Parashat Vayetze 5783: Our Heads and Our Hearts
How can we understand the setting of this week's parsha? What is this place that Ya'akov comes to, and why at nighttime? Rabbi Leon Morris and Rabbi Daniel Reifman discuss the journey the journeys and...
28 Nov 202221min
Parashat Toldot 5783: Parental Favoritism
Credits: Judy Klitsner and Rabbi Elchanan Miller – Pardes Faculty
25 Nov 202217min
Parashat Chayei Sarah 5783 – Where Would I Be Without You: Perks and Pitfalls of Gratitude
Parashat Chayei Sarah and Preparing for Thanksgiving. Credits: Tovah Leah Nachmani and Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield – Pardes Faculty
13 Nov 202221min
Parashat Vayera 5783: Examining Our Own Narratives
Are we blinded by our reading of the text? When we read about characters that are often portrayed negatively, such as Ishmael, are we truly giving them a chance? And what about our heroes? Are we allo...
6 Nov 202254min
The Jewish Story Season 6: Electoral Dysfunction Part III
The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 4: Electoral Dysfunction Part III Here is the final installment in the series detailing the evolution of Israel’s electoral system. It brings us almost all the way ...
3 Nov 202244min
Parashat Lech Lecha 5783: The Beauty of Sarah
In this week's Torah portion, we examine a story that many today would consider jarring. How do we take the afflictions placed upon the Egyptians for Sarah's kidnapping? Was Sarah a victim of Pharoah ...
31 Okt 202219min
Parashat Noah 5783: Noah and the Climate Crisis, Then and Now
Rabbis Meesh Hammer-Kossoy and Elisha Ancselovits bring poetry, midrash, Talmud and a Nobel Prize winning economist into dialogue about how Noah and the 7 Noahide laws are relevant to our current clim...
25 Okt 202224min
Parashat Bereishit 5783: Difficult Choices
Bereishit takes us from Creation to God's decision to destroy the world. From "Tov" - a world filled with good - to "Ra" - a world in which evil prevails. How do we get there? In this podcast, Alex I...
20 Okt 202222min
