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You Are Doing It Wrong

by Mercaz Media

Is there a voice in your head saying you’re doing it wrong? Are you afraid you’ll never be a ‘real Jew’? Well, you’re definitely not alone. In the latest series from Mercaz Media, Rabbi David Minkus dives right into an experience so many of us share but don’t always want to talk about. With the help of Jewish leaders, brave storytellers, and thousands of years of wisdom, we’ll try to understand why so many of us in the Jewish community feel like outsiders in our own tradition. How did it get this way, and what can we do about it? New episodes weekly, starting on July 24th You Are Doing It Wrong, the second series from Mercaz Media, was created by Rabbi David Minkus and Joel Shupack with music from Blue Dot Sessions. Mercaz Media is the content arm of Mercaz: The Center for Purposeful Living. Mercaz is a portal where both religious and ambivalent Jews, as well as fellow travelers, come together and make sense of the wisdom and technologies that have grown out of Judaism. Mercaz works to change the landscape of Jewish life through both in-person experiences and content. More information at: https://www.mercaz.community/

Latest episodes

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The Right Way to Do it Wrong

In the final episode, Rabbi David Minkus reflects on the central tension of the series: how do we hold boundaries that are not shaped by fear and gatekeeping? With some f

Aug 21 2025
24 min

Bonus - Cupcakes on a Fast Day

In this special episode, we share our favorite “you’re doing it wrong” stories we weren’t able to fit into the series. These stories reveal that no one is immune, not eve

Aug 14 2025
8 min

Between Sanctity and Silliness

In this episode, Rabbi David Minkus speaks with rabbis Lizzi Heydemann and Jess Minnen and journalist Jodi Rudoren to explore the roots of the “you’re doing it wrong” phe

Aug 7 2025
30 min

The Dreaded Honor

What does the fear of “doing it wrong” cost us? And why is the instinct to correct—often harshly—so common in Jewish spaces? In this episode, Rabbi Benay Lappe and Dan Li

Jul 31 2025
24 min

Coloring Books & Cooked Wine

In this opening episode, host Rabbi David Minkus begins a conversation that’s long overdue in the Jewish community. We hear stories from everyday Jews who were told, some

Jul 24 2025
18 min

Introducing: You Are Doing It Wrong

In the latest series from Mercaz Media, Rabbi David Minkus explores a phenomenon all too familiar to Jewish communities, but not taken seriously enough. Join David in get

Jul 10 2025
2 min

3 - The Conversation

Another week passes and David finally sits down with the person who set this all in motion.  Now that everyone has shared their piece, it’s your turn. What did you take

Jun 24 2024
31 min

2 - The Triangle

After a week consumed with conversations about “the incident”, David was ready to move on. He knew he had done the right thing. Then he got an email he couldn’t ignore. 

Jun 17 2024
21 min

1 - The Leaflet

For Rabbi David Minkus, the days after October 7th were as disorienting as they were heartbreaking, but one thing was for sure. Being in shul, with fellow Jews, felt righ

Jun 10 2024
19 min

A Seismic Shift

Everything changed on October 7th. In A Leaflet Drops in Shul, Rabbi David Minkus explores this heartbreaking and disorienting time through a small act of rebellion in hi

Jun 3 2024
1 min

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