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The Enchantment of the Arab Mind
By Hussein Aboubakr MansourToday’s Islamism promises authenticity but is postmodern in form, postcolonial in posture, and pretends to retrieve the sacred through the techniques of the profane.
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Today’s Islamism promises authenticity but is postmodern in form, postcolonial in posture, and pretends to retrieve the sacred through the techniques of the profane.
Podcast • Episode 201
A Talmudic tale teaches that all of God's creations can play a holy role.
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Professor Ruth Wisse explores the wit and wisdom of the greatest stories in the modern Jewish literary canon.
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Join Rabbi Meir Soloveichik for a year-long journey through all 613 commandments of Judaism.
Podcast • Episode 200
How a commandment about grain offerings shows that God is sensitive to the economic status of all His subjects.
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The unusual appellation testifies to the individuality of the character who bears it.
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Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter Teaches The Jewish Meaning of Memory
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Squeezed between two realities on the Golan Heights.
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We know that the slur has something to do with Jews traveling in rural America in the first years of the 20th century. Do we know more than that?
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A personal look at the 25 years that have passed since the bombing of an Argentine Jewish center that killed 85 people, with no progress toward justice.
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Operation Midnight Hammer deals a blow to the anti-Western alliance.
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Rabbi Soloveichik explores the Jewish tradition of blessing children through the lens of Rembrandt's "Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph" together with Oppenheim's "The Rabbi's Blessing." He explains w...
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The spy show seems so accurate I found myself wondering whether its creators are themselves former Mossad agents who spent time in the titular city.
Podcast • Episode 199
While grain offerings usually include olive oil, an exception is made when the grain is brought as a sin offering.
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Tisha b'Av —the ninth of the Jewish month of Av—is the saddest day of the Jewish year. It is the day that Jewish tradition commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples—but that's not a...
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Rabbi Meir Soloveichik explores how Moritz Daniel Oppenheim's Hanukkah paintings reflect the tension between private and public expressions of Jewish faith. The episode traces the evolution of the Han...
Podcast • Episode 301
The last words of 2 Chronicles 36 offer a profound hint about the era we inhabit, bridging ancient wisdom with modern understanding.
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Many are sure that one of Judaism's central events never happened. Evidence, some published here for the first time, suggests otherwise.
Podcast • Episode 198
Jews are prohibited from placing a stumbling block before the blind. What does that have to do with a unique Holocaust memorial project?
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A new online course with Ruth R. Wisse
Podcast • Episode 398
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour explores the potential for a new Palestinian nationalism amid Hamas's actions and shifting regional dynamics.
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“Oh, just some words that my family always says when we enter a church.”
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When he ordered Jews to be expelled from the Tennessee territory, General Ulysses S. Grant committed the most anti-Semitic act ever by a high-level American official. Why did Grant do it and how did...
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And what they tell us about particularism and universalism in Jewish tradition.
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Three catastrophes, all marked by euphoria at the start and denial at the end, have shaped the Palestinian predicament. Has the fourth arrived, and is the same dynamic playing out?
Podcast • Episode 196
The daily offering, brought in the morning and afternoon, serves as a reminder of the power of regular ritual.
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In our first lecture, Rabbi Schacter discusses the foundational question of this course: how can a person remember an event that he never experienced? He goes on to discuss the difference between indi...
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Mamad , mamak , mamam , mamats —how about some sleep?
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The government can break the wave of anti-Semitism subsuming American college campuses. But it will take political will.
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Podcast • Episode 276
Ezra 1-3 reveals the profound Jewish connection to Jerusalem, highlighting their enduring bond with history and identity.
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Journey back in history with Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik in his fascinating exploration of the role of Jews and Jewish ideas in America’s Civil War.
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Join Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik as he shows you how, from national symbolism to functional governance, Jewish ideas were at the very heart of the American founding.
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Rabbi Meir Soloveichik opens the series with an overview of Moritz Daniel Oppenheim's life and work. Oppenheim’s vivid depictions of Jewish life affirmed the dignity of Jewish tradition, rebutted anti...
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Fun with Hebrew numbers.
Podcast • Episode 416
Universities fail to teach Middle East complexities, fueling activism. Satloff's new program aims for unbiased education on Israel's history.
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The diplomatic case against territorial concessions.
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A new online course with Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter
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Today, the Jewish state is restored and Jerusalem is in our hands. Why do we still mourn ancient Jerusalem’s destruction when we have so much to celebrate?
Podcast • Episode 418
Explore how the Jewish people commemorate past tragedies during the Three Weeks, featuring insights from Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter and music by Paul Ben-Haim.
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Fighting Israel’s longest war, the IDF’s citizen soldiers are revitalizing the Zionist ideal.
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In this episode, Rabbi Soloveichik turns to Moritz Daniel Oppenheim’s "The Passover Meal." Rabbi Soloveichik uncovers several layers of meaning in the painting: it is simultaneously a traditional sede...
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Discover the Torah‘s profound political wisdom in this exploration of the weekly parashah.
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In 1096, Pope Urban II urged Christians across Europe to go to the Middle East and recapture the Holy Land from Islamic rule. On the way to Jerusalem, Christians perpetrated brutal pogroms against Jew...
