956 Episodes

  1. How Can Qohelet Quell the Curious Mind? An Exploration of a New Translation and Commentaries on the Strangest Book of the Hebrew Bible

    Published: 1/29/2024
  2. Food, Clothing, and Shelter: Human Rights or Charity?

    Published: 1/19/2024
  3. The Healing Power of Storytelling

    Published: 1/15/2024
  4. Introduction to Dreams and Kabbalah

    Published: 1/5/2024
  5. When “The Hands of Esau” Replace “Love the Stranger”: The Corruption of Jewish Power

    Published: 12/29/2023
  6. Radical Jewish Views of God: Maimonides vs Spinoza

    Published: 12/26/2023
  7. But What If I Love The Greeks?!: Chanukah for Philosophers

    Published: 12/18/2023
  8. Finding Light in Darkness

    Published: 12/8/2023
  9. Self & Mystical Identity in Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah - Class #5

    Published: 12/8/2023
  10. Who Is in Charge? Philosophy of Halakhah Through the Eyes of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik and Rabbi Moshe Feinstein

    Published: 12/4/2023
  11. Self & Mystical Identity in Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah - Class #4

    Published: 12/1/2023
  12. Jewish Military Ethics: Part II

    Published: 11/30/2023
  13. Self & Mystical Identity in Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah - Class #3

    Published: 11/27/2023
  14. Jewish Military Ethics: A Comparison of Being a Soldier in the Diaspora and the Israeli Army Today

    Published: 11/24/2023
  15. Antisemitism: Why Is It Still Around and Whose Fault Is It?

    Published: 11/20/2023
  16. The Sacred Earth: Jewish Perspectives on Our Planet

    Published: 11/17/2023
  17. Self & Mystical Identity in Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah - Class #2

    Published: 11/17/2023
  18. Jews on the Move: The Geographic Dimension of Jewish Survival in North America

    Published: 11/13/2023
  19. Self & Mystical Identity in Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah - Class #1

    Published: 11/10/2023
  20. Women’s Sexual Assertiveness: An Exploration of Talmudic Perspectives

    Published: 11/3/2023

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