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Search for Daas

by Tyler Godoff

Search for Daas calls on great minds from the Jewish tradition to unlock meaningful lessons, explore challenging ideas and reveal personal journeys.

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Episodes

  1. Ben Marchette - CEO of an organization transforming how at-risk youth are educated and supported

    Meet Ben Marchette, CEO of ImpactIsrael. Ben has dedicated his career to leading organizations that support the civic foundations of Israel. As CEO of ImpactIsrael, Ben mobilizes American supporters to support Yemin Orde Youth Village and Village Way Educational Initiatives. Yemin Orde Youth...

  2. Judge Roy K. Altman - Federal judge on standing up for the Jewish people and Western civilization

    Meet Judge Roy K. Altman, a U.S. District Court judge in the Southern District of Florida. Judge Altman was born in Caracas, Venezuela and immigrated with his family to Miami. After growing up in Miami, he graduated from Columbia University where he quarterbacked the football team and pitched on...

  3. Ran Bar-Yoshafat - IDF special forces reservist on what is at stake

    Meet Ran Bar-Yoshafat, the deputy director of the Kohelet Policy Forum and an IDF special forces reservist. I reached out to Ran after learning about his experience speaking at UC Berkeley. On February 26, Ran was scheduled to speak on campus about his experience fighting in Gaza and the role of...

  4. Dani Menkin - Filmmaker on the Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis

    Meet Dani Menkin, an American-Israeli film producer who lives in LA in the process of creating a documentary about the synagogue hostage crisis that took place in North Texas in 2022. Dani has won over 30 awards for his films including an Israeli Academy Award for '39 Pounds of Love' and 'Is That...

  5. David Bernstein - Liberal who identified the flaws of progressive ideology

    Meet David Bernstein, the founder and CEO of the Jewish Institute for Liberal Values (JILV). JILV helps Jewish organizations and individuals hold constructive conversations about critical social justice. David is the past President and CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and former...

  6. David Magerman - Penn donor who chose to break up with his alma mater

    Meet David Magerman, a native of South Miami who went on to earn a B.S. from UPenn and a PhD in computer science from Stanford. David is an investor and a philanthropist. In terms of investing, he spent 22 years working at the quantitative hedge fund, Renaissance Technologies, which is one of the...

  7. Nate Leipciger - Holocaust survivor on the Shoah and Hamas’ attack on Israel

    Meet Nate Leipciger, a 95 year old Holocaust survivor who lives in Toronto. Nate was born in Poland in 1928 and when he was 15 years old, he entered Auschwitz. Nate is one of the 11% of European Jewish children under sixteen who lived to see the end of WWII. This number drops to only 1% when you...

  8. Abe Baker-Butler - 10/7 as a Jew on Yale's campus

    Before I introduce our guest, I want to honor all those in Israel who were taken from us on 10/7. The atrocities Hamas brought on Israel, the Jewish people and many foreign nationals on 10/7 must be acknowledged for what they were: an insult to humanity. This attack, designed to eliminate Israel...

  9. Jesse Appell - Trials and tribulations bringing stand-up comedy to China

    Meet Jesse Appell, an American performing Chinese language stand-up in China. Jesse grew up in Boston and is a graduate of Brandeis University. His Fulbright Scholarship brought him to Beijing where he studied a type of comedy called Xiang Sheng, which became famous during the Qing Dynasty.…

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  10. David Harris - Master class on advocacy and diplomacy

    Meet David Harris, the leader at the helm of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) for 32 years. AJC was established in 1906 making it one of the oldest Jewish advocacy organizations in the world, and as you will learn in this episode, David’s leadership was pivotal in strengthening AJC and its...

  11. Rabbi Simon Jacobson - Artificial intelligence, community and the soul

    Meet Rabbi Simon Jacobson, a rabbi with a vast reach. On YouTube he has over 15 million views and his book, Toward a Meaningful Life, has sold over 400,000 copies. Rabbi Jacobson grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn in a home he describes as "full of ideas." Beginning in 1979, Rabbi Jacobson headed…

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  12. Rabbi Mendy Schochet - What is Daas?

    Explore the concept of Daas with Rabbi Mendy Schochet.

  13. Rabbi Dr. Abadie - Return of Judaism to the Arab world

    Meet Rabbi Dr. Abadie and learn about his journey from being expelled from Lebanon to being invited by the United Arab Emirates to serve as the Senior Rabbi of the Jewish Council of the Emirates. Along the way, learn about the immense changes taking place in the Arab world as a result of the...

  14. Ada Taggar-Cohen - The professor who brought Jewish studies to Japan

    Meet the professor who brought Jewish studies to Japan. For over two decades, Professor Taggar-Cohen has been educating thousands of students at Doshisha University in Kyoto on everything from the Talmud to Tel Aviv. -- This episode's reverse ad features Jesse's Teahouse. Please visit...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Search for Daas calls on great minds from the Jewish tradition to unlock meaningful lessons, explore challenging ideas and reveal personal journeys.

HOSTED BY

Tyler Godoff

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