In today's episode, host Donna Truong answers "What Even is Hanukkah?" with What Even Is...?'s first returning guest - Rabbi Greg Hersh of Temple Emmanuel of Wakefield, MA!

They speak about:

• the Hanukkah menorah
• the Hanukkah story that started it all
• Hanukkah meaning in Hebrew
• How long does Hanukkah last
• and more!

Prior to graduating from Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Rabbi Greg Hersh earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Religion at George Washington University. After college, Rabbi Hersh lived in a Buddhist monastery in Southeast Asia and explored the Buddhist and eastern philosophies. After, Rabbi Hersh found Reconstructionist Judaism and decided to become a rabbi.

He now is the rabbi of Temple Emmanuel of Wakefield and works part-time at the Burning Bush Adventures, where he takes Jewish people out in the wilderness.

Check out the Temple Emmanuel of Wakefield website (https://www.wakefieldtemple.org/) and the Burning Bush Adventures website (https://burningbushadventures.com/).

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Thank you to Joseph McDade for letting us use his song Elevation as our theme song!

On this episode of "What Even Is...?", host Donna Truong speaks with Cultural Collections and Exhibits Manager of the Cherokee Nation Cultural Tourism of Cherokee Nation Businesses Krystan Moser to answer "What Even was the Trail of Tears?"

They speak about different Trail of Tears facts, such as:

• The Trail of Tears timeline
• The Trail of Tears story
• What started the removal of Cherokees
• The shady president who started it all - Andrew Jackson
• How the Cherokees traveled on the Trail of Tears route
• and more

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Thank you to Joseph McDade for letting us use his song Elevation as our theme song!

On this episode, host Donna Truong speaks with Ohio State University professor Dr. John Low to answer "What even are Native American Reservations?".

In this episode, they discuss:

• what Native American/Indian reservations are
• poverty on Native American reservations
• where are some Native American reservations today
• different issues that Native Americans face today
• and more!

Dr. John Low earned his Ph.D. In American culture at the University of Michigan, is the director of the OSU Newark Earthworks Center, is an enrolled citizen of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, and serves as a member of his tribe’s Traditions and Repatriation Committee.

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Thank you to Joseph McDade for letting us use his song Elevation as our theme song!