Best Joshua Lewis Berg Podcasts (2025)

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Lessons of "Kristallnacht" 19:39

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9d ago19:39

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November 9th is the anniversary of Kristallnacht, a German state-coordinated series of violent attacks against Jews. The lessons of that history, including the normalization of hatred and the danger of inaction, resonate profoundly today. Pastor Joshua will look to his secular and religious Jewish roots seeking inspiration to fight fascism today.…

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Pastor Joshua Reads the Torah (Lech Lecha) 23:17

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Pastor Joshua reads Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1–17:27)By Joshua Lewis Berg

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Pastor Joshua Reads the Torah (Vayera) 26:43

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Pastor Joshua reads Parashat Vayera (Genesis 18:1-22:24)By Joshua Lewis Berg

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Pastor Joshua Reads the Torah (Noach) 25:29

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Pastor Joshua reads and comments on the second Parashat in the book of Genesis chapters 6:9 - 11:32. It includes the stories of Noah's Arc and the Tower of Babel.By Joshua Lewis Berg

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Pastor Joshua Reads the Torah (Bereshit) 35:02

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Pastor Joshua starts the Torah from the beginning with Bereshit - "In the beginning." It is the book of Genesis, Chapters 1:1-6:8.By Joshua Lewis Berg

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Meet the Moment 21:04

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Pastor Joshua talks about the moment we are in with it's authoritarian creep as well as the new programming the Unitarian Universalist Association has introduced to "Meet the Moment."By Joshua Lewis Berg

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Pastor Joshua Reads the Torah (Ha'azinu and V'zot HaBerachah) 20:23

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The final Parahot before the reading of the Torah starts again are Ha'azinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-52) and V'Zot HaBerachah (Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12). They end the Pentatuch with God calling the people of Israel foolish ingrates and threatening them with punishment if they don't follow his commandments and revere him alone. God also tells Moses that he w…

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Universalism in the 21st Century 16:49

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Pastor Joshua talked about the Universalist Heritage of Unitarian Universalism and how it connects through social justice work into the 21st Century.By Joshua Lewis Berg

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Pastor Joshua Reads the Torah (Parashat Nitzavim) 17:27

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Pastor Joshua reads Nitzavim (Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20), one of the final speeches Moses gives to the Israelites preparing them to hear the curses that will befall them if they don't follow God's commandments.By Joshua Lewis Berg

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Pastor Joshua Reads the Torah (Parashat Vayelech) 15:12

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Joshua reads Vayelech (Deuteronomy 31) the penultimate speech of Moses to the Israeli's before he reads the Second Poem of Moses (Ha'azinu) which will lay out all the curses God will inflict upon the Israelites if they don't obey him.By Joshua Lewis Berg

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Pastor Joshua Reads the Torah (Parashat Ki-Tavo) 32:19

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Pastor Joshua reads Deuteronomy 26:1 - 29:8 about curses if the Israelites should not submit to God's authority and obey God's commandments and the blessings if they do.By Joshua Lewis Berg

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Pastor Joshua Reads the Torah (Parashat Ki-Teitzei) 33:57

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Pastor Joshua reads Deuteronomy (Devarim) 21:10 - 25:19 in which much is laid out about rules/commandments including a number of reasons for stoning people to death to rid the Israelites of evil.By Joshua Lewis Berg

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Belonging 19:10

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Pastor Joshua talked about belonging at a church in Michigan a few years ago.By Joshua Lewis Berg

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Pastor Joshua Reads the Torah (Parashat Shoftim) 44:50

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Pastor Joshua reads Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9.By Joshua Lewis Berg

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Pastor Joshua Reads the Torah (Parashat Re-eh) 1:05:11

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Pastor Joshua reads Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17, Parashat re-eh (meaning "see").By Joshua Lewis Berg

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Pastor Joshua Reads the Torah (Parashat Eikav) 48:24

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The Torah, also known as the Hebrew Scriptures, or the five books of Moses, is read annually in Jewish synagogues from cover to cover (or the equivalent of covers for a scroll). Pastor Joshua has decided to take this on, reading the Torah literally and interpreting it through his context as a culturally Jewish atheist Unitarian Universalist. A new …

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The Love-Dependent Web of All Existence 19:09

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Pastor Joshua preached this sermon at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Monica in 2024. He combines the UU principle of "Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part" and the UU value of love at the center.By Joshua Lewis Berg

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Forgiveness 24:38

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This was one of my first professional sermons preached at Unitarian Universalist Church of East Liberty in Michigan in 2019.By Joshua Lewis Berg

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Interview with Rabbi Abby Chava Stein 48:05

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This was an interview I did back in 2020 for an earlier podcast I had. It is with Abby Stein, the transgender activist, author, speaker, and scholar.By Joshua Lewis Berg

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From Fear to Freedom - Joshua Berg speaks at the Chautauqua Institution 19:44

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This was a talk I gave in 2022 at the Chautauqua Institution in their Hall of Philosophy as a guest of the UU Fellowship of Chautauqua. It was originally called "Freedom and Other 'Ineffable' F Words”, but the Fellowship preferred I change that title.By Joshua Lewis Berg