The Podcast of Jewish Ideas

The Podcast of Jewish Ideas

A space for exploring the great ideas at the heart of the Jewish tradition.

Episodes

June 26, 2025 85 mins
J.J. and Dr. Alon Shalev discuss the iconoclastic ideas and character of Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner. 

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Alon Shalev is a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in J...
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J.J. and Dr. David Novak hike through the forest of Natural Law, and stop to examine some (Jewish) trees therein. 

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David Novak is a Jewish theologian, ethicist, and s...
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J.J. and Dr. Talya Fishman whip themselves up into a frenzy over the thought and influence of the pietists of the Medieval Rhineland. 

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Talya Fishman is Associate Prof...
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J.J. and Dr. Elliot Wolfson are just two beings talking about being, time, and Jewish mysticism in the thought of Martin Heidegger. 

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Elliot R. Wolfson, a Fellow of th...
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J.J. and Dr. Marina Zilbergerts study the birth of modern Hebrew for its own sake. 

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Dr. Marina Zilbergerts is a scholar of Jewish literature and thought. From 2016 to...
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J.J. and Dr. Rachel Elior make sharp distinctions between mysticism, Hasidism, and Sabbateanism. 

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Rachel Elior is the John and Golda Cohen Professor of Jewish Philoso...
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J.J. and Dr. Abigail Gillman interpret the ideas and impact of the Buber-Rosenzweig Bible translation. 

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Abigail Gillman is a Professor of Hebrew, German, and Comparat...
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March 27, 2025 67 mins
J.J. and Dr. Paul Franks systematically consider Franz Rosenzweig in all his existential and idealistic glory. 

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Paul Franks is Robert F. and Patricia Ross Weis Profes...
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March 20, 2025 61 mins
J.J. and Dr. Samuel Brody assess the original ideas and monumental influence of this 20th century thinker and leader. 

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Samuel Hayim Brody is Associate Profesor in the...
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March 6, 2025 71 mins
J.J. and Gila Fine analyze the literary character of Talmudic women and uncover a counter history of Bruriah. 

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Noam Zadoff is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Hist...
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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. 

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J.J. and Dr. Pawel Maciejko conspire to bring you an episode about a small but mighty sub-sect of Sabbateanism. 

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Pawel Maciejko is an associate pro...
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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. 

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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. 

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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. 


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January 2, 2025 63 mins
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. 

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December 19, 2024 59 mins
J.J. and Dr. Steven Zipperstein capture the essence and relevance of this elusive visionary. 

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Steven J. Zipperstein is the Daniel E. Kosh...
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December 12, 2024 72 mins
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. 

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J.J. and Dr. Olga Litvak take the express from Berlin to Eastern Europe in search of the real Jewish enlightenment. 

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Olga Litvak is the Roth...
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J.J. and Dr. Sarah Hammerschlag encounter a phenomenal high-school principal and genius: Emmanuel Levinas. 

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Sarah Hammerschlag is the John Nuveen Professor of Religio...
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