Ukraine's Jews in the Middle of a War
As events rapidly unfold in Ukraine, the Jewish community around the world is mobilizing in support of nearly 200,000 Jews who call it home. Roman Shmulenson, Executive Director of the Council of Jewi...
1 Maalis 202243min
The Hilltop Youth and Jewish Terrorism
Anti-Palestinian violence committed by disaffected young Israelis increased by 50% in 2021. Why do the IDF, the police, and society turn a blind eye towards these Jewish terrorists? Who is responsible...
15 Helmi 20221h 1min
The Torah of TikTok
Miriam Anzovin is a millennial TikToker who is transforming Talmud study for the social media age. Her “hot takes” on Daf Yomi, where a person learns one page of Talmud every day, have drawn viral att...
8 Helmi 202247min
The Making of an American Shtetl
How did a small contingent of Hasidic families establish a thriving, insular enclave with a powerful local government? Authors Nomi Stolzenberg and David Myers join Yehuda Kurtzer to chronicle how th...
1 Helmi 202241min
Norman Lamm and American Orthodoxy
Norman Lamm was a rabbi and the longtime leader of Yeshiva University who championed the idea that Orthodox Jews could maintain their faith while engaging with modern society. Our special guest host, ...
25 Tammi 202243min
Between Charlottesville and Colleyville
We have never had the national reckoning that we need over the August 2017 events in Charlottesville, and this week’s synagogue hostage crisis in Colleyville, TX, reminds us that more than four years ...
19 Tammi 202244min
Challenging Wokeness: Jews & The American Narrative
Jews have a significant interest in the world of ideas and playing a role in them. In this episode Yehuda Kurtzer chats with Bret Stephens, Pulitzer Prize winning conservative journalist, Editor of t...
11 Tammi 202242min
Protecting a Predator: Chaim Walder & the Haredi Defense
This episode covers sexual abuse and suicide. Listener discretion advised. Chaim Walder, an Israeli rabbi, author of literature for children, and one of the most trusted voices on child psychology in...
6 Tammi 202241min
