Society

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תהילים כספר וכסיפור בתקופת מלחמת חורבת ברזל (Part 46).mp3

Dr. Beni Gesundheit

Audio

Kelman-Minhag Hamedinah: Following Local Custom

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Audio

Mourning What Remains: Halakhic Quandaries Created by the Tragedies of October 7th

Rabbi Yosie Levine

Audio

38. Athens in Jerusalem

J.J. Kimche

J.J. and Dr. Jacob Howland round up a storm of fascinating comparisons between Talmudic and Platonic methods of discourse. 
Podcast

36. The Talmud in Context

J.J. Kimche

J.J. and Dr. Shai Secunda set Talmudic discourse ablaze. They put the Talmud in its Zoroastrian and Sasanian context, and have bloody good discussion about how Judaism interacted with its socio-religious environment in the first few centuries of the…
Podcast

35. Jews & The Italian Renaissance

J.J. Kimche

J.J. and Dr. Joanna Weinberg make their way back to sunny 15th century Italy and the surrounding centuries to visit some of the more interesting Jewish characters of the Italian Renaissance. They weave their way through cross-cultural influences and…
Podcast

33. Abraham Geiger

J.J. Kimche

J.J. and Dr. Susannah Heschel survey the fascinating life and brilliant ideas of Abraham Geiger. This guy was flagrantly influential. A practicing rabbi, a leader in the Wissenschaft das Judentums movement and a founder of Islamic studies in Europe…
Podcast

The Poetry of Mourning (Part 3)

Rabbi Zvi Grumet

Audio

The Poetry of Mourning (Part 2)

Rabbi Zvi Grumet

Audio

BONUS: Jewish Christmas Traditions

Dr. Marc Shapiro

A special episode about Nittel–and the origins of certain Jewish observances on Christmas eve.
Podcast