Discrimination and Down Syndrome: Talking with Jodi Samuels (42)
"The answer is no and continues to be no." Jodi Samuels says that people used to say, "When we grow up, we want to be like the Samuels"; until 2008, everything about her life seemed perfect. But in Fe...
17 Aug 202044min
(Men Discussing) Orthodox Women's Roles: A Follow-Up and Interview with Chochmat Nashim (41)
Several weeks ago, the Orthdox Conundrum released a podcast where two men discussed the Israeli Chief Rabbinate's refusal to allow women to take the exams for rabbinic ordination. The fact that no wom...
4 Aug 20201h 2min
Annexation: Brilliant or Foolhardy? A Conversation with Dr. Sara Yael Hirschhorn (40)
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has had a plan to annex up to 30% of the West Bank... but what that plan is, and whether it will happen altogether, is open to question. What's going on? Is annexatio...
22 Juli 202028min
Orthodox Women as Spiritual Leaders: Yes or No? A Conversation with Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander (39)
Israel's Attorney General recently declared that women should be allowed to sit for the same rabbinical exams as men, albeit not in order to acquire the title "Rabbi." The Chief Rabbinate, however, th...
16 Juli 202036min
Bitul Torah and Creativity: The Challenges and Opportunities of Being a Religious Artist (38)
Orthodox Judaism often has a fraught relationship with the arts, characterized by both tension and fascination. Some Torah sources emphasize the great spiritual potential in music and the visual arts,...
1 Juli 20201h 3min
Arrested by the Waqf... For Saying The Temple Mount Once Had a Temple (37)
Shaina Be Hirsch was visiting the Temple Mount and videoing it on Facebook Live, when she was accosted by a security guard who demanded that she retract her factual claim that there was a Temple on th...
17 Juni 202019min
How DARE You Ask For Payment! (36)
Professionals expect to be paid, and rightly so. Why, then, are so many educators and rabbis in the Jewish world expected to teach, lecture, and officiate for free - and are often viewed as hypocrites...
14 Maj 202030min
Living an Orthodox Jewish Life During the Coronavirus Pandemic(35)
During this time when many of us are effectively isolated in our homes, many religious questions arise. What should be done about minyan? Should weddings be delayed? Should yeshivot stay open despite ...
17 Mars 202031min
