Jewish History Uncensored

Had enough of the scripted and abridged version of Jewish History you learned as a child? This weekly podcast features remastered audio from Marc Shapiro’s Torah in Motion classes given from 2011 to the present. Listen to learn about big ideas, interesting personalities, and astounding events in modern Jewish History.

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Podcast Host(s): Dr. Marc Shapiro

Podcast Episodes

0 | Eliezer Berkovits

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Speakers: Dr. Marc Shapiro

This is series 3: Eliezer Berkovits. In this brief introduction, we will meet this theologian and halakhist who defied communal expectations about what a Rabbi should be.

Eliezer Berkovits remains one of the most interesting Jewish thinkers of the 20th century, and in this series we will examine his life, his halakhic work, and his lasting contribution to Jewish theology.

5 | Joseph Elijah Henkin

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Speakers: Dr. Marc Shapiro

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored with Marc Shapiro, a weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 2: The Life and Thought of Rabbi Joseph Elijah Henkin, episode 5.

4 | Joseph Elijah Henkin

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Speakers: Dr. Marc Shapiro

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored with Marc Shapiro, a weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 2: The Life and Thought of Rabbi Joseph Elijah Henkin, episode 4.

3 | Joseph Elijah Henkin

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Speakers: Dr. Marc Shapiro

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored with Marc Shapiro, a weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 2: The Life and Thought of Rabbi Joseph Elijah Henkin, episode 3.

2 | Joseph Elijah Henkin

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Speakers: Dr. Marc Shapiro

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored with Marc Shapiro, a weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 2: The Life and Thought of Rabbi Joseph Elijah Henkin, episode 2.

1 | Joseph Elijah Henkin

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Speakers: Dr. Marc Shapiro

This is series 2, the life and times of Rabbi Joseph Elijah Henkin. In this introductory episode we will meet this Rabbi, who bridged the gap between pre and post-war American Judaism. As the series progresses, we will come to understand the complexities of this period, and the ways that Henkin was both a product, and a shaper of his time.