Jewish Ideas to Change the World

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Dr. Alice Shalvi, a renowned activist and educator, on the topic of "How Has the Status of Women Changed in Israeli Society in 70 years?" 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 t...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Dr. Daniel Gordis, Senior Vice President and Koret Distinguished Fellow at Shalem College (https://shalem.ac.il/en/) on the topic of "The Rift Between American Jews & Israel." Dr. Gordis is also the author of the new book "We Stand Divided: The Rift Between American Jews & Israel." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz (http://www.rabbishmuly.com/) presents a special teaching "False Prophets in our Midst Today!" This teaching was facilitated by My Jewish Learning (https://www.myjewishlearning.com/). https://www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz http://www. RabbiShmuly.com ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Steve Greenberg, Founding Director of Eshel (http://www.eshelonline.org) on the topic of "Orthodox Same-Sex Marriage." 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 Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Jonah Pesner, the Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (https://rac.org/) on the topic of "Jewish Social Justice at the RAC." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidr...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Professor Laurie Zoloth, Margaret E. Burton Professor of Religion and Ethics in the Divinity School and the Senior Advisor to the Provost for Programs on Social Ethics at the University of Chicago, on the topic of "Jewish Medical Ethics." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: http...

Rabbi Garth Silberstein (https://kitcsacramento.org/rabbi/), the founder and director of the Organic Yeshiva, presents his lecture, " The Mitzvah of Tokhecha (Reproof) and the Ethics of Protest" before an audience at Temple Chai (templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. ABOUT THIS SPEAKER: Rabbi Garth Silberstein received his rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in 2016. Previously he had also...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Founder & Director of Torat Tzedek-Torah of Justice" on the topic of "Spiritual Activism for Human Rights in Israel." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash https...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Dr. Alan Brill, Cooperman/Ross Endowed Chair for Jewish-Christian Studies at Seton Hall University, on the topic of "Teaching Judaism in Indonesia" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmid...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz (www.rabbishmuly.com), the President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, presents his lecture, "Are Jewish Law & Jewish Values Separate Philosophical Systems?" before an audience at Temple Chai (templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. ABOUT THIS LECTURE: In this class session, Rabbi Shmuly will examine texts that explore the relationship between law and values. Are values b...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Ph. D., the founder, and director of The Shalom Center (https://theshalomcenter.org/) on the topic of "Half a Century of Activism!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidr...

Rabbi Dr. Goldie Milgram, the Executive Director of Reclaiming Judaism (http://www.reclaimingjudaism.org/) presents her lecture, Wisdom from Reb Zalman: Embracing the Jewish Spirit before an audience at Temple Chai (templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Rabbi Dr. Zalman Schachter-Shalomi lived a calling to reach and touch people in deeply spiritual, supportive, and Jewishly profound...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz (www.rabbishmuly.com), the President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, and Eddie Chavez Calderon, Campaign Organizer for Arizona Jews for Justice, presents their class, "Immigrant Rights in the Bible & Talmud" before an audience at Temple Chai (templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. ABOUT THIS LECTURE: In this fascinating class, Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz and Eddie Chav...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Dr. John Fung, Professor of Surgery and the Co-Director of Transplant Institute at the University of Chicago (https://www.uchicagomedicine.org), on the topic of "The Many Dimensions of Kidney Donation!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learni...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz (www.rabbishmuly.com), the President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, presents his lecture, “Tikkun Olam: Exploring the Concept of Repairing the World Throughout Jewish Intellectual History!" before an audience at Temple Chai (templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Tikkun Olam (repairing the world) is a concept often invoked but rarely understood. It tur...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo, the Founder & Dean of the David Cardozo Academy (https://www.cardozoacademy.org/) on the question of "Time for New Halakhic System?" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.co...

Rabbi Micha Odenheimer, the founder of Tevel B'Tzedek (tevelbtzedek.org/), presents his lecture, "Reflections on the Conflict, Anti-Zionism, and American Jews" before an audience at Temple Chai (templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Micha, a rabbi and writer, who has lived in Israel for the past 32 years, will share snapshots from his personal experience as an Israeli, an American J...

Rabbi Micha Odenheimer, the founder of Tevel B'Tzedek (https://tevelbtzedek.org/), presents his lecture, "Shabbos in Somalia: Reflections on Judaism and the Global South" before an audience at Temple Chai (templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Rabbi Micha Odenheimer covered stories and crises in Africa and Asia for Haaretz, the Washington Post and others, beginning with the Ethiopia...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO and National Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) (https://www.adl.org/), on the topic of "Combating Anti-Semitism & Hate Today." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook....

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Avi Weiss, Founder of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and Hebrew Institute of Riverdale (https://www.yctorah.org), a leadership development scholar, on the topic of "The Building of Open Orthodoxy!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP BUY THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/31uOqBN For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Dr. Max Klau (https://www.maxklau.com/), a leadership development scholar, on the topic of "Race & Social Change!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash https://www.facebook.com/Rabbi...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Dr. Micah Goodman, a research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem (https://hartman.org.il/) and President of Ein Prat, on the topic of "Reducing Suffering in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP PURCHASE "Catch-'67": https://amzn.to/2IqYYt3 For podcasts of VBM lecture...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Professor Saru Jayaraman, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United) (https://rocunited.org/) and Director of the Food Labor Research Center at University of California, on the topic of "Justice for Restaurant Workers!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP PURCHASE "FORKED":...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz (www.rabbishmuly.com), the President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, presents his lecture, "Understanding Human Suffering: Theological, Moral, & Spiritual Explorations" before an audience at Temple Chai (templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. ABOUT THIS LECTURE: How might we spiritually respond to our own pain and suffering? How might we morally respond to the pain and...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Professor Sarah Bunin Benor, the Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies at the Los Angeles campus of HUC-JIR (http://huc.edu/), on the topic of " Is Hebrew Education in Sunday School Working?" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-libra...