Podcast: Yehoshua Pfeffer on Haredi Conservatism
November 8, 2018 | By: Yehoshua Pfeffer
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Conservatism, Radicalism, and Bourgeois Life in Haredi Society Chapter 2: Books and Burke Chapter 3: The Necessity of Change, and Its Dangers Chapter 4: The Role of Women in Haredi Life Chapter 5: A Return to Tradition […]
Read MoreThe Tower of Babel and the Birth of Nationhood
October 12, 2018 | By: Daniel Gordis
The story of the Tower of Babel is one of the most enigmatic in the entire Hebrew Bible. Though terse—the narrative is just nine verses long—this tale has inspired reams of commentary seeking to understand why humanity wished to build a tower, why doing so was sinful, and what God’s punishment—the confounding of mankind’s speech—had […]
Read MorePodcast: Leon Kass on His Life and the Worthy Life
September 7, 2018 | By: Leon Kass
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Growing Up—The Prophets Without the Law Chapter 2: Between Athens and Jerusalem Chapter 3: Patriotism, Identity Politics, and the Jews Chapter 4: The Image of God Chapter 5: The Miracle of Modern Israel What is the good? […]
Read MoreChaotic Friendship: Israel and the Trump Administration
August 31, 2018 | By: Michael Doran
In the first two years of his administration, President Donald Trump has already redefined the American approach to Israel and the Middle East: fulfilling his promise to move the American embassy to Jerusalem, working to dismantle the Iran nuclear deal, confronting anti-Israel sentiment at the U.N., and promising to put forward a new approach to […]
Read MorePodcast: Clifford Librach on the Reform Movement and Jewish Peoplehood
August 24, 2018 | By: Clifford Librach
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: The Chabon Speech and Its Aftermath Chapter 2: Pluralism, Prayer Books, and Peoplehood Chapter 3: Outsourcing Observance Chapter 4: Presiding over a Funeral Chapter 5: The State of Israel—A New Life Just Beginning On May 14, 2018, […]
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