Congregation KINS presents Daytime Dialogues

Malcolm Hoenlein has been called the "King without a Crown," and while that may be an exaggeration, he has been at the center of Jewish communal political advocacy for more than 60 years! He was a the center of the Soviet Jewry movement, the first executive director of New York's Jewish Community Relations Council and since 1986, the Executive Vice President of the Conference of Presidents of Majo...

Join us this week as Rabbi Matanky speaks with author, storyteller and podcaster, Rabbi Hanoch Teller.

Join Rabbi Matanky as he speaks with Consul Genral for the Midwest Aviv Ezra about the current situation in Israel, the life of a diplomat and the opportunities American Jewry has to support Israel.

Join Rabbi Matanky as he speaks with Ambassador Michael Oren as they discuss everything from the Iran Nuclear Deal to his latest collection of short stories. 

Join Rabbi Matanky in a conversation with author, podcast host, professor, and Director of Education of NCSY, Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin. 

Join Rabbi Matanky as he speaks with Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff, Chief Academic Officer of Hebrew Theological College and noted historian. Listen to a fascinating conversation about the shifts in synagogues, the rise of boutique minyanim, Modern Orthodoxy and Jewish education.

Join Rabbi Matanky as he interviews Batya Ungar-Sargon, the Deputy Opinion Editor of Newsweek and former Opinion Editor of the Forward. Topics range from "wokeness" to Iran, the safety of Shabbat table discussions and the changing nature of American Orthodoxy!

Join Rabbi Matanky and Jerusalem Post political correspondent, Gil Hoffman for an up to date conversation about Israeli politics

Join Rabbi Matanky as he welcomes back Rabbi Michael Skobac of Jews for Judaism. Among topics discussed are missionary work in Israel, the return of those who had converted out and more.

Join Rabbi Matanky as he talks with Rabbi Taragin about the Yeshivat Har Etzion, the nature of gedolim, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein and much more!

Join Rabbi Matanky and HaRav Reiss for a conversation about a wide-range of topics and how he went from an associate in an international law firm to Av Beit Din of the cRc. 

Jpoin Rabbi Matanky as he speaks with Rabbi Steven Weil, CEO of Friends of the IDF about Israel, World Jewry, Iran, and the future of our shuls.

Join Rabbi Matanky is a wide-ranging conversation with Rabbi Ari Katz of Yeshivat Hesder Sderot. Topics include Gush Katif, Sderot, the COVID crisis, and the lessons we can learn.

Join Rabbi Matanky for a great discussion with Rabbi Yaakov Glasser, Rabbi of the Young Israel Passaic Clifton and Dean of the Center for the Jewish Future

Join Rabbi Matanky for a fascinating conversation with Rabbi Michael Skobac of Jews for Judaism

Join Rabbi Matanky as he interviews Rabbanit Malke Bina, founder and director of MATaN Women's Institute for Torah Studies

Join us for a great conversation about the challenges facing our Orthodox community with one of America's leading rabbis, Rabbi Shaul Robinson of Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York.

Join Rabbi Matanky as he speaks with Rabbi Michael Schudrich about the rise of Jewish life in Poland  

Join us for a conversation with Rabbi Menachem Menachem Penner, Max and Marion Grill Dean of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University

Join Rabbi Matanky as he welcomes Rabbi Menachem Goldberger pf Congregation Tiferes Yisroel. Former classmates, the rabbis enter into a conversation that ranges from chassidus to Religious Zionism, Modern Orthodoxy and reaching our teens!

Join Rabbi Matanky as he speaks with leading psychologist, Dr. Norman Blumenthal about the impact of the pandemic, why rabbis need to learn psychology and the lessons we can learn from this past year.

Join Rabbi Matanky as he speaks with one of the leading American rabbis, Rabbi Elazar Muskin of the Young Israel of Century City, Los Angeles.

Join Rabbi Matanky as he interviews Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, Executive Director of the Bronfman Center at NYU and Chief Rabbi of the UAE. Listen to Rabbi Sarna's description of the emergence of Jewish life and community in an Arab country.

Join Rabbi Matanky as he speaks with Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein about politics and the rabbinate, memories of his father Rav Aharon Lichtenstein ztz"l, and his grandfather, Rav Solovetichik ztz"l and the challenges facing Religious Zionism in Israel

Join Rabbi Matanky as he talks with a noted Israel-based educator, and former Chicagoan, Dr. Dodi Fishman Tobin.