J.J. and Dr. Alon Shalev discuss the iconoclastic ideas and character of Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner. Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice. We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Alon Shalev is a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, where he explores profound questions about meaning in...
Jun 27, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 68
J.J. and Dr. David Novak hike through the forest of Natural Law, and stop to examine some (Jewish) trees therein. Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice. We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts David Novak is a Jewish theologian, ethicist, and scholar of Jewish philosophy and law. He is an ordained Conserva...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 67
J.J. and Dr. Talya Fishman whip themselves up into a frenzy over the thought and influence of the pietists of the Medieval Rhineland. Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice. We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Talya Fishman is Associate Professor of Medieval and Early Modern Jewish Intellectual and Cult...
Jun 08, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 66
J.J. and Dr. Elliot Wolfson are just two beings talking about being, time, and Jewish mysticism in the thought of Martin Heidegger. Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice. We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Elliot R. Wolfson, a Fellow of the American Academy of Jewish Research and the American Academy ...
May 29, 2025•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 65
J.J. and Dr. Marina Zilbergerts study the birth of modern Hebrew for its own sake. Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice. We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Dr. Marina Zilbergerts is a scholar of Jewish literature and thought. From 2016 to 2023, she served as the Lipton Assistant Professor of Jewish L...
May 15, 2025•59 min•Season 1Ep. 64
J.J. and Dr. Rachel Elior make sharp distinctions between mysticism, Hasidism, and Sabbateanism. Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice. We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Rachel Elior is the John and Golda Cohen Professor of Jewish Philosophy in the Department of Jewish Thought at The Hebrew Universit...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 63
J.J. and Dr. Abigail Gillman interpret the ideas and impact of the Buber-Rosenzweig Bible translation. Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice. We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Abigail Gillman is a Professor of Hebrew, German, and Comparative Literature in the Department of World Languages and Literat...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 62
J.J. and Dr. Paul Franks systematically consider Franz Rosenzweig in all his existential and idealistic glory. Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice. We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Paul Franks is Robert F. and Patricia Ross Weis Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies, Professor of German Langu...
Mar 28, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 61
J.J. and Dr. Samuel Brody assess the original ideas and monumental influence of this 20th century thinker and leader. Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice. We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Samuel Hayim Brody is Associate Profesor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Kansas. H...
Mar 20, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 60
J.J. and Gila Fine analyze the literary character of Talmudic women and uncover a counter history of Bruriah. Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice. We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Noam Zadoff is Assistant Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Innsbruck. He is the author of Gershom...
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 59
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. Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates about messiahs, true and false. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Noam Za...
Feb 20, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 58
J.J. and Dr. Pawel Maciejko conspire to bring you an episode about a small but mighty sub-sect of Sabbateanism. Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates about messiahs, true and false. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Pawel Maciejko is an associate professor of history and Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Chair in Clas...
Feb 10, 2025•51 min•Season 1Ep. 57
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. Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates about messiahs, true and false. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Maoz Kahana (PhD) is an associate...
Jan 30, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 56
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. Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod and Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates about messiahs, true and false. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information vis...
Jan 16, 2025•59 min•Season 1Ep. 55
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. Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod and Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates about messiahs, true and false. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org or just DM us. For more information visit torahinmotion.o...
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 54
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. Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod and Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social to discover new arenas for Jewish discourse. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts...
Jan 03, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 53
J.J. and Dr. Steven Zipperstein capture the essence and relevance of this elusive visionary. Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to see the realization of Ahad Ha'Am's pessimistic prophesies. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Steven J. Zipperstein is the Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History at Stanford Unive...
Dec 20, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 52
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. Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to sacrifice time on the altar of scrolling. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Aaron Koller is professor of Near East...
Dec 13, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 51
J.J. and Dr. Olga Litvak take the express from Berlin to Eastern Europe in search of the real Jewish enlightenment. Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to challenge the intellectual geography of other listeners. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Olga Litvak is the Roth Professor of Modern European Jewish History at Cornell Univer...
Dec 05, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 50
J.J. and Dr. Sarah Hammerschlag encounter a phenomenal high-school principal and genius: Emmanuel Levinas. Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to converse with Other listeners. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Sarah Hammerschlag is the John Nuveen Professor of Religion and Literature, Philosophy of Religions and History of Judai...
Nov 21, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 49
J.J. and Dr. Sara Labaton dive into the mysteries of Ibn Ezra’s revolutionary commentary on the Bible. This is episode 2 of our series on the ideas of Abraham Ibn Ezra. Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to converse with other listeners about secret hermeneutics. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Dr. Sara Labaton is Director of ...
Nov 17, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 48
J.J. and Dr. Tzvi Langermann enumerate many of the Ibn Ezra's most fascinating philosophical ideas. This is episode 1 of our series on the ideas of Abraham Ibn Ezra. Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to get into spats with other listeners about Arithmology or Astrology. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Y. Tzvi Langermann, is P...
Oct 31, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 47
J.J. and Dr. Shira Billet make sense of this remarkable Jewish idealist. Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to get into spats with other listeners about (Neo-)Kantian epistemology and ethics. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Shira Billet is Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought and Ethics at JTS. She completed a PhD in the Depa...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 46
J.J. and Dr. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal meditate on Talmudic responses to Christianity. Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to get into arguments with other listeners about Monks, The Talmud, and Kabbalah. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Michal Bar-Asher Siegal is a faculty member at the Goldstein-Goren Department of Jewish Though...
Sep 19, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 45
J.J. and Dr. Yosef Bronstein resurrect some of the most fascinating ideas that animated the thought of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the 7th Lubavitcher Rebbe. This is part three of our mini-series on the intellectual history of Chabad Hasidut. Thank you to Rabbi Gary Huber for sponsoring this mini-series! If you would like to support us directly please shoot us an email or visit torahinmotion.org/donate Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to argue with fellow listeners about Hasidic p...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 44
J.J. and Dr. Reuven Leigh finally bring Chabad into the 20th century! They inspect the life and thought of the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe–Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn. This is part two of our mini-series on the intellectual history of Chabad Hasidut. Thank you to Rabbi Gary Huber for sponsoring this mini-series! If you would like to support us directly please shoot us an email or visit torahinmotion.org/donate Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to argue with fellow listeners about Hasidic...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 43
J.J. and Dr. Eli Rubin revel in the traditional and rebellious thought of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, author of The Tanya, and first Rebbe of the Chabad Hasidic sect. Thank you to Rabbi Gary Huber for sponsoring this mini-series! If you would like to support us directly please shoot us an email or visit torahinmotion.org/donate Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to argue with fellow listeners about the Hasidim of Vitebsk vs. the Hasidim of Horodok. Please rate and review the the show in...
Aug 29, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 42
J.J. and Dr. Yair Furstenberg contextualize the ethical teachings of the Tannaim. Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to get into arguments with other listeners about Seneca and Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Yair Furstenberg is associate professor and currently serving as head of the Talmud Departme...
Aug 22, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 41
J.J. and Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel comment on the happenings in Medieval Ashkenaz and add their spin on to the era of the Tosafists. Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to get into arguments with other listeners about Rabbeinu Tam or the Rash MiSchantz. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel is the E. Billi Ivry Un...
Aug 08, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 40
J.J. and Dr. Aaron Segal freely choose to wade through the murky medieval and contemporary debates over the existence of free will. Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to get into public arguments about Crescas and Spinoza. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice! We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Aaron Segal is Associate Professor of Philosophy and John and Golda Cohen...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 39
