The author took a recent journey to a Soviet mass gravesite where his great-grandfather is buried, and speaks about how it helped him understand Jewish and Soviet history.
What might the great scholar have been intending with a recently discovered list he made of seemingly random words from random European languages?
The author talks about the world’s fascination with dead Jews and its indifference to living ones.
The rabbi and podcast host stops by to talk about his new book, Providence and Power: Ten Portraits in Jewish Statesmanship.
A misunderstanding about mirrors, with far-reaching, metaphysical consequences.
A reader’s question prompts Philologos to turn up a crucial link between the three.
An Israeli philosopher joins the podcast to talk about what keeps nations together, even when their populations are so deeply divided.
How many rabbis first translated the Hebrew Bible, and how many different translations did they produce?
The author of Self-Made stops by to talk about how the modern self came to be, and how it differs from older, traditional modes of living.
The author of And None Shall Make Them Afraid stops by to talk about his new book and how history has a role to play in forming devotion to the Jewish people.
The editor and political analyst stops by to discuss American constitutional structures and how relevant they are to Israel.
And does their presence illuminate the book of Exodus—or is it simply a sign that ancient Egypt was a powerful nation?
The author of “The Demise of Jewish Studies in America—and the Rise of Jewish Studies in Israel” joins us to discuss his essay and the troubles of his chosen field.
A rabbi and Bible scholar joins us to talk about his trips to biblical Egypt, and about the role of Egypt in the Jewish imagination.