Podcast Episodes

Part 2: The Other "Hellenistic Judaism" - not the Chanukah villains

The fight over the language of קְרִיאַת הַתּוֹרָה בְּבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת

11 months, 1 week ago

The Current Wave of Antisemitism in Italy - My reaction to a podcast

Are we seeing a long-internalized resentment by Italian Catholics to the liberalized theology towards the Jews adopted by The Church in 1965?

11 months, 1 week ago

Part 1: The Other "Hellenistic Judaism" - not the Chanukah villains

The other Hellenistic Judaism, not identical with Talmudic Judaism (but not un-frum) but more widespread, once upon a time .

Part 1 of a 2 part series…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת לֶךְ לְךָ תשפ"ו - Drawing inspiration from Abraham's victory over the Four Kings

Though outnumbered, Klal Yisroel will rip through the enemy like a thresher. So do not succumb to enemy efforts to undermine your morale

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Parshas Lech Lecha: "And he will be a wild donkey of a man..."

Resh Lakish "Yishmael will be into kidnapping people and taking hostages"!

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

The Abarbanel on the Stories in Genesis: The relationship between literal and symbolic meanings of Scripture

When did full-blown idolatry begin? AFTER the Flood. Isn't that strange?

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת נֹחַ תשפ"ו "כִּי מֵי נֹחַ זֹאת לִי" - The Flood as a metonymy for Jewish suffering down the Ages...

Just as God promised no more floods that can destroy the entire human race, so too He promises not to destroy the entire Jewish People.

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Parshas Noach: Noah and "the Day After"

Noah walked "with G-d," but could not get ahead of G-d, that is, he did not establish rules for the survivors of the Flood to ensure they would not r…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Is Donald Trump a "Second Cyrus"?

The first Cyrus was a complex figure in Jewish history. The battle of the lobbyists at the ancient Persian Court. A playbook for Qatar?

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Rabbeinu Tam and Count Henry I of Champagne (and Countess Marie)

Was Rabbeinu Tam a kind of French nobleman? Why did he practice falconry ? Why did the Count of Champagne turn to him to explain the David-Saul story…

11 months, 3 weeks ago