This week’s episode of the Living Jewishly Podcasts is an instalment of What Would You Do?, a podcast about ethics in the modern world. Dr. Elliot Malamet speaks with Professor Tamar Ross of Bar-Ilan University about the implications of the Mount Sinai story and how we may approach it in our modern context.
As Jews around the world prepare for the annual Shavuot festival marking the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai, for many of our brothers and sisters, involvement in Judaism is an endeavour that takes place on a distant planet, one which they have neither the inclination nor the inspiration to visit.
We can all think about walking the walk which, as always, begins with those who are closest to us, and then radiates outwards. But perhaps we are doing too much thinking and not enough doing. Read more in Dr. Elliot Malamet’s latest blog about the importance of mutual respect and repairing the world.
In this week’s episode of the Living Jewishly Podcast Dr. Elliot Malamet speaks with Akiva Malamet, a graduate student whose research deals with immigration policy and whose writings on nationalism have appeared on Libertarianism.org, about the rise of fervent nationalism, the thin line between patriotism and hate, and whether compulsory loyalty to a nation has any moral basis.
As Holocaust Remembrance Day and Israel Independence Day approach, Dr. Elliot Malamet discusses the importance of these holidays as they remind us of the past. In this blog, he discusses why with each passing year our memory of the holocaust is weakened and what we can do to ensure that we continue to give a voice to those who were robbed of speech in the Holocaust.
In this weeks episode of the Living Jewishly Podcast, Dr. Elliot Malamet speaks with addictions counsellor David Kaufman and his client, Randy Eckler, about the nature of addiction and Randy’s personal struggle with addiction and path to recovery.
This week’s special episode of the Living Jewishly Podcasts is dedicated to exploring the meaning and symbolism of Pesach. Dr. Elliot Malamet, Rabbi Rachel Rosenbluth, and Rabbi Ami Silver discuss our current understanding of freedom and how we can liberate ourselves from the situations and mindsets that bind us.
In this week’s episode of What Would You Do? from the Living Jewishly Podcasts, Dr. Malamet speaks with Rabbi Eugene Korn, author of To Be a Holy People: Jewish Tradition and Ethical Values. Their conversation explores how modern readers may understand and interpret the plague on the firstborn sons of Egypt, how the status of commandments is affected by the passage of time and cultural shifts, and the hidden lessons that the Bible may hold.
Why would a man invite the wrath of an empire, risking death and devastation to descend on his entire people? Is it so important to hold fast to your principles when the result may be catastrophic? Shouldn’t war be avoided when you are outmatched and outgunned? Why stand firm, and provoke the apocalypse? Read this week’s blog post by Dr. Elliot Malamet to discover how he answers these questions.
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In this week’s episode of the Living Jewishly podcasts, Dr. Elliot Malament, Rabbi Rachel Rosenbluth, and Rabbi Ami Silver explore the spiritual potential of psychedelic substances, the spiritual value of transcending rigid frames of mind and judgments, and how to integrate the lessons of Purim in the days that follow.