The Mainstreaming of Meir Kahane: A Halachic, Moral, and Theological Mistake, with Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Sinensky (241)
Several recent articles have raised a troubling question: Is Rabbi Meir Kahane making a comeback? In the wake of the horrific murder of Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas, some influential pro-Israel voices...
10 Mar 20251h
The Abuser's Tool Box: Domestic Abuse in the Orthodox Community, with Keshet Starr (240)
Domestic abuse is one of those topics that, sometimes, we simply wish would go away. It's certainly among the very worst experiences that a person can have, yet it brings forward feelings of shame and...
3 Mar 20251h 5min
The Vanishing Art of Jewish Conversation (and What To Do About It), with Dr. Yosefa Fogel Wruble (239)
The act of talking - dignified and informative conversation, where people connect on a serious level with one another - is essential to the Jewish experience. This goes back to the very creation of Ad...
24 Feb 20251h 20min
Religious Jews and Dishonesty: Tax Fraud, Zoning Violations, Downplaying Risk, and More, with Rabbi Jeremy Wieder (238)
The Torah is very clear that theft is forbidden; no one doubts that this is true. It is, accordingly, very disturbing that religious Jews as a community don't seem to be more ethical in these matters ...
17 Feb 20251h 3min
The Ethics of Population Transfers & Prisoner Swaps, Defining "Innocent Civilians," and Other Urgent Ethical Dilemmas, with Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody (237)
Ever since President Trump presented his plan (or his idea, as it's unclear how planned out this really is) about resettling the Arab population of Gaza, the Jewish world has been in an uproar. Very l...
10 Feb 202551min
When the Doctor Becomes the Patient: A Conversation with Dr. Avi Rockoff (236)
What is it like for a doctor, who has spent his life treating patients, to become a patient himself? That was the experience of Dr. Avi Rockoff when he learned that he had a very serious form of prost...
3 Feb 20251h 4min
History Repeating Itself: Diaspora-Israel Tensions in 200 BCE and 2025 CE, with Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich (235)
William Faulkner in Requiem for a Nun famously wrote, "The past is never dead. It's not even past." I repeatedly thought of that line as I read Dr. Malka Simkovich's recent book, Letters From Home: Th...
27 Jan 20251h 14min
The Fragility of Jewish Existence Comes to Israel: Applying the Thought of Rabbi Sacks to a Post-October 7th Jewish World, with Dr. Tanya White (234)
I recorded this episode hours before the first three Israeli hostages were slated to be released, and as a ceasefire was just beginning to be implemented by Israel and Hamas. Many people have noted th...
20 Jan 20251h 10min
