Adam S. Ferziger, S.R. Hirsch Chair for Research of the Torah and Derekh Erez Movement in the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at Bar-Ilan University, speaks with Shlomo Zuckier about Rav Aharon Lichtenstein’s “fragmentary Ju

Dr. Michel Rosenfeld: The Conscience Wars

Mar 5th, 2019 22m

Stu Halpern, senior adviser to the provost, speaks with Dr. Michel Rosenfeld, University Professor of Law and Comparative Democracy; Justice Sydney L. Robins Professor of Human Rights; and Director of the Program on Global and Comparative Const

Dr. Daniel Rynhold - Nietzsche, Soloveitchik and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy

Mar 4th, 2019 24m 9s

Dr. Daniel Rynhold, professor in modern Jewish philosophy at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, director of the Revel doctoral program and director of the Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva College, discusses Nietzsche, S

Dr. Jeffrey Gurock - Conversations with Colleagues

Mar 4th, 2019 35m 22s

Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, talks with Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern, senior adviser to the provost, about his book, Conversations with Colleagues: On Becoming an American Jewish Historian, where Dr. Gurock edit

David Stern: The Jewish Bible, a Material History

Mar 4th, 2019 31m 49s

What are common misnomers about Midrash? How is Midrash akin to Magic Realism? How is the digitization of the Talmud affect its study? Are Judaic studies academics superheroes? Join AJ Berkovitz, Assistant Professor of Liturgy, Worship, and Rit

Dr. Malka Simkovich - Discovering Second Temple Literature

Dec 6th, 2018 30m 57s

Dr. Steven Fine, the Dean Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History and founding Director of the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies, interviews Stern College for Women alumna Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich about her latest book, Discovering

Stephen Tobolowsky and his Adventures with God

Nov 26th, 2018 27m 28s

How does wrestling with God bring us closer to religion? Is man today striving to rebuild Eden, or just another Tower of Babel? What is it like balancing a life of faith with a life in Hollywood? Join Stephen Tobolowsky, actor, director, and au

Jeffrey Saks - S.Y. Agnon Anthology

Oct 5th, 2018 58m 5s

Join Rabbi Jeffrey Saks, three time graduate of Yeshiva University and Director of ATID – Academy for Torah Initiatives and Directions as he speaks with Dr. Stu Halpern, senior advisor to the provost about his connection to Shmuel Yosef Agnon,