Shows
Truths - Jewish Wisdom for TodayThe End of Certainty: A New Jewish Theology – A Conversation with Yehudah Ber ZirkindIn this episode of Truths: Jewish Wisdom for Today—part of the Seeking Ecstasy season—Rabbi Dr. Levi Brackman visits Jerusalem to sit down with Yehuda Ber Zirkind for their second full-length conversation. After their first discussion in New Haven sparked passionate debate, they explored:What “Jewish theology” really is: A living dialogue about God, tradition, and community rather than a fixed creed.The possibility of knowing the Divine: Wrestling with doubt, agnosticism, and the nature of spiritual “knowledge.”Personal versus collective faith: How individual experiences and Jewish peoplehood shape one’s spiritual journey.2025-05-281h 21Truths - Jewish Wisdom for TodayDefying the Divine: The Stories of the Makoshesh and Makalel - Shlach with Yehuda Ber ZirkindIn this episode of "Truths, Jewish Wisdom for Today," host Rabbi Dr. Levi Brackman and guest Rabbi Yehudah Ber Zerkind discuss the Torah portion of Shlach, focusing on the story of the man gathering sticks on Shabbos (the Makoshesh). This story is juxtaposed with another incident from the portion of Emor in Leviticus, where a man curses God and is similarly punished by stoning. They explore why these stories appear where they do in the text and the broader implications.Key points discussed include:The juxtaposition of Stories: Both stories are placed amid other...2024-06-2831 minTruths - Jewish Wisdom for TodayReinterpreting Our Judaism - A Conversation on Faith and Identity w/ Yehuda ZirkindIn this episode of "Truths, Jewish Wisdom for Today," host Rabbi Dr Levi Brackman engages in an in-depth and candid conversation with Rabbi Yehudah DovBer Zirkind, a learned scholar deeply rooted in both traditional and critical Jewish studies. The episode, lasting over two hours, explores Zirkind's unique perspective, influenced by his lineage as a direct descendant of the founder of the Chabad movement, the Alter Rebbe. Zirkind shares his personal religious journey, including his upbringing in Crown Heights, teaching experiences, and his eventual move to Israel.During their discussion, Brackman and Zirkind delve into the complexities of...2024-06-212h 16
New Books in Jewish StudiesOn Chaim Grade’s "The Yeshiva"Chaim Grade’s novel, Tsemakh Atlas: Der Yeshivah, was originally published in Yiddish in the late 1960s. Considered a landmark of modern Yiddish literature, the novel now known as The Yeshiva, captures the inner life of the pre-Holocaust Lithuanian yeshiva tradition, with protagonists who are steeped in the pietistic Musar movement and tormented by religious doubt. Yehudah DovBer Zirkind is a research fellow at the Herzog Institute for the Study of Hasidism and a graduate student of Yiddish literature at Tel Aviv University.Schneur Zalman Newfield is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Borough of Manhattan Community Coll...2023-03-051h 01
New Books in Literary StudiesOn Chaim Grade’s "The Yeshiva"Chaim Grade’s novel, Tsemakh Atlas: Der Yeshivah, was originally published in Yiddish in the late 1960s. Considered a landmark of modern Yiddish literature, the novel now known as The Yeshiva, captures the inner life of the pre-Holocaust Lithuanian yeshiva tradition, with protagonists who are steeped in the pietistic Musar movement and tormented by religious doubt. Yehudah DovBer Zirkind is a research fellow at the Herzog Institute for the Study of Hasidism and a graduate student of Yiddish literature at Tel Aviv University.Schneur Zalman Newfield is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Borough of Manhattan Community Coll...2023-03-051h 01
Seekers of UnityFrom Truth to Meaning | Yehudah DovBer Zirkind talks with SoUJoin us for a conversation with Yehudah DovBer Zirkind about Paradigm Shifts in Religion, from Truth to Meaning and Existential approaches to Religion. Yehudah DovBer shares openly and honestly about his religious journey into post-Orthodoxy, from fundamentalism to universalism modernism and post-modernism and reconstructing the shattered pieces in between.2021-03-191h 00
Jiddisch far alleYehudah och apan i mittenPå sitt mameloshn jiddisch kan Yehudah DovBer Zirkind både leva ut sin jiddischkeit, sitt judiska jag, och sitt jag som sekulär akademiker. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Yehudah DovBer Zirkind är uppvuxen i den ortodoxa chassidiska Chabad Lubavitch-rörelsen i New York. När han som 21-åring insåg att han inte ville bli rabbin, sökte han sig istället till sitt modersmål jiddisch. Hebreiska var för honom Torahns och religionens språk, engelska det världsliga och vardagliga. Jiddisch betraktar han som ”apan i mitten”. På sitt mameloshn j...2019-12-0609 min
Extra Sauce with Chaim Kohn11. A Journey of Roots & Wings: Part 1 - Conversation with Yehudah DovBer ZirkindYehudah DovBer Zirkind is a spiritual seeker and an academic of the first order. I sat down with him for an impromptu conversation about many issues related to his growing up and journey within the Chabad Chassidic community and the Yeshiva system.Yehudah DovBer Zirkind grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York and studied at various Chabad Yeshivos around the world before making Aliya in 2006. He is currently a senior research fellow at David Cardozo Academy in Jerusalem. In addition, he is a researcher, writer and lecturer on a wide range of topics in the field...2019-11-051h 33
Extra Sauce with Chaim Kohn12. A Journey of Roots & Wings: Part 2 - Conversation with Yehudah DovBer Zirkind (Part 2)Yehudah DovBer Zirkind is a spiritual seeker and an academic of the first order. I sat down with him for an impromptu conversation about many issues related to his growing up and journey within the Chabad Chassidic community and the Yeshiva system.Yehudah DovBer Zirkind grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York and studied at various Chabad Yeshivos around the world before making Aliya in 2006. He is currently a senior research fellow at David Cardozo Academy in Jerusalem. In addition, he is a researcher, writer and lecturer on a wide range of topics in the field...2019-11-051h 31