Podcast

Responsa Radio: Why No Shabbat Bicycles?

Posted By David Zvi Kalman on Mar 23, 2017

Is this prohibition meaningful? Is it even prohibited?

Responsa Radio: Self Driving Car Ethics—What’s the Halakhah?

Posted By David Zvi Kalman on Mar 16, 2017

Does the Jewish legal discussion have a distinct take on car morality?

Bomb Threats at JCCs and Queen Esther Beauty Pageants

Posted By tamar on Mar 10, 2017

This month on the podcast we’re talking about the bomb threats to JCCs, and Queen Esther beauty pageants–a fascinating, inclusive and problematic chapter in Zionist history. Further reading JCC Bomb threats Bomb Threats to Jewish Community Centers and Organizations By Ken Schwencke and Al Shaw, for ProPublica All 100 senators urge swift action to stop threats against Jewish facilities By Ted Barrett, for CNN Queen Esther beauty...

There Are Jews Here and the Immigration & Refugee Ban

Posted By tamar on Feb 23, 2017

This month on the podcast we’re talking about the documentary There are Jews here, by filmmaker Brad Lichtenstein, and the recent Executive Order banning people from seven countries from coming into the US. Further reading There Are Jews Here There Are Jews Here film website Trailer Room for Jews by Jesse Bernstein in Tablet More Jews Than History Here by Michael Jacobs in the Atlanta Jewish Times Refugee Ban Union of Orthodox Jewish...

Jerusalem and Sufganiyot

Posted By tamar on Dec 22, 2016

This week on the podcast we’re talking about Jerusalem (the exhibit at the Met, and the City), and sufganiyot. Further reading Jerusalem Jerusalem: 1000-1400 Every People Under Heaven at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the audio guide Christian Monks Square Off at One of Jerusalem’s Holiest Sites by Nina Strochlic at The Daily Beast Armenian and Greek Monks Fight in Jerusalem (video from MSNBC) Maccabeats sing Im Eshkachech at...