Podcast Episodes

Hostility, Confusion, and Ideological Pressure: Outreach in a Changing World, with Rabbi Mark Wildes (269)

Season 9 Episode 5

Zohran Mamdani - a politician who openly rejects Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, yet insists that this has nothing to do with antisemitism - is now the mayor-elect of New York City. He poi…

Published on 7 hours ago

Mamdani, Fuentes, Tucker, and Mainstreaming Antisemitism: Jonathan Greenblatt on the Growing Threat from the Left and the Right (268)

Season 9 Episode 4

In recent weeks we have watched something many of us hoped we would not see in the United States: openly anti-Zionist and even openly antisemitic voices moving from the margins into the mainstream. Z…

Published on 1 week ago

Charedi, Dati Leumi, Modern Orthodox, Traditional, Secular: Is Jewish Unity Even Possible? A Conversation with Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon (267)

Season 9 Episode 3

Is Jewish unity even possible?

In this urgent episode Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon faces the hardest questions raised by the draft crisis and by the widening gaps between Charedi, Dati Leumi, Modern Orthodox,…

Published on 2 weeks ago

The World is a Beautiful Place... and We Need to Earn It: Talking About The Morning After with Dr. Erica Brown (266)

Season 9 Episode 2

What does the morning after really look like... when the dawn reveals not only light, but rubble and work?

In this deeply personal conversation, Scott and Dr. Erica Brown ask how we craft a vision of…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Seven Facets of Healing: Rabbi Leo Dee's Blueprint for Jewish Resilience (265)

Season 9 Episode 1

This episode is dedicated to the complete recovery of יהונתן איתן בן בת שבע ברכה.

How do we move from private anguish to collective strength? In this deeply personal and wide-ranging conversation, Ra…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Eulogies and Boundaries: Orthodox Jews and the Legacy of Charlie Kirk (264)

Season 8 Episode 44

Charlie Kirk's assassination is a shocking, tragic act of violence. Murder is a desecration of the image of God, full stop. We condemn it unequivocally, and we pray for comfort for his family and for…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

God's Loyal Opposition: Anger, Faith, and Divine Confrontation, with Rabbi Dr. Raphael Zarum (263)

Season 8 Episode 43

Is it possible—maybe even Jewish—to be angry at God? From Abraham's challenge at Sodom to Job's cries of despair, Tanach is filled with voices that confront the Divine. But what does that mean for us…

Published on 2 months ago

Suppressed, Rediscovered, Essential: Rav Kook's Lost Guide for Modern Faith (262)

Season 8 Episode 42

This episode is partially a detective story, partially an analysis of daring ideas, and partially an invitation to discover new methodolgies of confronting challenges to Orthodox Judaism.

Rav Kook dr…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Learning Tanach Daily Through 929: Opportunities, Challenges, and Dangers, with Rabbi Benny Lau (261)

Season 8 Episode 41

As one 929 cycle ends and the next begins, Scott talks with Rabbi Benny Lau—founder of 929—about why the project started, what it hopes to change in Jewish life, and what a shared, chapter-a-day cade…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Orthodox Parents and Their LGBTQ Children, with Rabbi Yakov Horowitz (260)

Season 8 Episode 40

When a child shares something deeply personal about his or her sexual orientation, Orthodox parents can feel love, concern, and uncertainty all at once. In this conversation, Rabbi Yakov Horowitz ref…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago