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The Lookstein Legacy: Rabbi Haskel Lookstein in Conversation with Dr. Elliott Malamet

Rabbi Dr. Haskel Lookstein

The New York Times has described Rabbi Haskel Lookstein as "one of the most respected Orthodox rabbis in New York, where he has led Manhattan’s Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun for decades...He recently received an honorary doctorate from Israel’s Bar…

Audio

Nov 7, 2016

Mourning and the Day After: The Road to Resilience Dr. Elliott Malamet interviews Sherri Mandell

Sherri Mandel, Racheli Sprecher Fraenkel, Dr. Elliott Malamet

Audio

May 22, 2016

Can Torah Speak to the Modern World?

Dr. Elliott Malamet, Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg

Dr. Elliott Malamet and Dr. Avivah Zornberg in Conversation Combining everything from classical rabbinic commentary and Hasidic writings to postmodern literary criticism, art history, and psychoanalysis, Dr. Avivah Zornberg's writings on the Bible…

Audio

Dec 7, 2015

From the West Side to the West Bank: The Life and Times of a Rabbinical Renaissance Man

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin

Shlomo Riskin is one of the most remarkable figures in post war Judaism. From his childhood in Brooklyn to his aliya and his becoming rabbi of Efrat, Israel, Rabbi Riskin revolutionized American Orthodox Judaism and also fulfilled the Zionist dream…

Audio

Nov 11, 2014

Collaboration With Death: Anti-Semitism Then and Now

Dr. Daniel Goldhagen

Is anti-Semitism a phenomenon limited to certain isolated individuals, or is it a more common prejudice than is usually understood? Was the ordinary German or Pole a “willing executioner,” an enthusiastic party to hatred, or a victim of…

Audio

Nov 2, 2014