Tears, Prayers, and No Accountability: Talking Frankly About the Tragedy at Meron (61)
The tragic events on Lag BaOmer have cut all of us deeply, and for those who lost family members the pain is indescribable. We cannot let this moment pass and assimilate it into our memories without m...
3 Maj 202137min
The Power is Ours: Working to Free Agunot with Keshet Starr (60)
Over the past couple of months, the issue of freeing "chained women" - that is, women whose husbands refuse to give them a get as Jewish law requires - has gained new momentum, thanks to a major campa...
27 Apr 202145min
The Most Ehrlich Non-Orthodox Jew I Ever Met (59)
David Schimmel z'l passed away last week. You probably never heard of David Schimmel; but that's about to change. The lessons we can learn from his life and death are lessons that need to inform our l...
19 Apr 202128min
Is Orthodoxy Losing Its Moral Compass? With Rabbi Yosef Blau (58)
Orthodox Judaism is demanding. We often need to balance competing values - including the fact that our religious inclinations sometimes lead us into questionable moral territory. Too often, we seem ma...
13 Apr 202156min
The Haggadah: Themes, History, and Controversy (A Special Pre-Pesach Episode)
The Orthodox Conundrum normally deals with weighty issues in Orthodox society; but in preparation for Pesach, I really enjoyed this interview with Meir Simcha Panzer and Nachliel Selavan about the his...
25 Mars 202146min
Forced Marriage in Orthodoxy: Yes, It Happens (57)
Jewish law requires that both the husband and wife consent to marriage or the marriage is not valid. In practice, however, certain Chassidic communities effectively force a couple to get married - a p...
22 Mars 202152min
Talking to Children About Yehuda Meshi-Zahav with Rabbi Yakov Horowitz (56)
The recent news reports about Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, the founder of ZAKA, have been extremely jarring: Meshi-Zahav, a hero to many throughout Israel, stands accused of many counts of sexual abuse. How ca...
15 Mars 202125min
Experiencing Passionate Judaism with Rabbi Judah Mischel (55)
Rav Judah Mischel is one of those rare people who are permeated with insight, who possess a unique way of looking at the world, which provides those who meet them with encouragement and, frankly, joy....
8 Mars 202144min
