Podcasts

jewish learning through a latin jewish lens

Get behind the scenes on Olamim's approach to Jewish education and social change. Check out this episode of the Jewish Education Project's podcast, "Adapting," featuring Executive Director and Founder, Ariela Ronay-Jinich. In conversation with Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath, Senior Director of Knowledge, Ideas and Learning at the Jewish Education Project, Ariela examines what happens when we reimagine Jewish education with families — not institutions — at the center.

  • Ariela Ronay-Jinich shares how Olamim empowers parents, children, and grandparents to create Jewish meaning together through stories, practices, culture, and shared experiences. From Latin Jewish families to the broader Jewish community, she argues that Jewish learning is not simply about transmitting knowledge but about helping people become more fully themselves while seeing their family's unique story as an essential part of the larger Jewish story. Their conversation examines what happens when we reimagine Jewish education with families—not institutions—at the center. 

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Holidays

We invite you to listen to our Tu B’Shvat podcast! You will hear us reflect about trees and community life!

  • Olive, Zayit, Zeytoon, Aceituna: this Tu B’shvat at Olamim we are thinking about family, diaspora, community life and one of the Biblical seven species, the Olive.

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Family Stories

As part of engaging the broader community in our research on Latin Jewish families, we partnered with Jewtina y Co. to produce a series of podcasts featuring Latin Jewish families and their stories. Join their founder and executive director, Analucía Lopezrevoredo, as she masterfully connects with Latin Jewish community members invested in preserving their cultural identity. 

  • Meet Analucia Lopezrevoredo, the Founder and Executive director of Jewtina y Co. In this episode , she introduces Season 4 of Jewtina's VOCES podcast, which features Latin Jewish families. Podcast guests explore the complexity and uniqueness of having a multicultural Latin and Jewish family identity, and share their perspectives about culture, community, family, and intersectionality.

    This episode is a proud partnership between Jewtina y Co. and Olamim. 

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  • Meet Ariela Ronay-Jinich! Ariela is an educational leader, cultural activist, and researcher based in Berkeley, California. She has been serving Bay Area youth and families since 2005, and has founded and directed a number of innovative Jewish educational initiatives that center community-building, language learning and nature connection at organizations like Urban Adamah, Wilderness Torah, Edah and Jewish Outside. Her recent work has centered her Mexican Jewish identity and has taken on an equity focus, through her qualitative research on Latinx Jewish families. Today, she serves as the Founder and Executive Director of Olamim, a family engagement program for Latinx Jewish families in the Bay Area. 

    This episode is a proud partnership between Jewtina y Co. and Olamim. 

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  • Meet the Isaac and Vivi from the Santana-Zones Family! This year, Isaac and Vivi are celebrating 20 years as a couple.  Isaac identifies as being Jewish with mixed Sephardic and Ashkenazi heritage and Vivi as Chicana and child and grandchild of immigrants from Jalisco, Mexico. From the first moments of getting to know each other, their families and cultural/ethnic identities have been at the center of their bonding–with both of them holding a genuine interest to support the other in holding onto that connection. Tune in to meet this dynamic couple and learn how their love story is an active verb against assimilation. 

    This episode is a proud partnership between Jewtina y Co. and Olamim. 

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  • Meet Azucena “Azu” Uribe! Azu is a junior in high school that was born and raised in Berkeley, California, like her parents. Raised in a multicultural home, their mom is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, and their father is of Mexican descent. Azu loves dancing, writing poetry, and spending time in nature and with people they love. They have been surrounded by music their whole life and are currently learning drums and guitar. Azu has been a part of Jewish Youth for Community Action (JYCA) and Jews Against Marginalization (JAM) for over 2 years, and has also worked at Olamim, a Latin-Jewish family program in the East Bay, since their freshman year. They are passionate about social and environmental justice for all and helping to heal/help this world in any way that they can. Tune into her story and learn about the ways in which she navigates her life at the crossroads of her rich Mexican-Jewish identity. 

    This episode is a proud partnership between Jewtina y Co. and Olamim. 

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  • Jessica Goodman is a seasoned clinical social worker with a wealth of experience in private practice. Throughout her career, Jessica has empowered individuals to reshape their life stories across diverse environments, including the foster care system, educational institutions, residential settings, community mental health clinics, and charitable organizations.

    Tune in to discover the invaluable insights Jessica shares on the lessons vital for all adults raising multicultural children and the essential role every adult plays in nurturing a home environment filled with cultural curiosity, appreciation, and learning.

    This episode is a proud partnership between Jewtina y Co. and Olamim. 

    Listen on Spotify. Or listen on Apple Podcasts.