The College Commons Podcast, passionate perspectives from Judaism's leading thinkers, is produced by Hebrew Union College, America's first Jewish institution of higher learning.
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Reform Judaism Podcasts
Every other week, Rabbi Ammi Hirsch hosts intellectually honest conversations unpacking current events through the lens of Jewish wisdom and values. Unbound by politics and untethered by party lines, Ammi and his distinguished guests discuss everything from foreign affairs and antisemitism to politics and pop culture. This show is recorded from New York’s Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, a historic Reform congregation deeply rooted in liberalism, support for Israel and social justice.
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Jewish Ideas to Change the World delivers thought-provoking content by leading Jewish thinkers with diverse perspectives and backgrounds. It is produced by Valley Beit Midrash. Valley Beit Midrash (VBM) is dedicated to social justice as driven by Torah ethics. VBM's mission is to improve lives through Jewish learning, direct action, and leadership development. Listen to VBM's other podcasts: • Social Justice in the Parsha (weekly divrei Torah by Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz) • Pearls of Jewish Wi ...
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What do we all have in common? We all live - and balance - complex and nuanced identities, that, when braided together, make us wholly ourselves - and “Wholly Jewish.” Join April Baskin, the Union for Reform Judaism’s former vice president for audacious hospitality, as she speaks with Jews of Color who share their experiences, insights, and how their identities enrich and create a more vibrant Jewish community.
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Judaism has a deep and rich tradition of storytelling, of passing down stories from one generation to the next. To carry on that tradition, Stories We Tell, from ReformJudaism.org, will share a new story with you every Thursday. Whether you listen while driving to work, preparing Shabbat dinner, or taking your kids to school, each episode will give you a new story to reflect on and discuss with the people in your life. Stories We Tell is a project of the Union for Reform Judaism, a leading v ...
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As you continue on your Jewish journey, join rabbis, cantors and other Jewish educators in exploring many facets of Judaism. Contact us on [email protected]. Progressively Jewish is a collaboration between Liberal Judaism, Reform Judaism, and Leo Baeck College. Remember to subscribe to Progressively Jewish and, if you like what you hear, leave us a podcast review.
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On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah, a podcast presented by ReformJudaism.org. Each week, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union For Reform Judaism, will offer divrei Torah (insights into the weekly Torah portion) to help open up Jewish thought and its contemporary influence on your life. He condenses 2,000 years of Jewish wisdom into just 10 minutes of modern-day commentary. There are plenty of ways to interpret Torah and we want to hear what you think. You can weigh in on this week’ ...
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Imagine 16 American rabbis jailed for their beliefs. The Rabbis Go South is a thrilling seven-episode podcast that tells the little-known story of Jewish-Black solidarity during the Civil Rights Movement in St. Augustine, Florida. This inspiring tale is a powerful reminder of hope in a divided world. A Hub & Spoke Expo presentation.
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Be Delivered, and Not Deceived! This is a series of lessons from a devout Torah observant Jewish Believer in the Messiah Yeshua. Displayed with Passion and Conviction. It is time to stop being apologetic for who we are, and what we believe. Stand Proud, and proclaim the name of our Messiah. Yeshua HaMashiach!!
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Join us for an incredible summer of arts, athletics, aquatics, nature and Reform Jewish education in Georgia! We serve campers from the Southeastern U.S. in grades 3 to 11.
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Since Fall 2008, students of Dr. Gary P. Zola’s American Jewish History 403 class have been asked to submit short audio segments that describe and analyze interesting documents located in the holdings of the American Jewish Archives.
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A layman's approach to all things Philosophy of Religion, Theology, and Philosophy in general. As a layman who was cursed with a passion for Philosophy, specifically Philosophy of Religion (because I am someone who returned to Christianity through Philosophy of Religion), we present the harder topics for the layman or even students, as only a layman could. The style is laid back, sometimes humorous, and always entertaining. Thanks for watching and/or listening!
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An unashamedly Jewish comedy chat show where all are welcome! Jew Talkin' To Me? is hosted by award winning comedians, Rachel Creeger and Philip Simon, and produced by Russell Balkind. Each show features guests from the entertainment industry sharing their views on a variety of topics connected to modern Jewish life in a secular world, as well as their memories of growing up Jewish. Both Philip and Rachel are well known as Jewish comedians on both the mainstream and community circuit and our ...
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Recorded sermons and other audio podcasts from Congregation Beth Torah in Overland Park, Kansas
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Galatians Sermons Archives - Covenant United Reformed Church
Covenant United Reformed Church - CURC Fresno/Clovis, Ca
What inspired the elite pharisee to turn apostle? Please listen to our archived series to find out.
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For the Love of Zion is a weekly podcast championing Israel and the Zionist vision. Through compelling conversations with the Jewish world's leading thinkers and advocates, we explore Jewish identity, Israel’s centrality to the Jewish future, and the fight for Israel and the Jewish people.
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Interviews with Biblical Scholars about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biblical-studies
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Podcast – Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
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Portal to my podcast, websites, blog, and publications, providing an entryway into social and cultural life anong Greeks, Romans, Judeans, Christians, and others in ancient Mediterranean. Ethnicity, Diaspora, and relations among ethnic and minority groups is a focus.
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The Extraordinary Career of Rabbi Alexander Schindler (1925-2000), Innovative Reformer of American Reform Judaism
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57:59A virtual event presentation by Dr. Michael Meyer The event was co-sponsored by Temple Emanuel About The Event: This lecture, based on my book “Above All, We Are Jews,” A Biography of Rabbi Alexander Schindler, will cover the career of a German Jew of East European extraction who redirected American Reform Judaism so that it would more realisticall…
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"I can call him whatever I want to, he knows my heart".By The Messianic Jewish Moment
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Lee Yaron: Weaving the Threads of October 7th
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34:28Author Lee Yaron resists the simplification of politics, people, and, most of all, of October 7th — in favor of nuance and humanity. Biography: Lee Yaron is an award-winning Israeli journalist. Her new book, "10/7: 100 Human Stories," won the 2024 National Jewish Book Award Book of the Year — and the 2025 Natan Notable Books award. At 30, Yaron is …
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Jonathon Stuart Wright, "Joseph and Aseneth After Antiquity: A Study in Manuscript Transmission" (de Gruyter, 2025)
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1:03:34Joseph and Aseneth: A Study in Manuscript Transmission (de Gruyter, 2025) expands a few verses from the book of Genesis into a novella-length work. It is increasingly used as a source for Judaism and Christianity at the turn of the Common Era. Scholarly attention has largely focused the work's provenance, the priority of a longer or shorter text ve…
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Yonatan Y. Brafman, "Critique of Halakhic Reason: Divine Commandments and Social Normativity" (Oxford UP, 2024)
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1:05:20For centuries, Jewish thinkers have asked two parallel questions. First, what is the reasoning behind an individual commandment and second, why bother heeding a command at all, something Dr. Brafman terms “reasons for” vs “reasons of” the commandments. In his newest book, Critique of Halakhic Reason: Divine Commandments and Social Normativity (Oxfo…
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A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Jade Sank Ross The event was co-sponsored by BMH-BJ About The Event: Year after year, as we read and re-read the same portions of Torah, it does not change, but we do. The Psalms have been part of Jewish ritual and liturgy for centuries, and generation after generation they have sung to us in moments of awe, so…
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Abeneazer G. Urga et al., "Reading James Missiologically: The Missionary Motive, Message, and Methods of James" (William Carey, 2025)
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56:06While books on a New Testament theology of mission abound, most of them focus on tried-and-true Scripture passages from the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles while ignoring the contribution of the General Epistles. Reading James Missiologically: The Missionary Motive, Message, and Methods of James (William Carey, 2025) addresses this gap in miss…
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What does the Word say about praying for our enemies? You might be surprised.By The Messianic jewish Moment
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The Colours of the Parchment: An Exploration of Modern Midrash Produced by Jewish Artists
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56:45A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Dvir Cahana About The Event: What happens when a Rabbi and an Artist study Torah together? … Chidushim!!! The Amen Institute has provided an incubator to empower artists with the charge of being wisdom disseminators. Join Rabbi Dvir Cahana in a unique program describing the discoveries of these artist meaning s…
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As part of our NYC Mayoral Forum, Democratic candidate Scott Stringer joins Rabbi Ammi Hirsch to discuss his Jewish values and his commitment to Zionism and to share his vision for a more affordable and better-run New York City. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/in-these-times-with-rabbi-ammi-hirsch/donations…
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As part of our NYC Mayoral Forum, Democratic candidate and NYC Comptroller Brad Lander joins our Rabbi Ammi Hirsch to discuss how his liberal Jewish values inform his immigration activism, his fight against antisemitism and for peace in the Middle East, and his vision for New York City. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/in-these-times…
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Just because we keep Torah, doesn't mean that we will never have trouble, but it does mean that the trouble we have, is already taken care of.By The Messianic Jewish Moment
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The Case for Dual Loyalty: Healing the Divided Soul of American Jews
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55:53A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Dr. Nolan Lebovitz The event was co-sponsored by Congregation Or Tzion About The Event: Following October 7, Rabbi Lebovitz synthesizes the Jewish turning point in history with lessons from the past, arguing that it is a moral imperative to radically change the way we engage with both Israel and the United Stat…
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What, or who are ghosts?By The Messianic Jewish Moment
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Girolamo Zanchi, "Confession of the Christian Religion" (Reformation, 2025)
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33:04In response to the Lutheran Formula of Concord, representatives of Reformed churches commissioned Girolamo Zanchi to draft a confession of faith acceptable to all Reformed churches. Zanchi patterned his Confession of the Christian Religion after the Apostles' Creed, giving it a broadly Trinitarian and redemptive-historical structure that emphasizes…
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The founders of The Free Press, Bari Weiss and Nellie Bowles sit down with Rabbi Ammi Hirsch to discuss their new media company, their Jewish journey, and several of the central challenges facing the American Jewish community. This conversation was recorded live during the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Spring Benefit on May 18, 2025. Support this pod…
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What does Scripture say about sex, and what are we doing that is against Scripture, regarding sex?By The Messianic Jewish Moment
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A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Richard Address The Event was co-sponsored by Temple Emanuel About The Event: In this session, we will discuss the new life stage of Caregiving and how Jewish texts and tradition have approached this issue. Based on the 5th Commandment, we will examine how our tradition has looked at this life stage from the Ta…
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The practice of Keriah is a very specific practice, seemingly performed by certain people, and also performed by someone we all know and love.By The Messianic Jewish Moment
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Why Should We Be Excluded? Access, Obligation, and Membership: The Case for an English Megillah
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53:11A virtual event presentation by Rabbanit Devorah Zlochower About The Event: The cry, “Why Should We Be Excluded,” made by those individuals who were not able to bring the Paschal sacrifice is echoed by so many disabled Jews who have been left out of our community – our shuls, our schools, our communal programming due to inaccessibility and to invis…
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Nathan S. French, "A Theocentric Interpretation of הדעת טוב ורע" (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2021)
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29:33he Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, set within the midst of the garden of Eden, is a longstanding enigma. What does it represent? How best to translate the Hebrew? What was gained and/or lost when the primal couple took of its fruit? Tune in as we speak with Nathan French about his book, A Theocentric Interpretation of HaDa’at Tov VeRa: The …
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New York's former governor and the front runner in New York City's mayoral race, Andrew Cuomo speaks with Rabbi Ammi Hirsch about the state of the city, his decades-long support of Israel and the Jewish community, and surging antisemitism in America. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/in-these-times-with-rabbi-ammi-hirsch/donations…
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Living Water is spoken of, frequently, in all of the bible, but is it just a metaphor, or is there more to it?By The Messianic jewish Moment
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Jews in the Qur’an – How Are Jews Portrayed by the Qur’an: A Study of Qur’anic Texts
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56:50A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Reuven Firestone The event was co-sponsored by BMH-BJ About The Event: What does the Qur’an say about Jews? “Israelites,” “Jews,” “People of the Book.” Even “rabbis.” These are all terms found in the Qur’an. Some have claimed that the Qur’an is antisemitic, while others have argued that it values Jews. What doe…
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Kirsten Macfarlane, "Lay Learning and the Bible in the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic World" (Oxford UP, 2024)
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45:49Early modernity has long been seen as a crucial period in the history of biblical scholarship, witnessing rapid advances in studies of Hebrew, Greek, and the ancient Jewish and Christian past. Historians have devoted much attention to how these developments were received by the academic and clerical elite, and yet there is little research on their …
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Rabbi Marc Katz: A Civilization’s Inflection Point
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39:30Rabbi Marc Katz uses the historical imagination to plumb the depths of Judaism’s greatest choice for survival.By [email protected] (HUC-JIR)
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Marc Katz, "Yochanan's Gamble: Judaism's Pragmatic Approach to Life" (U Nebraska Press, 2024)
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50:56Some two thousand years ago, as the story goes, a rabbi named Yochanan makes the epitome of pragmatic gambles—wagering the entire fate of the Jewish people. In dialogue with the soon-to-be Roman emperor Vespasian, Yochanan tacitly acknowledges the Romans’ planned destruction of Jerusalem in return for a plot of land in a town called Yavneh. There, …
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Timothy A. Lee, "The Syriac Peshiṭta Bible: The New Testament" (Gorgias Press, 2023)
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30:41This is the first Syriac reader for the New Testament. It guides the reader through the Syriac New Testament Peshitta, glossing the uncommon words and parsing difficult word forms. It is designed for two groups of people. First, for students learning Syriac after a years’ worth of study this series provides the material to grow in reading ability f…
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Okay, so we have a new pope. Great, what do popes believe? Where was the papacy started? What does Scripture and the rest of the bible say?By The Messianic Jewish Moment
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The Torah of Inside Out: Feeling Complexity
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40:11A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Avi Orlow The event was co-sponsored by Congregation Or Tzion About The Event: The challenge of expressing our feelings is not just an issue for children. From the Pentateuch to Pixar, we will explore how we might better deal with complex emotions. *Source Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sfbgWHSQKsNE…
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Embodied Holiness: The Role of the Body in Leviticus
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1:18:43A hybrid event (in-person and virtual) by Rabbi David Kasher The event was co-hosted by Temple Chai About The Event: We sometimes speak of holiness as if it were entirely ethereal, having nothing to do with our physical selves. But Leviticus, the book of the Torah most focused on holiness, is also profoundly interested in the human body. Beginning …
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Spiritual Calm Within the Storm? A Conversation with Rabbi David Kasher
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22:17Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz in conversation with Rabbi David Kasher. Rabbi David Kasher is the Director of Hadar West, based in Los Angeles. He grew up bouncing back and forth between the Bay Area and Brooklyn, hippies and Hassidim – and has been trying to synthesize these two worlds ever since. He received rabbinic ordination at Yeshivat Chovevei Tora…
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The student body president of UC Santa Barbara and a proud Zionist, Tessa Veksler faced a barrage of hate and narrowly survived an attempt to oust her from office. Her experience is both a warning for young Jews heading to campus and an example of what real leadership looks like. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/in-these-times-with-r…
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So many people are online, talking about "the start of Gog and Magog" because of Trump and his actions. What does Scripture say about that?By The Messianic Jewish Moment
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Teaching Heschel to the Next Generation
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1:02:28A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Or Rose About The Event: Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) was a gifted Jewish theologian and scholar, and an impassioned social activist. His reputation has grown significantly since his death over fifty years ago. What can we learn from the unflagging efforts of this revered twentieth-century figure to…
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Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: A New Era for Judaism and Israel
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29:39Rabbi Elliot asks us to approach difficult times with depth of mind and spirit.By [email protected] (HUC-JIR)
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David Resnick, "Empowered or Abused: The Bible's Plan to Stop Battlefield Rape and Reduce Sexual Abuse" (BfoT, 2025)
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28:32What to do when a victorious soldier lusts for the beautiful woman he’s just taken captive in an overseas war. In fact, her body already belongs to him as war booty. If they’re alone in an alley, no one will find out what he does to her. That’s the incendiary situation to which the Bible responds with the Beautiful Captive Law. The Bible’s first st…
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Jew Talkin’ To Me? With comedian Aaron Levene!
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59:04Join Jewish Comedians Rachel Creeger & Philip Simon for their comedy podcast, a chat show about all things Jewish, produced by Russell Balkind. This week we're joined by comedian Aaron Levene! Subscribe to our Patreon: @JewTalkin Facebook: @JewTalkin Twitter: @JewTalkin Instagram: @JewTalkin Lots more fantastic episodes waiting to be released, so d…
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Timothy Twining, "The Limits of Erudition: The Old Testament in Post-Reformation Europe" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
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1:10:06The history of early modern biblical scholarship has often been told as a teleological narrative in which a succession of radical thinkers dethroned the authority of the sacred word. The Limits of Erudition: The Old Testament in Post-Reformation Europe (Cambridge UP, 2024) tells a very different story. Drawing on a mass of archival sources, Timothy…
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Israel at 77: Appreciating Dreams in a World of Challenges
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56:44A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Yair Silverman The event was co-sponsored by BMH-BJ About The Event: The Israeli Declaration of Independence opens with “The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped”. However, in the Jewish Tradition, the people of Israel are fash…
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