A podcast, hosted from the bima
Behind the Bima is a podcast hosted by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, the senior rabbi of the Boca Raton Synagogue in Florida. The name signals the vantage point: a pulpit rabbi's-eye view of Jewish life. It is a hosted show — often conversation and interview rather than a formal shiur — and this collection holds more than 200 episodes.
Treating it as a podcast rather than a lecture series matters for how you approach it. Episodes are meant for listening on their own schedule, and the appeal is as much in the exchange and the guests as in a single prepared talk.
Torah, community, and conversation
As the show of a working communal rabbi, Behind the Bima tends to sit where Torah meets the real life of a shul and a community. That gives it range — from ideas rooted in the weekly parsha to questions facing Jewish families and institutions today.
The conversational format lets Rabbi Goldberg draw out guests and think through a topic in the open, which suits a listener who enjoys following an idea as it develops rather than receiving it fully packaged.
How to listen
Because it is a podcast, the natural approach is to browse by topic or guest and pick an episode that speaks to you; there is no fixed order to follow. It travels well as audio for a commute or a walk.
For someone who values a thoughtful, current Jewish conversation alongside more traditional shiurim, a hosted show like this offers a different texture — Torah in dialogue rather than Torah in monologue.
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Key takeaways
- Behind the Bima is a podcast hosted by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, senior rabbi of the Boca Raton Synagogue.
- It is largely conversation and interview rather than a formal shiur series.
- Its subjects sit where Torah meets the real life of a shul and a community.
- More than 200 episodes can be browsed by topic or guest in any order.
- Search Lehallel for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.
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