Podcast Episodes
26. Declaring Israel
J.J. and Dr. Neil Rogachevsky skip down the winding (theoretical) road towards Israeli independence, and tell the story of the drafting of Ben…
25. Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
J.J. and Dr. Jonathan Garb march down the various paths of the Ram"chal's thought, and straighten out some of mysteries of his life, thought, and…
24. Copernicus and the Jews
J.J. and Dr. Jeremy Brown circulate some of the Jewish responses to Copernicus.
23. Tzimtzum | Dr. Christoph Schulte
J.J. and Dr. Christoph Schulte contract a serious case of mystical curiousity, and diminish the mysteries around the idea of Tzimtzum.
22. Jewish Apologetics | Dr. Samuel Lebens
J.J. and Dr. Sam Lebens prove God?! (Or at least, they discuss the history of some Jewish arguments for God.)
21. Leo Strauss | Dr. Leora Batnitzky
J.J. and Dr. Leora Batnitzky look for hidden truths in Strauss' thought.
20. The Zohar | Dr. Daniel Matt
J.J. and Dr. Daniel Matt become wiser and gain understanding while discussing the Kabbalistic ideas of The Zohar .
19. Anti-Maimonides | Dr. Tamar Rudavsky
J.J. and Dr. Tamar Rudavsky trace the responses to Maimonides among Medieval Jewish Philosophers.
T.M. Rudavsky is Professor of…
18. The German Haskalah | Dr. Michah Gottlieb
J.J. and Dr. Michah Gottlieb shed light on the origins of the Haskalah in Berlin, and examine Mendelssohn's role in it.
17. The Real Maimonides | Dr. Noah Feldman
J.J. and Dr. Noah Feldman attempt uncover what Maimonides was really trying to do in his halakhic and philosophical works.