The Orthodox Community's Obsession with Materialism: A Conversation with Rabbi Jeremy Wieder (99)
Whether we're talking about extraordinarily lavish weddings, or over-the-top Pesach programs, or the race to beat the next summer camp with trips to ever more glamorous locations, or even the clothes ...
15 Feb 202251min
The Fissures in Jewish Society: Is Bridging Them a Lost Cause? (98)
The lack of unity among the Jewish people is as obvious as it is troubling. We all know that it's a problem, and has been a problem for as long as there have been Jews. But the normal way of addressin...
7 Feb 202246min
The Yeshiva University Rape Scandal (97)
On August 25th, 2021 the student newspaper at Yeshiva University, The Commentator, published an anonymous opinion piece entitled, "I Thought Rape Culture Didn't Exist at YU — Until I Was Raped." Its a...
1 Feb 202259min
Daas Torah, Orthodox Culture, and Jewish History: A Conversation with Professor Marc Shapiro (96)
Daas Torah can be broadly defined as the belief that great Torah scholars have unusual insight in all areas of human endeavor, and that the Orthodox community as a whole (as well as its individual mem...
24 Jan 202255min
The Tragic Consequences of Daat Torah Done Wrong (95)
Accepting "Daat Torah" nowadays usually means believing that the greatest Torah scholars have unusual insight in areas outside of Jewish law and thought; for this reason, a person should or even must ...
17 Jan 202232min
Understanding Chareidi Media: Do They Believe the Stories They Publish? (94)
Apart from the horror that was engendered by the Chaim Walder revelations and his subsequent suicide, there has been significant discussion about the Chareidi media's varied responses to the terrible ...
10 Jan 202236min
The Crisis of Orthodox Leadership Reaches a Boiling Point, with Rabbi Yosef Blau (93)
The news that convulsed the Jewish world last week about Chaim Walder's suicide, following many credible accusations against him of sexual abuse and harassment, highlighted Orthodoxy's leadership cris...
4 Jan 20221h 12min
Answering New Questions About the Chaim Walder Situation with Shana Aaronson (92)
On December 27, celebrated children's author Chaim Walder was found dead after apparently shooting himself in a Petach Tikva cemetery. In November, Walder had been credibly accused of sexual assault a...
29 Des 202148min
