The Podcast of Jewish Ideas
A space for exploring the great ideas at the heart of the Jewish tradition.
Episodes
July 31, 2025 • 70 mins
J.J. and Dr. Sarah Pessin overflow with curiosity about the poetic philosophy of the Medieval Jewish Neoplatonists.
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Sarah Pessin is Professor of Philosophy and Jewis...
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July 22, 2025 • 78 mins
J.J. and Dr. Adam Ferziger crisscross the Atlantic to better understand the influence of American Orthodoxy on Israel, and vice versa.
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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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June 19, 2025 • 62 mins
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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June 7, 2025 • 76 mins
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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May 29, 2025 • 60 mins
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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May 15, 2025 • 59 mins
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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May 1, 2025 • 87 mins
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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April 10, 2025 • 60 mins
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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February 20, 2025 • 63 mins
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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February 10, 2025 • 51 mins
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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January 30, 2025 • 69 mins
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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January 16, 2025 • 58 mins
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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January 9, 2025 • 63 mins
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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