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Jewish Spirituality -Kabbalah 101 # 2 Actualizing Our Higher Potential

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. 

Exceptional Jewish Personalities # 8 The Lubavitch Rebbe "The Global Reach"

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’?

Sunset Series # 5 To Annex or Not To Annex: A Debate

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.

Jewish Spirituality -Kabbalah 101 # 1 -A Deeper Look At Reality

# 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. 

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.