Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchShaul Bartal and Nesya Rubinstein-Shemer, "Hamas and Ideology: Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qara?awi on the Jews, Zionism and Israel" (Routledge, 2017)
Episode 286
Sheikh Yusūf al- Qaraḍāwī is regarded as the most influential contemporary Muslim religious figure. His best-selling book, Al-Ḥalal wal-Ḥaram fi al-I…
3 years, 6 months ago
Joseph Sassoon, "The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire" (Pantheon Books, 2022)
Episode 111
The Sassoons were one of the great merchant families of the nineteenth century, alongside such names as the Jardines, the Mathesons, and the Swires. …
3 years, 6 months ago
James Yansen, "Daughter Zion's Trauma: A Trauma Informed Reading of Lamentations" (Gorgias Press, 2019)
Episode 98
Utilizing insights from trauma studies, James Yansen's book Daughter Zion's Trauma: A Trauma Informed Reading of Lamentations (Gorgias Press, 2019) a…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Future of Religious Studies: A Conversation with Russell McCutcheon
Episode 237
Russell McCutcheon shares his views on the academic study of religion, and the path ahead for religion graduates and the field itself. McCutcheon is …
3 years, 6 months ago
Jonathan Rosen and Henry Herz, "Coming of Age: 13 B'nai Mitvah Stories" (Albert Whitman & Company, 2022)
Episode 72
In our exciting conversation with author-agent Jonathan Rosen we talk about his recent anthology, Coming of Age: 13 B'nai Mitvah Stories (Albert Whit…
3 years, 6 months ago
Moshe Koppel, "Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures" (Maggid, 2020)
Episode 330
In Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures (Maggid, 2020), Moshe Koppel explores the central differences between traditional societies - inclu…
3 years, 6 months ago
Joseph McBride, "Billy Wilder: Dancing on the Edge" (Columbia UP, 2021)
Episode 149
The director and cowriter of some of the world's most iconic films―including Double Indemnity, Sunset Blvd., Some Like It Hot, and The Apartment―Bill…
3 years, 6 months ago
Eli Gumener, "A Ukrainian Chapter: A Jewish Aid Worker’s Memoir Of Sorrow" (Slavica, 2022)
Episode 329
Today I talked to Michael Eli Nutkiewicz about his translation A Ukrainian Chapter: A Jewish Aid Worker’s Memoir Of Sorrow (Slavica, 2022).
Eli Gumen…
3 years, 6 months ago
Books, Antisemitism, and a Viral Tweet: A Conversation with Library Director Susan Kusel
Episode 137
Need help curating a list of Holocaust books for your students or library patrons? What’s on your shelf? What should be there? This podcast episode e…
3 years, 6 months ago
Samuel J. Levine, "Was Yosef on the Spectrum?: Understanding Joseph Through Torah, Midrash, and Classical Jewish Sources" (Urim Publications, 2018)
Episode 326
Samuel J. Levine's Was Yosef on the Spectrum?: Understanding Joseph Through Torah, Midrash, and Classical Jewish Sources (Urim Publications, 2018) of…
3 years, 6 months ago