Rabbi Jonathan Sacks ZT"L Panel Discussion (Part 1): His Life, Leadership, and Legacy (135)
Today, the 20th of Cheshvan, is the second yahrzeit of Lord Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks zt"l. His impact was enormous; in so many ways, his life represented a sanctification of the Divine name. While m...
14 Nov 20221h 22min
The Future of Religious Zionism... Or A Dangerous Distortion? A Conversation Over Coffee About the Past and Future of Religious Zionism (134)
The Religious Zionist Party in Israel, headed by Betzalel Smotrich, has been vilified as mainstreaming racist, misogynistic, and homophobic attitudes. Yet last week, that party - or, more appropriatel...
7 Nov 20221h 8min
Building a Non-Orthodox Orthodoxy: Discovering Rav Shagar zt'l with Rabbis Zachary Truboff and Yehoshua Engelman (133)
Increasingly, members of the Religious Zionist community in Israel have discovered the thinking and writings of Rabbi Shimon Gershon Rosenberg, better known by his initials, Rav Shagar. The more the...
31 Okt 20221h 35min
The New World of Social Media, and What It Means for Orthodox Jews, with Dina Rabhan (132)
"The medium is the message" said philosopher Marshall McLuhan, and the idea that the way we receive information is likely more important and influential than the information itself, is now truer than ...
24 Okt 20221h 26min
Jewish-Catholic Dialogue: Potential Rewards and Possible Dangers, with Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich (131)
On October 28th, 1965, as part of the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI promulgated Nostra Aetate, the Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions. That event cleared the...
19 Okt 20221h 2min
The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy (Bonus Episode)
During the Selichot that we have been reciting for the past two weeks, we repeat G-d's Thirteen Attributes of Mercy over and over again. Many shuls have the minhag to say them three times when we ope...
2 Okt 202220min
The Discipline of Consciousness: Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, Meditation, and Experiencing G-d (Orthodox Conundrum Special)
As we enter the period of the Yamim Nora'im followed by Sukkot, we are embarking on what might be the most intense spiritual season of the Jewish calendar. Some people find the davening on Rosh Hashan...
22 Sep 20221h 36min
Remembering Havi Lev (130)
Today's episode isn't about Rosh Hashanah in an overt way; but Myra Sack's story represents one of the most powerful Rosh Hashanah stories imaginable. Myra and her husband Matt had a beautiful little ...
19 Sep 202248min
