Jewish Ideas to Change the World
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An Unfinished Freedom: Passover as the Birth of an Ideal
56 mins; April 01, 2026
Going Out with Knots: My Two Kaddish Years with Hebrew Poetry
62 hours 24 mins; March 31, 2026
Religion Meets Spirituality: Rabbi Shmuly in Conversation with Alan Morinis
13 mins; March 30, 2026
Torah, Tarot, and Trickery: Judaism’s Take on Magic and Divination
56 mins; March 26, 2026
The Shabbat Effect
77 hours 42 mins; March 24, 2026
The Shankbone Redemption: The Inside Story of Passover
69 hours 42 mins; March 20, 2026
Why Is This Passover Different From All Other Passovers?
9 mins; March 19, 2026
A Tradition of Revolution
78 hours 24 mins; March 13, 2026
Stranger In A Strange Land
59 mins; March 12, 2026
The Sacred Struggle: Jewish Responses to Trauma
53 mins; March 09, 2026
What Animals Teach Us About Families
61 hours 28 mins; March 03, 2026
Esther: The Whole Ruth, but Nothing like the Ruth
59 mins; March 02, 2026
The Hidden Messages of Purim
55 mins; February 20, 2026
What is the Most Important Mitzvah in the Torah?
58 mins; February 19, 2026
The Masks We Wear
40 mins; February 19, 2026
Defining Justice: Do We Want Equity, Equality, or Revolution?
48 mins; February 18, 2026
The Sevenfold Path: A Traveler’s Guide to Jewish Wisdom
53 mins; February 17, 2026
Praying About the Unspeakable: Liturgy and Ritual as Response to Crisis
77 hours 26 mins; February 17, 2026
The Grown-Up Midrash Says: Five Radical Midrashim Not Taught in Day Schools
59 mins; February 16, 2026
How Tu B’Shvat Teaches Us to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
48 mins; January 30, 2026
The Power of Song: Lifting Our Voices in Praise and Protest
39 mins; January 27, 2026
Hiding in Holland: A Resistance Memoir
69 hours 51 mins; January 26, 2026
Ivri: The Roots of Anti-semitism
60 hours 22 mins; January 23, 2026
Ethics at the Center: Jewish Theory and Practice for Living a Moral Life
56 mins; January 15, 2026
Bal Tashchit: How to Turn an Ancient Law Into a Force for Earth’s Care
64 hours 14 mins; January 02, 2026
How Are These Responsa Different From All Others?
59 mins; December 26, 2025
Lessons from the Olive Tree for Families, Jewish Unity, and the Social Security System
55 mins; December 23, 2025
What We Celebrate When We Celebrate Hanukkah: Four Theories on Unsettled Question
59 mins; December 17, 2025
Animals as Kabbalistic Masters
63 hours 10 mins; December 17, 2025
Power and Politics in the Hebrew Bible
57 mins; December 15, 2025
Before Good & Evil: Moral Relativism in Jewish Ethics
67 hours 45 mins; December 15, 2025
A Jewish Trinity: Contemporary Christian Theology Through Jewish Eyes
64 hours 33 mins; December 10, 2025
Faith, Healing, and Hope: Mitch Albom in Conversation with Rabbi Shmuly
5 mins; December 08, 2025
“Heart of a Stranger” with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl — In Conversation with Rabbi Shmuly
27 mins; December 05, 2025
Faith, Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy
55 mins; November 26, 2025
Yochanan’s Gamble: Judaism’s Pragmatic Approach to Life
53 mins; November 25, 2025
Why Jewish Knowledge Matters: Rethinking Jewish Literacy
52 mins; November 19, 2025
Great Jewish Heretics
60 hours 56 mins; November 18, 2025
Conscious AI – The New Golems?
65 hours 40 mins; November 13, 2025
And She Arose: Jewish Women Leaders for Our Troubled Times
52 mins; November 05, 2025
Torah Perspectives on Transhumanism: Professor Navon Interviewed by Rabbi Shmuly
18 mins; October 30, 2025
Jews and Biblical Criticism
62 hours 33 mins; October 29, 2025
The Untold Story of Lethal Injection: Professor Lain Interviewed by Rabbi Shmuly
28 mins; October 24, 2025
Jews and Jewish Animals in the Middle Ages
49 mins; October 23, 2025
Chamber in the Chapel: A Hoshana Rabbah Lecture-Performance
61 hours 30 mins; October 17, 2025
The Social Aspect of Reincarnation
59 mins; September 29, 2025
Is Teshuvah Possible in the Internet Age?
35 mins; September 26, 2025
Finding Comfort in Jewish Meditation
59 mins; September 12, 2025
Valley Bread Midrash: Exploring and Expanding Torah in Chevruta with Challah
57 mins; September 08, 2025
Daniel: The Challenge and Opportunity for Diaspora Jews
50 mins; August 14, 2025
Psalms Throughout Our Lives
44 mins; June 27, 2025
The Colours of the Parchment: An Exploration of Modern Midrash Produced by Jewish Artists
56 mins; June 25, 2025
The Case for Dual Loyalty: Healing the Divided Soul of American Jews
55 mins; June 16, 2025
The Extraordinary Career of Rabbi Alexander Schindler (1925-2000), Innovative Reformer of American Reform Judaism
57 mins; June 06, 2025
The Art of Caregiving
58 mins; May 30, 2025
Why Should We Be Excluded? Access, Obligation, and Membership: The Case for an English Megillah
53 mins; May 27, 2025
Jews in the Qur’an – How Are Jews Portrayed by the Qur’an: A Study of Qur’anic Texts
56 mins; May 21, 2025
The Torah of Inside Out: Feeling Complexity
40 mins; May 13, 2025
Embodied Holiness: The Role of the Body in Leviticus
78 hours 43 mins; May 12, 2025
Spiritual Calm Within the Storm? A Conversation with Rabbi David Kasher
22 mins; May 08, 2025
Teaching Heschel to the Next Generation
62 hours 28 mins; May 07, 2025
Israel at 77: Appreciating Dreams in a World of Challenges
56 mins; April 30, 2025
From the Shoah to October 7th: Perspectives on Jewish Survival
73 hours 51 mins; April 29, 2025
The End of the Post-Holocaust Era: How October 7 Changed Everything
82 hours 44 mins; April 28, 2025
Is There Still Hope for Israeli-Palestinian Coexistence? - Interview with Yossi Klein Halevi
18 mins; April 24, 2025
Was Moses a Prophet or a Rabbi?
61 hours 2 mins; April 24, 2025
The Shabbat Parent: A Real Talk Book Talk with a Mom and Rabbanit
59 mins; April 14, 2025
Jewish Ethics: The Basics
56 mins; April 11, 2025
The Jews are a Nation Unlike All Others: Franz Rosenzweig on Jewish Uniqueness
61 hours 34 mins; April 11, 2025
From History to Story: The Hagada’s Invitation to Imagination
53 mins; March 31, 2025
Shimon & Levi and the Massacre of Shechem
56 mins; March 25, 2025
Breaking Out of Personal and Family Patterns of Behavior: Esther as a Model of Growth and Courage
48 mins; March 17, 2025
Behind the Veil: Esther’s Subtle Genius in the Purim Story
48 mins; March 17, 2025
God is in the Details: Jewish Law in Search of the Ideal
57 mins; March 07, 2025
The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom
57 mins; February 28, 2025
Sacred Soundtrack: The Poetry and Music of Piyut from Jewish Communities Around the World
50 mins; February 25, 2025
The Midwives' Escape: From Egypt to Jericho - An Interview with Maggie Anton
23 mins; February 19, 2025
Avraham: What is the Source of His Faith?
46 mins; February 14, 2025
How Responsa Make Meaning: The Case of Non-Jewish Holidays
56 mins; February 07, 2025
Sherman Minkoff Memorial Lecture: The Constitution and its Demand for Radical Empathy
49 mins; February 06, 2025
Hope: An Interview with Rabbi Jack Moline
14 mins; February 05, 2025
The Control Over Time: Debates and Controversies of the Jewish Calendar
53 mins; February 05, 2025
Recovery in the Torah: Models Of Spirituality And Healing
39 mins; February 04, 2025
Exploring the Rich History of the Jewish Balkans
15 mins; January 31, 2025
It Takes Two To Torah: Finding What Unites Us at a Time of Deep Division - Denver
79 hours 31 mins; January 30, 2025
It Takes Two To Torah: Finding What Unites Us at a Time of Deep Division
79 hours 3 mins; January 24, 2025
Are You My Mother | Nature vs Nurture in Moshe’s Life
53 mins; January 23, 2025
From the Warsaw Ghetto to America – A Holocaust Survival Story
55 mins; January 22, 2025
Is God Dead?
65 hours 40 mins; January 16, 2025
Recycle Your Way to Redemption: When Kabbalah Teaches That All Matter Matters
58 mins; January 06, 2025
The Forgotten Torah – The Sephardic Approach to Halakha, Jewish Life, and Community Leadership
57 mins; December 30, 2024
The Surprising Power of Women in the Bible: Eve, Hagar, and Judith
57 mins; December 24, 2024
Jewish Law Rooted in Jewish Values: A Conversation with Rabbi Dov Linzer
14 mins; December 23, 2024
Hammerman Family Lecture – It Takes Two To Torah: Finding What Unites Us at a Time of Deep Division
80 hours 51 mins; December 20, 2024
The Religious Significance of Secular Studies According to Rabbi Yosef Hayyim (1835-1909)
56 mins; December 16, 2024
Why Should I Fast on Yom Kippur: Guidance in Contemporary Jewish Sources
42 mins; December 10, 2024
Is There a Connection Between Saul’s Murderous Paranoia and His Religious Fundamentalism?
48 mins; December 03, 2024
The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic: Rereading the Women of the Talmud
48 mins; November 22, 2024
Judaism and Anti-Intellectualism
60 hours 46 mins; November 15, 2024
Bridging Faiths: Jewish-Muslim Collaboration for Democracy and Tolerance
46 mins; November 06, 2024