The Podcast of Jewish Ideas

J.J. and Dr. Adam Ferziger crisscross the Atlantic to better understand the influence of American Orthodoxy on Israel, and vice versa.

J.J. and Dr. Alon Shalev discuss the iconoclastic ideas and character of Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner.

J.J. and Dr. David Novak hike through the forest of Natural Law, and stop to examine some (Jewish) trees therein.

J.J. and Dr. Talya Fishman whip themselves up into a frenzy over the thought and influence of the pietists of the Medieval Rhineland.

J.J. and Dr. Elliot Wolfson are just two beings talking about being, time, and Jewish mysticism in the thought of Martin Heidegger. 

J.J. and Dr. Marina Zilbergerts study the birth of modern Hebrew for its own sake.

J.J. and Dr. Rachel Elior make sharp distinctions between mysticism, Hasidism, and Sabbateanism.

J.J. and Dr. Abigail Gillman interpret the ideas and impact of the Buber-Rosenzweig Bible translation.

J.J. and Dr. Paul Franks systematically consider Franz Rosenzweig in all his existential and idealistic glory. 

J.J. and Dr. Samuel Brody assess the original ideas and monumental influence of this 20th century thinker and leader.