JUDAISM DEMYSTIFIED | A Guide for Today's Perplexed: Torah Foundations, Reason, and Tradition
By Ben & Benzi | A Geonic-Maimonidean Approach to Torah Through the Ages and Today
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Hosted by lifelong friends Ben Koren and Benzi Siouni, Judaism Demystified was founded to explore topics often overlooked in conventional Jewish education. Through long-form conversations with leading religious thinkers, scientists, and historians, the podcast draws from the Geonic-Maimonidean tradition while embracing the intellectual legacy of Rabbi Sacks. Our goal is to reignite a passion for classical Jewish wisdom, returning to foundational ideas and fostering meaningful engagement with Jewish thought.
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Episode 130: Jacob Falach, Producer "The New Reality for American Jews"
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Episode 129: Rabbi Yamin Levy "The Mystic Behind the Philosopher"
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Episode 128: Dr. Tanya White "The Legacy of Rabbi Sacks"
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Episode 127: Dr. Berel Dov Lerner "Human-Divine Interactions"
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Episode 126: Rabbi Chaim Eisen "Providence According to Rambam & Ramban" (Live)
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Episode 125: Dr. Ruth Calderon "The Enduring Power of Jewish Text"
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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Episode 124: Rabbi Dr. Yohai Makbili "Lost in Transmission"
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Episode 123: Olivia Friedman, Author "How Accurate is House of David?"
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May 20, 2025 |
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Episode 122: Dr. Malka Simkovich "Discovering Second Temple Literature"
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May 12, 2025 |
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Episode 121: Gila Fine "The Madwoman in the Rabbi's Attic"
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Episode 120: Dr. Yael Ziegler "Making Sense of Midrash"
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Episode 119: Rabbi Menachem Leibtag "The Case for the Gush Tanakh Method"
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Episode 118: Jessie Fischbein "Infertility in the Bible"
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Episode 117: Rabbi Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel "Getting to Know Rashi"
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Episode 116: Rabbi David Wolpe "Responding to Doubt, Division and Tragedy"
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Episode 115: Dr. Erica Brown "The Torah of Leadership"
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Episode 114: Rabbi Dr. Zvi Grumet "From Creation to Covenant"
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Episode 113: Joshua Skarf "Torah Through the Lens of Architecture"
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Episode 112: Rabbi David Aaron "Off the Derekh"
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Episode 111: Reb Zvi Goldstein "The End of Days"
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Episode 110: Channah Cohen "Guardians of the Flame"
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Episode 109: Rabbi Simi Lerner "Rediscovering Rav Hirsch's Wisdom"
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Episode 108: Rabbi Gil Student "Articles of Faith"
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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Episode 107: Rabbi Abe H. Faur "Alphabetic Judaism"
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Episode 106: Rabbi Moshe Taragin "Reclaiming Redemption"
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Episode 105: David Curwin "Neighbors Behind Fences"
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Episode 104: Dr. Paul Copan "Is God a Moral Monster?"
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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Episode 103: Rabbi Dr. Raphael Zarum "Questioning Belief"
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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Episode 102: Rabbi Steven Pruzansky "Repentance for Life"
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Episode 101: Rabbi Yaakov Beasley "Facing the Storm"
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Episode 100: Rabbi Abe H. Faur "The Jewish People at a Crossroads"
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Episode 99: Rabbi Avi Grossman "Halakha Demystified"
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Episode 98: Rabbi Chaim Eisen & Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein "Does God Need Us?"
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Episode 97: Rabbi Moshe Taragin "Dark Clouds Above, Faith Below"
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Episode 96: Ami Kozak, Comedian "Jewish Humor in Chaotic Times"
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Episode 95: Rabbi Shmuel Phillips "Talmud Reclaimed"
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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Episode 94: Dr. Roslyn Weiss "Light of the Lord"
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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Episode 93: Rabbi Chaim Eisen "Jewish Philosophy Matters"
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May 09, 2024 |
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Episode 92: Dr. William Lane Craig "Rational Arguments for God's Existence"
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Episode 91: Frank Meeink "Chronicles of a Recovering Skinhead"
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Episode 90: Professor Daniel C. Matt "Becoming Elijah"
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Episode 89: Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss & Rabbi Dovid Campbell "Getting to Know Ralbag"
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Episode 88: Professor Lawrence H. Schiffman "The Dead Scrolls Unearthed"
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Episode 87: Professor Lenn E. Goodman "Depopulating the Heavens"
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Episode 86: J.J. Kimche "Assessing the Gush Tanakh Method"
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Episode 85: Rabbi Yitzhak Berdugo "The Legacy of Rabbeinu Avraham Ben HaRambam"
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Episode 84: Rabbi Dr. Marc B. Shapiro "The Rabbinic Response to the Rise of Reform"
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Episode 83: Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin "Rationalism vs. Mysticism"
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Episode 82: Professor Jeffrey L. Rubenstein "Elisha Ben Abuyah in the Bavli"
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Episode 81: Professor Jeffrey L. Rubenstein "Elisha Ben Abuyah in the Yerushalmi"
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Episode 80: Professor Jeffrey L. Rubenstein "Elisha Ben Abuyah in the Tosefta"
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Episode 79: J.J. Kimche & Daniel A. Klein "Letters on Kabbalah"
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Episode 78: Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot "Mikra & Meaning"
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Episode 77: Rabbi Michael Hattin "The Challenge of the Promised Land"
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Episode 76: Rabbi Nathan Laufer "Rosh Hashana Revealed"
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Episode 75: Elisheva Liss, LMFT "Healthy Intimate Relationships"
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Episode 74: Rabbi Dr. Samuel Lebens "A Guide to the Jewish Undecided"
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Episode 73: David Curwin "A Map to Eden"
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Episode 72: Dr. Erica Brown "Kohelet and the Search for Meaning"
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Episode 71: Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman "The Resonating Trauma of Lamentations"
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Episode 70: Rabbi Jeremy Wieder "The Modern Orthodox Economic Crisis"
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Episode 69: Scott Hertzl Cohanpour "A.I. and Religion"
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Episode 68: Dr. Yoram Hazony "Torah Values in Today's World"
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Episode 67: Professor Kenneth Seeskin "Messianic Thoughts in an Age of Despair"
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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Episode 66: Physics to God "God vs. The Multiverse"
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Episode 65: Dr. Brian Crawford "The Enduring Heresy"
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Episode 64: Reb Alex Guttman "Voodoo Judaism"
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Episode 63: Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss "Can God Do the Impossible?"
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May 28, 2023 |
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Episode 62: J.J. Kimche "Is the Zohar Authentic?"
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May 21, 2023 |
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Episode 61: Rabbi Joseph Dweck "Does the Maimonidean Path Lack Spirituality?"
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May 16, 2023 |
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Episode 60: Rabbi Josh Yuter "Sacred Slogans"
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May 14, 2023 |
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Episode 59: Rabbi Jeremy Rosen "Dealing with Strife & Grief"
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May 09, 2023 |
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Episode 58: Ike Dweck "Overcoming Addiction"
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May 04, 2023 |
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Episode 57: Rabbi Yonatan Halevy "Bridging the Religious Divide"
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Episode 56: Pastor Dumisani Washington "Zionism and the Black Church"
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Episode 55: Rabbi Yamin Levy "The Mysticism of Andalusia"
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Episode 54: Imu Shalev "Torah Meets Technology"
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Episode 53: Joseph Cohen "Facing Antisemitism & Antizionism"
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Episode 52: Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn "To Be a Holy People"
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Episode 51: Dr. Malka Simkovich "The Lost Era Between Prophets & Rabbis"
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Episode 50: Rick Alan Ross "Cults Inside Out"
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Episode 49: Daniel Jonas "Gnosticism, Kabbalah & Fundamentalism"
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Episode 48: Reb David Guttmann "Judaism without Superstition"
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Episode 47: Mori Michael-Shelomo Bar-Ron "Genesis, Evolution & Pre-Adamite Man"
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Episode 46: Yirmiyahu Danzig "The Battle Over Jewish Identity"
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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Episode 45: Rabbi Yoni Sacks "Simplifying Torah Study"
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Episode 44: Dr. Jacob Howland "Plato and the Talmud"
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Episode 43: Imam Abdullah Antepli "May the Sons of Abraham Unite"
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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Episode 42: Rabbi Mark Wildes "Kiruv for the Next Generation"
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Episode 41: Dr. Brian Keating "God and the Astrophysicists"
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Episode 40: Rabbi David Fohrman "Method of Midrash & Divine Authorship"
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Episode 39: Professor Menachem Kellner "Maimonides' Confrontation with Mysticism"
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Episode 38: Rich Cohen "The Tough Jews of the Mafia"
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Episode 37: Rabbi Reuven Mann "The Humanity of the Torah"
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Episode 36: Professor Yaacob Dweck "The Scandal of Kabbalah"
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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Episode 35: Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger "My Nazi Father & Jewish Soul"
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Episode 34: Rabbi David Rosen "Defining Our Jewish Identity"
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Episode 33: Rabbi Dr. Elie Feder "Gematria Refigured"
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Episode 32: Hakham Mordehai Ish Yemini "Why Even Be Maimonidean?"
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Episode 31: Dr. Susan Weissman "Ghosts, Purgatory & the Undead"
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Episode 30: Mitchell First Esq. "Jewish Roots & Rituals"
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Episode 29: Rabbi Jonathan Livi "Adam, Eve & The Human Condition"
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Episode 28: Rabbi Moshe Ben-Chaim "A Return to Fundamentals"
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Episode 27: Professor Matt Goldish "The Sabbatean Prophets"
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Episode 26: Rabbi Marc D. Angel "The Judaism of Tomorrow"
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Episode 25: Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss "Lessons from a Stoic Jew"
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Episode 24: Rabbi Jeremy Wieder "The Nuances Within the Sources"
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Episode 23: Dr. Jeremy England "Torah & Quantum Mechanics"
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Episode 22: Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz "Torah in a Modern Age"
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Episode 21: Rabbi David Bashevkin "For the Sake of Heaven"
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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Episode 20: Professor Lenn E. Goodman "A Guide to the Guide for the Perplexed"
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Episode 19: Shannon Nuszen "Striving for Truth"
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May 23, 2022 |
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Episode 18: Rabbi Alex Israel "Kings & Prophets"
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May 09, 2022 |
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Episode 17: Dr. Jonathan Sarna "The American Jewish Experience"
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Episode 16: Rabbi Joshua Maroof "Judaism vs. Spinoza & Atheism"
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Episode 15: Hakham Mordehai Ish Yemini "Foundational Principles"
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Episode 14: Nachliel Selavan, The Museum Guy "Virtually Exploring Exodus"
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Episode 13: Mentalist Mark Edward "Exposing the Charlatans"
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Episode 12: Reuben Ebrahimoff "My Crypto-Jewish Heritage"
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Episode 11: Rabbi Shmuel Phillips "Judaism Reclaimed"
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Episode 10: Professor Henry Abramson "Unmasking History"
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Episode 9: Professor Jeffrey L. Rubenstein "Stories of Our Sages"
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Episode 8: Rabbi Tovia Singer "Why Jews Reject Jesus"
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Episode 7: Rabbi Abe H. Faur "The Horizontal Society"
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Episode 6: Sina Kahen "Tradition and Ideas"
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Episode 5: Dr. Gerald Schroeder "The Science of God"
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Episode 4: Rabbi Dr. Elie Abadie "A Light Unto the Nations"
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Episode 3: Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman "A Critique of Biblical Criticism"
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Episode 2: Professor Kenneth Seeskin "A Religion of Reason"
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Episode 1: Rabbi Joshua Maroof "Challenging the Status Quo"
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Introducing Judaism Demystified: A Podcast for Todays Perplexed Jews
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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JUDAISM DEMYSTIFIED | A Guide for Today's Perplexed: Torah Foundations, Reason, and Tradition (Trailer)
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Jun 12, 2021 |