
Jewish Ideas to Change the World
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Ep 43139 Ways to Repair the World - Borer - Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz - Class 7
Enjoy the seventh session of Valley Beit Midrash's "39 Ways to Repair the World" series. In celebration of Rabbi Shmuly’s 39th birthday, he is going to teach the 39 melachot over the coming year (1 per week for 39 weeks). He’ll teach the 39 Shabbat Channels from philosophical & theological perspectives. Each of the 39 can move us toward a deeper realization of these 39 dimensions of Shabbat rejuvenation in order that we can bring about 39 strengthened ways to repair & heal the world (& ourselves! & our families! & our communities!) on the other 6 days (emulating Divine creation and transforming our world into a holy dwelling place! DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 430Joey Rosenfeld - Anxiety, Addiction, & Torah
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld, the Director of Spirituality at the Harris House Foundation for Substance Abuse Treatment (https://www.harrishousestl.org/), on the topic of "Anxiety, Addiction, & Torah DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 429Peter Rubinstein - Who Is A Religious Jew?
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Peter J. Rubinstein, Director of Jewish Community and Bronfman Center for Jewish Life at the 92nd Street Y (https://www.92y.org/), on the topic of "Who is a Religious Jew?" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 428Darren Kleinberg - Can We Talk About God?
Rabbi Dr. Darren Kleinberg, CEO at HaMaqom | The Place (https://hmqm.org/ )presents his virtual zoom class, "Can We Talk About God?" Rabbi Darren Kleinberg is CEO at HaMaqom | The Place. Darren was born and raised in London, England, has lived in Israel and Canada, and has now lived and worked in the Bay Area since 2013. He is an ordained rabbi (YCT), holds a PhD in Religious Studies (ASU), and is the author of Hybrid Judaism: Irving Greenberg, Encounter, and the Changing Nature of American Jewish Identity (Academic Studies Press, 2016). Darren has been pioneering Jewish educational experiences for 25 years, emphasizing the importance of making Jewish wisdom accessible to all. Career highlights include: designing, launching, and leading the first ever Birthright trips; writing a four-year high school Jewish Studies curriculum; founding and leading Valley Beit Midrash, in Phoenix, AZ; and spearheading the transformation of Kehillah Jewish High School, in Palo Alto, into a thriving independent Jewish high school. Darren lives in Palo Alto with his wife and their two daughters. He has been playing the guitar daily for 25 years and loves hearing new music every week on his Spotify Discover Weekly playlist. DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 42739 Ways to Repair the World - Zoreh - Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz - Class 6
Enjoy the sixth session of Valley Beit Midrash's "39 Ways to Repair the World" series. In celebration of Rabbi Shmuly’s 39th birthday, he is going to teach the 39 melachot over the coming year (1 per week for 39 weeks). He’ll teach the 39 Shabbat Channels from philosophical & theological perspectives. Each of the 39 can move us toward a deeper realization of these 39 dimensions of Shabbat rejuvenation in order that we can bring about 39 strengthened ways to repair & heal the world (& ourselves! & our families! & our communities!) on the other 6 days (emulating Divine creation and transforming our world into a holy dwelling place! DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/lea... https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmi... ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 426Erin Leib Smokler - Theology and COVID-19
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler, Director of Spiritual Development and Dean of Students at Yeshivat Maharat (https://www.yeshivatmaharat.org/) on the topic of "Theology & COVID." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 425Adam Bronfman - The Con: The Financial Crisis of 2008
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Adam R. Bronfman, the President of the Samuel Bronfman Foundation (http://www.thesbf.org/) and the producer of "The Con" on the topic of "The Con: The Financial Crisis of 2008" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP "THE CON": https://youtu.be/NeYCg_Is2nY For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 424Maya Abramson - Hope & Light: An Hour of Musical Inspiration
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, and Maya Abramson (https://mayaelisemusic.com/), present "Hope & Light," an inspirational hour of music & Torah. Maya Elise Abramson is an Oakland, CA-based musician, songwriter, & song leader who’s work empowers individuals and communities to use song as a way to heal, uplift, grieve, and connect. DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP SONG SHEET: https://bit.ly/3fAcd9k For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 423Dov Linzer - What’s Our Response to a Sex Offender Who Says He Has Repented?
Rabbi Dov Linzer, President and Rabbinic Head (Rosh HaYeshiva) of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School (https://www.yctorah.org/), presents his virtual zoom class, "What’s Our Response to a Sex Offender Who Says He Has Repented?" Rabbi Dov Linzer is the President and Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School, and is the primary architect of its groundbreaking curriculum of Torah, Halakha, pastoral counseling, and professional training. Rabbi Linzer has been a leading rabbinic voice in the Modern Orthodox community for over 20 years. He hosts a number of highly popular podcasts, including Joy of Text and Iggros Moshe A to Z. His daf yomi shiurim covering all of shas can be found on YCT’s Torah Library, iTunes, and YouTube, and he was the convener of the 2012 Modern Orthodox Siyyum HaShas. Rabbi Linzer has published many Torah articles, writes a widely-read weekly parsha sheet, and authors teshuvot on a wide range of contemporary halakhic topics. He teaches regular classes in advanced Talmud, advanced Halakha and the thought of Modern Orthodoxy, and serves as a religious guide to the yeshiva’s current rabbinical students and over 130 rabbis serving in the field. DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP LEARNING MATERIALS: https://bit.ly/3isauon For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrsh ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 422Andrew Solomon - Depression, Activism, & Social Progress
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Andrew Solomon, a prominent writer, author, lecturer, and winner of the National Book Award (http://andrewsolomon.com/), on the topic of "Jewish Feminist Theology." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP FAR FROM THE TREE: http://andrewsolomon.com/books/far-fr... FAR & AWAY: http://andrewsolomon.com/books/far-an... For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 421Zev Farber - A Wave Theory Approach to Unethical Aspects of Torah
Rabbi Dr. Zev Farber, senior editor of TheTorah.com and a research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, presents "A Wave Theory Approach to Unethical Aspects of Torah." Rabbi Dr. Farber holds a Ph.D. from Emory University in Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible, and ordination (yoreh yoreh) and advanced ordination (yadin yadin, dayanut) from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT) Rabbinical School. He is the author of Images of Joshua in the Bible and their Reception as well as editor of Halakhic Realities: Collected Essays on Brain Death, Halakhic Realities: Collected Essays on Organ Donation, and co-editor (with Jacob L. Wright) of Archaeology and History of Eighth Century Judah, and (with Mark Leuchter) The Making of Moses. DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP LEARNING MATERIALS: https://bit.ly/2PuZtWX For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 42039 Ways to Repair the World - Dosh - Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz - Class 5
Enjoy the fifth session of Valley Beit Midrash's "39 Ways to Repair the World" series. In celebration of Rabbi Shmuly’s 39th birthday, he is going to teach the 39 melachot over the coming year (1 per week for 39 weeks). He’ll teach the 39 Shabbat Channels from philosophical & theological perspectives. Each of the 39 can move us toward a deeper realization of these 39 dimensions of Shabbat rejuvenation in order that we can bring about 39 strengthened ways to repair & heal the world (& ourselves! & our families! & our communities!) on the other 6 days (emulating Divine creation and transforming our world into a holy dwelling place! DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 419Judith Plaskow - Jewish Feminist Theology
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Professor Judith Plaskow, Professor Emerita of Religious studies at Manhattan College, on the topic of "Jewish Feminist Theology." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 418Chaim Saiman - Halakhah, the Rabbinic Idea of Law
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Professor Chaim Saiman, Chair in Jewish Law at Villanova University's Charles Widger School of Law ), on the topic of "Halakhah, the Rabbinic Idea of Law." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 41739 Ways to Repair the World - Me'amer - Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz - Class 4
Enjoy the fourth session of Valley Beit Midrash's "39 Ways to Repair the World" series. In celebration of Rabbi Shmuly’s 39th birthday, he is going to teach the 39 melachot over the coming year (1 per week for 39 weeks). He’ll teach the 39 Shabbat Channels from philosophical & theological perspectives. Each of the 39 can move us toward a deeper realization of these 39 dimensions of Shabbat rejuvenation in order that we can bring about 39 strengthened ways to repair & heal the world (& ourselves! & our families! & our communities!) on the other 6 days (emulating Divine creation and transforming our world into a holy dwelling place! DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 416Mona Fishbane -Neurobiology & Couples Therapy
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Dr. Mona Fishbane, Past Director - Couple Therapy Training, Chicago Center for Family Health (http://www.monafishbane.com/), on the topic of "Neurobiology & Couples Therapy." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 415Yuval Cherlow - Why Was Moshe Rabbeinu Chosen to be Israel's Leader?
Why was Moshe Rabbeinu chosen to be Israel's leader and why is it relevant to issues of social justice? DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 41439 Ways to Repair the World - Kotzair - Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz - Class 3
Enjoy the third session of Valley Beit Midrash's "39 Ways to Repair the World" series. In celebration of Rabbi Shmuly’s 39th birthday, he is going to teach the 39 melachot over the coming year (1 per week for 39 weeks). He’ll teach the 39 Shabbat Channels from philosophical & theological perspectives. Each of the 39 can move us toward a deeper realization of these 39 dimensions of Shabbat rejuvenation in order that we can bring about 39 strengthened ways to repair & heal the world (& ourselves! & our families! & our communities!) on the other 6 days (emulating Divine creation and transforming our world into a holy dwelling place! DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 413Peter van Inwagen - Is Theism Still Acceptable?
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Professor Peter van Inwagen, the John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at the University of Notre Dame, on the topic of "Is Theism Still Acceptable?" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 412Raz Hartman - A Spiritual Reaction to Fear
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Raz Hartman on the topic of "A Spiritual Reaction To Fear." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 411Shaul Judelman - An Israeli Settler Working for Peace
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Shaul David Judelman, co-director of Roots (https://www.friendsofroots.net/), on the topic of "An Israeli Settler Working for Peace." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 41039 Ways to Repair the World - Choresh - Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz - Class 2
Enjoy the second session of Valley Beit Midrash's "39 Ways to Repair the World" series. In celebration of Rabbi Shmuly’s 39th birthday, he is going to teach the 39 melachot over the coming year (1 per week for 39 weeks). He’ll teach the 39 Shabbat Channels from philosophical & theological perspectives. Each of the 39 can move us toward a deeper realization of these 39 dimensions of Shabbat rejuvenation in order that we can bring about 39 strengthened ways to repair & heal the world (& ourselves! & our families! & our communities!) on the other 6 days (emulating Divine creation and transforming our world into a holy dwelling place! DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 409Akiva Gersh - Moving to Israel
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Akiva Gersh, editor of the book "Becoming Israeli" (www.becomingisraeli.com), on the topic of "Moving to Israel!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 408Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz - 39 Ways to Repair the World - Zoraya - Class 1
Enjoy the first session of Valley Beit Midrash's "39 Ways to Repair the World" series. In celebration of Rabbi Shmuly’s 39th birthday, he is going to teach the 39 melachot over the coming year (1 per week for 39 weeks). He’ll teach the 39 Shabbat Channels from philosophical & theological perspectives. Each of the 39 can move us toward a deeper realization of these 39 dimensions of Shabbat rejuvenation in order that we can bring about 39 strengthened ways to repair & heal the world (& ourselves! & our families! & our communities!) on the other 6 days (emulating Divine creation and transforming our world into a holy dwelling place! DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 407Dov Laimon - The Spiritual Experience of Being a Torah Scribe
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Dov Laimon, a renowned scribe of Jewish holy texts (https://www.dovlaimon.com/about), on the topic of "The Spiritual Experience of Being a Torah Scribe!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 406Amanda Berman - Progressive & Zionist?
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Amanda Berman, the Founder and Executive Director of the Zioness Movement (https://zioness.org/), on the topic of "Progressive & Zionist?" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 405Rachel Adler - Tales of the Holy Mysticat
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Dr. Rachel Adler, the Rabbi David Ellenson Professor of Jewish Religious Thought at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles (http://huc.edu/), on the topic of "Tales of the Holy Mysticat." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP Learn more about the book & pre-order: https://mysticattales.com/ For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 404Ariel Evan Mayse - The Maggid of Mezritch
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Dr. Ariel Evan Mayse, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University (https://religiousstudies.stanford.edu/people/ariel-evan-mayse) on the topic of "The Maggid of Mezritch." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP Learn more about the book: https://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/16120.html For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 403Ariel Burger - Rebbe Nachman on Despair & Hope
Rebbe Nachman on Despair & HopRabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger (https://arielburger.com/about/) on the topic of "Rebbe Nachman on Despair & Hope." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 402Michael Adam Latz - Defund the Police? Re-imagining Public Security:
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Michael Adam Latz, Senior Rabbi at Shir Tikvah Congregation (http://www.shirtikvah.net/), on the topic of "Defund the Police? Re-imagining Public Security." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 401Zalman Newfield - Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Prof. Schneur Zalman Newfield, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, on the topic of "Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP BUY THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3dNC3GN For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 400Dovid Sears - Art & Chassidut
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Dovid Sears, director of the New York Breslov Center (http://breslovcenter.blogspot.com/), on the topic of "Art & Chassidut." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 399Alexander Kaye - Jewish Theocracy?
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Prof. Alexander Kaye, Karl, Harry, and Helen Stoll Chair of Israel Studies at Brandeis University (https://www.brandeis.edu/near-eastern-judaic/), on the topic of "Jewish Theocracy?" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP BUY THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/30ksbAq For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 398Grounding Ourselves in Faith during a Pandemic – Sabrina Burger
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Sabrina Burger on the topic of "Grounding Ourselves in Faith." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 397Jonathan Haidt - Healing Political & Religious Divides in Difficult Times
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Professor Jonathan Haidt, Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business (https://www.stern.nyu.edu/), on the topic of "Healing Political & Religious Divides in Difficult Times." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP BUY THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/2U6vDdY For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/lea... https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmi... ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 396Sharon Kleinbaum - What We Learned From The AIDS Crisis
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, the Spiritual Leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (https://cbst.org/) in New York City, on the topic of "What We Learned From The AIDS Crisis!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 395Lila Corwin Berman - Dynamics of American Jewish Philanthropy
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Prof. Lila Corwin Berman, professor of history at Temple University, on the topic of "Dynamics of American Jewish Philanthropy." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 394Denise Eger - Where Pride Dwells
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Denise Eger, the Founding Rabbi - Congregation Kol Ami (https://www.kol-ami.org/), on the topic of "Where Pride Dwells." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP BUY THE BOOK: https://bit.ly/2zX2wmb For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 393Michelle Friedman - Mental Health During COVID-19
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Dr. Michelle Friedman, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private practice, the Steven and Sharon Lieberman chair of Pastoral Counseling at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School (YCT), and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, on the topic of "Mental Health During COVID." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidras ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 392Nathaniel Helfgot - Particularism & Universalism of the Torah
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot, rabbi at Congregation Netivot Shalom in Teaneck, NJ (https://www.netivotshalomnj.org/), on the topic of "Particularism & Universalism of the Torah." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 391Baruch Gartner - Living Aligned
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Baruch Gartner (https://www.rabbigartner.com/), a rosh yeshiva and author of, on the topic of "Living Aligned." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 390Shmuly Yanklowitz - Shavuot & Revelation
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash speaks on the topic of "Shavuot & Revelation!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 389Daniel Boyarin - Radical Talmud
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Professor Daniel Boyarin, the Hermann P. and Sophia Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture at the University of California, Berkeley, on the topic of "Radical Talmud!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 388Michael Walzer - Is Democracy a Religious Value?
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Professor Michael Walzer, Professor Emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, on the topic of "Is Democracy a Religious Value?" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 387Michael Melchior - Religious Zionism & Peace Building
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Michael Melchior, Chief Rabbi of Norway and a former member of the Knesset, on the topic of "Religious Zionism & Peace Building." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 386Joel Hecker - Learning the Zohar
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Professor Joel Hecker, Professor of Jewish Mysticism at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (https://www.rrc.edu/), on the topic of "Learning the Zohar!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 385Bradley Shavit Artson - Grief, Hope & Insights Within the Pandemic
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Dr. Bradley Shavit Artson, the Abner and Roslyn Goldstine Dean's Chair of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies and is Vice President of American Jewish University in Los Angeles, on the topic of " Grief, Hope & Insights within the Pandemic." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 384Rabbi David Ingber - Spirituality Today
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi David A. Ingber, Founder and Senior Rabbi at Romemu, NYC (https://www.romemu.org/), on the topic of "Spirituality Today!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 383Shira Berkovits - Fostering Safe and Sacred Spaces
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Dr. Shira Berkovits, President and CEO of Sacred Spaces (https://www.jewishsacredspaces.org/), on the topic of "Fostering Safe and Sacred Spaces." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★

Ep 382Daniel Kurtzer - Religion, Diplomacy, and Israel
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer, the S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East Policy Studies at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (https://wws.princeton.edu/), on the topic of " Religion, Diplomacy, and Israel." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash ★ Support this podcast ★