East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray
The East Anchorage Book Club is an interview podcast where Alaskan leaders discuss politics and community issues.
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray
Rabbi Abram Goodstein & Reverend Matthew Schultz: progressive clergy
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Andrew Gray
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Season 1
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Episode 19
In December 2021, the East Anchorage Book Club held a Zoom event with Rabbi Abram Goodstein of Congregation Beth Shalom and Reverend Matthew Schultz of First Presbyterian Church. These two local progressive clergy co-host a podcast together called “What Divines Us.” After months of holding Zoom events that were not recorded, we experimented with recording this one; however, at the time it was decided that it was too controversial. We discuss the brandishing of the Stars of David at Anchorage Assembly meetings, the Mayor's apologies -- good and bad -- and the propensity of the religious right to follow-the-leader.