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
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
The New Zionist Identity: Bridging the Israel-Disapora Divide with Professor David Graizbord on Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman
Has “Israeliness” become a new expression of Jewish identity in the diaspora? —an unselfconscious and largely secular expression of national kinship and solidarity, as well as of personal and communal purpose. Can this new brand of Zionism be the bridge to span the ever widening gap between young people in the diaspora and Israel? How should Israelis be responding to this new awakening of Israeli identification? What role can young olim play in bridging that gap?
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
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.
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
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.
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
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 20th 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.
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
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.
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
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.
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
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?
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.