Moshe Taragin: Does Israel Need American Jews? [Israel & Diaspora 1/5]

18Forty Podcast

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In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rav Moshe Taragin, rosh mesivta at Yeshivat Har Etzion, about the interrelated missions of American and Israeli Jews—and the stake that each of us holds in the Jewish redemptive story.

In this episode we discuss:

• How should young American Jews experience Israel in their formative years?
• How has October 7 altered the diaspora community’s orientation toward Israeli society?
• How can we be less intimidated by the differences between frumkeit in America and Israel’s religious culture?

Tune in to hear a conversation about what it means to engage with the “front stage” of Jewish history.

Interview begins at 19:21

Rav Moshe Taragin has been a rosh mesivta at Yeshivat Har Etzion in the Gush since 1994. He has semikha from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, a BA in Computer Science from Yeshiva College, and an MA in English Literature from City University. Rabbi Taragin previously taught Talmud at Columbia University, lectured in Talmud and Bible at the IBC and JSS divisions of Yeshiva University, and served as Assistant Rabbi at the Fifth Avenue Synagogue. In addition, Rabbi Taragin currently teaches at the Stella K. Abraham Beit Midrash for Women of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion. He is a 1983 alumnus of Har Etzion.

References:

Reclaiming Redemption by Rabbi Moshe Taragin
Dark Clouds Above, Faith Below by Rabbi Moshe Taragin
“The Waste Land” by T. S. Eliot
Berakhot 5a
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