The Podcast of Jewish Ideas

J.J. and Dr. David Ruderman open our series with a discussion about the unique character and interesting characters of the Jewish Enlightenment in England. 

This series is generously sponsored by Larry and Sarah Krauss in honour and gratitude to Larry's mother, Kato Krauss, and in loving memory of his father, Nathan "Noteh" Krauss. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Sarah’s father, Joe Casse. Yosef ben Zvi v’Koyna. 

David B. Ruderman is the Joseph Meyerhoff Professor Emeritus of Modern Jewish History and the Ella Darivoff Director Emeritus of the Herbert D.…

J.J. and Dr. Noam Oren bridge the gap between the analytic philosophical tradition and the Jewish one. 

J.J. and Dr. Lawrence Kaplan analyze the life and thought of Joseph B. Soloveichik through the lens of Halakha.

The new edition of Halakhic Man (edited, annotated, and introduced by Dr. Kaplan) is available for purchase here.

J.J. and Dr. Daniel Rynhold discuss lonely and halakhic men and minds. 

J.J. and Dr. Martin Lockshin discuss the (not so) plain and simple ideas of Rabbi Samuel ben Meir of Troyes, a leading Tosafist and grandson to Rashi. 

J.J. and Dr. Vivian Liska border on the sublime in their discussion of the life and thought of this German-Jewish thinker. 

J.J. and Dr. Carson Bay crack open this recondite work of Jewish history and myth-making .

J.J. and Dr. Alan Mittleman make meaning out of a moment (or two). How does the Jewish tradition handle the big existential question? What does this all mean? Why are we here? 

J.J. and Dr. Chaim Saiman compare the two dominant modes of Jewish legal transmission, and put them in conversation with global legal traditions.

J.J. and Dr. David Moster take a trip deep down into the tradition of our tradition in search of the true text of the Bible.

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