The Podcast of Jewish Ideas

J.J. and Dr. Sarah Pessin overflow with curiosity about the poetic philosophy of the Medieval Jewish Neoplatonists.  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 Sarah Pes...

J.J. and Dr. Adam Ferziger crisscross the Atlantic to better understand the influence of American Orthodoxy on Israel, and vice versa.  Buy the book: Agents of Change by Dr. Adam Ferziger 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@torahinmotio...

J.J. and Dr. Alon Shalev discuss the iconoclastic ideas and character of Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner.  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 Alon Shalev is a Research Fel...

J.J. and Dr. David Novak hike through the forest of Natural Law, and stop to examine some (Jewish) trees therein.  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 David Nova...

J.J. and Dr. Talya Fishman whip themselves up into a frenzy over the thought and influence of the pietists of the Medieval Rhineland.  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...

J.J. and Dr. Elliot Wolfson are just two beings talking about being, time, and Jewish mysticism in the thought of Martin Heidegger.  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/p...

J.J. and Dr. Marina Zilbergerts study the birth of modern Hebrew for its own sake.  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 Dr. Marina Zilbergerts is a scholar of Jew...

J.J. and Dr. Rachel Elior make sharp distinctions between mysticism, Hasidism, and Sabbateanism.  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 Rachel Elior is the John and...

J.J. and Dr. Abigail Gillman interpret the ideas and impact of the Buber-Rosenzweig Bible translation.  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 Abigail Gillman is a P...

J.J. and Dr. Paul Franks systematically consider Franz Rosenzweig in all his existential and idealistic glory.  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 Paul Franks is...

J.J. and Dr. Samuel Brody assess the original ideas and monumental influence of this 20th century thinker and leader.  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 Samuel...

J.J. and Gila Fine analyze the literary character of Talmudic women and uncover a counter history of Bruriah.  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 Noam Zadoff is...

J.J. and Dr. Noam Zadoff methodically demistify Gershom Scholem's iconoclastic but influential views about Sabbateanism and its causal connection to just about every contemporary element of Jewish life.  Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates about messiahs, true and false.  Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and c...

J.J. and Dr. Pawel Maciejko conspire to bring you an episode about a small but mighty sub-sect of Sabbateanism.  Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates about messiahs, true and false.  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/pod...

J.J. and Dr. Maoz Kahana are at Altona-Hamburg-Wandsbek's biggest fight night. This Rabbinic brawl over Sabbateanism in the 18th century bruised Jewish leaders all over Europe.  Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates about messiahs, true and false.  Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@tor...

J.J. and Dr. Yaacob Dweck Introduce us to the critic-in-chief of the Sabbatean movement in the 17th century: Rabbi Jacob Sasportas. This is episode 2 or our mini-series about Sabbateanism and its afterlife.  Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod and Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates about messiahs, true and false.  Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your ch...

J.J. and Dr. Matt Goldish Introduce us to Shabbetai Tzevi and his cadre of prophets and promoters. This is episode 1 or our mini-series about Sabbateanism and its afterlife.  Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod and Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates about messiahs, true and false.  Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints a...

J.J. and Dr. Eliav Grossman bravely explore a new (old) frontier in Jewish thought. The mysterious time between the closing of the Babylonian Talmud and the rise of the Geonim.  Follow us on Twitter (X)  @JewishIdeas_Pod and Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social to discover new arenas for Jewish discourse.  Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complai...

J.J. and Dr. Steven Zipperstein capture the essence and relevance of this elusive visionary.  Follow us on Twitter (X)  @JewishIdeas_Pod to see the realization of Ahad Ha'Am's pessimistic prophesies.  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 St...

J.J. and Dr. Aaron Koller tremble in fear of this awesome Biblical episode, but they still manage to discuss fascinating theological and historical interpretations of the story.  Follow us on Twitter (X)  @JewishIdeas_Pod to sacrifice time on the altar of scrolling.  Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahin...

J.J. and Dr. Olga Litvak take the express from Berlin to Eastern Europe in search of the real Jewish enlightenment.  Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to challenge the intellectual geography of other listeners.  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 torahinmot...

J.J. and Dr. Sarah Hammerschlag encounter a phenomenal high-school principal and genius: Emmanuel Levinas.  Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to converse with Other listeners.  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 Sarah Hammerschlag...

J.J. and Dr. Sara Labaton dive into the mysteries of Ibn Ezra’s revolutionary commentary on the Bible. This is episode 2 of our series on the ideas of Abraham Ibn Ezra.  Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to converse with other listeners about secret hermeneutics. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@tor...

J.J. and Dr. Tzvi Langermann enumerate many of the Ibn Ezra's most fascinating philosophical ideas. This is episode 1 of our series on the ideas of Abraham Ibn Ezra.  Follow us on Twitter (X)  @JewishIdeas_Pod to get into spats with other listeners about Arithmology or Astrology.  Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at po...

J.J. and Dr. Shira Billet make sense of this remarkable Jewish idealist.  Follow us on Twitter (X)  @JewishIdeas_Pod to get into spats with other listeners about (Neo-)Kantian epistemology and ethics.  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 S...