Hostility, Confusion, and Ideological Pressure: Outreach in a Changing World, with Rabbi Mark Wildes (269)
Zohran Mamdani - a politician who openly rejects Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, yet insists that this has nothing to do with antisemitism - is now the mayor-elect of New York City. He poin...
17 Nov 20251h 9min
Mamdani, Fuentes, Tucker, and Mainstreaming Antisemitism: Jonathan Greenblatt on the Growing Threat from the Left and the Right (268)
In recent weeks we have watched something many of us hoped we would not see in the United States: openly anti-Zionist and even openly antisemitic voices moving from the margins into the mainstream. Zo...
10 Nov 20251h 13min
Charedi, Dati Leumi, Modern Orthodox, Traditional, Secular: Is Jewish Unity Even Possible? A Conversation with Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon (267)
Is Jewish unity even possible? In this urgent episode Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon faces the hardest questions raised by the draft crisis and by the widening gaps between Charedi, Dati Leumi, Modern Orthodox, ...
3 Nov 20251h 7min
The World is a Beautiful Place... and We Need to Earn It: Talking About The Morning After with Dr. Erica Brown (266)
What does the morning after really look like... when the dawn reveals not only light, but rubble and work? In this deeply personal conversation, Scott and Dr. Erica Brown ask how we craft a vision of ...
27 Okt 20251h 3min
Seven Facets of Healing: Rabbi Leo Dee's Blueprint for Jewish Resilience (265)
This episode is dedicated to the complete recovery of יהונתן איתן בן בת שבע ברכה. How do we move from private anguish to collective strength? In this deeply personal and wide-ranging conversation, Rab...
20 Okt 20251h 13min
Eulogies and Boundaries: Orthodox Jews and the Legacy of Charlie Kirk (264)
Charlie Kirk's assassination is a shocking, tragic act of violence. Murder is a desecration of the image of God, full stop. We condemn it unequivocally, and we pray for comfort for his family and for ...
30 Sep 20251h 5min
God's Loyal Opposition: Anger, Faith, and Divine Confrontation, with Rabbi Dr. Raphael Zarum (263)
Is it possible—maybe even Jewish—to be angry at God? From Abraham's challenge at Sodom to Job's cries of despair, Tanach is filled with voices that confront the Divine. But what does that mean for us ...
15 Sep 20251h 15min
Suppressed, Rediscovered, Essential: Rav Kook's Lost Guide for Modern Faith (262)
This episode is partially a detective story, partially an analysis of daring ideas, and partially an invitation to discover new methodolgies of confronting challenges to Orthodox Judaism. Rav Kook dra...
8 Sep 20251h 12min
