Jewish Ideas to Change the World

Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, the Director Emeritus of UCLA Hillel (www.uclahillel.org/), presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "'Twas the Best of Times, ‘Twas the Worst of Times: Antisemitism, Israel and the Politics of Resentment on the Campus Today," before an audience at Congregation Or Tzion (congregationortzion.org) in Scottsdale, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Is it as bad...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews April Baskin, Racial Justice Director of the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable (https://jewishsocialjustice.org/) on the topic of "Jews of Color & Joyous Activism! DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP If you’d like to inquire about hiring April as a coach, trainer or keynote speaker, you can find and get in touch w...

Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, the Director Emeritus of UCLA Hillel (http://www.uclahillel.org/), presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture, "Violence, Morality and Megillat Esther", before an audience at Congregation Beth Israel (www.cbiaz.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. ABOUT THIS LECTURE: The book of Esther concludes with a paroxysm of violence perpetrated by the Jews of Persia against their Persian attac...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews, The Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis, the Co-Chair for Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival (https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/), on the topic of the "Reviving the Poor People's Campaign!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP FOLLOW Reverend Liz: https://twitter.com/liztheo https://www.instagram.com/...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Professor Peter W. Ochs, Edgar M. Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies at the University of Virginia, on the topic of the "Religious Conflict & Postmodern Thought." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.face...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy, Director of the Social Justice Track at Pardes (https://www.pardes.org.il/), on the topic of the "Torah from the Social Justice Beit Midrash!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebo...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein(Evan-Shayish), the Chairman of Ohr LeRayah, on the topic of the "The Torah of Rav Kook!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Mike Moskowitz, Scholar-in-Residence for Trans and Queer Jewish Studies at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (cbst.org/), presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "Gender & Clothing" before an audience at Congregation Or Tzion (congregationortzion.org) in Scottsdale, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Purim is a story about the shift from living with a hidden identity to coming...

Rabbi Mike Moskowitz, the Scholar-in-Residence for Trans and Queer Jewish Studies at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (https://cbst.org/), presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "Allyship as Spiritual Practice" before an audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Being an ally can sometimes feel awkward and unsustainable. How might we see allyship as part of...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Mike Moskowitz, Scholar-in-Residence for Trans and Queer Jewish Studies at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (https://cbst.org/), on the topic of the "Toxic Masculinity & Graceful Masculinity!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learnin...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Professor James Loeffler, the Jay Berkowitz Professor of Jewish History at the University of Virginia (https://jamesloeffler.com/), on the topic of the "Jews & International Human Rights!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP BUY THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/2uU6IkO For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www....

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Michael Lerner, the editor of Tikkun Magazine (https://www.tikkun.org/), on the topic of "A Jewish Mandate to Address the Environmental Crisis!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidras...

Rabbi Dr. Michael Lerner, the editor of Tikkun Magazine (www.tikkun.org/), presents his lecture "Revolutionary Love" before an audience at Temple Chai (https://www.templechai.com/) in Phoeniz, AZ ABOUT THIS SPEAKER: Rabbi Michael Lerner, Ph. D., is a leading author, public intellectual, and spiritual leader. He is the founder and editor of Tikkun Magazine, the world’s most widely read and quoted l...

Rabbi Dr. Michael Lerner, the editor of Tikkun Magazine (https://www.tikkun.org/), presents his lecture "Lessons from 53 Years of Social Justice Activism" before an audience at Temple Solel (www.templesolel.org/) in Paradise Valley, AZ. ABOUT THIS SPEAKER: Rabbi Michael Lerner, Ph. D., is a leading author, public intellectual, and spiritual leader. He is the founder and editor of Tikkun Magazine,...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus, the Clinical Director at Maze Women’s Sexual Health (https://www.mazewomenshealth.com/), on the topic of the "Orthodox Sex Therapy & Sex Education." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.faceb...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Dr. Shaina Hammerman, professor of Jewish cultural studies for the Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice at the University of San Francisco, on the topic of "Mass Incarceration: Why Should Jews Care?" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash....

Professor Shaina Hammerman, a professor of Jewish cultural studies for the Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice at the University of San Francisco, presents her Valley Beit Midrash lecture "Dirty Jews: Gender and Vulgarity in Jewish Comedy" before an audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. ABOUT THIS LECTURE: In the past two decades, American comedy has been anim...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Saul Austerlitz, a pop culture historian and author of "Generation Friends," on the topic of "The Legacy of 'Friends!'" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Saul Austerlitz, a pop culture historian, presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "Generation Friends: An Inside Look at the Show Defined a Television Era" before an audience at Congregation Or Tzion (www.congregationortzion.org) in Scottsdale, AZ. ABOUT THIS SPEAKER: Saul Austerlitz is a freelance writer whose work has been published in theNew York Times, New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Rollin...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Dr. Reb Mimi Feigelson, Mashpiah Ruchanit (spiritual mentor) of the Rabbinical School at The Schechter Institutes (https://schechter.edu/), on the topic of the "Accepting God's Love & Trust!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learnin...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Dov Rosen, Director of Yakar Jerusalem (https://www.yakar.org/), on the topic of the "Autonomy & Authority in Halacha." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Suppor...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Professor Lori Gruen, William Griffin Professor of Philosophy - Wesleyan University, on the topic of the "Ethics of Captivity." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP BUY THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/31vmSwI For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/v...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Dr. Biti Roi, Research Fellow at the Kogod Research Center for Contemporary Jewish.on the topic of " The Shekhina & Feminine in Kabbalah." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Supp...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Professor Jeffrey Veidlinger, Joseph Brodsky Collegiate Professor of History and Judaic Studies - University of Michigan, on the topic of "Russian Jews Resisting Soviets with Faith & Observance!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learing-l...

Karen Franklin, Director of Family Research at the Leo Baeck Institute and a consultant at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, presents her Valley Beit Midrash lecture "Tracing Ancestors in Eastern Europe: Strategies and Examples" before an audience at Temple Chai (https://www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. ABOUT THIS LECTURE: This lecture offers Jewish genealogy...