Jewish Matters

Extraordinary Jewish Personalities # 7 Yitzhak Rabin "The Warrior for Peace"

Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman

Yitzhak Rabin was the general and IDF Chief of Staff credited with the 1967 Six Day War victory and Prime Minister of Israel who negotiated the Oslo Peace Accords with the Palestinians.  He was a man of paradoxes, reserved yet a statesman, warrior yet a champion of a contentious peace deal who was murdered for his pursuit of peace.  Join us as we explore the man and his accomplishments, and understand the Israel-Palestinian issues and how we got to the annexation debate of today.                                

Jewish Spirituality Finding Our Purpose # 2 -Career Choices

Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman

What does Jewish wisdom say about Finding Our Purpose in life?  How do I know what career is right for me, and that I will be good at?  How do we find the good work/life balance?  How do I prevent work from taking over my life?

Extraordinary Jewish Personalities # 6 Hannah Senesh "The Heroic Poet"

Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman

Hannah Senesh’s poetry has stirred the hearts of Israel since her heroic death.  After making Aliyah she returned to Hungary to fight the Nazis.  She was captured and executed, dying trying to save her fellow Jews.  Join us as we explore her heroic life and her inspiring poetry.  

Jewish Spirituality: Finding Our Purpose # 3 -My Personal Journey

Jewish Matters Podcast wtih Rabbi Jonathan Feldman

What does Jewish wisdom say about Finding Our Purpose in life?  I will be sharing my own personal story of my travels through Europe, across Africa culminating in Israel where I started studying Torah, eventually going on to become a Rabbi.

Extraordinary Jewish Personalities # 5 Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach "The Singing Rabbi"

Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman.

We have all been inspired and touched by his music, but who was R’ Shomo?   R’ Shlomo touched thousands of lives, and transformed a generation, and the endurance of his musical legacy is a testimony to the message of love and hope that he taught.  Join us as we trace his journey from Greenwich Village to San Francisco in the 60’s and Russia in the 70’s. I will share my own personal stories with R’ Shlomo.

Extradordinary Jewish Personalities # 4 Abba Kovner "The First Avenger"

Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman

Abba Kover, a real Jewish Avenger fought against the Nazis with the resistance in the Vilna Ghetto, in the forest with the partisans and then in the Israel War of Independence. But his most daring fight was after the war to bring vengeance upon Nazis officers. Join us for this little known extraordinary story of Jewish bravery and daring. He then went on to became one of Modern Israel's greatest poets and won the Israel Prize.

  

 

Jewish Spirituality -The Soul and the Afterlife # 4 Reincarnation and the Kabbalah: Back to the Future

Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman

Do we have a past and a future beyond this life?  Can we know our past lives and does it matte?  Do we have any fellow travelers through the different incarnations? How does this knowledge impact our mission in the world?  

The Sunset Series # 4 The Lost Jews from China to the Amazon with Guest Michael Freund

Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman

The myth of lost Jewish communities has existed for hundreds of years.  Could these myths be true?  Are we in the process of finding the ‘Lost Tribes’ of Israel?  Come hear about the search for lost Jews in Burma, China, the ‘hidden’ Jews of Eastern Europe and more

Extraordinary Jewish Personalities # 3 Golda Meir "The Iron Woman"

Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman 

Golda is an icon of the birth of the State of Israel. Join us as we trace her journey from when she made Aliyah from the US in 1922 to become Prime Minister of Israel and one of the fist female Prime Ministers in the world.

Jewish Spirituality -The Soul and The Afterlife # 3 Does Kaddish Help, Heaven, & Ghosts

Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman

The Soul and the Afterlife # 3 What is the nature of the Afterlife, and how do we understand the Jewish idea of heaven? Can our Kaddish prayer help the soul of the deceased? Does a person who died still have a connection to this world and does Judaism believe in Ghosts? This and more tonight.