My name is Daniel Levine and I am a Rabbi and Jewish History Lecturer at UC Irvine!
I have conversations about the most pressing issues facing the Jewish community with professors, Rabbis, and politicians with a wide range of views.
Hope you enjoy :)
Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?
17 mins; October 14, 2024
Iran, Israel, Hezbollah, and the Future of Lebanon
53 mins; October 13, 2024
Former US Congressman and Presidential Candidate Joe Walsh on Trump, Harris, and Israel
35 mins; October 08, 2024
Hillel Fuld Argues the Jewish Case for Trump
56 mins; October 01, 2024
Jewish Jokes in Serious Times
53 mins; September 27, 2024
A Female Persian Rabbi and her Advocacy for Iranian Female Equality
44 mins; September 12, 2024
The Most Interesting Hebrew Professor in the Country
56 mins; September 10, 2024
Frontline Reporting on Antisemitism: A Deep Dive with Zach Kessel
57 mins; September 03, 2024
The Conservative UCI Humanities Professor Running for Congress (David Pan CA46)
55 mins; August 25, 2024
The Jewish Food Episode W/ Boaz Avraham-Katz
71 hours 18 mins; August 21, 2024
Everything You Need to Know about the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
61 hours 10 mins; August 20, 2024
Irvine Mayoral Candidate Tammy Kim on Antisemitism, Israel, and Progressive Politics
38 mins; August 14, 2024
Race, Whiteness, and the Jews w/ Prof. David Bernstein
69 hours 6 mins; August 09, 2024
The Inquisition and the Impossibility of Defining Jewishness w/ Prof. David Graizbord
73 hours 12 mins; August 01, 2024
Reflections on American Jewish Life, Antisemitism, and the 2024 Election
46 mins; July 30, 2024
When Politics Become Holy (Zionism 4- Religious Zionism)
66 hours 52 mins; July 22, 2024
Should Jews Get Armed and Other Questions of Self Defense
93 hours 31 mins; July 16, 2024
Big Picture Israel Update w/ Alon Burstein
55 mins; July 10, 2024
Revisionist Zionism and the Modern Israeli Right (Episode 3 - Zionism)
88 hours 3 mins; July 03, 2024
Congressional Candidate for CA 47: Scott Baugh (R)
41 mins; June 29, 2024
God is Feminine? And Masculine? The Zohar with Professor Daniel Matt
58 mins; June 08, 2024
My UCI Class and Campus Antisemitism
39 mins; June 07, 2024
A State for the Jews or a Jewish State? (Episode 2 - Cultural Zionism))
76 hours 45 mins; June 03, 2024
What is Zionism? (Episode 1 - Political Zionism)
77 hours 15 mins; May 24, 2024
The Campus Protests
37 mins; May 01, 2024
Iran, Israel, and Military Game Theory w/ Prof. Andrea Molle
43 mins; April 15, 2024
Jewish Neoplatonism w/ Professor Sarah Pessin
56 mins; March 31, 2024
Feminism, Exile, and Antisemitism in the Book of Esther w/ Channah Damatov
45 mins; March 21, 2024
Jeffery Kopstein: Sleep-in Protest at UC Irvine and the Current Moment for Jews
50 mins; March 19, 2024
The Deep Secrets of Purim
41 mins; March 15, 2024
Israel, Campus Climate, and the Future of the University w/ Jeffrey Blutinger
51 mins; February 27, 2024
Hassidism, Christianity, Diaspora, Zionism, and American Judaism w/ Shaul Magid
56 mins; February 09, 2024
Talking about Israel on UCI Radio
77 hours 19 mins; February 05, 2024
The Many Streams of Liberal Judaism w/ Jeremy Weisblatt
67 hours 45 mins; January 31, 2024
Jewish Philosophical Mysticism w/ Zevi Slavin
59 mins; January 18, 2024
Krav Maga and the Making of Modern Israel w/ Professor Andrea Molle
64 hours 44 mins; January 04, 2024
Thoughts from a Jerusalem Hotel Room
35 mins; January 01, 2024
The Hanukkah Story Your Rabbi Never Told You
36 mins; December 11, 2023
The Antisemitic Roots of Anti-Zionism
51 mins; November 21, 2023
Rising from the Ashes: Mysticism and Chassidism
65 hours 12 mins; November 16, 2023
Israel, Gaza, and Disinformation
43 mins; November 03, 2023
Israel, Gaza, and the Ethics of War
52 mins; October 18, 2023
Israel 10/07/2023
53 mins; October 09, 2023
Rashi's Daughters and Medieval Jewish Women
60 hours 18 mins; September 27, 2023
Between Small Town and National Judaism
34 mins; September 08, 2023
Liberal Zionism and Liberal Judaism
55 mins; August 28, 2023
Fighting for Women's Rights in Israel
37 mins; July 31, 2023
Israel in Crisis
45 mins; July 26, 2023
Holocaust Distortion on Wikipedia: A Conversation with Professor Shira Klein
37 mins; June 22, 2023
Israel at 75
20 mins; May 01, 2023
Everything You Need to Know about Israel's Proposed Judicial Reform
47 mins; February 28, 2023
California Jewish Political Advocacy
37 mins; February 01, 2023
The Paradox of Finding Meaning
18 mins; January 05, 2023
An Interview with Ehud Olmert
42 mins; November 24, 2022
Who is Ben Gvir and Why Does He Matter?
58 mins; November 15, 2022
The How, Why, and When of Antisemitism
48 mins; October 31, 2022
From Prison to Judaism w/ Yehudah Pryce
47 mins; September 29, 2022
What Should the Jews Be Thinking About? w/ Rabbi Nico Socolovsky
50 mins; September 15, 2022
Addiction, Recovery, and the Jewish Community
43 mins; August 28, 2022
Jewish-Christian Relations
40 mins; August 17, 2022
The World of the Rabbis
38 mins; July 29, 2022
The Recent Supreme Court Cases
30 mins; July 01, 2022
Judaism, Pride Month, and the Trans Community
47 mins; June 14, 2022
What's Been Happening in Israel?
49 mins; May 30, 2022
Judaism and Abortion
41 mins; May 12, 2022
The Past, Present, and Future of Reform Judaism
51 mins; March 30, 2022
Israel and the Double Standard
51 mins; March 01, 2022
Jewish Dating, Social Media, and the Future of Jewish Technology
40 mins; February 14, 2022
Chabad and What it Can Teach Us
55 mins; February 02, 2022
Colleyville, Antisemitism, and Where we go From Here
42 mins; January 18, 2022
Zionism, Terrorism, and Israel's Future
52 mins; January 11, 2022
Intro to the Podcast
17 mins; January 04, 2022
From Satmar to Open Orthodoxy | Rabbi Ysoscher Katz
