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L’Chayim: 2020 Year In Review Pt 1
January 5, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic and the Abraham Accords are discussed as the most important events to impact the Jewish community in 2020 by Betty Ehrenberg, Steven Bayme, Eric Yoffie and Jonathan Tobin. With Mark S. Golub Part 1 of 2 .
Talmud Study: Shema
March 9, 2021
On this episode of Dimensions of the Daf, Rabbi Becher uses Talmudic texts to look closely at one of the most significant verses in the Torah, Deuteronomy 6:4, which contains one of Judaism’s most well-known prayers expressing the essence of Judaism as monotheism.
Top Story: Melanie Phillips
September 3, 2021
JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin speaks with columnist Melanie Phillips about the surge in antisemitism around the world, and how ideas like critical race theory and the demonization of Israel by leftist elites and Islamist groups have facilitated Jew-hatred in both Britain and the U.S.
Hampton Authors: Dan Glickman
November 21, 2022
Dan Glickman discusses Laughing at Myself: My Education in Congress, on the Farm, and at the Movies, his book that combines humor with serious reflection to recount his journey from the Midwest to becoming the first Jewish secretary of agriculture.
Eye on Israel: Talia Dekel Fleissig
December 15, 2022
Talia Dekel Fleissig, Vice President of Content at the Jerusalem Press Club, describes the unique role of the JPC, an NGO that works with international media to present the spectrum of issues, speakers, voices and places that Israel has to offer.
Jerusalem Press Club: Israeli Judicial Reforms
March 21, 2023
Roy Schondorf, Israel’s former Deputy Attorney General for international legal issues and senior research fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute, unpacks the full implications of the reforms and stresses Israel’s strength of democracy and the need for compromise.
Rabbi Hirsch: Deep Purple
March 27, 2023
Rabbi Hirsch finds inspiration in the recent discovery by Israeli archaeologists of textile scraps containing the brilliant color of purple, the same as mentioned in the Torah in reference to King Solomon’s court.
Jewish Cinémathèque: Isaac Ezban
May 12, 2023
In New York for the first-ever Mexican Jewish Film Festival, Mexican Jewish filmmaker Isaac Ezban joins Eric Goldman to discuss the festival, his latest film, Evil Eye, and the importance of Mexican Jewry within the Mexican filmmaking community.
Rabbi Hirsch: Israel at 75
June 1, 2023
In a sermon to his congregation of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City, Rabbi Hirsch puts rebuke and criticism of Israel on pause to make room for celebration of the miracle that is the Jewish state for the occasion of its 75th birthday
Re-Charging Reform Judaism: Keynote By Rabbi Hirsch
July 13, 2023
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch delivers the keynote address for Re-Charging Reform Judaism, a conference of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue that convened clergy, educators and lay leaders to address the existential challenges facing the Reform Movement.