriages fall apart around her in 2021 during the pandemic, she decided to study and become a Certified Divorce Coach through the International Divorce Coach Centre of Excellence. Leeron started My Divorce Concierge in August 2022 and is completely fulfilled from helping others. She provides a service she wished she had for herself in the beginning stages of her challenging divorce.
In addition to coaching, Leeron in back working in the Jewish Community as the Director of Events & Programing at Adat Ari El in Valley Village. She lives in Burbank where she is heavily involved with the City of Burbank. She lives with her two young boys, Micah and Liam and enjoys spending time with her family, salsa dancing, creative writing and RV camping.
Reb Ezra Weinberg - Whether he is working as a shaliach tzibur, a Jewish educator, a songleader or a Jewish camp professional, Reb Ezra's role in the Jewish community and beyond always comes back to his ability to lift spirits and create community. He is the Founder of ReVoice - a Journey of Discovery for Jewish Families Going Through Divorce. He also officiates weddings and Bnai Mitzvot, he teaches courses on connecting to Jewish prayer and he helps communities get unstuck around the topic of "Israel." He teaches a course at Fairleigh Dickinson University, alongside a Priest and an Imam called, “One G-d, Three Paths.” He is a native Philadelphian and holds an MA in Conflict Transformation.
![The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep: 62 - WTF Divorce w/ Rob Roseman](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9500578/Podcast_Cover_3__mgr2xz_300x300.jpg)
Monday May 01, 2023
The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep: 62 - WTF Divorce w/ Rob Roseman
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
In episode 62, Noam and Sheva talk with Rob Roseman, creator of WTF Divorce and Dad The Best I Can. Rob shares some thoughtful insights and humor into the world of divorce. We talk about living alone and learning from that experience, and managing expectations and embracing reality when it comes to dating and life after divorce.
You can find Rob on IG at WTFDivroce and DadTheBestICan
And you can find them on the web at: https://www.wtfdivorce.com/
![The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep: 61 - The Ex Rabbi’s Wives Club (Part 2)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9500578/Podcast_Cover_3__mgr2xz_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep: 61 - The Ex Rabbi’s Wives Club (Part 2)
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Eileen Ansel identifies as an adult child of her inner landscape, and of the north fork of the american river. she is a writer, poet, and internal deep diver. she has been called a zaphnath paaneah (one who reveals that which is hidden), and a ‘human emotional can-opener’. highly sensitive, intuitive, and attuned- eileen is a trauma survivor, cancer survivor, and mother- as well as the former wife of, and rebbitzen to, the number one pulpit rabbi in america. once upon a time, she was the proprietor of a show horse barn in sonoma, ran marathons as a charity fundraiser for the leukemia lymphoma society’s team in training, and was a content and literary editor for kirk douglas’s memoirs. eileen delights in homemade chocolate chip and sea salt biscotti, and feeling all the feelings available in this realm. she loves cats, architecture, listening to people’s stories, biplanes, walking in nature, and wild horses- not necessarily in that order.
Liz Marcus is a full time nursing student, aspiring midwife, and mom of 3. She grew up in Boca Raton, Florida and currently resides in Riverdale, NY
![The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep: 61 - The Ex-Rabbi’s Wives Club (Part 1)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9500578/Podcast_Cover_3__mgr2xz_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep: 61 - The Ex-Rabbi’s Wives Club (Part 1)
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
This is a fantastic episode. We sit down with Eileen Ansel and Liz Marcus- two ex-wives of rabbis. With bravery, grace, and wisdom they share their experiences in divorce candidly and with humor. We talk about what it means to be seen as "other" and/or the "perpetrator" in the divorce; what true friends look like; what happens when the community disappears; the concepts of "unbinding," and "transactional memory." And we also discuss a letter Eileen wrote to a friend considering divorce after she had already been through it herself. The letter can be found on our facebook page at: The Jewish Divorce Project. Part 2 next week!
Eileen Ansel identifies as an adult child of her inner landscape, and of the north fork of the american river. she is a writer, poet, and internal deep diver. she has been called a zaphnath paaneah (one who reveals that which is hidden), and a ‘human emotional can-opener’. highly sensitive, intuitive, and attuned- eileen is a trauma survivor, cancer survivor, and mother- as well as the former wife of, and rebbitzen to, the number one pulpit rabbi in america. once upon a time, she was the proprietor of a show horse barn in sonoma, ran marathons as a charity fundraiser for the leukemia lymphoma society’s team in training, and was a content and literary editor for kirk douglas’s memoirs. eileen delights in homemade chocolate chip and sea salt biscotti, and feeling all the feelings available in this realm. she loves cats, architecture, listening to people’s stories, biplanes, walking in nature, and wild horses- not necessarily in that order.
Liz Marcus is a full time nursing student, aspiring midwife, and mom of 3. She grew up in Boca Raton, Florida and currently resides in Riverdale, NY
![The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep: 60 - Off the dating apps, and back on antidepressants!](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9500578/Podcast_Cover_3__mgr2xz_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
In episode 60 we talk about dating scenarios and breakthroughs.
![The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep: 59 - Attachment Styles and Learning From Old Wounds](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9500578/Podcast_Cover_3__mgr2xz_300x300.jpg)
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Friday Feb 17, 2023
A brief but deep episode. We talk about symbols for attachments styles; and how we parent based on how we were parented.
![The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep 58 - Divorce from a 10,000ft Perspective w/ Rabbi David Wolpe](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9500578/Podcast_Cover_3__mgr2xz_300x300.jpg)
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
We end 2022 right with a powerful and deep conversation with Rabbi David Wolpe, who has been divorced for 11 years. Rabbi Wolpe has a frank and honest conversation with us about divorce in his own life, how divorce impacts clergy, their spouses, dating as a rabbi, and the difference between the vision of divorce life and the reality of it.
David Wolpe is the Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles. Author of eight books, including the national bestseller “Making Loss Matter,: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times,” Wolpe has been named the most influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek and twice named among the 50 most influential Angelinos by LA Magazine. He has taught at a number of universities, including UCLA, Hunter college, Pepperdine and the Jewish Theological Seminary, and written for The NY Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Jerusalem Post among other newspapers and journals. Wolpe’s most recent book, “David: The Divided Heart,” a biography of King David, was optioned for a movie by Warner Brothers. Next year he will be a visiting scholar at Harvard Divinity School.
![The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep 57: Being Thankful When You Get, Or Didn’t Get, What You Wanted](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9500578/Podcast_Cover_3__mgr2xz_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Episode 57 is our Thanksgiving special. Noam and Sheva talk about ways to respond to custody schedules over the holidays. Being without our kids can make it tough to enjoy the holidays. On the flipside, there's a whole holiday to enjoy by yourself if you so choose. And even if it's unexpected, the challenges of divorce-life have led you to a place where you really wanted to be. How then, when you got there, did you express your gratitude for how far you've come, and what it took to get there.
![The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep 56: The Parenting Marriage w/ Susan Pease Gadoua](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9500578/Podcast_Cover_3__mgr2xz_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep 56: The Parenting Marriage w/ Susan Pease Gadoua
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
In episode 56, Sheva and Noam sit down to talk with Susan Pease Gadoua and discuss the idea and practice of the “parenting marriage.” An innovative approach to staying together as a family when other elements of the relationship fail.
Susan is a licensed therapist based in the San Francisco Bay Area with expertise in helping couples connect, reconnect or disconnect in a healthy way. In 2006, Susan began helping couples shape what became known as the Parenting Marriage. Since then, Susan has helped dozens of couples transition their marriage from a love-based union to one in which raising happy, healthy kids are the primary focus. Books Susan has written include the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, Contemplating Divorce, The Parenting Marriage Workbook, and The New I Do, co-authored with Vicki Larson.
IG: changingmarriage FB: parenting marriage FB: The New I Do
![The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep 55: The Love Equation](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9500578/Podcast_Cover_3__mgr2xz_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
The Jewish Divorce Project - Ep 55: The Love Equation
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
Sheva and Noam get a chance t catch up with each other between special guests. We talk about managing family life, dating status, past relationships, the "love equation" and, the different ways to say "I love you," as performed by Sheva.