1.04 De-emphasizing the Truth (with rep. jamie raskin and mary mccormack)
With the week’s Torah portion, Mishpatim, as a guide, Rabbi Shira and Josh probe the Jewish take on lying — is it ever acceptable? And we are joined by Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD), who discusses his new book “Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy”.
Episode Timecodes:
(25:01) Mary McCormack defines Hebrew & Yiddish terms we mentioned
(28:02) Congressman Jamie Raskin Interview
(46:35) Rabbi Shira’s Guided Meditation
Show notes:
1) Exodus 23:7
:מִדְּבַר שֶׁקֶר תִּרְחָק וְנָקִי וְצַדִּיק אַל תַּהֲרֹג כִּי לֹא אַצְדִּיק רָשָׁע
(7) Keep far from a false charge; do not bring death on those who are innocent and in the right, for I will not acquit the wrongdoer.
2) Politics and Prose Bookstore
3) Rabbi Hillel, Pirkei Avot 1:14: "If I am not for myself, who is for me?"
4) Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy, by Jamie Raskin, 2022.
6) National Suicide Prevention Hotline
7) Dar Williams