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Conversion in Responsa Literature (Part 2): Intermarriage and Conversion in America in the Early Twentieth Century

Rabbi Adam Mintz

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Adventures in American Judaism (Part 4): Sandy Koufax Revisited

Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff

In 1965, Sandy Koufax refused to pitch Game 1 of the World Series. But how this well-known episode is remembered in the American Jewish mind is different than how it played out sixty years ago.
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Orthodox Conversion to Judaism in American Responsa Literature: Class 1 Orthodox Conversion in New Orleans, 1864

Rabbi Adam Mintz

We will explore how American Orthodox rabbis of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have navigated the difficult but fascinating topic of conversion to Judaism in America.
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Beyond the Text, Into Their World (Part 4)

Shulie Mishkin

This week's topic: Others: Christians, Sects, Samaritans, Romans
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Adventures in American Judaism (Part 3): Herman Wouk's God

Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff

First published in 1959, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Herman Wouk's This is My God caused a sensation among Jews and non-Jews. It also called into question who was the most fitting person to represent the Jewish faith in the post-World…
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Judaism & Hinduism

Dr. Marc Shapiro

A bonus episode recorded as part of TiM's 2024 Hannukah Yom Iyun. 
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Adventures in American Judaism (Part 2): The "Excommunication" of Rabbi Yitz Greenberg

Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff

In the late-1980s, the Modern Orthodox rabbinical establishment launched a "heresy trial" to decide whether Rabbi Yitz Greenberg ought to be counted amongst its ranks. The fraught episode betokens the anxieties of American Orthodoxy during this…
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Adventures in American Judaism (Part 1): The Grand Union Hotel and Its Jewish "In-Crowd"

Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff

In 1877, the prominent Jewish businessman, Joseph Seligman was refused entry to the Grand Union Hotel in Saratoga Springs, New York. But the actions of his nemesis, Henry Hilton, had to do with more than just antisemitism. For Hilton and his hotel,…
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Praying in Interfaith Chapels: The Case of Cedar-Sinai’s Chapel?

Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner

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Christians and the Books of the Maccabees

Rabbi Dr. Martin Lockshin

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