Rosner's Domain

Rosner's Domain

A Jewish Journal Jewish People Policy Institute Joint Venture. Host Shmuel Rosner and guests dive into the complex policies and practices of the “triangle” - the US, Israel and the Jewish People.

Episodes

Catherine Wolff: Beyond

June 19, 2022 • 29 mins

Shmuel Rosner chats with Catherine Wolff about her book: "Beyond: How Humankind Thinks About Heaven."

Catherine Wolff is a writer, editor, and former director of The Arrupe Center for Community Based Learning at Santa Clara University.
 

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Sarah Ifft Decker: Jewish Women in the Medieval World

June 8, 2022 • 22 mins

Shmuel Rosner and Sarah Ifft Decker discuss her book: "Jewish Women in the Medieval World: : 500–1500 CE (Seminar Studies)".

 

Sarah Ifft Decker is an Assistant Professor of History at Rhodes College.

 

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Ben-Tsiyon Klibansky: The Golden Age of the Lithuanian Yeshivas

May 17, 2022 • 38 mins
Shmuel Rosner and Ben-Tsiyon Klibansky discuss his book: The Golden Age of the Lithuanian Yeshivas.
 
Ben-Tsiyon Klibansky is a lecturer at Efrata C...

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Maren Niehoff: Philo of Alexandria

May 4, 2022 • 30 mins
Shmuel Rosner and  Maren Niehoff  talk about her book: "Philo of Alexandria: An Intellectual Biography".
 
Maren R. Niehoff is Max Cooper Professor of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University, and member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
 

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Ohad Leslau: Operation Defensive Shield

April 17, 2022 • 36 mins
Shmuel Rosner and guest Ohad Leslau discuss his new hebrew book about Operation Defensive Shield.
 
Ohad Leslau is a researcher in the history department -IDF. He published books on the South Lebanon security belt, the relationship between politicians and the intelligence community. 
 

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Jeffrey Bloom and Rabbi Gil Student: Orthodox Judaism and Modern Questions of Faith

April 4, 2022 • 36 mins
Jeffrey Bloom and Rabbi Gil Student speak with Shmuel Rosner about their new book: "Strauss, Spinoza & Sinai: Orthodox Judaism and Modern Questions of Faith".
Rabbi Gil Student is the Editor of  TorahMusings.com. He writes frequently in Jewish newspapers and magazines, serving as a regular contributor to Jewish Action, The Jewish Link of New Jersey, The Jewish Echo, and The Vues.
 
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Avivah Zornberg: The book of Leviticus

March 24, 2022 • 27 mins
Shmuel Rosner chats with Avivah Zornberg about her upcoming book: "The Hidden Order of Intimacy."
 
Avivah Zornberg is a Scottish contemporary Torah scholar and author.
 

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Carolina Lopez-Ruiz: Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean

February 23, 2022 • 30 mins
Shmuel Rosner and Carolina Lopez - Ruiz discuss her new book: Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean.
 
Carolina López-Ruiz is Professor of Classics at The Ohio State University. Her work focuses on cross-cultural interactions in the ancient Mediterranean world.
 

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Jonathan Feiner: Mindfulness

February 17, 2022 • 25 mins
Shmuel Rosner and Jonathan Feiner discuss his book: "Mindfulness: A Jewish Approach."
 
Dr. Jonathan Feiner is the clinical director of Rockland CBT, a psychology practice group specializing in mood and anxiety disorders. In addition to his work as a clinical psychologist, he has taught courses and provided workshops on topics related to Judaism, psychology, and mindfulness in academic and community...

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Prof. Abraham Sion: To Whom Was The Promised Land Promised?

February 2, 2022 • 29 mins
 
Abraham A. Sion is Professor Emeritus at Ariel University where for over a decade he chaired the Center for Law and Mass Media.
 

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Ori Z. Soltes: Growing Up Jewish in India

January 26, 2022 • 30 mins
Shmuel Rosner and Ori Z. Soltes discuss his book: "Growing up Jewish in India."
 
Ori Z. Soltes teaches at Georgetown University across a range of disciplines, from theology and art history to philosophy and political history.
 

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Leah and Menachem Gottesman: Not At Risk

January 19, 2022 • 31 mins
Shmuel Rosner chats with Leah and Menachem Gottesman about their book: "Not at Risk: Education as a Work of Heart."
 

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Julian E. Zelizer: Abraham Joshua Heschel

January 12, 2022 • 29 mins
Shmuel Rosner and Julian E. Zelizer discuss his latest book: "Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement."
 
Julian Emanuel Zelizer is a professor of political history and an author in the United States at Princeton University. Zelizer has authored or co-authored several books about American political history; his focuses of study are the second half of the 20th century and the 21st century...

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Hal Taussig and Brandon Scott: After Jesus Before Christianity

December 26, 2021 • 28 mins

Shmuel Rosner chats with Hal Taussig and Brandon Scott about their latest book: "After Jesus Before Christianity: A Historical Exploration of the First Two Centuries of Jesus Movements"

 
Hal Taussig is Visiting Professor of New Testament at Union Theological Seminary in New York and co-pastor at Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church and the author and co-author of numerous works, including 'Jesus Before God',...

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Andrew Lawler: Under Jerusalem

December 19, 2021 • 33 mins
Shmuel Rosner and Andrew Lawler discuss his latest book: "Under Jerusalem: The buried history of the world`s most contested city".
 
Andrew Lawert is author of the bestselling The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke, and the acclaimed Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?: The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization. His work has appeared in The New Yor...
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Harry Freedman: "Leonard Cohen - The Mystical Roots of Genius"

December 8, 2021 • 26 mins
Shmuel Rosner and Harry Freedman discuss his latest book "Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius". 
 
Harry Freedman is a British author who writes on history, religion and culture.
 

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Eliezer Tauber: The Massacre That Never Was

November 29, 2021 • 27 mins
 
Eliezer Tauber is the Director of the Menachem Begin Institute for the Study of Underground and Resistance Movements.
 

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Yossi Shain: The Israeli Century

November 22, 2021 • 33 mins
Shmuel Rosner and Yossi Shain discuss his controversial new book: "The Israeli Century: How the Zionist Revolution Changed History and Reinvented Judaism" .
 
Yossi Shain is currently a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu. He is also the Romulo Betancourt Professor of Political Science at Tel Aviv University where he also serves as Head of TAU's School of Political Science, Government and Int...

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Maya Sarfaty: Love It Was Not

November 3, 2021 • 25 mins
Shmuel Rosner and Maya Sarfaty discuss her new film "love it was not", out now in select cinemas. In this astonishing but true story, a Nazi officer falls in love with a Jewish concentration camp prisoner, a taboo romance with decades-long repercussions.
 
Maya Sarfaty is a film director from Tel Aviv.
 

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Mark Oppenheimer: Squirrel Hill

October 30, 2021 • 34 mins
Shmuel Rosner and Mark Oppenheimer discuss his book - "Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood."
 
Mark Oppenheimer is a freelance writer. He is a staff writer for the Christian Century and has written for many publications, including Harper's, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, the Yale Review and more.
 

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