Rabbi Andrea Weiss — Right Place, Right Time

Welcome to Just For This, a new podcast. Each week, host Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch (she/her) will interview women in leadership about women and leadership. Inspired by the story of Esther, we feature powerful stories of women who stand out in their fields, who have stepped up just for this moment.  This week’s guest, Rabbi Andrea L. Weiss, Ph.D., is Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Provost and Associate Professor of Bible at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Drawing on Rabbi Weiss’s expertise as a Biblical scholar, our conversation grounds us in the story of Esther. We discuss Rabbi Weiss’s role as an editor of The Torah: A Women’s Commentary, and we explore the connection between mentorship and leadership. Mentioned in this episode: The Torah: A Women’s Commentary, edited by Rabbi Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Rabbi Andrea L. Weiss American Values, Religious Voices, volume 1 and volume 2, edited by Rabbi Andrea L. Weiss and Lisa M. Weinberger Cantor Sarah Sager’s charge to the 1993 Women of Reform Judaism Biennial Convention Adele Berlin on the book of Esther as a comedy Rabbi Weiss speaks about immersing in a mikveh View the transcript of the episode here.  Follow Just For This on instagram: @justforthispodcast justforthispodcast.com