The Podcast of Jewish Ideas

Podcast Episodes

52. Ahad Ha'Am | Steven Zipperstein

Speakers: J.J. Kimche

J.J. and Dr. Steven Zipperstein capture the essence and relevance of this elusive visionary. 

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51. The Binding of Isaac | Dr. Aaron Koller

Speakers: J.J. Kimche

J.J. and Dr. Aaron Koller tremble in fear of this awesome Biblical episode, but they still manage to discuss fascinating theological and…

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50. The Haskalah Reconsidered | Dr. Olga Litvak

Speakers: J.J. Kimche

J.J. and Dr. Olga Litvak take the express from Berlin to Eastern Europe in search of the real Jewish enlightenment. 

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49. Emmanuel Levinas | Dr. Sarah Hammerschlag

Speakers: J.J. Kimche

J.J. and Dr. Sarah Hammerschlag encounter a phenomenal high-school principal and genius: Emmanuel Levinas. 

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48. Abraham Ibn Ezra's Commentary | Dr. Sarah Labaton

Speakers: J.J. Kimche

J.J. and Dr. Sara Labaton dive into the mysteries of Ibn Ezra’s revolutionary commentary on the Bible. This is episode 2 of our series on the…

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47. Abraham Ibn Ezra's Philosophy | Dr. Tzvi Langermann

J.J. and Dr. Tzvi Langermann enumerate many of the Ibn Ezra's most fascinating philosophical ideas. This is episode 1 of our series on the…

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46. Hermann Cohen | Dr. Shira Billet

Speakers: J.J. Kimche

J.J. and Dr. Shira Billet make sense of this remarkable Jewish idealist. 

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45. Rabbis and Christians

Speakers: J.J. Kimche

J.J. and Dr. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal meditate on Talmudic responses to Christianity. 
 

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44. The Rebbe

Speakers: J.J. Kimche

J.J. and Dr. Yosef Bronstein resurrect some of the most fascinating ideas that animated the thought of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the 7th…

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43. Chabad's Bridge Figure

Speakers: J.J. Kimche

J.J. and Dr. Reuven Leigh finally bring Chabad into the 20th century! They inspect the life and thought of the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe–Rabbi…

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