Podcast: 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 MoreThe Zionist Meaning of Tu B'Shvat
January 30, 2018 | By: Meir Soloveichik
In recent decades, the holiday of Tu B’Shvat has increasingly been celebrated as a Jewish Earth Day, marked by the celebration of nature and environmentalist activism. But is that really what Tu B’Shvat is about? In this brief conversation with Tikvah Executive Director Eric Cohen, Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik takes a closer look at the […]
Read MorePodcast: Jon Levenson on the Danger and Opportunity of Jewish-Christian Dialogue
January 16, 2018 | By: Jon Levenson
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: The Purpose of Interfaith Dialogue Chapter 2: How Not to Conduct Jewish-Christian Dialogue Chapter 3: Jews, Christians, and Israel Chapter 4: Lowest Common Denominators Nostra Aetate, the Catholic Church’s 1965 Declaration on the Relation of the Church […]
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: Wilfred McClay on America’s Civil Religion
December 26, 2017 | By: Wilfred McClay
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Civil Religion and September 11 Chapter 2: Uses and Abuses Chapter 3: The History of American Civil Religion Chapter 4: Judaism, Christianity, and America’s Canon Chapter 5: Losing Our Religion America remains one of the most religious […]
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