Yitzchok Adlerstein: Zionism, the American Yeshiva World, and Reaching Beyond Our Community [Outreach 1/5]
18Forty Podcast4 Helmi 2025

Yitzchok Adlerstein: Zionism, the American Yeshiva World, and Reaching Beyond Our Community [Outreach 1/5]

This episode is sponsored by Nishmat, whose Summer Beit Midrash offers transformative Torah learning in the heart of Jerusalem for women of all backgrounds. Find more information here.

Take our annual survey.


In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we launch our new topic, Outreach, by talking to Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein, a senior staff member at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, about changing people’s minds, the value of individuality, and the “no true Scotsman” fallacy.

With the tectonic shifts happening to our religious communities, political affiliations, and technological tools, conversations across social boundaries are becoming increasingly crucial. In this episode we discuss:

  • How do we reach out to people “outside our communities,” in the many senses of that phrase?
  • How do the needs of the American Yeshiva World differ from the needs of the Israeli Haredi World?
  • How should we address the worldwide realignment that cultures of all kinds are experiencing?
Tune in to hear a conversation about the importance of being “translators” across communities as we exchange ideas with one another.

Interview begins at 21:34.

Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein is a senior staff member at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish advocacy group and international NGO. He also holds the Sydney M. Irmas Adjunct Chair in Jewish Law and Ethics at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. Rabbi Adlerstein is the co-founder of Cross-Currents, an online journal of Orthodox Jewish thought, and regularly contributes to that site. He is on the editorial board of Klal Perspectives, an online journal of issues facing the Orthodox community.

References:


Iyun Podcast with Rabbi Ari Koretzky

18Forty Podcast: “Ari Koretzky: In Conversation With Dovid Bashevkin

Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error by Kathryn Schulz

We Need To Start Befriending Neo Nazis” by Bethany Mandel

Ben Torah For Life by Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky

Song of Myself by Walt Whitman

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support.

Jaksot(270)

What To Do When Families Become Estranged [Re-Release]

What To Do When Families Become Estranged [Re-Release]

This series is sponsored by Mira and Daniel Stokar, and this episode is sponsored by Dr. Leah Younger of Younger Psychology.In 2023, we talked to psychologist Dr. Joshua Coleman, about the nuances of ...

25 Marras 20251h 49min

AI & Halacha: On Transparency and Accountability [AI 4/4]

AI & Halacha: On Transparency and Accountability [AI 4/4]

This series is sponsored by American Security Foundation.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, Rabbi Gil Student speaks with Rabbi Aryeh Klapper and Sofer.ai CEO Zach Fish about how AI is reshaping ...

18 Marras 20251h 3min

Is AI the New Printing Press? [AI 3/4]

Is AI the New Printing Press? [AI 3/4]

This series is sponsored by American Security Foundation.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast—recorded at the 18Forty X ASFoundation AI Summit—we speak with Moshe Koppel, Malka Simkovich, and Tikvah...

11 Marras 20251h 34min

Julia Senkfor & Cameron Berg: Does AI Have an Antisemitism Problem? [AI 2/4]

Julia Senkfor & Cameron Berg: Does AI Have an Antisemitism Problem? [AI 2/4]

This series is sponsored by American Security Foundation.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast—recorded at the 18Forty X ASFoundation AI Summit—we speak with ASF’s Julia Senkfor and AI researcher Cam...

4 Marras 20251h 7min

Steven Gotlib & Eli Rubin: What Does It Mean To Be Human? [AI 1/4]

Steven Gotlib & Eli Rubin: What Does It Mean To Be Human? [AI 1/4]

This series is sponsored by American Security Foundation.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast—recorded at the 18Forty X ASFoundation AI Summit—we speak with Rabbi Eli Rubin and Rabbi Steven Gotlib a...

28 Loka 20251h 8min

Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin: How Torah Gives Us Faith and Hope

Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin: How Torah Gives Us Faith and Hope

This episode is brought to you by Simchat Torah Challenge, a Jewish communal project inspiring tens of thousands of Jews of all backgrounds to read the weekly parsha. The weekly English-language email...

12 Loka 20251h 9min

Moshe Koppel: Artificial Intelligence and Torah [Prayer Re-Release]

Moshe Koppel: Artificial Intelligence and Torah [Prayer Re-Release]

As a hint at our next new series, we want to share with you our 2023 episode with Moshe Koppel—a computer scientist and Talmud scholar—about Torah and its intersection with artificial intelligence.In ...

6 Loka 20251h 14min

Moshe Benovitz: Why Religious Change Doesn't Always Last [Teshuva 6/6]

Moshe Benovitz: Why Religious Change Doesn't Always Last [Teshuva 6/6]

This series is sponsored by Mira and Daniel Stokar.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, recorded live at Stern College, we speak with Rabbi Moshe Benovitz, director of NCSY Kollel, about what makes...

29 Syys 20251h 26min

Suosittua kategoriassa Uskonto ja hengellisyys

yopuolen-tarinoita-2
lahko
kulttien-johdossa
voi-hyvin-meditaatiot-2
rss-valo-minussa-2
rss-vapaudu-voimaasi
rss-yopuolen-tarinoita
maailmanpuu
rss-kirkon-ihmeellisimmat-tarinat
rss-verkosto
astropodia
rss-miehen-mieli-podcast
rss-tarot-oivallusten-kortit
rss-lakeuden-valo
harhaoppia
rss-sinivalkoinen-islam
rss-viisaiden-naisten-neuvosto
rss-toimivan-avioliiton-rakentaminen
rss-raamattu-podcast
rss-laajasalo