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The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Heroism Project Ep. 1 – Tov: The Gate – Quest for the GoodDiscover the 26 Paths of Jewish Heroism and what it means to be a hero in Rav Mike’s newest podcast series, The Jewish Heroism Project.
There are good things worth fighting for. But what is good? The first class of the Jewish Heroism Project introduces the Torah’s definition of heroism as mesirut nefesh l’man tov, going beyond limited self for the sake of good. It is a call to set out on the twenty-six paths of Jewish heroism, to uncover the heroic face of Torah and make it your own.
After the intro, tov is fram...
2024-01-2549 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Special: A 9 Days Conversation featuring Rabbi Aaron LeibowitzThe Jewish Story Special: A 9 Days Conversation featuring Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz
The Israeli Judicial Reform protests come the same week 18 years after the Gush Katif protests and 2,000 years after the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. What can we learn from Tisha B'Av and the Nine Days about modern Jewish and Israeli unity? Sometimes the echoes of history are so loud that they seem to drown out the present. This conversation with Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz, former Jerusalem City Council member, was recorded in Jerusalem at a Jewish unity tent with the sounds protesters...
2023-07-2528 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 6: The Final Episode of the Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 6
Episode 21 – The Final Episode of The Jewish Story
There is no way to give closure to six seasons of a story, but you have to try! Here is an interview with Rav Mike Feuer that looks back on the lessons of Jewish history and reflects on the challenges of today. It also announces tomorrow’s new project – so stay tuned for more amazing stories with the Jewish Heroism Project.
Credits: Rav Mike Feuer - Pardes Faculty
2023-07-1346 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 6: Temple Mount Part IVThe Jewish Story Season 6
Episode 20 – The Temple Mount Part IV
Was Ariel Sharon’s visit to the Temple Mount in 2000 the trigger for what the Arab community calls the Al Aqsa Intifada? Or was this a pre-planned assault orchestrated by the likes of Marwan Barghouti, Raed Salah of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel and even the Palestinian Authority?
In this final installment of the Temple Mount series, learn about the assassination attempt against Rabbi Yehudah Glick, the lynching of two Israelis in Ramallah, the rejection of Jewish history by PLO leade...
2023-06-2640 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 6: Temple Mount Part III – The Narrative WarThe Jewish Story Season 6
Episode 19 – The Temple Mount Part III – The Narrative War
Why is the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism a lighting rod for terrorist attacks and central to Israeli-Arab peace negotiations? Learn about how the Har HaBayit shifted from being acknowledged by Muslim leaders in the 1920s as a Jewish site to a complete denial by Yasir Arafat by the 1990s. The Oslo Accords, the Camp David Summit and reactions of President Bill Clinton. Plus, the history of the destruction of Jewish antiquities by the Muslim Waqf and the creation of the Templ...
2023-06-1345 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 6 – Future of American ZionismThe Jewish Story Season 6
Interlude - Future of American Zionism
Rav Mike Feuer speaks at Valley Beit Midrash in an event co-sponsored by Temple Chai entitled “Is There a Future for American Zionism? American Zionism in the Era of the Ethnic State.”
Credits: Rabbi Mike Feuer – Pardes Faculty
2023-05-301h 22
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 6 – Interview with Rabbi Shmuly YanklowitzThe Jewish Story Season 6
Interlude - Interview with Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz
Rav Mike Feuer interviews educator and activist Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz and discuss what it means to be both progressive and orthodox in the Jewish world, as well as his vision of the Jewish story, Israel and Zionism past present and future.
Credits: Rabbi Mike Feuer - Pardes Faculty
2023-05-1526 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story: The Crisis of Israeli SovereigntyThe Jewish Story Season 6
Interlude - The Crisis of Israeli Sovereignty
A live webinar on behalf of for Fuel For Truth: Israel Education & Advocacy Training, on “The Crisis of Israeli Sovereignty.” First Rav Mike lays out his innovative approach to three dimensions in which sovereignty is exercised – territorial, economic and cultural. Then in the question and answer he engages the judicial reform protests, the purpose of Israel, what it means to be a Jew in modern society and whether or not one can believe in both the Nakba and in the miracle of Israel’s founding.
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2023-04-0957 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 6: Constitution Now!The Jewish Story Season 6
Interlude - Constitution Now!
Rav Mike Feuer calls for a constructive alternative to the current mass protests against judicial reform being debated in Israel’s Knesset. Along the way he touches upon some historical context about Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, Supreme Court Justice Aharon Barak, Meir Kahane’s Kach party and what the Israeli Declaration of Independence actually says. On the way toward a new model of national covenant, the Jewish State needs to learn to speak to one another again, and that also requires understanding how the Disengagement from Gaza and d...
2023-03-2842 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 6: On ViolenceThe Jewish Story Season 6
Interlude - On Violence
In this episode we take a break from tracking the evolution of Israel’s separation wall to consider the deeper issues of violence on which it is built. Rav Yehuda Hakohen of the Vision Movement joins me for a conversation about Max Nordau, Zev Jabotinsky and Frantz Fanon. Along the way we consider issues of decolonization, settlement and the hope for a new Jewish consciousness that might soon emerge.
2022-11-2448 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 6: Electoral Dysfunction Part ILove learning Jewish history? Join Rav Mike Feuer for the Jewish Story Live!
The Jewish Story Season 6
Episode 2: Electoral Dysfunction Part I
Part I of an in-depth look at the historical sources of the present electoral issues facing Israel.
2022-09-1838 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 6 – Prologue: A New PerspectiveLove learning Jewish history? Join Rav Mike Feuer for the Jewish Story Live!
The Jewish Story Season 6
Episode 1: Prologue: A New Perspective
Season 6 of The Jewish Story has finally begun! Here is a prologue to help frame the chapter to come. In it I touch on the power of prophetic sight, the Biblical Book of Daniel and why in the Hebrew month of Elul we say that the King is in the field.
2022-09-1534 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 5: Conclusion – An End and a BeginningJoin Rav Mike Feuer for the Jewish Story Live!
The Jewish Story Season 5
Conclusion: An End and a Beginning
All things good things must come to an end, so here is the concluding episode of season 5. In it you will find an exploration of how to relate to the brokenness of the world, some thoughts on our present posture and even hints about what the future might hold. See you in the fall!
2022-09-0432 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 5: From Russia to Jerusalem – Interview with Dr. Zhenia FleisherJoin Rav Mike Feuer for the Jewish Story Live!
The Jewish Story Season 5
Interlude: From Russia to Jerusalem – Interview with Dr. Zhenia Fleisher
Dr. Zhenia Fleisher lived in all three of the 20th century’s major centers of Jewish life – USSR, Israel and the United States. Learn about her background as a Soviet Jewish refusenik, what life in Russia was life for a young Jewish woman, how she got to Israel in the post Six Day War era, her religious awakening in America and finally her return to Jerusalem. Tune in for her thoughts on pas...
2022-08-2842 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 5: 80s Conversation with Rabbi Yehuda HaKohenJoin Rav Mike Feuer for the Jewish Story Live!
The Jewish Story Season 5
Interlude: 80s Conversation with Rabbi Yehuda HaKohen
Rav Mike Feuer talks with Yehuda HaKohen of the Vision Movement about growing up as an American Jew in the 1980s. Yehuda describes the difference between the rough neighborhoods of New York City and the suburban Jewish experience. plus his eye-opening childhood visit to Soviet Russia. What role did polarizing figures such as Rabbi Meir Kahane and Jonathan Pollard have for US Jewry back then and is it the same today? From the personal...
2022-08-2143 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 5: Rabbi Meir Kahane and the Memory of the HolocaustJoin Rav Mike Feuer for the Jewish Story Live!
The Jewish Story Season 5
Episode 24: Rabbi Meir Kahane and the Memory of the Holocaust
American Jewry in the 1980s were as safe and comfortable as a Jewish community had ever been – and yet the shadow of the Holocaust still loomed large over their identity. Here is an exploration of how the political power and personal charisma of Rabbi Meir Kahane intersected with this fear – and had explosive results.
2022-08-1849 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 5: The Jonathan Pollard AffairDon't miss out on the Jewish Story Live with Rav Mike Feuer, starting August 28!
The Jewish Story Season 5
Episode 23: Soviet Jewry - The Jonathan Pollard Affair
The 1980s saw many seismic shifts in the fabric of American Jewish society, and among them was the earthquake of the Pollard affair. The 1985 arrest of the Navy analyst rocked the US/Israel relationship and accelerated the fragmenting of attitudes toward Israeli among Jews in the US. Whether you see Jonathan Pollard as a traitor or a prisoner of Zion, his story must be heard.
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2022-08-1638 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 5: Soviet Jewry – The End GameThe Jewish Story Season 5
Episode 22: Soviet Jewry - The End Game
The third and final episode in our series on Soviet Jewry in which Russian Jews are finally able to leave the Soviet Union. The 1980s saw a welding together of American Cold War policies and the struggle for Soviet Jewry in a dramatic fashion. Super power summits, Glasnost, the release of Russian refusenik Natan Sharansky and the Freedom Sunday demonstration all came together to achieve one purpose – let my people go
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2022-08-0343 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 5: American Jewry Circa 1984The Jewish Story Season 5
Episode 21: American Jewry Circa 1984
As we circle in toward the end of season five, it is time to check back in with American Jewry. The Eighties were a time of economic and social security for the Jews of the US, and the overall growth of their religious communities was boosted by a surprising source - the Kollel. It was a decade in which the assumption that Jews vote Democrat was first really challenged and in which the early rumblings of antisemitism in the public sphere could be felt once more.
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2022-07-2548 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 5: An Interview with Daniel GordisThe Jewish Story Season 5
Interlude: An Interview with Daniel Gordis
Menachem Begin has been part of our exploration of the Jewish Story since the uprising against the British back in 1944, and the Lebanon War was the last chapter in which he took an active role. In order to give a fitting wrap-up to such an important character, here is an interview with Dr. Daniel Gordis, author of the biography Menachem Begin: the battle for Israel's soul.
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2022-07-2447 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 5: The Lebanon War Part IVThe Jewish Story Season 5
Episode 19: The Lebanon War Part IV: Sabra and Shatila
The assassination of Phalangist leader Bashir Gemayel was an explosion that rocked the region, and the massacres at Sabra and Shatila which followed in its wake horrified the world. This episode touches on a rabbinic debate over the morality of war, and the political struggle over its consequences and sets the stage for a sea-change in Israeli society.
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2022-07-2140 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 5, An Interlude – Conversation on Violence with R’ Yehuda HaKohenThere are some conversations which Am Yisrael is just not having. As a follow up to some of the issues raised in the last few episodes Rav Mike is joined by R' Yehuda Hakohen of the Vision Movement for a conversation on power and violence in the State of Israel.
2022-07-1244 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 5: Empires Come, Empires GoMany people look at the world today and feel the foundations of American power shaking - and most are afraid. Here is an episode about empires, made in the spirit of Hanukkah. Rav Mike takes a look backward to seek wisdom for survival in imperial transitions Am Yisrael has weathered in the past, touches on the problems of the present, and even takes a glance forward to offer a taste of what might lie ahead.
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2022-07-0339 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 5: A Portrait of American JewryThe changing culture of American Jewry after the Yom Kippur War in Israel and the Vietnam War meant leaving old neighborhoods, a surge in Zionism and new developments in the Jewish community like the Havurah movement. We explore the publication of the First Jewish Catalog: A Do-It-Yourself Kit edited by Richard Siegel, and Michael and Sharon Strassfeld and the shift from left-wing liberal to neo-conservative in the writings of Commentary Magazine editor Norman Podhoretz. Plus, Rav Mike gets personal and talks about his own Jewish upbringing.
2022-06-2243 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 5: Jerusalem Day Interview with Aaron LeibowitzThe Jewish Story Season 5
Interlude: An Interview with Aaron Leibowitz
Jerusalem Day is a time when past and present come sharply together and have the potential to define our future. Social activist and former city councilor Rav Aaron Leibowitz joins me to discuss the potential of the holy city and this momentous day.
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2022-05-2945 min
The Jewish StoryThe 10th of Tevet: It is Not Too Late to ChangeThis episode was taken from the Jewish Story Season 4, Interlude The 10th of Tevet: It is Not Too Late to Change
Every fast day is an chance for cheshbon nefesh, for making an accounting of life and the world. The Tenth of Tevet offers an additional, unique opportunity - to think about imminent dangers. Here is an exploration of some of the challenges which our world faces and how this holy day can leave us better prepared to meet them.
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2021-12-1434 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Interlude: Yom Yerushalayim 5781The Jewish Story Season 4, Interlude Yom Yerushalayim - Here is a LIVE Yom Yerushalayim class given in honor of the 10th yartzeit of Fruma Raizel bat Genendel and Nehemia haKohen. It explores the relationship between Yom Ha'atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim, between self-actualization and inspiration, in order to provide insight and inspiration for these holy days.
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2021-05-0935 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Interlude: Yom Haatzmaut Interview (Yom Yerushalayim Special)The Jewish Story Season 3, Interlude Yom Haatzmaut Interview* - Here is an interview of Rav Mike Feuer by Rabbi Yonatan from the RRG Beit Midrash at Hebrew University (May 2020) in which we reflect on Israel Independence day from the historical and spiritual perspectives. If you want some insight into the potential depth of this day, and how the strange circumstances of this pandemic year actually offer us a unique opportunity, then tune in.
*This episode of the Jewish Story was first published in 2020 on Yom Haatzmaut but is being redistributed for Yom Yerushalayim 2021.
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2021-05-0949 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story – Six Day War part VII On the Seventh DayThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep33 Six Day War part VII On the Seventh Day
Just as surely as Shabbat follows the six days of the week, there was a day after the Six Day War. When the guns ceased and the discussion began, the framing of Israel's victory became the new battlefield. The final episode of the season traces the path to UN Resolution 242, and uncovers some of its roots as well.
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2021-04-1950 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story – Six Day War part VI The power of determinationThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep32 Six Day War part VI The power of determination
There are certain qualities which, when they manifest, define one's story -determination is one of them. Here is the story of the conquest of the Golan and the close of the war, events which will determine much of the chapters to come.
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2021-04-1940 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story – Six Day War part V – something miraculousThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep31 Six Day War part V - something miraculous
What do you see as the greatest miracles in Jewish History? In many ways, how you answer indicates your understanding of history altogether. This episode deals with the first three days of the war, including the return of Am Yisrael to Jerusalem - I leave it up to you to decide where the miracle lies.
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2021-04-1946 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story – Six Day War IV The waitingThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep30 Six Day War IV The waiting
Going into battle may take bravery, but waiting demands a certain type of courage as well. This episode lays out the final steps of the build up to war, known in Israeli history as "the waiting, and the tension which builds in these three weeks will soon explode into war.
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2021-04-1939 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story – Six Day War III – Israel dwells aloneThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep29 Six Day War III - Israel dwells alone
The countdown to war is progressing, and the pieces are almost all in place. As the pressure mounts, some of the fundamental flaws which lie at the heart of the Zionist project are exposed. The question which arises in this episode is - will Israel go it alone?
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2021-03-1443 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story – The Six Day War II – The point of no returnThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep28 Six Day War II - The point of no return
The causes of war may be many and the road to its outbreak long, but every conflict has a tipping point. In this episode, the noose seems to close around Israel. As Egypt's re-militarizes the Sinai and the UN forces evaporate, we seem to have reached the point of no return.
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2021-03-1434 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story – Six Day War I – beginnings near and farThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep27 Six Day War I - beginnings near and far
Who can say when historical events like the Six Day War actually began, and what were their causes? It is a daunting task, but not one which we can shirk, nonetheless. Here is the first episode in our lead-up to war - a look at a new personality, a battle and some broader context.
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2021-03-1442 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story – Eli Cohen, hero of IsraelThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep26 Eli Cohen, Hero of Israel
Historians may argue about whether one person can shift the course of history, but everyone agrees that a hero can change the world. Here is the story of Eli Cohen, hero of Israel.
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2021-03-1446 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story: Shifting identities in early IsraelThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep25 Shifting identities in early Israel
The present is always built on the ruins of the past, the only real question is - how do we integrate this reality into our identity? This episode looks at the beginning of a shift in Israeli identity in the early 60s, together with the emergence of a new national consciousness among the Arabs in Israel and abroad.
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2021-03-1447 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story: Levi Eshkol – a new face of leadershipThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep24 Levi Eshkol - a new face of leadership
Old politicians never die, they just fade away. The era of Ben Gurion ended in 1963 and it appeared that his replacement, Levi Eshkol, could not live up to his legacy. This episode introduces a new mode of leadership for the State of Israel, and is the first step on the road to telling the tale of the Six Day War.
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2021-03-1439 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story: Interlude Hanukah 5781 – Letting the light outRav Mike's annual shiur in honor of the yartzheit of his father, Charles M. Feuer, ob"m. Gratitude is one of the keys to happiness, especially in dark times. Join Rav Mike as he explores the connection between the Hanukah candles and our ability to give thanks, and helps us let the light out.
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2020-12-0946 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story: Special Interview with Yossi Klein HaLeviRav Mike Feuer hosts author and thought leader Yossi Klein Halevi. The conversation touches on his personal experience of Meir Kahane and the early struggle for Soviet Jewry, the challenges of writing, the power of Jerusalem to evoke dreams and much more. Tune in for an inspiring episode treating the impact of 1967 on past, present and future.
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2020-11-231h 00
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep23 Spirit of the Sixties part IV: The radical breakFor a few brief weeks, it looked like 1968 would be a revolution in America on par with 1967 in Israel. This episode explores the role of radical Jews in trying to push America toward the birth of a new society.
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2020-09-2239 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep22 Spirit of the 60s part III: the revolution starts tonightAt the Sixties progressed they became more intense. In particular, the tone of the civil rights movement shifted from integration to separation and from evolution to revolution. This episode will explore the impact of these shifts on the 'grand alliance' between Jews and African Americans. shedding light on both past and present.
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2020-09-0844 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep21: The Spirit of the 60’s Part II1964 was the Freedom Summer in America, and it saw a wave of white, Jewish volunteers leaving the comfort of their suburban existence to fight the battle against racism in the rural south. This episode explores the suburban cultural vacuum which many of them were fleeing and asks whether they went South as Jews, human beings or both.
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2020-08-3045 min
The Jewish StoryDownload the New Pardes Daily AppKickstart your Torah routine with Pardes Daily!
For the month of Elul, traditionally a time when Jews prepare for the upcoming new year, Pardes Daily will be offering three Rosh Hashanah themed daily learning tracks featuring beloved Pardes Faculty. After 10-20 minute podcasts a day, 5 days a week, for the four weeks of Elul you will complete one of the following areas of study:
* Mishnah Rosh Hashanah with Rav Rahel Berkovits
* Talmud with Rabbi Zvi Hirshfield (Chapters 3 & 4 of Tractate Rosh Hashanah)
* Tanakh/Bible with Rabbi Michael Hattin (Book of Jonah)
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2020-08-2400 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep20: The Spirit of the 60’s Part I: Pragmatism and ProphecyThe 1960s were a revolutionary period in American history, and since the Jews were so deeply involved it is a turning point in the Jewish Story as well. This episode begins our slow march toward 1967 with a look at how the twin spirits of prophecy and pragmatism moved Jewish leadership during the Civil Rights movement.
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2020-08-1040 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Interlude: Tisha B’Av 5780 and the DisengagementIsrael's disengagement from the Gaza Strip was fifteen years ago, but to me it feels like yesterday. In this interlude, author Daniella Levy joins me to discuss the fiction work which she wrote to engage this complex event. Along the way we speak about Tisha B'Av, what it means to be an immigrant and how one can tell a true story from multiple perspectives.
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2020-07-2839 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep19: The Samson OptionIn the first decade of the state, Prime Minister Ben Gurion was haunted by one thought - that a second holocaust could come at the hands of Israel's enemies. In order to stave off this fear he relentlessly pursued nuclear weapons. The question is whether this pushed destruction off or brought it closer?
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2020-07-1544 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep18: The Eichmann TrialThe Holocaust was so dark and vast that the Jews struggled to integrate it into their consciousness, despite the hundreds of thousands of survivors in their midst. One of the turning points in even addressing this issue was the capture and trial of Adolf Eichmann, the architect of the Final Solution. He was taken and tried, but was it for justice, vengeance or education?
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2020-06-3038 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep17: The Kastner affairThe memory of the Holocaust is dark and traumatic enough that it threatens to overwhelm even the light of the present. Here is the first part of an exploration of Holocaust memory in Israel's open decade, as seen through the lens of one of the darker stories of the early state - the Kastner affair.
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2020-06-1740 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3 Interlude: George Floyd and the Burden of HistoryFrom Rav Mike: I can't watch what is happening in silence, but nor am I willing to simply be a cheerleader for chaos. Here are some thoughts on structural violence and what can all learn from the murder of George Floyd.
We are social creatures who inherit society from our ancestors and bequeath it to our children. A posture of pursuing justice makes sure that enough of the inevitable debts built-in to society get paid that we can hand off a world better than that which we received.
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2020-06-0831 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep16: Israel at age tenLife offers so few opportunities to stop and reflect that we need to seize every chance. What better time to look back at the questions with which we began this season than in Israel's tenth year. Here is an episode which once again takes a look at questions which drive the three dimensions of the Jewish Story.
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2020-06-0339 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep15: Israel among the nations part III: Operation KadeshThe Sinai campaign was many things - a preemptive strike against Israel's enemies, the last gasp of colonialism in the Middle East and a complete failure of international law. This episode explores the 1956 war from all these angles.
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2020-05-2746 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep14: Israel among the nations part II: War Approaches 1955The clock is counting down toward the 1956 Sinai Campaign. Before we can tell that story the threads of the Cold War, infiltration and post-colonial politics have to come together.
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2020-05-2036 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep13: Israel among the nations part I The Lavon Affair 1954The 1950's were a formative time in Israeli history. The Cold War was getting hot, internal politics were volatile, and then it seemed as if the War of Independence had not quite ended. To Israel's leaders, there was nothing more important than maintaining a strong posture, even though this may have meant that they were marching steadily toward another war.
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2020-04-2749 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep12: The Reparations ControversyThe focus of our story has returned to the land of Israel, where it is once again a time of controversy. Despite the population growth, the economic hardships and the security challenges, the most divisive political issue of the early 1950's was whether to accept reparations from the reborn German state. Here is an exploration of whether pragmatic survival or idealism should be the guiding lights of the first Jewish government in two thousand years.
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2020-04-2045 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3: Covid-19 Special InterludeSometimes you have to speak from the heart. Here are a few thoughts, feelings, about our current situation. There is a tremendous potential in every crisis, the question is - can we see beyond the horizon?
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2020-03-3041 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3 Purim Interlude: Own Your StoryThe Jewish Story is narrative therapy for a nation, but how can it also serve each of us in our quest to be actors in our lives instead of objects? Listen in to this great Purim Torah, an exploration of what the conversation between Mordecai and Esther can teach us about owning our own story.
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2020-03-0834 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep11: 1945-55 part III The reorganization of American ZionismWe spoke about the suburbs and the shadows, now it is time to talk about Zionism. The 'Golden decade' was a time of reorganization in general, and particularly in relation to the newborn State of Israel. Here is an episode whose characters will seem strikingly familiar today - non-Zionists, Zionists and anti-Zionists.
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2020-02-2642 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep10: 1945-55 part II Shadows on the GoldenThe decade after World War Two was a Jewish decade for America. Not only did the Jews achieve the suburban dream, but their culture stepped right into the middle of the American mainstream. Nonetheless, there were two things which dimmed this Golden Decade - the Red Scare and the shadow of the Shoah.
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2020-02-1142 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep9: 1945-55 part I Did the Jews turn white?1945 to 1955 is known as the 'Golden Decade' of American Jewry. Here is the first of three episodes which aims to fill in the Jewish Story on the western side of the Atlantic. The question for today is - did the move to suburbia make the Jews white? Help continue making Jewish history a relevant story with Rav Mike by supporting him on patreon. For more information visit elmad.pardes.org/ravmike.
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2020-02-0442 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep8: 70 years of constitutional crisis part IIIn part two of this exploration of Israel's seventy year constitutional crisis we take a look at the revolution of 1992 and how it contributed to today's battles. As a special bonus I included a little bird walk along the lines of the Torah's commandment for a king. Help continue making Jewish history a relevant story with Rav Mike by supporting him on patreon. For more information visit elmad.pardes.org/ravmike.
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2020-01-1349 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep7: 70 years of constitutional crisis part IIf I asked you whether Israel has a constitution are you sure that you would know the answer? This episode is the first half of answering the question by delving into the history of Israel's 1949 Constituent Assembly. Help continue making Jewish history a relevant story with Rav Mike by supporting him on patreon. For more information visit elmad.pardes.org/ravmike.
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2019-12-2943 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Interlude Hanukah – Releasing the Light WithinHere is a live interlude from Rav Mike - his annual class in memory of his father, Charles Feuer ob'm. It is an exploration of the Hanukah light as it has been gradually released through the challenges of history, theology and personal experience.
You can view the recording of this lecture on Rav Mike's Youtube Channel or below:
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2019-12-2251 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep6: The Limits of RetaliationEvery value has a boundary and every state a border, which means that often we have to fight to maintain them. Here is the story of Israel's struggle against infiltration in the 1950's and the moral complexity of retaliatory raids. Not an episode for the faint of heart. Help continue making Jewish history a relevant story with Rav Mike by supporting him on patreon. For more information visit elmad.pardes.org/ravmike.
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2019-12-1546 min
The Jewish StoryJewish Story Live 5780: The Bet YosefIn the middle of the 16th century the town of Tzefat became a new center of Jewish life. This class introduces one side of that renewal though the story of R' Yosef Karo, author of the Shulchan Aruch and the Bet Yosef.
This lecture is part of the 5780 Pardes Community Education Fall session, October 28, 2019 - January 2, 2020.
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2019-12-091h 22
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3 Interlude: Government, a Crisis of FaithSpecial Edition Q&A session with Rav Mike on Democracy in America and Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu and President Donald Trump, and what the future holds for Jews.
No matter where you turn, it seems that democracy is in crisis. Here is an interview with Rav Mike which touches on the global situation as well as what is happening in the state of Israel. The question at hand is - whither democracy? Help continue making Jewish history a relevant story with Rav Mike by supporting him on patreon. For more information visit elmad.pardes.org/ravmike.
2019-11-2834 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep5: 1949 Boundary IssuesIn 1949 Israel was in the dangerous position of winning the battle and losing the war. Though ceasefire agreements were in place, peace remained elusive. This episode opens an examination of the questions of international legitimacy, national cohesion and border conflicts which characterize the state even today. Help continue making Jewish history a relevant story with Rav Mike by supporting him on patreon. For more information visit elmad.pardes.org/ravmike.
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2019-11-1743 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep4: Sink or Swim – mass immigration and the in-gathering part IIThere are times in the history of peoples and nations when the decisions made shape the future. The three years after Israel's foundation saw its population double through immigration, the way in which the immigrants were received set the mode for many years to come. Help continue making Jewish history a relevant story with Rav Mike by supporting him on patreon. For more information visit elmad.pardes.org/ravmike.
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2019-11-0340 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep3: Mass Immigration and Ingathering the Exiles – part IIn the first two years after Israel's independence the Jewish population doubled. Such massive immigration put an almost fatal stress on the resources and social fabric of the young state. Before we can discuss the practical implications we need to consider the meaning of kibutz galuyot - the in-gathering of the exiles. Help continue making Jewish history a relevant story with Rav Mike by supporting him on patreon. For more information visit elmad.pardes.org/ravmike.
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2019-10-2243 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3 Yom Kippur Interlude: 5780 A New HorizonThe High Holy Days are also know as the Days of Awe which can be awesome, or awful. Here is a look at how to tie the work of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot together into an approach to building a world whose horizon is big enough to hold our dreams. Help continue making Jewish history a relevant story with Rav Mike by supporting him on patreon. For more information visit elmad.pardes.org/ravmike.
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2019-10-0734 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep2: The Evolution of American Zionism, part IIPart I of the evolution of American Zionism presented America as an environment of formation for American Zionism, part two adds the other element of evolution - competition. The struggles between American Zionists and first the European Zionist leadership and then the heads of the new State of Israel still define our political landscape today. Help continue making Jewish history a relevant story with Rav Mike by supporting him on patreon. For more information visit elmad.pardes.org/ravmike.
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2019-10-0643 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep1: The Evolution of American Zionism, part IThe Jewish Story Season 3 is here!
Season 3, episode 1, opens with a long awaited introduction to the American chapter of the Jewish Story. This first segment traces the back story of the three waves of Jewish immigration to American and explores the tension between assimilation and ethnic solidarity. Help continue making Jewish history a relevant story with Rav Mike by supporting him on patreon. For more information visit elmad.pardes.org/ravmike.
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2019-09-1640 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 40: Made in 1948 – Three historic decisions that shaped the birth of modern-day IsraelDeclaring a state is a matter of moments, but birthing it can be a much more prolonged process. The last episode in season two is a look at a series of decisions taken by Ben Gurion in the months following independence and how they still shape the State of Israel today. The story of the borders, the Arab refugees and the Altalena raise more questions than they answer, but that is just an invitation to stay tuned for season 3!
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2019-07-291h 09
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 39: Pre-Independence 1948 – The Battle for the Roads and the birth of Narrative War1948 was a year of Biblical proportions, which means the stories told about what happened often have more power than the events themselves. This is part one of a two-part treatment of this momentous time with which we will close season two. Listen in for the civil war which precedes the War of Independence and the origins of the narrative conflict we are still fighting today.
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2019-07-1455 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 38: The Fight for Liberation Which Preceded FreedomBefore a person or a people can enjoy true freedom, first they must break t heir chains. This is the story of how the underground war finally broke the back of the British occupation and how the United Nations stepped in to pick up the pieces.
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2019-06-3055 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 37: Survivalist Zionism – How the Zionist Struggle Looked After the HolocaustOnce World War Two ended all the promises of the allies were put to test - would they find a solution to the Jewish problem now that the war was won? This episode describes the escalation of the struggle against the British in the land of Israel in the wake of the greatest disaster the Jewish people have ever suffered.
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2019-06-191h 01
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 36: The Revolt Against British Rule and the Struggle Within the UndergroundAs European Jewry was consumed by the Shoah, the Zionists in the land of Israel gradually came to see the British blocking the gates of Israel as their main enemy. The episode explores the split between the Irgun and the Lechi, the rise of Menachem Begin as a leader and the internecine war which almost doomed their struggle.
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2019-06-0600 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Interlude: What is a Jew?It is time to move away from the divisive question of who is a Jew to ask something more essential - what is a Jew? The first half of this episode offers Rav Mike's thoughts on the subject. The second half is a conversation on the same with R' Aaron Leibowitz, social activist and head of the Chuppot initiative offering marriage to Israelis outside of the aegis of the state rabbinate.
2019-03-261h 09
Jewish Heroism ProjectTJS S2 Interlude: Who is Rabbi Mike Feuer and why is he telling the Jewish story?Every story has a teller, and a good listener knows that you can't really separate the two. In this podcast, Rav Mike sits down with his old friend and founder of Aleph Male, Eitan Ben Avraham, and answers Eitan's curious questions about Mike's childhood, formative years, how Mike ended up living in Israel becoming a rabbi and why he is on a mission to tell the Jewish Story. Support the Jewish Story at - https://www.patreon.com/mfeuer
2019-01-101h 00
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 2 Episode 7: The Lion’s RoarThe Golden Age of Tzefat had more to it than the writing of authoritative legal texts. There was also a flowering of kabbalistic thought which returned the experience of the Divine to its central place in the culture of Am Yisrael. And the most powerful master of this esoteric wisdom was certainly R’ Yitzchak Luria – the Holy Ari z”l. Listen now to the latest installment of The Jewish Story by Rav Mike Feuer.
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2018-04-2347 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 2: Special for Yom Ha’Atzmaut – Seventy Faces of the NationThe history of Zionism can be seen as a long conversation about what it means to be a nation. In honor of the State of Israel's 70th birthday, Rabbi Mike Feuer gives an overview of the meaning of the word Am, and makes a call to continue the conversation.
Deepen your relationship with Israel as a People and take a journey through the most remarkable, majestic and dramatic history of any people in human history with The Jewish Story. Click here for more episodes in the series.
2018-04-1743 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story: Independence DayThe national existence of the Jewish people revolves around the question - what is an Am. In this special Independence Day episode, Rav Mike takes a look at the history and theology behind Jewish national embodiment.
Deepen your relationship with Israel as a People and take a journey through the most remarkable, majestic and dramatic history of any people in human history with The Jewish Story. Click here for more episodes in the series.
2017-12-2834 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story: Jerusalem DayThe Sages teach that Jerusalem has seventy names. Rav Mike speaks a bit about how these names hold our relationship with the city over time, in honor of the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification.
Deepen your relationship with Israel as a People and take a journey through the most remarkable, majestic and dramatic history of any people in human history with The Jewish Story. Click here for more episodes in the series.
2017-12-2837 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story: Episode 29: Epilogue Season 1The Expulsion from Spain marks a turning point in Jewish history. In addition to a national trauma which evokes the memory of the Temple's destruction, it challenges the model of identity which has served the Jews for nearly 2000 years. In this epilogue, Rav Mike takes a look back at where we have been in order to raise some thoughts about where we are headed. Stay tuned for season two!
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2017-11-3038 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 27: The Converso ProblemThe forced conversion of tens of thousands of Jews may have seemed like a great victory for Christianity, but in reality these conversos were a ticking bomb in the heart of Christian culture. In this episode Rav Mike Feuer speaks about the lead up to the great expulsion - the last great Christian/Jewish debate of the Middle Ages, the first historical appearance of racial Jew hatred and the civil war threatening to tear apart the Iberian Peninsula.
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2017-11-0536 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 24: Into the MysticIn the thirteenth centuries the stories of Ashkenaz and Spain begin to draw together. This is the great age of Christian expansion, which brings on book burning and religious disputation. It is also the age in which the kabbalah emerges as an answer to the challenge of evil. Listen now to this latest episode of The Jewish Story by Rabbi Mike Feuer.
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2017-09-2442 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 17 — Rav Saadia GaonThere is a debate whether great individuals shape history or history shapes them, but there is no argument about the role which R' Saadia Gaon played in shaping the Jewish Middle Ages. A mastery of poetry, polemics, Bible and language R' Saadia revolutionized Jewish literature. Nevertheless. his quest to reconcile reason and revelation sowed the seeds of conflict to come.
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2017-06-1841 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 14 — Fixing the ConversationIdentity is always a battle. In this episode Rabbi Mike Feuer explores the struggle between Christianity and Judaism in late antiquity, as well the inner struggle of Am Yisrael to preserve its unique voice in the text of the gemara. These two together will fix the topic of our conversation for some time to come.
Deepen your relationship with Israel as a People and take a journey through the most remarkable, majestic and dramatic history of any people in human history with The Jewish Story. Click here for more episodes in the series.
2017-05-0747 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 13 — Rivers of BabylonIt is the end of an era. In this episode Rabbi Mike Feuer explores rabbinic chronology, textual evolution and socio-political context in order to illustrate the shift between the time of the Tanaim and the time of the Amoraim.
Deepen your relationship with Israel as a People and take a journey through the most remarkable, majestic and dramatic history of any people in human history with The Jewish Story. Click here for more episodes in the series.
2017-04-2043 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 12 — The Portable HomelandR' Yehudah HaNasi redacted the Mishna but he inherited its form and content from R' Akiva. In this episode, Rabbi Mike Feuer explores the nature of the mishna and traces its development in the hands of R' Akiva's students.
Deepen your relationship with Israel as a People and take a journey through the most remarkable, majestic and dramatic history of any people in human history with The Jewish Story. Click here for more episodes in the series.
2017-04-0241 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 11 — The Indigestible ElementThe ruins of the Temple were still smoldering when Judea burst into the flames of rebellion once again. In this episode Rabbi Mike Feuer discusses the final two rounds of the Roman Jewish wars. Filled with brutal bloodshed and failed messiahs, this is the time period which convinced Rome that the Jews were the indigestible element of their Empire.
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2017-03-2143 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 10 — Through the FlamesIn this episode, Rabbi Mike Feuer describes the destruction of Jerusalem from without and from within. In order to do so he compares the perspectives of the great Jewish historian Josephus and the leading Sage R' Yochanan ben Zakkai. In the end it is clear that the real question is not how was Jerusalem destroyed, but rather - why?
2017-03-0541 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 9: The Eve of the DestructionIn this week's installment, Rabbi Mike Feuer focuses on the eve of the destruction. As the national vessel begins to fray at the seams and the Temple's burning looms, the cultural battle within the text of the Torah erupts. When the smoke clears from the destruction it will be the divergent understandings of God's will as embodied in the text which will serve as the foundation of the future. But for now the battle rages.
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2017-02-2150 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story: Episode 8 Hillel Prince of the TorahIn this episode of The Jewish Story, Rabbi Mike Feuer discusses the persona of Hillel the Elder. Hillel was named Nasi, prince, at the same time as Herod was king. In addition, Jesus of Nazareth was born in his lifetime. Together, these three represent competing models of the kingdom of God, and they and their followers will live out a struggle over who will be king.
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2017-02-0642 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 7: Herod – Two Faces of KingshipHerod the Wicked or Herod the Great? In this episode Rabbi Mike Feuer talks about Herod's kingdom, the final phase of Judea preceding the destruction of the Second Temple. Herod's complex personality matched the fragmented nature of his kingdom, but the state he built was strong enough to hold off the disaster to come.
Deepen your relationship with Israel as a People and take a journey through the most remarkable, majestic and dramatic history of any people in human history with The Jewish Story. Click here for more episodes in the series.
2017-01-2238 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 6: The Hasmonean KingdomIn this week's episode of The Jewish Story, Rabbi Mike Feuer discusses the rise and fall of the Hasmonean dynasty, from a kingdom of priests to Hellenestic king. Also hear how Judean society began to tear along lines which will define things for some time to come.
Deepen your relationship with Israel as a People and take a journey through the most remarkable, majestic and dramatic history of any people in human history with The Jewish Story. Click here for more episodes in the series.
2017-01-0843 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 5: The Hanukah RevoltIn this episode of The Jewish Story, Rabbi Mike Feuer describes the rise of Hellenistic Judaism as the background for the Hanukah story. Judah and his brothers rose in revolt because they understood that identity is a matter of life and death.
Deepen your relationship with Israel as a People and take a journey through the most remarkable, majestic and dramatic history of any people in human history with The Jewish Story. Click here for more episodes in the series.
2016-12-2252 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 3: The Men of the Great Assembly – What Made Them GreatIn episode 3 of The Jewish Story, Rabbi Mike Feuer focuses on The Men of the Great Assembly, who lie on the other side of the Persian period from Daniel. They will begin to lay the foundations of Judaism as we know it, but what makes them so great?
Deepen your relationship with Israel as a People and take a journey through the most remarkable, majestic and dramatic history of any people in human history with The Jewish Story. Click here for more episodes in the series.
2016-11-2444 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 2: Ezra and NechemiaIn Episode 2 of The Jewish Story, Rabbi Mike Feuer explores the walls built by Ezra and Nechemia, and the nature of the identity which emerged.
Deepen your relationship with Israel as a People and take a journey through the most remarkable, majestic and dramatic history of any people in human history with The Jewish Story. Click here for more episodes in the series.
2016-11-1041 min
The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 1: DanielThe opening episode of the Jewish Story! Rabbi Mike Feuer touches his perspective on history and then tells the story of Daniel as the link between the age of prophecy and the age of wisdom.
Deepen your relationship with Israel as a People and take a journey through the most remarkable, majestic and dramatic history of any people in human history with The Jewish Story.
2016-10-2041 min