Podcast: Douglas Murray on the War on the West
July 6, 2022 | By: Douglas Murray
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. In his 2022 book, The War on the West, the British journalist Douglas Murray argues that many now-prominent cultural ideas unfairly single out Western sins, discounting the good that Western civilization has brought about and […]
Read MorePodcast: Jeffrey Woolf on the Political and Religious Significance of the Temple Mount
June 28, 2022 | By: Jeffrey Woolf
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. The Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem is the holiest physical site in all of Judaism. Religiously observant Jews ask God to restore the Temple and its services each and every day in […]
Read MorePodcast: Zohar Atkins on the Contested Idea of Equality
June 20, 2022 | By: Zohar Atkins
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. The idea of equality has a long and intricate history, one that the philosopher, rabbi, and writer Zohar Atkins joins this podcast to discuss. In conversation with Mosaic Editor Jonathan Silver, he looks at how […]
Read MorePodcast: Steven Smith on Persecution and the Art of Writing
June 14, 2022 | By: Steven Smith
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. There is the argument and there is the context in which that argument is made. It’s easy to sing the praises of American life when you’re sitting in the United States, but you’d likely express […]
Read MorePodcast: Jon Levenson on the Moral Force of the Book of Ruth
June 3, 2022 | By: Jon Levenson
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Beginning Saturday night, the Jewish people will celebrate the holiday of Shavuot. During the festival, Jews traditionally study the Book of Ruth, the biblical text that tells the story of a non-Jewish widow who becomes […]
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