Co-Hosts Avinoam Patt and Lila Corwin Berman discover the stories and scholars to help make sense of antisemitism today. They start with a theory: the answer to understanding (and perhaps fighting) antisemitism is only as good as the questions one asks. And then they search far and wide for the best questions and the people who can ask and answer them. And spoiler: Avi, Lila, and their guests don’t always agree. In fact, that’s the plot, or at least part of it. How scholars and other people ...
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“Le juif ne pose pas seulement des questions: il est lui-même devenu question.” (“The Jew not only asks questions: He himself has become a question”) - Edmond Jabès Join hosts Charles Lenchner and Rabbi Joe Schwartz as we ask the great questions of Jewish existence. Our discussions and disagreements will often center around a text or a piece of culture; and our conversations will be joined by essential voices speaking to the questions of our day.
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Jewish Questions is the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies' podcast on issues that matter now in Jewish life, politics, history and culture — from a scholarly perspective. This season, hosts Laurie Marhoefer and Noam Pianko look at anti-Semitism: what it is, its long history, and how we can push back against it today. The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies is a part of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington.
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This is Big Questions of Jewish Belief, the podcast where we face up to the challenges of religious faith. We all have questions about our faith. Questions about the truth of the Torah, the morality of its laws and what it teaches about having a relationship with God. So each week during this miniseries I'll be inviting rigorous thinkers to challenge me with their questions on Belief. My name is Raphael Zarum - I'm the Dean of LSJS - the London School of Jewish Studies, where I hold the Rabb ...
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Exploring Antisemitism's Roots with Magda Teter
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56:32Magda Teter discusses the roots and evolution of antisemitism from medieval times to the modern era. Topics include the infamous blood libel myth, the role of Christianity, and the entangled histories of antisemitism and anti-Black racism. Teter also reflects on the responsibilities of historians in addressing these issues today.…
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Kishinev and its Legacies with Steve Zipperstein
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56:54Steve Zipperstein talks to The Jewish Question about the Kishinev Pogrom (1903) and its resonances up to the present day. Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History Phillip Roth: Stung by LifeAutor: Avinoam Patt, Lila Berman, & NYUCSA
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In this inaugural episode, co-hosts Avi Patt and Lila Berman introduce their mission to understand antisemitism by asking profound and challenging questions. They explore the importance of real inquiries over leading questions, and through personal stories, contrasting academic focuses, and differing perspectives, Avi and Lila set the stage for a p…
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This podcast is powered by LSJS. Visit lsjs.ac.uk to learn about our Jewish learning journeys & find something that suits you. In this special episode Big Questions of Jewish Belief, I collaborated with Rabbi Scott Kahn of the Orthodox Conundrum Podcast to produce a conversation that's great for both of our podcasts at this time. Scott quizzes me o…
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Today's Campus Conflicts and the Future of Jewish Studies
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1:06:37Media and political attention are focused on college campuses, and Jews figure prominently in these debates. Jewish Studies programs now find themselves at ground zero of public debates around academic freedom, antisemitism, and the role of higher education.On March 11, 2025, philosopher Dr. Gilah Kletenik and historian Dr. Devin E. Naar engaged in…
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Visit lsjs.ac.uk to continue learning with Rabbi Zarum and other LSJS educators. Does God actually change reality in response to prayer - and if so, why does prayer so frequently seem to fail? What does it mean for God to answer our prayers? In what ways does prayer help us? Why is it meaningful to pray for others? These are questions which people …
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Visit lsjs.ac.uk to continue learning with Rabbi Zarum and other LSJS educators. Jews have long been proud to call themselves the Chosen People. But isn't that a little bit racist? Rabbi Zarum is joined by Jonathan and Sophia who bring their own experiences and knowledge to the journey of discovering what exactly 'chosen' means and what exactly we'…
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Rafi takes Jonathan and Sophia along a fascinating route which takes in collective punishment in Sodom and Gomorrah, shooting Orcs in Star Wars, and the Israel Defence Force's policy on terrorists. If that's not enough for you, you'll find a whole chapter on Collective Punishment and whether it's fair, in the book Questioning Belief by Rabbi Dr Rap…
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(02) Does the Flood Story Hold Water?
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35:41We've known the story of Noah and the Ark since we were babies. Do we as Jews believe it really happened? And if it didn't, why is it in the Torah? Armed with studies in classics and science, Jonathan and Sophia join Rafi to challenge the veracity of the flood and discover a surprising message for today's #climatecrisis era. For further study, Rafi…
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(01) What does it mean to believe in God?
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40:56Two rigorous thinkers, Jonathan Gibson - Politics and International Relations student at the London School of Economics, and Sophia Bor – Cambridge Theology graduate and law student, challenge Rabbi Zarum in this episode on belief in God. Does Judaism require belief in God? Is God the same for everyone? Can we 'prove' He exists, and how? Both pract…
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(00) Welcome to Big Questions of Jewish Belief
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2:22This is Big Questions of Jewish Belief, the podcast where we face up to the challenges of religious faith. We all have questions about our faith. Questions about the truth of the Torah, the morality of its laws and what it teaches about having a relationship with God, So each week I'll be inviting rigorous thinkers to challenge me with their questi…
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Spanish & Portuguese Citizenship Oral Histories: Colette Capriles
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5:32Spanish & Portuguese Citizenship Oral Histories: Colette Capriles by UW Stroum Center for Jewish StudiesAutor: UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
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Present-day discussions of anti-Semitism often involve Israel and the Zionist movement... but before the 20th century, Jews' and Jewish scholars' understandings of anti-Semitism were completely connected with Europe and Christianity.In the final episode of the season, guest Liora R. Halperin looks at how 19th-century Jewish settlers to Palestine we…
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Can Jews be anti-Semitic against other Jews? In this episode, guest Devin E. Naar looks at the history of Jewish prejudice against other Jews in the United States, from the very first American Jewish settlers in the 1600s to twentieth-century efforts to exclude Jews from the Muslim world from Jewish institutions — as the American Jewish community s…
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Episode 3: Being Jewish in Medieval Spain
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28:27Has anti-Semitism always been the same, or have ideas about Jewishness, and suspicion towards Jews, changed over time? In this episode, guest Ana Gómez-Bravo explores these questions by looking at the lives of Jews and "conversos" (Jewish converts to Christianity) in medieval Spain, explaining how Catholic authorities tried to define and restrict t…
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We generally connect Germany with anti-Semitism, but in the early twentieth century, Germany was actually considered one of the best places in the world to be Jewish. How and why did the progressive Weimar Republic give way to the genocidal Nazi regime... and could it happen here?In this episode, guest Laurie Marhoefer explains the rise of the Nazi…
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Episode 1: Anti-Semitism in the United States
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30:43The United States was the country where Jews came to finally be free from anti-Semitism... or was it? Historians of the modern era tend to think of the U.S. as an exceptional place for Jews — a place where Jewish people have been able to exist in relative freedom from violence and prejudice.But is this common understanding of the United States as "…
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