Episodes

June 17, 2025

The Desert Dead: Shela Lekha 5785

The JTS Commentary for Shelah Lekha by Dr. Raymond Scheindlin, Professor Emeritus of Medieval Hebrew Literature, JTS This commentary was originally broadcast in 2015. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
June 10, 2025

New Generation, Old Leaders: Beha'alotekha 5785

The JTS Commentary for Beha’alotekha by This commentary was originally broadcast in 2017. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
June 4, 2025

The Problem with Priests: Naso 5785

The JTS Commentary for Naso by Rabbi Daniel Nevins (RS), Former Pearl Resnick Dean of the Rabbinical School and the Division of Religious Leadership, JTS This commentary was originally broadcast in 2017. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
May 27, 2025

Counting as Spiritual Practice: Bemidbar/Shavuot 5785

The JTS Commentary for Bemidbar / Shavuot 5785 by Dr. Marcus Mordecai Schwartz, Ripps Schnitzer Librarian for Special Collections and Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
May 21, 2025

Grappling with Slavery: Behar-Behukkotai 5785

The JTS Commentary for Behar - Behukkotai by Dr. Marjorie Lehman, Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics and Area Chair of Rabbinic Literatures and Cultures, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
May 13, 2025

Who Belongs? Emor 5785

The JTS Commentary for Emor by Dr. Rachel Rosenthal (KGS), Director of External Affairs, Yeshivat Maharat This commentary was originally broadcast in 2018. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
May 6, 2025

Love Beyond Grudges: Aharei Mot-Kedoshim 5785

The JTS Commentary for Aharei Mot - Kedoshim by Jonah Guthartz, Emerging Leaders Fellow, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
April 30, 2025

The Torah's Prescription for Healing: Tazria - Metzora 5785

The JTS Commentary for Tazria - Metzora by Dr. Alan Cooper, Elaine Ravich Professor of Jewish Studies, JTS This commentary was originally broadcast in 2013. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
April 23, 2025

Six Takes on a Leader's Attributes: Shemini 5785

The JTS Commentary for Shemini by Dr. Walter Herzberg, Assistant Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Its Interpretation and Professional Pastoral Skills JTS This commentary was originally broadcast in 2018. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
April 15, 2025

The Bones We Carry: Peash VII 5785

The JTS Commentary for Pesach VII by Dr. Abigail Uhrman, Assistant Professor of Jewish Education, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
April 8, 2025

Can We Sanctify Incivility? Tzav-Shabbat Hagadol 5785

The JTS Commentary for Tzav / Shabbat Hagadol by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
April 1, 2025

Who is Liable? Vayikra 5785

The JTS Commentary for Vayikra by Dr. Alan Cooper, Elaine Ravich Professor of Jewish Studies, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
March 25, 2025

The Give and Take of Strength: Pekudei 5785

The JTS Commentary for Pekudei by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, Rabbi Judah Nadich Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS This commentary was originally broadcast in 2018. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
March 19, 2025

Sacred Gifts and the Holiness of Diversity: Vayak-hel 5785

The JTS Commentary for Vayak-hel by Rabbi Ayelet Cohen, Pearl Resnick Dean of the Rabbinical School and Dean of the Division of Religious Leadership, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
March 11, 2025

The Day is Short, but Our Story is Long: Ki Tissa 5785

The JTS Commentary for Ki Tissa by Dr. Yael Landman, Assistant Professor of Bible, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
March 4, 2025

Remembering Who We Are: Shabbat Zakhor 5785

The JTS Commentary for Tetzavveh / Shabbat Zakhor by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
Feb. 25, 2025

The Golden Crown of Parenting: Terumah 5785

The JTS Commentary for Terumah by Rabbi Lilly Kaufman (RS ’01, CS ’98) This commentary was originally broadcast in 2020. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
Feb. 19, 2025

Don’t Be the Terumah: Mishpatim 5785

The JTS Commentary for Mishpatim by Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay, Associate Dean of the Rabbinical School and Executive Director of the Hendel Center for Ethics and Justice, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
Feb. 11, 2025

The Confusion of Revelation: Yitro 5785

The JTS Commentary for Yitro by Dr. Barry Holtz, Theodore and Florence Baumritter Professor of Jewish Education, JTS This episode was originally broadcast in 2019. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
Feb. 4, 2025

Aggressor and Aggrieved: Beshallah 5785

The JTS Commentary for Beshallah by Dr. Phil Keisman, Director of Teen Education, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
Jan. 29, 2025

The Worst Possible Plague: Bo 5785

The JTS Commentary for Bo by Rebecca Galin, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
Jan. 22, 2025

Moses’s Lessons in Interfaith Dialogue: Va'era 5785

The JTS Commentary for Va'era by Claire Davidson Bruder, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS, and Sherouk Ahmed, Student, Bayan Islamic Graduate School at Chicago Theological Seminary In the first week of 2025, the Washington Theological Consortium hosted a weeklong interfaith dialogue program at the United Lutheran Seminary in Philadelphia. Third-year JTS rabbinical student and Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue program manager Claire Davidson Bruder participated in this program, al...
Jan. 14, 2025

A Turn for the Better: Shemot 5785

The JTS Commentary for Shemot by Rabbi Ariella Rosen (RS), Interim Lead Rabbi, Congregation B’nai Israel (Northampton, MA) Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5
Jan. 7, 2025

Angel or Avatar? Vayehi 5785

The JTS Commentary for Vayehi by Benjamin D. Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5