Press play below to listen to the podcast, you can also find us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify.  On October 27, 2018, a gunman burst into the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, armed with a Colt AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and three Glock .357 semi-automatic pistols. He executed eleven Jews at prayer. When police arrived, they shot […]

Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher.  The idea of social justice marks a cleavage in the American Jewish consciousness. Its advocates believe that social justice represents the very best ethical impulses of Judaism, and that the pursuit of social justice is […]

In the wake of the Feinstein Report on the CIA’s post 9/11 activities, Rabbi Shlomo Brody, founding director of the Tikvah Overseas Seminars, takes a look at some arguments about when Jewish law condones the use of torture and their applicability to the post-9/11 landscape. Brody refuses to accede to the notion advanced by many […]