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RZ חדשי — 158 episodes

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1

Elul Habits and Customs

2

Mind the Gap! Israel and Chutz LaAretz: Connecting in Challenging Times

3

The Chief Rabbinate: Still Relevant?

4

The Religious Implications of October 7th

5

Am Levadad - A Blessing or a Curse?

6

Summer Round Robin

7

Orthodox Kids on the Secular College Campus

8

Leil Shimurim 5784 - Reacting to the Iranian Attack

9

HaRav Tamir Granot: The Pride of Serving in the IDF

10

Dealing with our (strong) feelings about the Chareidi Community

11

A Growing Rift?

12

The Mother of the Soldier inside Gaza

13

Defining Gevurah

14

Shattered Paradigms

15

Coping with Loss and War

16

Unpacking the Unthinkable

17

Contemplating Kohelet

18

RZ Soapbox and Playlist

19

The End of Innocence?

20

Toning it Down

21

2023 Summer Culture Edition

22

Dangers and Delights of Digital Torah

23

Am Levadad with Rabbi Alan Haber

24

Religious Zionism and the Israel Protests

25

Remembering the Rav

26

Why Yoni Can't Read: An Interview with Simi Peters

27

Innocents Abroad: Johnny Discovers America

28

Judicial Reform in Israel: Quit Pushing Your Agenda!

29

Rav Drukman and his Legacy

30

What's Ailing Modern Orthodoxy?

31

Bridging the Divide with Rabbi Yitzchak Blau

32

The Legacy of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

33

Israel Election Edition

34

Pondering Post-Modernism - Fixed Audio Version

35

Pondering Post-Modernism

36

5782 Final Reflections

37

Is Monarchy Meaningful?

38

Thinking about Elul

39

Should Jews Visit Har Habayit?

40

Waking our Teens to Daven?

41

Halachah and Mental Health: An Interview with Rav Yoni Rosensweig

42

Searching for God in Modern Orthodoxy

43

Religious Zionism and Messianism

44

Crossing Red Lines at 929

45

The Passing of a Gadol

46

Women's Gemara in Decline?

47

The Rav Melamed Controversy

48

Shlichut in Chutz La'aretz

49

Tik Tok, Torah and the Modern Orthodox Community

50

Dara Horn, Dead Jews and Anti-Semitism

51

The Power of Daily Torah Study

52

Chaim Walder, our Families and our Communities

53

What Motivates Matan Kahana?

54

Special Status for Diaspora Jews?

55

The Meaning of Chanukah

56

Honest Talk about Aliyah

57

Does the Religious Community Care about the Environment?

58

Shabbat Subway? The Tel Aviv Metro Controversy

59

RZ Weekly Unplugged: Why we Pod

60

Rabbis (and teachers): Expecting the Impossible?

61

Rabbis (and teachers): Expecting the Impossible? (fixed file link)

62

Shemittah: Challenges and Opportunities

63

Dinei Nefashot

64

A Religious Prime Minister: Should we Care?

65

Talking Teshuvah

66

Selichot, Update

67

Making Minyan Meaningful - with Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein

68

She'elah, Teshuvah

69

Pushing our Limits: How Far is Too Far?

70

The Music of Hanan Ben Ari

71

Summer Books Extravaganza

72

Making Aliyah with Older Children

73

The Un-Jews

74

The Great Divide

75

Parenting Post-COVID

76

Meeting Rabbanit Shira Mirvis

77

Finding our Happy Place

78

Who’s Uncomfortable with Yom Yerushalayim? - Public Discourse in the Modern Orthodox World

79

Marking 100 Years of Israel's Chief Rabbinate

80

The New Jew: Documentary or Distortion?

81

Rav Aharon zt"l's Impact

82

Aliyah: Teaching or Preaching?

83

Pesach, Kitniyot and the Melting Pot of Israel

84

Conversion in Israel Today, with guest Rabbi David Brofsky

85

Finding Our Voice as Anglo Olim

86

RZ Rewind - Drinking on Purim

87

Addressing Shifting Family Norms

88

Derech Halimmud: the Connection Between Learning and Living

89

Combatting COVID Exhaustion

90

Mochers Magazine and Conspicuous Consumption

91

Does Religious Zionism Need its Own Political Party?

92

Shuls in a Post-COVID World

93

Civil Marriage in Israel?

94

Remembering Rav Henkin zt"l

95

Jewish and Non-Jewish Culture in the Religious Zionist World

96

RZWeekly Classic - Why are Womens' Issues So Controversial?

97

Chanukah Conundrum Edition

98

Thinking (and talking) about Jewish Thought

99

Should Israel Consult with the Diaspora Jewish Community?

100

Engaging with Evangelicals

101

Remembering a Giant: Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Sacks

102

Strangers in a Foreign Land?

103

Halachic Advocacy

104

The Role of a Local Rabbis in Israel with Rabbi David Stav

105

The Role of Rabbis in Israel according to Israel's Supreme Court

106

The Rising Impact of Breslov in Our Communities

107

Blessings for the New Year

108

Annexation or Normalization: You Make the Call

109

Gang Rape in Eilat: What Does it Say About Israel?

110

Jewish Education in the Era of Corona

111

Success Addiction and Happiness in the Religious Zionist Community

112

Rogen's Rant

113

Questioning Conversion Therapy

114

Fated to be Hated?

115

Talking Anti-Semitism

116

The Tweet Heard Round the (Jewish) World

117

Rav Yaakov Ariel's Attitude Towards the Reform Movement

118

Silence on Annexation and Toppling Monuments

119

Attitudes towards Reform and Conservative Judaism in Israel

120

Minhag Medinat Yisrael

121

Transmitting Substance in an Aesthetic Culture

122

Women in Shul?

123

Returning to the Beit Knesset

124

Empathy and Assistance from the Jewish State

125

Finding Meaning in Corona

126

The Zoom Seder - Psak Halachah in the Internet Age

127

In the Shadow of Corona

128

Israel Election Recap

129

Defining Orthodoxy

130

Civil Discourse in the Era of Cancel Culture

131

Yoatzot Halachah

132

RZ High Schools in Israel

133

Ethiopian Jews and the Chief Rabbinate

134

Womens' Siyyumim and Womens' Kaddish

135

Kiruv in the Religious Zionist Community

136

Star Wars, Venerating Tradition, and the Charedi Draft

137

Jewsraelis

138

Rupture and Reconstruction Redux

139

The Nishma Survey of Modern Orthodoxy

140

Why are Womens' Issues So Controversial?

141

Simchat Torah Controversies

142

Israeli Election Recap (RZ Edition)

143

Separate But Equal

144

The Rav Tal Ruling

145

Solomon Teke z’’l, Ethiopian Riots, and the Changing Face of the RZ Yeshiva Curriculum

146

Parental Angst Over Whether our Children Will Remain Religious

147

Social Justice Issues and Rabbinic Sex Offenders

148

Aliya and Life in Israel: The View From Here and The View from There

149

Mayim Bialik, Game of Thrones and Modern Orthodoxy

150

Episode 9 - Religious Zionists, HaYemin HaChadash and HaBayit HaYehudi

151

Episode 8 - Gal Keidan and R’ Achiad Ettinger hy’d, Mali’s Mailbag and Purim Drinking

152

Episode 7 - Tefillah Mailbag, the Drumming Bride and Tzniut Norms

153

Episode 6 - Kavod HaTefillah, Kavanah B’Tefillah and Alonei Shabbat

154

Episode 5 - Jewish Nationalism, Israeli Politics and the Religious Response to Otzma Yehudit

155

Episode 4 - Ori Ansbacher hy"d; Shabbat desecration and observance in the Modern State of Israel

156

Episode 3 - Social Media and Netflix Relationships

157

Episode 2: Abuse, Rabbinic Apologies, and Women’s Pants

158

Episode 1: Groupings, Groupthink, and Female Torah Scholars