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Tikvah - Reviving Hope in Desperate Times
Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz is a Jerusalem-based rabbi, activist, and institutional change-maker whose work has reshaped the landscape of religious life in Israel. He curre...
Life Against Death - Rabbi Irving Greenberg Interview
Life Against Death - a new two-volume collection of essays from Rabbi Irving "Yitz" Greenberg Save 40% on book orders with discount code 6AS26 exclusively at jps.org/...
Derakheha Darkhei Noam
We say this sentence every week but we often feel that following the path of halakhah requires effort, sometimes sacrifice and can occasionally — think of agunot —, ca...
Religious Discourse in the Public Sphere
When people have strong opinions, especially on emotional and important subjects such as religion, there is always a danger that public discussion of these matters wil...
Are we truly free? On agency and its consequences in an uncertain world
The unpredictability of life—and the violence that Jewish communities in Israel and around the world have experienced again in recent years—reopens the question of hum...
Praying with our Feet: Activism and Protest, If Not Now, When
Rabbi Leah Shakdiel was born in Jerusalem in 1951 to a family of Modern Orthodox pioneers. She moved to Yeruham, a small development town in the Negev Desert, in 1978,...
The Theological and the Political: The High Court Petition on Women's Right to Equal Access to the Rabbinate Examinations, and What Comes Next
Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz received rabbinic ordination from Beit Morasha (2016); Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis — a joint program of the Shalom Hartman Institute and ...
Honesty is Godly: Why Faith is Crucial for a Just Society
Rabbi Haim Ovadia, born and raised in Jerusalem, was shaped by strong Zionist ideals and a rich Sephardic rabbinic tradition that values Tanakh, Hebrew poetry, and the...
Jewish-Muslim Religious Fraternity: past, present, and future
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Rav Kook's Teachings on How to Fix the Entire World with Rabbi Itzchak Evan-Shayish
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Book Talk: Zionism in Crisis with Rabbi Zachary Truboff
Rabbi Zachary Truboff is the author of Zionism In Crisis: Jewish Power and Moral Responsibility After October 7. He serves as the Director of the International Beit Di...
Why is Collaboration Between Faiths Key to a Sustainable Future?
Rabbi Yonatan Neril founded and directs the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD), which reveals the connection between religion and ecology and mobiliz...
Settler Violence: What is Happening, Why, and What Needs to Be Done
Avidan Freedman is one of the founders and the director of Yanshoof, an organization dedicated to ending Israel's arms sales to human rights violators, as well as an e...
The Vision of Justice and Peace with Rav Michael Melchoir!
We’d love to have you join us for our upcoming classes! Please sign up here → https://linktr.ee/utzedek — A descendant of seven generations of Danish Rabbis, Rabbi ...
Aguna: Facilitating Divorce Processes for Women
Recorded on May 5, 2026 We’d love to have you join us for our upcoming classes! Please sign up here → https://linktr.ee/utzedek – Sources used in today's class: Agun...
The Orthodox Case for Freedom of Religion in Israel with Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz
We’d love to have you join us for our upcoming classes! Please sign up here → https://linktr.ee/utzedek — Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz is a Jerusalem-based rabbi, activist,...
Jewish-Christian Allyship Training with The Reverend Aaron Dunn & Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz
We’d love to have you join us for our upcoming classes! Please sign up here → https://linktr.ee/utzedek – The Reverend Aaron R. Dunn serves as Associate Rector at Gr...
The Mishkan as a Model for Israel and Jewish Peoplehood
We’d love to have you join us for our upcoming classes! Please sign up here → https://linktr.ee/utzedek — Rabbanit Karen Miller Jackson is a certified Meshivat Halac...
Restoring Peace & Justice to Jerusalem with Rabbanit Sharona Halickman
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What does Birkat Hamazon Teach Us About Inclusivity and Ethics within the Parameters of Jewish Law?
What does Birkat Hamazon (Grace After Meals) Teach Us About Inclusivity and Ethics within the Parameters of Jewish Law? With: Rabbanit Dr. Adena Berkowitz BIO: Rabban...
