Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIn the footsteps of the 'Jewish Dickens'
Dr. Nadia Valman, a literary historian teaching at Queen Mary, University of London, talks about her newly developed walking tour app exploring the h…
9 years, 5 months ago
Once more with neshama: The art of Jewish theater
Aaron Henne, the artistic director of Theatre Dybbuk in Los Angeles, discusses the creative process of adapting Jewish texts for the stage and making…
9 years, 5 months ago
Missionary positions: What the Talmud says about sex
Maggie Anton, a Talmud scholar and historical fiction writer discusses her new book Fifty Shades of Talmud: What the First Rabbis Had to Say about Yo…
9 years, 5 months ago
A different kind of Tzedakah: Organ donation in Jewish law
Zev Farber, a rabbi and Hebrew Bible scholar, discusses his latest book Halakhic Realities: Collected Essays on Brain Death and the forthcoming seque…
9 years, 5 months ago
The 11th lost tribe: Tales of Jewish Sudan
Daisy Abboudi, a historian of the Jewish community of Sudan, recounts the little known history of a small and short-lived Jewish presence in northeas…
9 years, 5 months ago
Hasidism 2.0: Breslav and the secret of its newfound appeal
Rabbi Professor Art Green, the founder and current rector of the Hebrew College Rabbinical School in Boston, discusses the Hasidic sect that in the s…
9 years, 5 months ago
The glass mechitza: Fighting for women's rights, from the courthouse to shul
Ariela Migdal, a women's rights lawyer formerly with the American Civil Liberties Union, analyzes the status of women in the United States and within…
9 years, 5 months ago
The last fight let us face: Israeli communist commemoration of Spain's civil war
Dr. Amir Locker-Biletzky, a post-doctoral fellow at Concordia University's Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies, discusses how the Israeli Communist P…
9 years, 6 months ago
Indecision makers: How Israel forces asylum seekers into legal limbo
Dr. Ruvi Ziegler, a lecturer in law at the University of Reading, discusses Israel's half-hearted treatment of tens of thousands of African asylum se…
9 years, 6 months ago
Lies, damned lies and scholarship
Professor Martin Kramer, a Middle East scholar and founding president of Jerusalem's Shalem College, discusses his new book "The War on Error: Israel…
9 years, 6 months ago