956 Episodes

  1. Is There a Future for American Zionism? American Zionism in the Era of the Ethnic State

    Published: 5/5/2023
  2. Inside the Mind of God: Plato, Christians, and Jews

    Published: 5/1/2023
  3. “Repairing the World” (Tikkun Olam): Radical Justice or Conscientious Consequentialism?

    Published: 4/24/2023
  4. Israel Education on Campus: Rabbi Benjamin Berger Interviewed by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowtiz

    Published: 3/31/2023
  5. Green Burial and Jewish Law

    Published: 3/30/2023
  6. Evil: A Brief Biography

    Published: 3/28/2023
  7. Antisemitism in Admissions in Higher Education

    Published: 3/21/2023
  8. Reading Megillat Esther More Closely

    Published: 3/16/2023
  9. Activating the Soul! Lighting a Fire Within!

    Published: 3/13/2023
  10. Jewish Bulgaria: A Virtual Sephardic Journey

    Published: 3/8/2023
  11. Agreeable Jews, Dead Jews, and the Challenge of Diversity

    Published: 3/3/2023
  12. Jewish Spies in the Civil War and Contemporary Polarization: An Interview With Dara Horn

    Published: 3/3/2023
  13. Esther the Graphic Novel: How the OG Wonder Woman Took Flight

    Published: 3/2/2023
  14. Was the Holocaust a Divine Punishment?

    Published: 2/24/2023
  15. What If: Faith for Non Believers and Other Ways of Rethinking Emunah

    Published: 2/17/2023
  16. The Maternal Divine

    Published: 2/10/2023
  17. Tu B'Shevat Seder: Tasting Israeli Fruit and Wine & Exploring Israels Political Landscape with a Settler-Orthodox Rabbi

    Published: 2/7/2023
  18. Pharaoh Never Died: Midrash and the Art of Text-Weaving

    Published: 2/3/2023
  19. This Book is On Fire: The Radical Linguistic Theology of the Rabbis

    Published: 2/3/2023
  20. Get Real! Can Psychedelics Be Healing?

    Published: 2/2/2023

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