Jewish Matters

Sunset Series # 7 Christian Support for Israel with Josh Reinstein

Christian Support for Israel: The Power of Faith-Based Diplomacy with Josh Reinstein on Jewish Matters Podcast.

Josh Reinstein Director of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus and President of the Israel Allies Foundation  takes a unique approach to explaining what lies behind the recent wave of support for Israel and the counter force, and he clarifies what path should be taken moving forward.

Jewish Spirituality -Going Deeper # 2 Putting Passion Into Prayer

Putting Passion Into Prayer #2 Going Deeper on Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman

With the high holidays coming up (yes Rosh Hashanah is a month away), let’s take a new look at prayer.  Prayer is challenging, yet it is central to Jewish practice, community, and our relationship with G-d.  How can we keep our prayers dynamic, especially when synagogue life is limited?  We will talk about the fundamentals of prayers as a way to reinvigorate our spiritual lives. 

Rav J.B. Soloveitchik "Tradition and Modernity" # 11 Extraordinary Jewish Personalities

Rabbi JB Soloveitchik “Tradition and Modernity” on Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman

Rabbi Soloveitchik was one of the greatest Jewish thinkers of the 20^th century. He was a seminal figure who bridged the world Traditional European Jewry with the modern world of America, the Yeshiva world with Academia.  Talmudist, Philosopher and Orator, he dedicated his life to his students at Yeshiva University, even passing up the position of Chief Rabbi of Israel. He lead the Modern Orthodox community over the second half of the 20th century, and cultivated a whole generation of teachers of Torah, communal leaders and academics and Jewish thinkers. 

Jewish Spirituality-Going Deeper # 1 Jewish Meditation: A Path to Inner Peace

Jewish Meditation: A Path to Inner Peace # 1 Jewish Spirituality -Going Deeper

 in Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman

When we think Meditation we usually think of Eastern religions.  Judaism has a long standing tradition of meditation.  We will talk about how meditation is different than prayer, and how it can help us achieve inner peace.  We will also experience a Jewish meditation together.

Iran, China & The New Threat To Israel with Guest Speaker Elliot Chodoff # 7 The Sunset Series

Iran, China & The New Threat To Israel with Guest Speaker Elliot Chodoff # 7 Sunset Series 

on Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman 

Our Topic: 

Explosions have been going off all over Iran in the past week.  Who is responsible for them and could this lead to retaliation or a war against Israel by Iran?  Will the new agreement with China embolden Iran in ways not seen before?  Hear from a military and political expert about Israel’s greatest existential threat.

Our Speaker:

Elliot Chodoff is a political and military analyst specializing in the Middle East conflict and the global war on terrorists. His writings on have been on the recommended reading list at the US Army War College. His articles have appeared in the Washington Times, National Post of Canada, and numerous web journals. He is a lecturer at the University of Haifa and is writing a PhD dissertation in International Relations at Bar Ilan University on deterrence of terrorism.

Elliot is a major in the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) reserves. He presently serves as the Population Officer in the Operations Branch of IDF Northern Command. Elliot moved to Israel in 1983 and is a founding member of Eshchar, a community village in the Galilee, where he resides.

Kabbalah & Astrology: Is My Fate In The Stars? # 4 Kabbalah 101 -Jewish Spirituality Series

Kabbalah & Astrology: Is My Fate In The Stars? # 4 Kabbalah 101 -Jewish Spirituality Series 

Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman

We all want to know our destiny, can we find it in the stars?  Kabbalistic and Jewish texts incorporate Astrology in its teachings, is there Jewish Astrology and if so when and how can we use it?

Elie Wiesel "The Voice of Justice" # 10 Extraordinary Jewish Personalities

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. 

Jewish Spirituality -Kabbalah 101 # 3 Fixing A Broken World

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

Extraordinary Jewish Personalities # 9 Natan Sharansky "The Prison of Zion"

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.

The Sunset Series # 6 Aliyah & Entrepreneurship: An Inside View with Michael Berman

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.