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Who Wrote the Siddur? (Part 1)

Yosef Lindell

Audio

17 | Letters of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

Dr. Marc Shapiro

Our new series “Letters from the Rav” is the result of decades of archival research. It covers many of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s private letters, and brings surprising insight into one of the most prominent Jewish thinkers of the 20th century.…
Podcast

20. The Zohar | Dr. Daniel Matt

J.J. Kimche, Daniel C. Matt

J.J. and Dr. Daniel Matt become wiser and gain understanding while discussing the Kabbalistic ideas of The Zohar .
Podcast

14. Yiddish Literature | Dr. Ruth Wisse

J.J. Kimche, Ruth Wisse

J.J. and Dr. Ruth Wisse unpack the world or modern Yiddish literature from its beginnings with Rav Nachman of Breslov through Chaim Grade and the contemporary state of Yiddish studies. Ruth R. Wisse is professor emerita of Yiddish literature and…
Podcast

10. Medieval Hebrew Poetry | Peter Cole

J.J. Kimche, Peter Cole

In this episode J.J. and Peter Cole discuss Jewish poetry, aesthetics, and why Samuel ibn Naghrillah would probably make an excellent rapper.   Born in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1957, Peter Cole is the author of six books of poems—most recently…
Podcast

8. The Guide to the Perplexed | Dr. Lenn Goodman

J.J. Kimche, Lenn Goodman

In this episode J.J. and Dr. Lenn Goodman discuss Maimonides’ Guide to the Perplexed, and the challenges of a brand new translation. Also: What Strauss, Pines, and the UChicago school of interpretation got wrong.   Lenn E. Goodman is Professor…
Podcast

e-TiM: Rabbi Yosef Karo and the Making of the Shulhan Arukh

Rabbi Yosie Levine

Rabbi Yosef Karo and the Making of the Shulhan Arukh Rabbi Yosie Levine Wednesdays, February 1 - 22 1:00pm Eastern Who was Rabbi Yosef Karo? What did he set out to accomplish with the publication of his halakhic works? And how did the Shulhan Arukh…
Program

The People In, Of, and Around the Book: How Jewish Books Tell the Story of the Jews (Part 3) - Early Print as a Hidden Archive: Tracing Footprints in Jewish books

Michelle Margolis Chesner

Audio

The People In, Of, and Around the Book: How Jewish Books Tell the Story of the Jews (Part 2) - Reading Deeper in Manuscript and Print: Paratexts and the Jewish Past

Michelle Margolis Chesner

Audio

The People In, Of, and Around the Book_ How Jewish Books Tell the Story of the Jews (Part 1) - History and Society in Scraps and Fragments: the Cairo (and other) Geniza(s)

Michelle Margolis Chesner

Audio