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Episode 46: How Hanukkah Explains Everything - Jay Eidelman
Jay Eidelman joins Dan and Lex to explain his theory of "How Hanukkah Explains Everything." Through a comprehensive encapsulation of the historical e…
9 years, 9 months ago
Episode 45: Hanukkah Unbound - Ruth Abusch-Magder
Dan and Lex are joined by guest co-host Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder, Rabbi-in-Residence and Director of Education at Be'chol Lashon, for a discussion ab…
9 years, 9 months ago
Episode 44: A Secular Humanistic Hanukkah - Adam Chalom
Adam Chalom is the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism's Dean for North America and serves as rabbi of Kol Hadash Humanistic Congr…
9 years, 9 months ago
Episode 43: Hanukkah in America - Dianne Ashton
Dianne Ashton, Profession of Religion Studies at Rowan University and author of the book Hanukkah in America: A History, joins Dan and Lex to describ…
9 years, 9 months ago
Episode 42: Aphrodite and the Rabbis - Burton Visotzky
Burton Visotzky, the Appleman Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary, joins Dan and Lex to discuss the to…
9 years, 10 months ago
Episode 41: History and Memory - Yehuda Kurtzer
How should the Jewish present and future relate to the Jewish past? Yehuda Kurtzer, President of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America and au…
9 years, 10 months ago
Episode 40: What Should Stay and What Should Go?
Wrapping up our discussion of Jewish and "extra-Jewish" sensibilities, Dan and Lex begin an examination of which concrete elements of present-day Jud…
9 years, 10 months ago
Episode 39: The Pico Union Project - Craig Taubman, Zach Lasker, Jason Chu
Craig Taubman, acclaimed Jewish musician and founder of Pico Union Project in Los Angeles, Zach Lasker, the organization's new Executive Director, an…
9 years, 10 months ago
Episode 38: Judaism and Evolving Dharma - Jay Michaelson
Jay Michaelson, legal affairs columnist for The Daily Beast, contributing editor to The Forward, and teacher of Buddhist and Jewish meditation, joins…
9 years, 10 months ago
Bonus Episode: TanakhCast on The Secret Book of Kings
Judaism Unbound co-host Dan Libenson visits TanakhCast, hosted by past Judaism Unbound guest Dan Mendelsohn Aviv. They dive deep into Yochi Brandes's…
9 years, 11 months ago