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#221 - The Secret War: Battle Over Technological “Decentralization”.
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Mar 06, 2025 |
#220 - Playing with Rage: Violent Video Games and Children’s Development
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Feb 27, 2025 |
#219 - 40+ Years On Air: Confessions of a Jewish Broadcaster
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Feb 20, 2025 |
#218 - United States of Gaza? Making Sense of Trump’s Recent Pronouncement
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Feb 13, 2025 |
#217 - All God’s Children: Documentaries about Jewish Life (part I)
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Feb 06, 2025 |
#216 - Defiling the Holy: Toxins in our Food and Environment
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Jan 30, 2025 |
#215 - Not Enough? Guilty Parent Syndrome
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Jan 23, 2025 |
#214 - 2024 in the Rear View: Best of Equal Footing (part II).
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Jan 16, 2025 |
#213 - 2024 in the Rear View: Best of Equal Footing (Part I)
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Jan 09, 2025 |
#212 - Envy: Getting Rid of What You Haven’t Got
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Dec 26, 2024 |
#211 - Breakable Bonds: Healing Broken Parent-Child Relationships (Part II)
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Dec 12, 2024 |
#210 - Robo-Therapist? The Intersection of Mental Health Counseling and Artificial Intelligence
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Dec 05, 2024 |
#209 - Todo Cambia: The State of the Latino Vote in the US
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Nov 21, 2024 |
#208 - A Zero Sum World? What Does Judaism Have to Say About Celebrating While Others Are in Pain?
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Nov 14, 2024 |
#207 - The Aftermath: Post-Election Analysis Through the Prism of the Jewish-American Polity
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Nov 07, 2024 |
#206 - This is Not a Test: Presidential Election Predictions
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Oct 31, 2024 |
#205 - The Deepest Wound: Healing Broken Parent-Child Relationships
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Oct 10, 2024 |
#204 - Hard Reset: Is it Possible to Completely Change Your Life?
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Sep 26, 2024 |
#203- K is for Ketamine: An Insider’s View into a Burgeoning Alternative Therapy
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Sep 19, 2024 |
#202 - Rage Against the (Age) Machine: Challenging Platitudes About Getting Old
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Sep 12, 2024 |
#201 - The Death Portal: The Last Stage of our Soul’s Journey through the Prism of Jewish Wisdom
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Sep 05, 2024 |
#200 - Leaving the Rabbinate: Sex, Guilt and Self-Discovery
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Aug 29, 2024 |
#199 - G-d of Money: Spiritual and Material Alignment
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Aug 22, 2024 |
#198 - Pain is Certain; Is Suffering Optional? A Buddhist and Christian Perspective (Part II)
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Aug 15, 2024 |
#197 - A Benediction on the Bad: Jewish Tools to Navigate Pain and Suffering (Part I)
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Aug 08, 2024 |
#196 - The Great Powderkeg: Israel/Lebanon/Gaza
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Aug 01, 2024 |
#195 - The Writing on the Wall: When Do We Call It Quits?
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Jul 25, 2024 |
#194 - Seduction of the Absurd: The Psychological Allure of Conspiracy Theories
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Jul 18, 2024 |
#193 - Eyes Wide Open: The Art and Science of Conquering Insomnia
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Jul 11, 2024 |
#192 - Keeping It in the Family: Jewish Adoption
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Jun 27, 2024 |
#191 - Burnout: Jewish Wisdom on Exhauston
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Jun 20, 2024 |
#190 - Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Personal Reputation through the Prism of Jewish Wisdom
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Jun 06, 2024 |
#189 - Fall From Grace? Israel's Standing on the Global Stage
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May 30, 2024 |
#188 - In the Fog of Battle: Conflict, Recrimination and Reconciliation
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May 23, 2024 |
#187 - Gettng (B)older: The Psychology of Aging
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May 16, 2024 |
#186 - Two Tribes: Campus Protests on Israel and Gaza
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May 09, 2024 |
#185 - Getting Unstuck: Finding Your Home on the Jewish Spectrum (Part II)
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May 02, 2024 |
#184 - The Heart of It All: The Real Meaning of Spiritual "Liberation"
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Apr 25, 2024 |
#183 - Freedom! Transcendence in Judaism and Buddhism
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Apr 18, 2024 |
#182 - Stuck: My Intractable Jewish Doubts (Part I)
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Apr 11, 2024 |
#181 - Donald and the Jews (Redux)
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Apr 04, 2024 |
#180 - Frenemies? U.S.-Israeli Relationships in the Context of the Gazan Conflict
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Mar 28, 2024 |
#179 - Hating Haman: Our Relationship with the "Enemy"
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Mar 21, 2024 |
#178 - Get Funny or Die Trying: Humor and Pain
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Mar 14, 2024 |
#177 - The Twelve Tribes of the Zodiac? Judaism and Astrology
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Mar 07, 2024 |
#176 - Sacrifice: Virtue or Trap?
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Feb 29, 2024 |
#175 - Foxhole Conversion: Our Relationship with G-d Under Duress
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Feb 22, 2024 |
#174 - The Tzedakah Conundrum: Charity in Judaism
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Feb 15, 2024 |
#173 - Girl Interrupted: The Under/Mis-Diagnosing of Girls and Women with ADHD
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Feb 08, 2024 |
#172 - Silent Tears: Miscarriage
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Feb 01, 2024 |
#171 - The Pain of Recovery: "Jewish Rehab" for Young Adults
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Jan 25, 2024 |
#169 - The Line of Ismael: Islam Through the Prism of Jewish Theology
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Jan 11, 2024 |
#168 - The Feeling's Gone...: Ebbs and Flows of Sexual Desire in Relationships (Part II)
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Jan 04, 2024 |
#167 - 2023 In the Rear View: Best of Equal Footing
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Dec 28, 2023 |
#166 - Lost the Passion, Got the Pain: Ebbs and Flows of Sexual Desire in Marriage
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Dec 28, 2023 |
#165 - Deep Into The Darkness Peering: Dream Analysis from a Jewish and Psychoanalytic Perspective
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Dec 21, 2023 |
#164 - The Second Time Around: Hanukkah Lessons on Marriage
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Dec 08, 2023 |
#163 - Getting Unstuck: Admitting When We're Wrong
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Nov 30, 2023 |
#162 - Thanksgiving Message 2023
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Nov 23, 2023 |
#161 - Not My Tragedy? Doomscrolling vs. Head-in-the-Sand
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Nov 16, 2023 |
#160 - River of Hate: Stories of Antisemitism
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Nov 09, 2023 |
#159 - Sodom, Gomorrah and...Gaza? Biblical Lessons on the Destruction of Cities
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Nov 02, 2023 |
#158 - Do We Have an End Game? Israeli Tactics and Competing Propaganda in the Israel-Hamas War
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Oct 26, 2023 |
#157 - Digging Two Graves: Retribution and Revenge in the Context of Current Gazan War
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Oct 19, 2023 |
#156 - In the Face of Tragedy: Transcendent Reactions to Great Pain
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Oct 12, 2023 |
#155 - It's Been a Strange Trip: The Jewish Role in American Politics
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Oct 05, 2023 |
#154 - Eject! Finding Your Way Out of Orthodoxy
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Sep 28, 2023 |
#153 - Enough Already! Breaking the Back of Bad Behavior
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Sep 21, 2023 |
#152 - The Wrath of G-d: The Concept of an Angry Hashem in Judaism
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Sep 14, 2023 |
#151 - The Sunlight Cure? Radical Transparency in Relationships
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Sep 07, 2023 |
#150 - Put On Your Oxygen Mask First! Tackling Mom Guilt
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Aug 31, 2023 |
#149 - Love is Abundant: Relationship Anarchy!
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Aug 24, 2023 |
#148 - Rejection! Freeing Our Self-Worth from Others' Judgement
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Aug 17, 2023 |
#147 - Shepping Nachas: The Opposite of Schadenfreude?
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Aug 10, 2023 |
#146 - Break Down to Break Through? Pain as a Spiritual Teacher
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Aug 03, 2023 |
#145 - My Heart Burns: Personal Reflections on Tisha B’Av
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Jul 27, 2023 |
#144 - The Chakra-Sefirot Connection
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Jul 20, 2023 |
#143 - Living in Limbo: The Complex Stories of Agunot
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Jul 13, 2023 |
#142 - I’m a Rabbi Not a Therapist! Should Your Rabbi Accept You as You Are?
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Jul 06, 2023 |
#141 - Hypocritical Ministry: When Rabbis Transgress
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Jun 29, 2023 |
#139 - With Friends Like These… :Befriending Your Spouse’s/Partner’s Ex
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Jun 15, 2023 |
#138 - The Biggest Breakdown: Communication in Love and Marriage
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Jun 08, 2023 |
#137 - Blowing Things Out Of Proportion: From Sodom to TikTok
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Jun 01, 2023 |
#136 - A Guide to Grief: Jewish and Buddhist perspectives
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May 18, 2023 |
#135 - Stop, Dave…The Jewish Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
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May 11, 2023 |
#134 - Shabbat on Mars? The Halacha of Interplanetary Colonization
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May 04, 2023 |
#133 - It's Alien To Me: The Halacha of Extraterrestrial Life
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Apr 27, 2023 |
#132 - Ritual Immersion: From the Jewish Mikveh to Christian Baptism
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Apr 20, 2023 |
#131 - A Third Way? Religious Education for Kids That Don't "Fit In"
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Mar 30, 2023 |
#130 - Unfettered Birth: Unmedicated Labor and Home Delivery
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Mar 23, 2023 |
#129 - The Worst Enemy: Battling Self Doubt and Imposter Syndrome
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Mar 16, 2023 |
#128 - Finding My Way Back To You: Getting Back with an Ex
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Mar 09, 2023 |
#127 - Skokie 2.0: The Rise of and Reaction to Antisemitic Speech in America
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Mar 02, 2023 |
#126 - Ometz Lev: Courage vs. Foolhardiness in Presidential Leadership
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Feb 23, 2023 |
#124 - Jewish Numerology 101: Mystical Science of Gematria
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Feb 09, 2023 |
"G-d, I'll Make You a Deal": Ethics of Bargaining with the Almighty
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Feb 09, 2023 |
#123 - The Trouble With Miracles: Moral Complexity of the Miraculous in the Abrahamic Faiths
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Jan 18, 2023 |
#122 - Spare: Torah Version (Sibling Tension and Rivalry)
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Jan 11, 2023 |
#121 - 2022 in the Rear View: Best of Equal Footing (Part 2)
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Jan 05, 2023 |
#120 - 2022 in the Rear View: Best of Equal Footing (Part 1)
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Jan 03, 2023 |
#119 - The Price Of Love: Journeying Through the Loss of a Loved One
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Dec 29, 2022 |
#118 - Christmas Reimagined: Alternative Birth Narratives Surrounding Jesus of Nazareth
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Dec 22, 2022 |
#117 - The Origin of Satan: Early Christianity's Demonization of Jews and Others
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Dec 15, 2022 |
#116 - The Past That Binds: How Relationship With Parents Affects Our Ability to Love and Attach as Adults
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Dec 08, 2022 |
#115 - Did We Kill G-d?: Atheism and Judaism
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Dec 01, 2022 |
#114 - Gratitude: The Equal Footing Edition
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Nov 24, 2022 |
#113 - Black and Jew: Shared Struggles and Current Tensions
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Nov 17, 2022 |
#112 - The World Is Ending: What Now?
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Nov 10, 2022 |
#111 - Eschatology 101: End of Times Theology and Doomsday Prophecies in the Abrahamic Faiths
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Nov 03, 2022 |
#110 - A Silent Epidemic: The Pervasiveness of Anxiety Disorders
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Oct 27, 2022 |
#109 - Having Your Babka, and Eating It Too: Emotional Eating in Traditional Jewish Communities
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Oct 20, 2022 |
#108 - Repression and Sex: Traversing Extremes
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Oct 13, 2022 |
#107 - Is Repentance a Scam?: Our Relationship With Guilt
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Sep 29, 2022 |
#106 - The Id and the Yid: Judaism’s Unique Take on Sin
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Sep 22, 2022 |
#105 - I Hate You, I Love You: The Complex Backstory of Jewish-Muslim Relations in France
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Sep 15, 2022 |
#104 - Why Kosher: Do Jewish Dietary Laws Have Roots in Anthropology and Nutrition?
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Sep 07, 2022 |
#103 - Heresy: The Opposite of Faith?
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Sep 01, 2022 |
#102 - Heavenly Bank Account: The Murky World of Religious Tax Exemption
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Aug 25, 2022 |
#101 - Friend Zone: The Mormon Obsession with the Jews
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Aug 18, 2022 |
#100 - Moses: Altruist or Egotist?
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Aug 11, 2022 |
#99 - The Grudge: Jewish Ethics of Resentment
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Aug 04, 2022 |
#98 - Living In the Shadow of Greatness: When Absent Parents Are Revered by the Outside World
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Jul 28, 2022 |
#97 - Sacrificial Blood: Isaac, Jesus and Friends
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Jul 21, 2022 |
#96 - Teen Idol: Celebrity Worship Syndrome in Teen Communities
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Jul 14, 2022 |
#95 - The Korach Conundrum: Treason and Betrayal in Jewish Theology
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Jul 07, 2022 |
#94 - Light and Truth: Jewish Influence on the Birth of American Democracy
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Jun 30, 2022 |
#93 - Call Me By Your Name: The Gay Male Experience in Orthodox Communities
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Jun 23, 2022 |
#92 - Halacha of Homosexuality: Jewish Law and Same Sex Relationships
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Jun 16, 2022 |
#91 - I Am Woman: The Lesbian and Queer Experience in Orthodox Jewish Communities
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Jun 09, 2022 |
#90 - Does G-d Deliver By Sword?: Gun Control Through the Prism of Jewish Ethics
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Jun 02, 2022 |
#89 - Welcome To Holland: Raising Special Needs Children in Traditional Jewish Communities
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May 26, 2022 |
#88 - When Does Life Begin? An Interfaith Discussion on the Inception Point of Life
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May 19, 2022 |
#87 - A Limb or a Life? Abortion Through The Prism Of Jewish Ethics
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May 12, 2022 |
#86 - Is It Possible to Bury the Hatchet? Overcoming Familial Estrangement
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May 05, 2022 |
#84 - The Jewish Diaspora: Colombia Edition
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Apr 28, 2022 |
#83 - Que Bellos? A Controversial Community of Jewish Converts In Latin America
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Apr 14, 2022 |
#82 - OGs of the Diaspora: Arab Jews?
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Apr 07, 2022 |
#81 - Righteous Kill? The Ethics of Assassinating Totalitarians and War Criminals
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Mar 31, 2022 |
#80 - Life 2.0: In the Wake of Extreme Trauma
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Mar 30, 2022 |
#79 - Emirati Jew? The Jewish Community of the United Arab Emirates
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Mar 17, 2022 |
#78 - WTF Just Happened? A COVID Post-Mortem
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Mar 10, 2022 |
#77 - The Halacha of War
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Feb 24, 2022 |
#76 - Judaism United? Reconstituting the Sanhedrin
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Feb 17, 2022 |
#75 - Relationships Revised: Is Long-Term Monogamy a Sham?
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Feb 10, 2022 |
#74 - G-d and Pain: Is Suffering a Spiritual Requisite?
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Feb 03, 2022 |
#73 - Much More Than Britney: Complexities in Guardianship and Conservatorship
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Jan 27, 2022 |
#72 - Surviving Survivorship: Children of Holocaust Survivors
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Jan 20, 2022 |
#71 - The Big O: The Evolutionary and Religious Importance of the Female Orgasm
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Jan 13, 2022 |
#70 - Feeling vs Believing: Does a Personal Experience of G-d Matter?
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Jan 06, 2022 |
#69 - SuperJew! The Jewish Influence on Comic Book Heroes
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Dec 30, 2021 |
#68 - The Entitlement Paradox (Part II): Is Religious Life Inherently Selfish?
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Dec 23, 2021 |
#67 - The Entitlement Paradox(Part I): Are Religious People Obnoxious?
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Dec 16, 2021 |
#66 - Love Scent: Pheromones and Mating
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Dec 09, 2021 |
#65 - Mind In Blue: The Psychometrics of Police Officers
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Nov 25, 2021 |
#64 - Avra K'Davra: The Paranormal in Judaism
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Nov 18, 2021 |
#63 - A Trip Worth Taking? Magic Mushroom Therapy
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Nov 11, 2021 |
#62 - You: Obsession And Cyberstalking
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Nov 04, 2021 |
#61 - Shhh. The Adults Are Speaking: When Courts Appoint Lawyers for Children (Part II)
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Oct 28, 2021 |
#60 - End of the Innocence: When Courts Appoint Lawyers for Children
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Oct 21, 2021 |
#59 - Separate but Unequal: Gender Disparities in Criminal Punishment
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Oct 15, 2021 |
#58 - A Good Trip? The Burgeoning Field of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy
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Oct 07, 2021 |
#57 - The Challenge Of Interfaith Marriage
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Sep 30, 2021 |
#56 - Do Prison Cells Cure? Alternatives to Incarceration
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Sep 23, 2021 |
#55 - Making Space for Miracles: The Yom Kippur Show
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Sep 16, 2021 |
#54 - G-d and Earth: Tensions Between Religious Communities and Environment Protection
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Sep 09, 2021 |
#53 - Rosh Hashanah for Atheists and Outsiders
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Aug 25, 2021 |
#52 - Feminism and Orthodox Judaism: Oil and Water?
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Aug 18, 2021 |
#51 - Female Rabbis? A Religious and Sociological Discussion
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Aug 11, 2021 |
#50 - Male Circumcision: An Uncut Discussion
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Aug 04, 2021 |
#49 - Jewish Humor: A Coping Mechanism?
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Jul 29, 2021 |
#48 - Forgiveness and Healing: Personal Reflections
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Jul 22, 2021 |
#47 - Death: The Final Adventure?
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Jul 15, 2021 |
#46 - Shekhinah: The Feminine Divine In Judaism
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Jul 08, 2021 |
#45 - Celibacy: Freedom Or Bondage?
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Jul 01, 2021 |
#44 - The Buddhist Show Of Why: Core Values and Common Misconceptions
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Jun 24, 2021 |
#43 - The Jewish Show Of Why (Part I): Quirks and Idiosyncrasies of Jewish Life and Thought
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Jun 17, 2021 |
#42 - Rescuing the Rescuer (Part 3): When Lawyers Fail Their Clients
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Jun 11, 2021 |
#41 - Wrist Capital: The Peculiar Inner-Workings of the Ultra-Luxury Watch Industry
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Jun 10, 2021 |
#40 - The Borscht Belt and Its Impact on American Social History
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Jun 03, 2021 |
#39 - Rescuing the Rescuer (Part II): Doctors Losing Patients
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May 27, 2021 |
#38 - The Psychology and Legality of Stalking
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May 20, 2021 |
#37 - Rescuing the Rescuer: The Psychological Toll of Care-Giving
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May 13, 2021 |
#36 - Donald and the Jews (Part II): The Relationship Between Trump and the Observant Jewish Community
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Apr 30, 2021 |
#35 - The Pressure Of The Plea: The Plea Bargain System and Its Effect on Criminal Justice
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Apr 23, 2021 |
#34 - You Should Be Ashamed of Yourself: Critique of the Last Year of Equal Footing
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Apr 15, 2021 |
#33 - Open Wounds - Can Broken Parent/Child Relationships Be Healed As Adults?
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Apr 08, 2021 |
#32 - Fix Me Culture: From Plastic Surgery to Instagram Filters
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Apr 01, 2021 |
#31 - Out Of Egypt? Assessing Life At 50
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Mar 25, 2021 |
#30 - Trial by Zoom: The Effects of a Pandemic on Judicial Process
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Mar 18, 2021 |
#29 - The Soul and the Afterlife In Western Religions
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Mar 11, 2021 |
#28 - Monotheism v. Monolatry (Glitches in the Matrix PART 1)
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Mar 04, 2021 |
#27 - The New Drug: (Mis-)Understanding Porn Addiction
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Feb 25, 2021 |
#26 - I Need a New Guide: Breaking Up with your Spiritual Mentor
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Feb 18, 2021 |
#25 - Finding Fidelity: Navigating Traditional and Open Relationships
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Feb 11, 2021 |
#24 - Order Out of Chaos: Conflict and In-Fighting in the White House Since WWII
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Feb 04, 2021 |
#23 - The Observer Effect: The History of C-SPAN and its Impact on American Democracy
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Jan 28, 2021 |
#22 - Coming "Home": Immigration in America, Circa 2021
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Jan 21, 2021 |
#21 - The Alchemy of Heartbreak and Disappointment
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Jan 14, 2021 |
#20 - Does It Suck To Be A Teenager In 2021?
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Jan 01, 2021 |
#19 - The Essence of Compassion - How Does Clemency Work in Our Criminal Justice System?
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Dec 24, 2020 |
#18 - Life After Suicide: Stories of Those Left Behind
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Dec 17, 2020 |
#17 - The Empathic Fallacy: What Separates Hate Speech from Free Speech
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Dec 10, 2020 |
#16 - Broken Open: Finding Meaning In A Shattered Life
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Dec 03, 2020 |
#15 - When The River Ends The Ocean Begins: Leaving (or Returning to) Religious Life
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Nov 26, 2020 |
#14 - G-d and Sex: A Reconciliation Story
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Nov 19, 2020 |
#13 - Invisible Agony: Preventing Teen Suicide
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Nov 12, 2020 |
#12 - The Problem of David: Do Our Political Leaders Need to Be Moral Leaders? (PART 2)
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Nov 05, 2020 |
#11 - The Problem of David: Do Our Political Leaders Need to Be Moral Leaders? (PART 1)
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Oct 29, 2020 |
#10 - Donald and the Jews: The Perils of Partisanship
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Oct 22, 2020 |
#9 - Ripple Effect: The Rest of Healthcare in a COVID-Obsessed World
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Oct 15, 2020 |
#8 - One-In-Three: Living and Working With a Criminal Record in the United States
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Oct 08, 2020 |
#7 - The Immigrant Experience in Contemporary America: Whose Land Is This Anyway?
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Oct 01, 2020 |
#6 - G-d and the Core Curriculum: The Challenge of Secular Education in Traditional Communities
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Sep 24, 2020 |
#5 - Sacred Gatherings and Groups: What Are "Cults" And Are They Harmful?
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Sep 17, 2020 |
#4 - Luxury and G-d: Is Material Pursuit Consistent with Spiritual Life?
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Sep 10, 2020 |
#3 - Entrepreneurship in the Pandemic: Temporary Disruption or Permanent Change?
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Sep 03, 2020 |
#2 - The Prosecutor's Moral Burden: Pursuing the Interests of Justice
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Aug 27, 2020 |
#1 - Equal Footing Introductory Episode: Teshuvah
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Aug 20, 2020 |