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RZ חדשי — 160 episodes

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Elul Habits and Customs

2

Building Strong Communities: The Religious Zionist Approach

3

Can We Handle the Truth?

4

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

5

The Chief Rabbinate: Still Relevant?

6

The Religious Implications of October 7th

7

Am Levadad - A Blessing or a Curse?

8

Summer Round Robin

9

Orthodox Kids on the Secular College Campus

10

Leil Shimurim 5784 - Reacting to the Iranian Attack

11

HaRav Tamir Granot: The Pride of Serving in the IDF

12

Dealing with our (strong) feelings about the Chareidi Community

13

A Growing Rift?

14

The Mother of the Soldier inside Gaza

15

Defining Gevurah

16

Shattered Paradigms

17

Coping with Loss and War

18

Unpacking the Unthinkable

19

Contemplating Kohelet

20

RZ Soapbox and Playlist

21

The End of Innocence?

22

Toning it Down

23

2023 Summer Culture Edition

24

Dangers and Delights of Digital Torah

25

Am Levadad with Rabbi Alan Haber

26

Religious Zionism and the Israel Protests

27

Remembering the Rav

28

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

29

Innocents Abroad: Johnny Discovers America

30

Judicial Reform in Israel: Quit Pushing Your Agenda!

31

Rav Drukman and his Legacy

32

What's Ailing Modern Orthodoxy?

33

Bridging the Divide with Rabbi Yitzchak Blau

34

The Legacy of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

35

Israel Election Edition

36

Pondering Post-Modernism - Fixed Audio Version

37

Pondering Post-Modernism

38

5782 Final Reflections

39

Is Monarchy Meaningful?

40

Thinking about Elul

41

Should Jews Visit Har Habayit?

42

Waking our Teens to Daven?

43

Halachah and Mental Health: An Interview with Rav Yoni Rosensweig

44

Searching for God in Modern Orthodoxy

45

Religious Zionism and Messianism

46

Crossing Red Lines at 929

47

The Passing of a Gadol

48

Women's Gemara in Decline?

49

The Rav Melamed Controversy

50

Shlichut in Chutz La'aretz

51

Tik Tok, Torah and the Modern Orthodox Community

52

Dara Horn, Dead Jews and Anti-Semitism

53

The Power of Daily Torah Study

54

Chaim Walder, our Families and our Communities

55

What Motivates Matan Kahana?

56

Special Status for Diaspora Jews?

57

The Meaning of Chanukah

58

Honest Talk about Aliyah

59

Does the Religious Community Care about the Environment?

60

Shabbat Subway? The Tel Aviv Metro Controversy

61

RZ Weekly Unplugged: Why we Pod

62

Rabbis (and teachers): Expecting the Impossible?

63

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

64

Shemittah: Challenges and Opportunities

65

Dinei Nefashot

66

A Religious Prime Minister: Should we Care?

67

Talking Teshuvah

68

Selichot, Update

69

Making Minyan Meaningful - with Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein

70

She'elah, Teshuvah

71

Pushing our Limits: How Far is Too Far?

72

The Music of Hanan Ben Ari

73

Summer Books Extravaganza

74

Making Aliyah with Older Children

75

The Un-Jews

76

The Great Divide

77

Parenting Post-COVID

78

Meeting Rabbanit Shira Mirvis

79

Finding our Happy Place

80

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

81

Marking 100 Years of Israel's Chief Rabbinate

82

The New Jew: Documentary or Distortion?

83

Rav Aharon zt"l's Impact

84

Aliyah: Teaching or Preaching?

85

Pesach, Kitniyot and the Melting Pot of Israel

86

Conversion in Israel Today, with guest Rabbi David Brofsky

87

Finding Our Voice as Anglo Olim

88

RZ Rewind - Drinking on Purim

89

Addressing Shifting Family Norms

90

Derech Halimmud: the Connection Between Learning and Living

91

Combatting COVID Exhaustion

92

Mochers Magazine and Conspicuous Consumption

93

Does Religious Zionism Need its Own Political Party?

94

Shuls in a Post-COVID World

95

Civil Marriage in Israel?

96

Remembering Rav Henkin zt"l

97

Jewish and Non-Jewish Culture in the Religious Zionist World

98

RZWeekly Classic - Why are Womens' Issues So Controversial?

99

Chanukah Conundrum Edition

100

Thinking (and talking) about Jewish Thought

101

Should Israel Consult with the Diaspora Jewish Community?

102

Engaging with Evangelicals

103

Remembering a Giant: Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Sacks

104

Strangers in a Foreign Land?

105

Halachic Advocacy

106

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

107

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

108

The Rising Impact of Breslov in Our Communities

109

Blessings for the New Year

110

Annexation or Normalization: You Make the Call

111

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

112

Jewish Education in the Era of Corona

113

Success Addiction and Happiness in the Religious Zionist Community

114

Rogen's Rant

115

Questioning Conversion Therapy

116

Fated to be Hated?

117

Talking Anti-Semitism

118

The Tweet Heard Round the (Jewish) World

119

Rav Yaakov Ariel's Attitude Towards the Reform Movement

120

Silence on Annexation and Toppling Monuments

121

Attitudes towards Reform and Conservative Judaism in Israel

122

Minhag Medinat Yisrael

123

Transmitting Substance in an Aesthetic Culture

124

Women in Shul?

125

Returning to the Beit Knesset

126

Empathy and Assistance from the Jewish State

127

Finding Meaning in Corona

128

The Zoom Seder - Psak Halachah in the Internet Age

129

In the Shadow of Corona

130

Israel Election Recap

131

Defining Orthodoxy

132

Civil Discourse in the Era of Cancel Culture

133

Yoatzot Halachah

134

RZ High Schools in Israel

135

Ethiopian Jews and the Chief Rabbinate

136

Womens' Siyyumim and Womens' Kaddish

137

Kiruv in the Religious Zionist Community

138

Star Wars, Venerating Tradition, and the Charedi Draft

139

Jewsraelis

140

Rupture and Reconstruction Redux

141

The Nishma Survey of Modern Orthodoxy

142

Why are Womens' Issues So Controversial?

143

Simchat Torah Controversies

144

Israeli Election Recap (RZ Edition)

145

Separate But Equal

146

The Rav Tal Ruling

147

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

148

Parental Angst Over Whether our Children Will Remain Religious

149

Social Justice Issues and Rabbinic Sex Offenders

150

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

151

Mayim Bialik, Game of Thrones and Modern Orthodoxy

152

Episode 9 - Religious Zionists, HaYemin HaChadash and HaBayit HaYehudi

153

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

154

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

155

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

156

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

157

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

158

Episode 3 - Social Media and Netflix Relationships

159

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

160

Episode 1: Groupings, Groupthink, and Female Torah Scholars