The Podcast of Jewish Ideas

J.J. and Dr. Persico study the origin and impact of the idea that humans were created in the Divine image.  Dr. Tomer Persico is a Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute and a Senior Research Scholar at the UC Berkeley Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Persico was the Koret Visiting Assistant Professor at the UC Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies for three years and has t...

Does this one really need a description? You know the man. Now learn some more about his ideas and impact.  This series is generously sponsored by Larry and Sarah Krauss in honour and gratitude to Larry's mother, Kato Krauss, and in loving memory of his father, Nathan "Noteh" Krauss. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Sarah’s father, Joe Casse. Yosef ben Zvi v’Koyna. Rabbi Dr. Raphael Zaru...

J.J. and Dr. Miri Freud-Kandel on the twentieth century's most influential, interesting, and controversial Mancunian Jew.  This series is generously sponsored by Larry and Sarah Krauss in honour and gratitude to Larry's mother, Kato Krauss, and in loving memory of his father, Nathan "Noteh" Krauss. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Sarah’s father, Joe Casse. Yosef ben Zvi v’Koyna. Dr. Mir...

J.J. and Dr. Benjamin Elton comment on one of Britain's most influential chief rabbis.  This series is generously sponsored by Larry and Sarah Krauss in honour and gratitude to Larry's mother, Kato Krauss, and in loving memory of his father, Nathan "Noteh" Krauss. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Sarah’s father, Joe Casse. Yosef ben Zvi v’Koyna. Benjamin Elton read history at Queens’ Col...

J.J. and Dr. Edward Kessler progress through the history of Liberal Judaism and its promethian founder, Claude Montefiore.  This series is generously sponsored by Larry and Sarah Krauss in honour and gratitude to Larry's mother, Kato Krauss, and in loving memory of his father, Nathan "Noteh" Krauss. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Sarah’s father, Joe Casse. Yosef ben Zvi v’Koyna. Dr Edw...

J.J. and Dr. David Ruderman open our series with a discussion about the unique character and interesting characters of the Jewish Enlightenment in England.  This series is generously sponsored by Larry and Sarah Krauss in honour and gratitude to Larry's mother, Kato Krauss, and in loving memory of his father, Nathan "Noteh" Krauss. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Sarah’s father, Joe Cas...

J.J. and Dr. Noam Oren bridge the gap between the analytic philosophical tradition and the Jewish one.  If you or your business are interested in sponsoring an episode or mini-series, please reach out at  podcasts@torahinmotion.org   Follow us on Bluesky  @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice. We welcome all comp...

J.J. and Dr. Lawrence Kaplan analyze the life and thought of Joseph B. Soloveichik through the lens of Halakha . The new edition of  Halakhic Man (edited, annotated, and introduced by Dr. Kaplan) is available for purchase here: Link If you or your business are interested in sponsoring an episode or mini-series, please reach out at  podcasts@torahinmotion.org   Follow us on Bluesky  @jewishideaspod...

J.J. and Dr. Daniel Rynhold discuss lonely and halakhic men and minds.  If you or your business are interested in sponsoring an episode or mini-series, please reach out at  podcasts@torahinmotion.org   Follow us on Bluesky  @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice. We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcas...

J.J. and Dr. Martin Lockshin discuss the (not so) plain and simple ideas of Rabbi Samuel ben Meir of Troyes, a leading Tosafist and grandson to Rashi.  If you or your business are interested in sponsoring an episode or mini-series, please reach out at  podcasts@torahinmotion.org   Follow us on Bluesky  @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the...

J.J. and Dr. Vivian Liska border on the sublime in their discussion of the life and thought of this German-Jewish thinker.  If you or your business are interested in sponsoring an episode or mini-series, please reach out at  podcasts@torahinmotion.org   Follow us on Bluesky  @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice....

J.J. and Dr. Carson Bay crack open this recondite work of Jewish history and myth-making .  If you or your business are interested in sponsoring an episode or mini-series, please reach out at  podcasts@torahinmotion.org   Follow us on Bluesky  @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice. We welcome all complaints and c...

J.J. and Dr. Alan Mittleman make meaning out of a moment (or two). How does the Jewish tradition handle the big existential question? What does this all mean? Why are we here?  If you or your business are interested in sponsoring an episode or mini-series, please reach out at  podcasts@torahinmotion.org   Follow us on Bluesky  @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and r...

J.J. and Dr. Chaim Saiman compare the two dominant modes of Jewish legal transmission, and put them in conversation with global legal traditions.  If you or your business are interested in sponsoring an episode or mini-series, please reach out at  podcasts@torahinmotion.org   Follow us on Bluesky  @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podc...

J.J. and Dr. David Moster take a trip deep down into the tradition of our tradition in search of the true text of the Bible.  If you or your business are interested in sponsoring an episode or mini-series, please reach out at  podcasts@torahinmotion.org   Follow us on Bluesky  @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choic...

J.J. and Dr. Hindy Najman on authorship, authority, and the creation of the Jewish canon.  If you or your business are interested in sponsoring an episode or mini-series, please reach out at  podcasts@torahinmotion.org   Follow us on Bluesky  @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice. We welcome all complaints and co...

J.J. and Dr. Adena Tanenbaum unravel the dynamics of late medieval and early modern Jewish intellectual life in Yemen.  This episode is sponsored by the Touro Graduate School of Jewish Studies , a leading academic program in Jewish Studies. For information on admission and course offerings, including generous scholarships, please visit gsjs.touro.edu/history/ or get in touch by calling 212-463-040...

J.J. and Dr. Shmuel Feiner tell tales of 1782 CE, a turning point in Modern Jewish History.  This episode is sponsored by the Touro Graduate School of Jewish Studies , a leading academic program in Jewish Studies. For information on admission and course offerings, including generous scholarships, please visit gsjs.touro.edu/history/ or get in touch by calling 212-463-0400, ext. 55580 or emailing k...

J.J. and Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottstein stay current. They discuss 21st century Jewish thinkers like Jonathan Sacks, Irving Greenberg, and Goshen-Gottstein himself.  This is the fifth and final episode in our miniseries about universalism and particularism in Judaism. Over the course of the series we explored and complicated Jewish attitudes to these ideas across the centuries.  Follow us on Bluesky  @...

J.J. and Dr. Jeremy Fogel reflect on the oneness of nature, the nature of oneness, and particularism vs. universalism in the thought of Benedict Spinoza, Moses Mendellsohn, and Hermann Cohen.  This is the fourth episode in our miniseries about universalism and particularism in Judaism. Over the course of the series we will explore and complicate Jewish attitudes to these categories across the cent...

J.J. and Dr. Menachem Kellner pitch Maimonides against Judah HaLevi and explore the extremes of Jewish universalism and particularism in the middle ages.  Thank you to Kestenbaum and Co. for sponsoring today's episode! Click here to see the auction catalogue and place your bids on rare Judaica and Hebraica.  This is the third episode in our miniseries about universalism and particularism in Judais...

J.J. and Dr. Marc Hirshman dissect the schools of R. Akiva and R. Yishmael to understand the central rabbinic arguments about universalism and particularism.  This is the second episode in our miniseries about universalism and particularism in Judaism. Over the course of the series we will explore and complicate Jewish attitudes to these categories across the centuries.  Follow us on Bluesky  @jew...

J.J. and Dr. Ethan Schwartz explore the categories of religious universalism and particularism in the Bible. This is the first episode in our miniseries about universalism and particularism in Judaism. Over the course of the series we will explore and complicate Jewish attitudes to these categories across the centuries.  Follow us on Bluesky  @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! P...

J.J. and Dr. Michael Satlow offer an authentic account of this apocryphal book of wisdom literature.  Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice. We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org   For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Professor Michael L. Sat...

J.J. and Dr. Lital Levy explore the Jewish Nahda, and the border-ignoring breadth of the Haskalah.  Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice. We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org   For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Lital Levy is Associate Pr...