In 2020, many prominent rabbis died. Who will take their place? Will the nature of leadership change in the coming years?With the recent political maneuvers to bring "Otzma Yehudit" into religious Zionist political parties, alongside the embra

Episode 4 - SCOTUS Decision, Conspiracy Theories, and Vaccines

Dec 4th, 2020 46m 6s

Episode Description: With recent developments in the pandemic and election, we have seen important developments that bear on the Orthodox community. What were the positive and negative impacts of the SCOTUS decision, or was it a moot issue? H

Episode 3 - Covid, the Haredi Community, and the Future of Jewish Unity

Oct 20th, 2020 44m 47s

Against the backdrop of the recent uptick in Coronavirus cases, both in the US (especially the NY area) and Israel, alongside political fighting and even some rioting in recent weeks, we will consider some aspects of Jewish identity as they hav

Episode 2 - High Holidays and Covid-19 & differences in precautions among Orthodox communities

Sep 8th, 2020 47m 59s

For our second episode, we discuss the challenges that communities will face this High Holiday season, what the long-term effects may be of those changes, as well as the differences in how various frum communities view the pandemic and take pre

Episode 1 - Communal Affiliation Post-COVID and Trumpism in the Orthodox Community

Aug 25th, 2020 46m 2s

For our first episode, we discuss trends that schools, Shuls, and communities are facing in the shadow of COVID, as well as the increasing adoption of Trumpism as a political orthodoxy of much of Orthodox Judaism. The Hock - Shlomo Brody - Avi

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