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Crises & Kings Episode 43: Sheva ben Bichri’s Rebellion

Posted by Michael Hattin
on November 25, 2021

Crises & Kings Episode 42: The Aftermath

Posted by Michael Hattin
on November 22, 2021

Parashat Vayeshev 5782 – Why is Joseph Known as Joseph the Tzaddik?

Posted by Rabbi Alex Israel and Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash
on November 21, 2021

Crises & Kings Episode 41: Avshalom’s Defeat

Posted by Michael Hattin
on November 18, 2021

Crises & Kings Episode 40: Avshalom Ascendant

Posted by Michael Hattin
on November 15, 2021

Parashat Vayishlach 5782 – Cyclical History

Posted by Alex Israel
on November 14, 2021

Crises & Kings Episode 39: David’s Exile from Jerusalem

Posted by Michael Hattin
on November 11, 2021

Crises & Kings Episode 38: Avshalom Rehabilitated

Posted by Michael Hattin
on November 8, 2021

Parashat Vayetze 5782 – Ya’acov and the Stone Upon the Well

Posted by Michael Hattin
on November 7, 2021

Crises & Kings Episode 37: The Rape of Tamar

Posted by Michael Hattin
on November 4, 2021

Crises & Kings Episode 36: David and Batsheva Part 2: The Punishment

Posted by Michael Hattin
on November 1, 2021

Parashat Toldot 5782 – But I Didn’t Do Anything Wrong

Posted by David Levin-Kruss
on October 31, 2021

Crises & Kings Episode 35: David and Batsheva Part 1: The Crime

Posted by Michael Hattin
on October 28, 2021

Crises & Kings Episode 34: David’s Victories

Posted by Michael Hattin
on October 25, 2021

Parashat Chaye Sarah 5782 – Rivka: The Original Influencer

Posted by Michael Emerson
on October 24, 2021

Crises & Kings Episode 33: David’s Desire to Build the Temple

Posted by Michael Hattin
on October 21, 2021

Crises & Kings Episode 32: The Ark of the Covenant is Brought to Jerusalem

Posted by Adam Titcher
on October 18, 2021

Parashat VaYera 5782: Human Sacrifice – Problematic or Profound?

Posted by Tovah Leah Nachmani
on October 17, 2021

Crises & Kings Episode 31: Jerusalem, David’s City

Posted by Michael Hattin
on October 14, 2021

Crises & Kings Episode 30: The Fall of the House of Shaul

Posted by Michael Hattin
on October 11, 2021

Parashat Lech Lecha 5782: Heeding the Still Small Voice Within

Posted by Yiscah Smith
on October 10, 2021

Crises & Kings Episode 29: The Struggle Over Succession

Posted by Michael Hattin
on October 7, 2021

Crises & Kings Episode 28: David Receives the Tragic News

Posted by Michael Hattin
on October 4, 2021

Parashat Noach 5782: The Good Enough Hero

Posted by Judy Klitsner
on October 3, 2021

Parashat Bereishit 5782 – Let Us Create God in Our Image

Posted by Nechama Goldman Barash
on September 29, 2021
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Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah 5782: Meaningful Partners or Accidentally Attached?

Posted by Zvi Hirschfield
on September 23, 2021

Crises & Kings Episode 28: The Interview with Rabbi Michael Hattin

Posted by Alex Israel
on September 20, 2021
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Sukkot 5782 – Sukkot and the Secret of Jewish Happiness

Posted by Alex Israel
on September 19, 2021
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Parashat Ha’azinu 5782 – the Eternity of the Jewish People

Posted by Michael Hattin
on September 14, 2021

Yom Kippur 5782 – Who is the Hero of the Jonah Story?

Posted by Aviva Lauer
on September 12, 2021
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Vayelech 5782/Shabbat Shuva – Who Would you Invite to Dinner?

Posted by David Levin-Kruss
on September 5, 2021

Crises & Kings Will Be On a Short Break

Posted by Michael Hattin
on September 5, 2021

Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 1 with Leon Morris

Posted by Leon Morris
on September 1, 2021

Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 2 with Nechama Goldman Barash

Posted by Nechama Goldman Barash
on September 1, 2021

Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 3 with Mike Feuer

Posted by Mike Feuer
on September 1, 2021

Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 4 with Rahel Berkovits

Posted by Rahel Berkovits
on September 1, 2021

Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 5 with Meir Schweiger

Posted by Meir Schweiger
on September 1, 2021

Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 6 with Michael Hattin

Posted by Michael Hattin
on September 1, 2021

Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 7 with Alex Israel

Posted by Alex Israel
on September 1, 2021

Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 8 with Zvi Hirschfield

Posted by Zvi Hirschfield
on September 1, 2021

Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 9 with Howard Markose

Posted by Howard Markose
on September 1, 2021

Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 10 with Zvi Hirschfield

Posted by Zvi Hirschfield
on September 1, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 27 – Shaul’s Bitter End

Posted by Michael Hattin
on August 30, 2021

Nitzavim/Rosh Hashana 5782 – One thing I have asked of HaShem…

Posted by Yiscah Smith
on August 29, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 26 – David’s Triumph

Posted by Michael Hattin
on August 26, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 25 – Shaul and the Witch of En Dor

Posted by Michael Hattin
on August 23, 2021

Ki Tavo 5781 – Inscribe the Words Today

Posted by Nechama Goldman Barash
on August 23, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 24 – David and Shaul’s Final Encounter

Posted by Michael Hattin
on August 19, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 23 – Avigayil’s Intervention

Posted by Michael Hattin
on August 16, 2021
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Ki Tetze 5781: Remember Amalek

Posted by Mike Feuer
on August 15, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 22 – Shaul in Pursuit

Posted by Michael Hattin
on August 12, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 21 – Achimelech and the Priests of Nov

Posted by Michael Hattin
on August 9, 2021
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Shoftim 5781 – Access to the Law

Posted by Alex Israel
on August 8, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 20 – Jonathan and David

Posted by Michael Hattin
on August 5, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 19 – David in flight from Shaul

Posted by Michael Hattin
on August 2, 2021

Re’eh 5781 – Consuming Meat

Posted by Michael Hattin
on August 1, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 18 – David and Goliath

Posted by Michael Hattin
on July 29, 2021

Ekev 5781 – Memory as a constructive process

Posted by Mike Feuer
on July 26, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 17 – The Unlikely Election of David

Posted by Michael Hattin
on July 26, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 16 – Shaul’s Undoing

Posted by Michael Hattin
on July 22, 2021
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VaEtchanan 5781 – It’s Only Holy Because You Don’t Own It

Posted by Tovah Leah Nachmani
on July 22, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 15 – Yonatan’s Steadfastness

Posted by Michael Hattin
on July 19, 2021
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Devarim 5781: The Words of Moses — The Torah’s First “Translation”

Posted by Leon Morris
on July 12, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 14 – Shaul’s Tragic Lapse

Posted by Michael Hattin
on July 5, 2021
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Matot-Masei 5781: Finding Safety Within the Cities of Refuge

Posted by Yiscah Smith
on July 5, 2021

9 days. 9 podcasts. Is God our Judge, our Enemy, or our Source of Faith? Three Perspectives from Eicha

Posted by Alex Israel
on July 5, 2021

9 days. 9 podcasts. Devarim and Tisha B’Av: The Date of Moshe’s Death

Posted by Michael Hattin
on July 5, 2021

9 days. 9 podcasts. Abraham and Job: When Bad Things Happen to Good Biblical Characters

Posted by Judy Klitsner
on July 5, 2021

9 days. 9 podcasts. “That’s Alright, Dear. I’ll Sit in the Dark” Why Do We Do It? How Can We Change It?

Posted by Meesh Hammer-Kossoy
on July 5, 2021

9 days. 9 podcasts. Fasting during a pandemic

Posted by Levi Cooper
on July 5, 2021

9 days. 9 podcasts. Tisha B’av: Kamza and Bar Kamza

Posted by Meir Schweiger
on July 5, 2021

9 days. 9 podcasts. Trusting Our Children When They Can’t Be Trusted: Textual Paradigms and Modern Wisdom

Posted by Tovah Leah Nachmani
on July 5, 2021

9 days. 9 podcasts. How to Restore Unity to a Fragmented World: “Loving one’s fellow as oneself”

Posted by Yiscah Smith
on July 5, 2021

9 Days. 9 Podcasts. The Three Weeks: What Being Broken has to Add

Posted by Mike Feuer
on July 5, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 13 – Retrospect for Shmuel

Posted by Michael Hattin
on July 1, 2021
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Pinchas 5781: Leadership Lessons

Posted by Alex Israel
on June 29, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 12 – In Those Days there was a King in Israel

Posted by Michael Hattin
on June 28, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 11 – A Tentative Coronation

Posted by Michael Hattin
on June 24, 2021
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Balak 5781: The Strange Case of the Talking Donkey

Posted by Michael Hattin
on June 22, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 10 – In Search of Donkeys

Posted by Michael Hattin
on June 21, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 9 – The King’s Law

Posted by Michael Hattin
on June 17, 2021
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Chukat 5781 – Real Leaders Fail

Posted by Mike Feuer
on June 14, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 8 – The Clamor for a King

Posted by Michael Hattin
on June 14, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 7 – The Ideal Judge

Posted by Michael Hattin
on June 10, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 6 – The Philistines Chastened

Posted by Michael Hattin
on June 7, 2021
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Korach 5781: For the sake of heaven

Posted by Nechama Goldman Barash
on June 6, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 5 – The Israelite Defeated

Posted by Michael Hattin
on June 3, 2021
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Shelach 5781 – Fixing our Broken Compasses

Posted by Tovah Leah Nachmani
on June 1, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 4 – Shmuel’s Coming of Age

Posted by Michael Hattin
on May 31, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 3 – The Crimes of the Priests

Posted by Michael Hattin
on May 27, 2021
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Beha’alotecha 5781 – A Time To Step Up and a Time to Step Down

Posted by David Levin-Kruss
on May 24, 2021

Crises & Kings: Episode 2 – Chana’s Triumph

Posted by Michael Hattin
on May 23, 2021
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Naso 5781 – Birkat Kohanim: A Life of Service

Posted by Michael Emerson
on May 20, 2021
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Bamidbar and Shavuot 5781: Flags, Identity and Perfection

Posted by Meesh Hammer-Kossoy
on May 11, 2021
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Behar Bechukotai 5781 – Cultivating Tranquility and Calmness of the Heart

Posted by Yiscah Smith
on May 3, 2021
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Emor 5781 – We Can all Educate

Posted by Alex Israel
on April 28, 2021
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PFJ Special: Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith – Episode 38: In Conversation with Rabbi Dr. Reb Mimi Feigelson

Posted by Yiscah Smith
on April 19, 2021
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Acharei Mot-Kedoshim 5781: The Holiness of the Land

Posted by Michael Hattin
on April 19, 2021

Yom HaZikaron/Yom HaAtzmaut 5781: Recognizing, Honoring and Cultivating Israel’s “Radical Otheness.”

Posted by Yiscah Smith
on April 12, 2021

Tazria Metzora 5781 – the Messiness of Life

Posted by Mike Feuer
on April 12, 2021
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Shemini 5781 – Vayidom Aharon: Learning to Live With the Unimaginable

Posted by Michael Emerson
on April 6, 2021
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Passover 5781: How The Rabbis Saved Passover

Posted by Nechama Goldman Barash
on March 22, 2021
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Tzav 5781 – Shabbat HaGadol – Freedom and Letting Go of Control

Posted by Tovah Leah Nachmani
on March 22, 2021
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Vayikra 5781: Because I Want to: The Semi-Regimented Spiritual Models of Olot, Menachot and Zevach Shelamim

Posted by Meesh Hammer-Kossoy
on March 16, 2021
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Vayakhel Pekudei 5781 – The Altar of Sacrifice

Posted by Michael Hattin
on March 9, 2021
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Ki Tissa 5781: Parashat Parah – A tale of two cows

Posted by Mike Feuer
on March 1, 2021
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Tetzaveh 5781 – Actualizing the Potential of a Soul’s Mission

Posted by Yiscah Smith
on February 23, 2021
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Purim 5781: Masks, Disguise and Identity

Posted by Alex Israel
on February 22, 2021

Terumah 5781: Shabbat Zachor, the Mitzvah of Genocide

Posted by David Levin-Kruss
on February 14, 2021

Mishpatim 5781: And They Saw the God of Israel? Language, Allegory and Representation

Posted by Leon Morris
on February 8, 2021
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Yitro 5781: “Do Not Go Near a Woman”: But Didn’t We All Stand at Sinai?

Posted by Judy Klitsner
on January 31, 2021
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Beshalach 5781: Seeing is believing

Posted by Mike Feuer
on January 25, 2021
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Bo 5781: Engaging with Emuna

Posted by Tovah Leah Nachmani
on January 19, 2021

Too Jewish Podcast: Interview with Rabbi Michael Swirsky, founder of the Pardes Insititute of Jewish Studies

Posted by Adam Titcher
on January 13, 2021
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VaEra 5781 – Midrashic Women in Va’Era

Posted by Nechama Goldman Barash
on January 12, 2021
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Shemot 5781: Moshe’s Choice

Posted by Michael Hattin
on January 3, 2021