Podcast: Yoram Hazony on the Bible’s Political Teaching
July 13, 2018 | By: Yoram Hazony
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Anti-Biblical Bias Chapter 2: Against the Imperial State Chapter 3: Subtleties and Trade-Offs Chapter 4: From Tribal Anarchy to the Limited State In the last decade, a fascinating area of political thought has begun to receive increasing […]
Read MoreThe Future of Jerusalem: A View from the Front
June 29, 2018 | By: Dore Gold
Jerusalem—the “eternal capital” of the Jewish people—is at once the cultural, spiritual, and strategic center of the modern Jewish state. Ambassador Dore Gold is one of Jerusalem’s greatest guardians, and his wide-ranging perspective is remarkable: senior advisor to the prime minister, representative of Israel on the world stage, strategic thinker about the future of the […]
Read MorePodcast: Ruth Wisse on the Nature and Functions of Anti-Semitism
May 17, 2018 | By: Ruth Wisse
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Why the Jews? Chapter 2: Wilhelm Marr, Anti-Semitism, and Anti-Liberalism Chapter 3: The Moral Strut Chapter 4: The Nature of Left-Wing Anti-Semitism Cui bono? Who benefits? Who benefits when Jews are turned into scapegoats for the ills […]
Read MorePodcast: Russ Roberts on Hayek, Knowledge, and Jewish Tradition
March 26, 2018 | By: Russ Roberts
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Hayek and His Work Chapter 2: Law, Legislation, and Seeing the Unseen Chapter 3: “I, Pencil” Chapter 4: The Jewish Theory of Knoweldge Chapter 5: Freedom, Holiness, and the Ends of Society It is common today to […]
Read MorePodcast: Jeffrey Salkin on ”Judaism Beyond Slogans”
February 28, 2018 | By: Jeffrey Salkin
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Guidance, Not Governance Chapter 2: Obligation in Reform Judaism Chapter 3: Sloppy Sloganeering Chapter 4: Liberal Judaism and Social Justice Chapter 5: The Future of Liberal Judaism “It is not for nothing,” Norman Podhoretz once wrote, “that […]
Read MoreThe Miracle of Esther
February 28, 2018 | By: Yoram Hazony
The world of the Hebrew Bible—with its prophets, revelations, and open miracles—can seem so foreign that it is sometimes difficult to see what practical lessons it can impart about sustaining faith and structuring society in the modern world. But one book of Scripture stands out for its striking resemblance to our own age. The Book […]
Read MorePodcast: Daniel Polisar on Nationhood, Zionism, and the Jews
February 2, 2018 | By: Daniel Polisar
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: What Is a Nation? Chapter 2: Jewish Nationhood Chapter 3: America, Race, and Nationalism Gone Wrong Chapter 4: Challenges—Minorities and Dual Loyalty Since God confused the language of man at the Tower of Babel, humankind has been […]
Read MorePodcast: Leora Batnitzky on the Legacy of Leo Strauss
January 5, 2018 | By: Leora Batnitzky
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Who Was Leo Strauss? Chapter 2: Esotericism, Revelation, and the Limits of Reason Chapter 3: The Philosophic Life Chapter 4: Historicism vs. Natural Right Chapter 5: Strauss as a Jewish Thinker Friends and critics alike agree that […]
Read MorePodcast: Daniel Mark on Judaism and Our Postmodern Age
November 28, 2017 | By: Daniel Mark
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Postmodern Conservatism Chapter 2: Locke, America, and the Jews Chapter 3: Halacha, Religion, and Freedom Chapter 4: Politics and the Individual Chapter 5: Not All Identities are Created Equal Are we living at the end of modernity? Is […]
Read MorePodcast: Ruth Wisse on the Perversity of Brilliance
November 17, 2017 | By: Ruth Wisse
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Arendt in Jerusalem Chapter 2: Blaming the Victims Chapter 3: The Banality of Evil Chapter 4: Judging the Jews Chapter 5: Everybody Knows What Murder Is “Murderers with the power to murder descended upon a defenseless people and […]
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