Explore all areas of Jewish life and Jewish learning with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman and special guests. We will talk about the Jewish experiences, Israel, Zionism, Jewish spirituality, Torah study and more...
Episodes
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Extraordinary Jewish Personalities # 10 Elie Wiesel "The Voice of Justice" on Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman
From Chasidic boy to Auschwitz survivor to moral conscience of the world, Elie Wiesel was perhaps the most well-known Jew throughout the world of the past generation. He dedicated his life to challenging mankind to remember and confront the horrors of the Holocaust in order to prevent such crimes against humanity to happen again.
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Jewish Spirituality: Kabbalah 101 # 3 -Fixing A Broken World.
The most difficult challenge to belief is suffering and evil in the world. If G-d is good, why does it appear the world is ‘bad’, painful. We will look at a Kabbalistic approach to the existence of evil and darkness in the world, and how we are to respond to it
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Extraordinary Jewish Personalities # 9 Natan Sharansky "The Prison of Zion" on Jewish Matters Podcast
Natan Sharansky is one of the true heroes of our time. Hear the story from his beginnings as a Refusnik to becoming a Minister in the government of Israel, and of his 9 years in a Russian Prison where he took on the Soviet system and vanquished them. A few years after his release the Soviet Union would collapse.
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
The Sunset Series # 5 Aliyah & Entrepreneurship: An Inside View with Michael Berman on Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman
Get the inside scoop on what it’s really like to be an entrepreneur, in the US and Israel. Michael will give his tips to success and speak about the different business cultures in the US and Israel, and how to make both work.
About our speaker: Michael Berman is an entrepreneur and investor working with a select group of high potential development and early commercial stage Medical companies. He currently serves on the boards of 11 companies, and since 2000 has served on the boards of companies that have collectively raised a total of $ 900 million. Mr. Berman started numerous companies and served as President of Boston Scientific/Scimed. He lives in Tel Aviv with his wife.
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Kabbalah 101 # 2 Actualizing Our Higher Potential on Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman
The Kabbalah presents 10 Divine energies/dynamics (Sefirot) which are within us. Learn to identify our Divine qualities and how we can cultivate them to actualize our inner potential.
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
On Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman
The Lubavitch Rebbe "The Global Reach" The Lubavitch Rebbe is a larger than life personality; genius and scholar, builder of the Chabad worldwide outreach movement, confidante to thousands of followers and world leaders, miracle worker and controversial Messianic figure. Who really was Menachem Mendel Schneerson and how did he become ‘The Rebbe’?
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
To Annex or Not To Annex -A Debate with Chuck Freilich & Eli Vered Hazon -Jewish Matters Podcast
Israel has a historic and monumental decision to make about applying sovereignty to parts of Yehuda and Shomron (the West Bank) as part of the Trump Plan. Join us for what will be a passionate discussion/debate of the issues involved.
Pro Annexation Eli Vered Hazon, Foreign Director of Foreign Affairs, Likud Party.
Anti-Annexation, Professor Chuck Freilich, former deputy national security adviser in Israel and long-time senior fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center, he teaches political science at Columbia, NYU and Tel Aviv Universities and has authored many books and articles.
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
# 1 A Deeper Look at Reality on Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman
Kabbalah conjures up mysticism, deep secrets and a journey to the unknown. What is Kabbalah, why has it become so popular, and can we understand it? In this 4 part series we will explore the meaning of these Jewish teaching about a deeper vision of reality and how it can be relevant to our lives.
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
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.
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
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?