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The best of all worlds: Jewish and Italian food from award winning cook and author Benedetta Guetta.Benedetta Jasmine Guetta is an Italian food writer and photographer. She was born in Milan, but she lives in Santa Monica, California. In 2009
Kiryas Joel, a chartered municipality in New York State functions as a religious community and American village.Nomi M. Stolzenberg holds the Nathan and Lilly Shapell Chair at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. She is
Jessica Marglin: The Citizen Who Didn’t BelongJessica Marglin discusses the 19th-century Italian Jew, whose estate became a test of the nascent idea of “citizenship.”Jessica Marglin is Professor of Religion, Law, and History, and the Ruth Zi
Dr. Sivan Zakai uncovers the world of children’s opinions and insights about Israel, in peace and in crisis.Sivan Zakai, Ph.D., is the Sara S. Lee Associate Professor of Jewish Education at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles. A thought leader in Jewish and
Rabbi Debra J. Robbins offers insight and practice to bring the Psalms into our lives.Rabbi Debra J. Robbins is a member of the clergy team at Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, Texas, focusing on teaching, pastoral care, and spiritual practice. She
Couple Haim and Claire Rechnitzer compose and recompose Hebrew poetry in English.Rabbi Dr. Haim O. Rechnitzer is a Professor of Jewish Thought at HUC-JIR in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a poet. He earned his doctorate from the Department of Jewish T
Host Joshua Holo speaks with HUC-JIR educator, Jeremy Leigh about his experiences on the ground in Jerusalem during the Israel-Hamas War.Jeremy Leigh teaches Israel Studies and Modern Jewish History at HUC-JIR’s Taube Family Campus in Jerusal
Author Rabbi Michael Strassfeld encourages us to reorganize our thinking about—and reengage our lives with—Judaism.Rabbi Michael Strassfeld has served the Jewish community for over five decades, in numerous capacities, including as an educato
Host Joshua Holo speaks with HUC-JIR educator, Michael Marmur about his experiences on the ground in Jerusalem during the Israel-Hamas War.Michael Marmur is Associate Professor of Jewish Theology at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem. Until July 2018 he serve
Author Joseph Skloot reveals the revolutionary power of early printed Hebrew books.Joseph A. Skloot, Ph.D. is the Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish Intellectual History at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Reli
Host Joshua Holo speaks with HUC-JIR educator, Michal Muszkat-Barkan, Ph.D. about her experiences on the ground in Jerusalem during the Israel-Hamas War.Michal Muszkat-Barkan, Ph.D., is a Professor of Jewish Education in the Parallel Track. S
Rabbi Barbara Symons challenges Reform Judaism to engage with often-neglected Prophetic books.
Host Joshua Holo speaks with HUC-JIR educator, Rabbi Talia Avnon-Benveniste about her experiences on the ground in Jerusalem during the Israel-Hamas War.Rabbi Avnon-Benveniste is Director of the Israel Rabbinical Program at HUC-JIR’s Taube Fa
Bible scholar Jacob Wright uncovers the roots of the Bible—not the who, but the why.Dr. Jacob L. Wright serves as associate professor of Hebrew Bible at Candler and as an associate faculty member at the Center for the Study of Law and Religio
Dr. David Mendelsson, Senior Lecturer in Israel Studies and Modern Jewish History at HUC-JIR’s Taube campus in Jerusalem, is an educator, historian, and author who sheds light on his experiences since October 7th as a father, mentor, and Israel
Rabbi Zoë Klein roots her new creations in the millennial tradition of Jewish Storytelling.Rabbi Zoë Klein serves Temple Isaiah in Los Angeles, California where she brings her unique blend of innovation and tradition. At Temple Isaiah since 2
Stella Levi recounts her remarkable life on Isle of Rhodes, caught between the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries.One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World, National Jewish Book Awards for Holocaust Memoir and Sep
Jay Michaelson brings to life the charlatan and heretical Jewish leader Jacob Frank.The Heresy of Jacob Frank: From Jewish Messianism to Esoteric Myth - Winner, National Jewish Book Award for Scholarship.Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson is an
Tracing medieval women’s Biblical culture and how it differed from… the Bible.Biblical Women and Jewish Daily Life in the Middle Ages, winner of the 2022 JBC Award for Women’s Studies.Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten holds the Prof. Yitzhak B
Author Susan Wider discusses genre-bending artist Charlotte Salomon's work and how it survived the Shoah to capture a life and time.It’s My Whole Life: Charlotte Salomon: An Artist in Hiding during World War II, winner of the 2022 National Je
Author Sacha Lamb discusses their YA romp from the shtetl to the New World, and the supernatural odd couple at its heart.When The Angels Left The Old Country, YA category National Jewish Book Awards finalist.Sacha Lamb is a 2018 Lambda Lite
Author Ashley Goldberg imagines the human and communal cost of sexual abuse in the Jewish community.Abomination, Winner of the 2022 National Jewish Book Award for Debut FictionAshley Goldberg is a writer from Melbourne, Australia. His stori
Sarah Imhoff introduces us to Jessie Sampter who broke the Zionist mold.The Lives of Jessie Sampter: Queer, Disabled, Zionist - National Jewish Book Award Finalist in Women's StudiesImhoff is Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Chair in Jewish St
Author Laura Hobson Faure on how French Jews accepted, negotiated and even rejected American Jewish aid after the Holocaust.A “Jewish Marshall Plan”: the American Jewish Presence in Post-Holocaust France, winner of the National Jewish Book Aw
Author Dani Shapiro teases out the kaleidoscopic layers of Jewishness, loss, secrets and discoveries in her award-winning novel, Signal Fires.Signal Fires, winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. Dani Shapiro is the author of
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