Inside Chabad’s Vision for American Judaism
Chabad impacts every aspect of the Jewish ecosystem. It actively competes in the marketplace of Jewish ideas and identities, and pushes Judaism into the American public square and onto local street co...
7 Dec 202135min
Israel-Palestine in the College Classroom
How do Jewish identity and Israel identity manifest on campus both inside and outside the classroom? Academia today is increasingly rooted in activism, not just inquiry. Students are defineing a new 2...
30 Nov 202138min
Love, Thoughts, and Thanksgiving
For many American Jews, Thanksgiving is another high holiday. We celebrate our obligations of citizenship and show appreciation for all that America has granted. Perhaps, in turn, our tradition may ha...
24 Nov 202122min
Jewish Ethics in a Time of Power
How do we help people see democratic values as endemic to Judaism?How do we make Jewish values an integral part of Zionist governance? At the intersection between Judaism and politics, author Mikhael...
16 Nov 202149min
The Conflict About the Conflict
The Jewish community is being pulled apart by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Both the left and the right are driving the debate to extremes, pushing the majority of Jews in the center to disengage....
9 Nov 202143min
How Jews Talk About Abortion
As the U.S. Supreme Court considers the highest-profile legal challenge to Texas' new abortion law this week, Yehuda Kurtzer and Michal Raucher (Rutgers University) examine the Jewish communal convers...
2 Nov 202138min
Who's Afraid of Impossible Pork?
In mid-October, the OU officially rejected certification of Impossible Pork, causing a flurry of contention from kosher-keeping consumers. What does it mean for rabbis to declare a product of 100% kos...
26 Okt 202130min
The Bronfman Fellowships and the Difficulty of Pluralism
For more than three decades, the Bronfman Fellowship has been a crucial incubator of pluralistic thought among future Jewish leaders. As American Judaism and media have changed, however, the work of e...
19 Okt 202138min
