https://www.spreaker.com/show/both-andIn an adaptation of his semester-long class for JTS students, Chancellor Arnie Eisen teaches us how Conservative Judaism became what it is today.]]>enReligion & SpiritualityCopyright JTShttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b468d87a9c34a1157ee804b6f2d1f956.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/both-andWed, 25 Jun 2025 17:21:52 +0000JTSJTSonlinelearning@jtsa.eduBoth/And: 250 Years of Conservative Judaism in 80 Minutes, with Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen. In an adaptation of his semester-long class for JTS students, Chancellor Arnie Eisen teaches us how Conservative Judaism became what it is today.In an adaptation of his semester-long class for JTS students, Chancellor Arnie Eisen teaches us how Conservative Judaism became what it is today.]]>falseserialhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1-encountering-enlightenment--15328164
Further reading:
Moses Mendelssohn, Jerusalem, translated by Allan Arkush (102-139)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15328164Thu, 30 Aug 2018 20:58:51 +0000JTSOur story begins with the pre-history of modern Jewish philosophy and the radical writings of Benedict Spinoza, who considered the Enlightenment’s challenges to Judaism, and found Judaism wanting. We then meet Moses Mendelssohn, the first traditional...
Further reading:
Moses Mendelssohn, Jerusalem, translated by Allan Arkush (102-139)]]>677conservative,enlightenment,germany,history,judaism,mendelssohn,philosophy,spinozafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/2-history-and-halakhah--15328166
Further reading:
Zachariah Frankel in Mendes-Flohr and Reinharz, The Jew in the Modern World (2nd ed., 1995), 194-197, 178-182.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15328166Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:16:46 +0000JTSMoses Mendelssohn had already acknowledged that Jews in the modern era can make choices about how to practice and believe in Judaism, or whether to keep it at all. A range of choices then emerged in response to this new freedom, including...
Further reading:
Zachariah Frankel in Mendes-Flohr and Reinharz, The Jew in the Modern World (2nd ed., 1995), 194-197, 178-182.]]>659conservative,frankel,halakhah,hirsch,history,judaism,orthodox,reformfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/3-a-judaism-by-the-people--15328168
Further reading:
Zachariah Frankel in Mendes-Flohr and Reinharz, The Jew in the Modern World (2nd ed., 1995), 194-197, 178-182
Solomon Schechter, “Historical Judaism,” “Excerpts from Seminary Addresses,” and “The Work of Heaven,” in Waxman, Tradition and Change (89-109, 163-172)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15328168Fri, 21 Sep 2018 11:00:05 +0000JTSOnce Zacharias Frankel and other historically-minded scholars had affirmed that Judaism has always been changing, a question presented itself: How does Judaism change? Frankel and Solomon Schechter, then a lecturer at Cambridge University, both saw...
Further reading:
Zachariah Frankel in Mendes-Flohr and Reinharz, The Jew in the Modern World (2nd ed., 1995), 194-197, 178-182
Solomon Schechter, “Historical Judaism,” “Excerpts from Seminary Addresses,” and “The Work of Heaven,” in Waxman, Tradition and Change (89-109, 163-172)]]>690frankel,judiasm,peoplehood,schechterfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/4-a-judaism-of-the-people--15328169
Further reading:
Solomon Schechter, “Historical Judaism,” “Excerpts from Seminary Addresses,” and “The Work of Heaven,” in Waxman, Tradition and Change (89-109, 163-172)
Mordecai M. Kaplan, Judaism as a Civilization, (3-15, 173-208, 431-435);
The Meaning of God in Modern Jewish Religion, Chapter 1]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15328169Fri, 28 Sep 2018 11:00:06 +0000JTSIf Judaism can change, what must remain constant? Solomon Schechter, who became the President of JTS, identified the core elements of Judaism that unite all Jews who are part of the tradition, across ideologies and across time. Mordecai Kaplan, a...
Further reading:
Solomon Schechter, “Historical Judaism,” “Excerpts from Seminary Addresses,” and “The Work of Heaven,” in Waxman, Tradition and Change (89-109, 163-172)
Mordecai M. Kaplan, Judaism as a Civilization, (3-15, 173-208, 431-435);
The Meaning of God in Modern Jewish Religion, Chapter 1]]>672judiasm,kaplan,reconstructionist,schechterfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/5-american-judaism-in-the-mid-20th-century--15328165
Further reading:
Mordecai M. Kaplan, Judaism as a Civilization, (3-15, 173-208, 431-435);
The Meaning of God in Modern Jewish Religion, Chapter 1
Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man, 3-4, 167, 184-199]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15328165Fri, 05 Oct 2018 11:00:03 +0000JTSIn identifying the aspects of Judaism that he considered compelling for modern American Jews, Mordecai Kaplan focused on the human part of Judaism: community and folkways, rather than commandments and spirituality. In contrast, JTS professor Abraham...
Further reading:
Mordecai M. Kaplan, Judaism as a Civilization, (3-15, 173-208, 431-435);
The Meaning of God in Modern Jewish Religion, Chapter 1
Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man, 3-4, 167, 184-199]]>634america,god,heschel,kaplanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/6-finding-god-through-the-leap-of-action--15328171
Further reading
Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man, 3-4, 167, 184-199
Louis Finkelstein, “Tradition in the Making,” “The Things that Unite Us,” in Waxman, Tradition and Change, 187-197, 313-324]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15328171Fri, 12 Oct 2018 11:00:22 +0000JTSBoth Mordecai Kaplan, the rationalist, and Abraham Joshua Heschel, the mystic, believed that Judaism compels us to make the world a better place. Kaplan was committed to the ethical practice adopted by the Jewish People throughout our history, while...
Further reading
Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man, 3-4, 167, 184-199
Louis Finkelstein, “Tradition in the Making,” “The Things that Unite Us,” in Waxman, Tradition and Change, 187-197, 313-324]]>688action,finkelstein,heschel,kaplan,mysticism,rationalismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/7-hearing-women-s-voices-and-moving-from-path-to-pathlessness--15328167
Further reading
Hauptman: “Women and Prayer: An Attempt to Dispel Some Fallacies,” (JUDAISM, Winter 1993) https://ohelayalah.org/wp-content/uploads/article.pdf
Mara Benjamin, The Obligated Self: Maternal Subjectivity and Jewish Thought (2018)
Arthur Green, “Rethinking Theology,” Radical Judaism, 1-15]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15328167Fri, 19 Oct 2018 11:00:12 +0000JTSJewish feminism has been a major influence on Conservative Judaism since the 1970s. Judith Hauptman, professor emerita at JTS, has brought her deep knowledge of rabbinic literature to developing new positions on women’s halakhic obligations. Mara...
Further reading
Hauptman: “Women and Prayer: An Attempt to Dispel Some Fallacies,” (JUDAISM, Winter 1993) https://ohelayalah.org/wp-content/uploads/article.pdf
Mara Benjamin, The Obligated Self: Maternal Subjectivity and Jewish Thought (2018)
Arthur Green, “Rethinking Theology,” Radical Judaism, 1-15]]>699gender,green,halakhah,hauptman,rosensweig,theology,womenfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/8-looking-to-the-future--15328170
Further reading
Neil Gillman, Sacred Fragments
Arnold Eisen, Conservative Judaism Today and Tomorrow (www.jtsa.edu/today)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15328170Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:00:56 +0000JTSNeil Gillman, professor of philosophy at JTS, made it his mission to encourage generations of JTS students, as well as countless members of the Jewish public, to develop their own theologies, rather than relying exclusively on the giants of the past...
Further reading
Neil Gillman, Sacred Fragments
Arnold Eisen, Conservative Judaism Today and Tomorrow (www.jtsa.edu/today)]]>738conversation,eisen,future,gillman,theologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/introducing-what-now-a-jts-podcast--18127755
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Cover art: Aura Lewis
Theme music: “Jat Poure”by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).
Funding: The Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious & Social Studies at JTS.

Contact us at onlinelearning@jtsa.edu, and find other JTS podcasts at www.jtsa.edu/podcasts.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18127755Sun, 02 Jun 2019 14:25:09 +0000JTSIn this opening episode of JTS’s new podcast, What Now?, host Sara Beth Berman tells her story and speaks with Professor Alan Mittleman. Dr. Mittleman shares his own experiences with loss, framing tragedies as taking place in a world that is...
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Cover art: Aura Lewis
Theme music: “Jat Poure”by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).
Funding: The Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious & Social Studies at JTS.

Contact us at onlinelearning@jtsa.edu, and find other JTS podcasts at www.jtsa.edu/podcasts.]]>1747falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/introducing-the-evolution-of-torah-a-history-of-rabbinic-literature--20321647
What led to the emergence of the group of scholars and teachers we call the Rabbis? What motivated them and what did they value? The Rabbis looked to their forebear, Hillel, as an exemplar of religious leadership, and in this episode, we’ll look at three stories they told about Hillel to see what we can learn about the Rabbis’ self-conception.

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Credits:
Produced by Rabbi Tim Bernard
Cover art: Rabbi Tim Bernard
Theme music: Stock media provided by u19_studios / Pond5]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20321647Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:19:17 +0000JTSEpisode 1: Who Were the Rabbis? What led to the emergence of the group of scholars and teachers we call the Rabbis? What motivated them and what did they value? The Rabbis looked to their forebear, Hillel, as an exemplar of religious leadership, and...
What led to the emergence of the group of scholars and teachers we call the Rabbis? What motivated them and what did they value? The Rabbis looked to their forebear, Hillel, as an exemplar of religious leadership, and in this episode, we’ll look at three stories they told about Hillel to see what we can learn about the Rabbis’ self-conception.

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Credits:
Produced by Rabbi Tim Bernard
Cover art: Rabbi Tim Bernard
Theme music: Stock media provided by u19_studios / Pond5]]>839falsefullhttps://www.jtsa.edu/torah/exploring-kabbalah/Exploring Kabbalah. Dr. Eitan Fishbane shares the complext history of Jewish mystical thought from the Torah to Hasidism. 

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Hosted by: Dr. Eitan Fishbane
Produced by Ellie Gettinger
Edited by Sarah Brown
Cover art: Lee Willet
Theme music: “Yah Notein Binah” from Seeds of Song

Find more JTS Podcasts at www.jtsa.edu/torah/podcasts]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59417654Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:14:50 +0000JTSCheck out this new series from JTS Podcasts, Exploring Kabbalah. Dr. Eitan Fishbane shares the complext history of Jewish mystical thought from the Torah to Hasidism.  Subscribe now: RSS: https://www.spreaker.com/show/6131794/episodes/feed Apple...Exploring Kabbalah. Dr. Eitan Fishbane shares the complext history of Jewish mystical thought from the Torah to Hasidism. 

Subscribe now:
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/exploring-kabbalah/id1739159484


Hosted by: Dr. Eitan Fishbane
Produced by Ellie Gettinger
Edited by Sarah Brown
Cover art: Lee Willet
Theme music: “Yah Notein Binah” from Seeds of Song

Find more JTS Podcasts at www.jtsa.edu/torah/podcasts]]>737kabbalahfalsefullhttps://www.jtsa.edu/torah/expanding-the-conversation-podcast/Expanding the Conversation, a podcast that brings the thought-provoking discussions and dynamic scholarship of JTS directly to you. Drawing from live events, lectures, and panel discussions, this podcast goes beyond the moment—offering not only recordings of these programs but also exclusive interviews with speakers, scholars, and thought leaders.

Each episode explores the critical issues shaping the Jewish world today, from contemporary cultural moments to enduring questions of Jewish thought, practice, and identity. Whether you’re looking for intellectual engagement, spiritual insight, or a deeper connection to Jewish learning, Expanding the Conversation invites you to join the dialogue.

In this promo, we share an interview with Raquel Ukeles, Director of Collections at the National Library of Israel. 

Listen to JTS's Expanding the Conversation whereever you get your podcasts.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66746609Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:19:06 +0000JTSCheck out this new offering from JTS Podcasts: https://www.jtsa.edu/torah/expanding-the-conversation-podcast/, a podcast that brings the thought-provoking discussions and dynamic scholarship of JTS directly to you. Drawing from live events, lectures,...Expanding the Conversation, a podcast that brings the thought-provoking discussions and dynamic scholarship of JTS directly to you. Drawing from live events, lectures, and panel discussions, this podcast goes beyond the moment—offering not only recordings of these programs but also exclusive interviews with speakers, scholars, and thought leaders.

Each episode explores the critical issues shaping the Jewish world today, from contemporary cultural moments to enduring questions of Jewish thought, practice, and identity. Whether you’re looking for intellectual engagement, spiritual insight, or a deeper connection to Jewish learning, Expanding the Conversation invites you to join the dialogue.

In this promo, we share an interview with Raquel Ukeles, Director of Collections at the National Library of Israel. 

Listen to JTS's Expanding the Conversation whereever you get your podcasts.]]>1841falsefull