956 Episodes

  1. Barry Scott Wimpfheimer - Charity in the Talmud: Religious Feelings and Macroeconomics

    Published: 1/24/2019
  2. Tirzah Firestone - Lighting the Way in a Dark World: The Tzaddik & The Bodhisattva

    Published: 1/22/2019
  3. Tirzah Firestone - Shechinah, the Feminine Face of Gd in Torah, Mysticism, and Our World

    Published: 1/22/2019
  4. Manny Waks - Who Gave You Permission?

    Published: 1/17/2019
  5. Emanuel Levinas: The Greatest Jewish Philosopher That Nobody’s Heard Of – Ira Stone

    Published: 1/16/2019
  6. Ira Stone - Reading Classical Texts with a Contemporary Philosophic Lens

    Published: 1/15/2019
  7. David Z. Moster - Etrog: How a Chinese Fruit Became a Jewish Symbol

    Published: 1/11/2019
  8. Samuel Fleischacker - Maimonides on Who Wrote the Torah

    Published: 1/11/2019
  9. Samuel Fleischacker - Existentialist Messianism

    Published: 1/10/2019
  10. Ilana Kaufman - A Community of ‘Others’: Jews, Peoplehood, and Justice

    Published: 12/19/2018
  11. Ilana Kaufman - Jewish Identity and Justice

    Published: 12/18/2018
  12. Paul Mendes-Flohr - Martin Buber’s Philosophy of Dialogue

    Published: 12/12/2018
  13. Paul Mendes-Flohr - Franz Rosenzweig: Herald of a Jewish Renaissance

    Published: 12/12/2018
  14. Noam Weisbrod - Water and Food Security in Israel and Beyond: Can We Do Better?

    Published: 12/11/2018
  15. Howard M. Markose - The Leadership of Aaron and Moses – A Look at Differing Styles

    Published: 12/11/2018
  16. Howard M. Markose - Jacob and Esau’s Long-Awaited Meeting – Friendly or Antagonistic?

    Published: 12/11/2018
  17. Robert Eisen - The Peace and Violence of Judaism: From the Bible to Modern Zionism

    Published: 11/20/2018
  18. Robert Eisen - Justifying Israel’s Wars in Jewish Law: Challenges and Solutions

    Published: 11/19/2018
  19. Herbert Cohen - Mussar and Film: Movies That Help Us Grow!

    Published: 11/15/2018
  20. Samuel C. Heilman - The Story of Five Hasidic Dynasties in America

    Published: 11/15/2018

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