Ultra-Orthodox Integration, Military Service, and More: Understanding the Chareidi Point of View, with Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz (194)
In Episode 184, Scott spoke with Michael Eisenberg and Rabbi Yehoshua Hershberg about their conviction that the time has come for the ultra-Orthodox community in Israel - often referred to as the Char...
12 Feb 20241h 5min
Giving a Voice to Diaspora Jews: What Should Israelis Expect After October 7th? (193)
A week or two ago, on the Orthodox Conundrum Discussion Group on Facebook, Scott posted a question about the propriety of Jews living outside of Israel going on fancy vacations while the Israeli popul...
5 Feb 20241h 12min
"Sometimes I Wonder Why We Have to Be So Afraid": Women, Gender, and Jewish Law, with Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash (192)
In episode 190, Scott and Dr. Mijal Bitton talked about the idea of creating synagogues that follow Orthodox halacha while embracing an egalitarian aesthetic. One of the ideas that they discussed was ...
29 Jan 20241h 28min
Diaspora Modern Orthodoxy and Israeli Religious Zionism: Similarities, Differences, Opportunities, and Challenges, with Shayna Goldberg (191)
The war in Israel, which is now well over one hundred days old, has in some ways highlighted the commonalities between all Jews across the world, no matter where they live, and in other ways demonstra...
22 Jan 20241h 26min
Orthodox Halacha, Covenantal-Traditional Community, Egalitarian Aesthetic: Orthodoxy Moves Into the Future, with Dr. Mijal Bitton (190)
This podcast is called "The Orthodox Conundrum" and many of us self-identify as Orthodox, pray in Orthodox synagogues, affiliate with Orthodox institutions, and consider ourselves part of the wider Or...
15 Jan 20241h 5min
Staying Human in a Time of Inhumanity: Spiritual Growth Amid Despair and Gratitude, with Dr. Erica Brown (189)
Dr. Erica Brown has been a guest on the Orthodox Conundrum twice in the past six months: once, in episode 170, about leadership, and again in episode 176 about the theology of Kohelet. It's unpreceden...
8 Jan 20241h 13min
The Ethics of War, Torah Values, and the IDF: Is the Israeli Army Actually the Most Moral Army in the World? With Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody (188)
"The IDF is the most moral army on earth." We hear this said, and we hope that it's true. But what does it mean? How is morality defined in wartime? Is the IDF Code of Ethics in line with Jewish teach...
1 Jan 20241h 8min
The Inability to Hold Two Truths at the Same Time: Addressing the Sexual Violence of October 7th, with Rahel Bayar (187)
It has been tremendously disheartening to hear the reactions (or lack thereof) to Hamas's crimes of October 7th. One of the most obvious instances of this has been the silence of too many organization...
18 Des 202348min
