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RZ חדשי — 161 episodes

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1

HaMelech Basadeh? The Shift from Fear to Love on the Yamim Noraim

2

Elul Habits and Customs

3

Building Strong Communities: The Religious Zionist Approach

4

Can We Handle the Truth?

5

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

6

The Chief Rabbinate: Still Relevant?

7

The Religious Implications of October 7th

8

Am Levadad - A Blessing or a Curse?

9

Summer Round Robin

10

Orthodox Kids on the Secular College Campus

11

Leil Shimurim 5784 - Reacting to the Iranian Attack

12

HaRav Tamir Granot: The Pride of Serving in the IDF

13

Dealing with our (strong) feelings about the Chareidi Community

14

A Growing Rift?

15

The Mother of the Soldier inside Gaza

16

Defining Gevurah

17

Shattered Paradigms

18

Coping with Loss and War

19

Unpacking the Unthinkable

20

Contemplating Kohelet

21

RZ Soapbox and Playlist

22

The End of Innocence?

23

Toning it Down

24

2023 Summer Culture Edition

25

Dangers and Delights of Digital Torah

26

Am Levadad with Rabbi Alan Haber

27

Religious Zionism and the Israel Protests

28

Remembering the Rav

29

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

30

Innocents Abroad: Johnny Discovers America

31

Judicial Reform in Israel: Quit Pushing Your Agenda!

32

Rav Drukman and his Legacy

33

What's Ailing Modern Orthodoxy?

34

Bridging the Divide with Rabbi Yitzchak Blau

35

The Legacy of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

36

Israel Election Edition

37

Pondering Post-Modernism - Fixed Audio Version

38

Pondering Post-Modernism

39

5782 Final Reflections

40

Is Monarchy Meaningful?

41

Thinking about Elul

42

Should Jews Visit Har Habayit?

43

Waking our Teens to Daven?

44

Halachah and Mental Health: An Interview with Rav Yoni Rosensweig

45

Searching for God in Modern Orthodoxy

46

Religious Zionism and Messianism

47

Crossing Red Lines at 929

48

The Passing of a Gadol

49

Women's Gemara in Decline?

50

The Rav Melamed Controversy

51

Shlichut in Chutz La'aretz

52

Tik Tok, Torah and the Modern Orthodox Community

53

Dara Horn, Dead Jews and Anti-Semitism

54

The Power of Daily Torah Study

55

Chaim Walder, our Families and our Communities

56

What Motivates Matan Kahana?

57

Special Status for Diaspora Jews?

58

The Meaning of Chanukah

59

Honest Talk about Aliyah

60

Does the Religious Community Care about the Environment?

61

Shabbat Subway? The Tel Aviv Metro Controversy

62

RZ Weekly Unplugged: Why we Pod

63

Rabbis (and teachers): Expecting the Impossible?

64

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

65

Shemittah: Challenges and Opportunities

66

Dinei Nefashot

67

A Religious Prime Minister: Should we Care?

68

Talking Teshuvah

69

Selichot, Update

70

Making Minyan Meaningful - with Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein

71

She'elah, Teshuvah

72

Pushing our Limits: How Far is Too Far?

73

The Music of Hanan Ben Ari

74

Summer Books Extravaganza

75

Making Aliyah with Older Children

76

The Un-Jews

77

The Great Divide

78

Parenting Post-COVID

79

Meeting Rabbanit Shira Mirvis

80

Finding our Happy Place

81

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

82

Marking 100 Years of Israel's Chief Rabbinate

83

The New Jew: Documentary or Distortion?

84

Rav Aharon zt"l's Impact

85

Aliyah: Teaching or Preaching?

86

Pesach, Kitniyot and the Melting Pot of Israel

87

Conversion in Israel Today, with guest Rabbi David Brofsky

88

Finding Our Voice as Anglo Olim

89

RZ Rewind - Drinking on Purim

90

Addressing Shifting Family Norms

91

Derech Halimmud: the Connection Between Learning and Living

92

Combatting COVID Exhaustion

93

Mochers Magazine and Conspicuous Consumption

94

Does Religious Zionism Need its Own Political Party?

95

Shuls in a Post-COVID World

96

Civil Marriage in Israel?

97

Remembering Rav Henkin zt"l

98

Jewish and Non-Jewish Culture in the Religious Zionist World

99

RZWeekly Classic - Why are Womens' Issues So Controversial?

100

Chanukah Conundrum Edition

101

Thinking (and talking) about Jewish Thought

102

Should Israel Consult with the Diaspora Jewish Community?

103

Engaging with Evangelicals

104

Remembering a Giant: Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Sacks

105

Strangers in a Foreign Land?

106

Halachic Advocacy

107

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

108

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

109

The Rising Impact of Breslov in Our Communities

110

Blessings for the New Year

111

Annexation or Normalization: You Make the Call

112

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

113

Jewish Education in the Era of Corona

114

Success Addiction and Happiness in the Religious Zionist Community

115

Rogen's Rant

116

Questioning Conversion Therapy

117

Fated to be Hated?

118

Talking Anti-Semitism

119

The Tweet Heard Round the (Jewish) World

120

Rav Yaakov Ariel's Attitude Towards the Reform Movement

121

Silence on Annexation and Toppling Monuments

122

Attitudes towards Reform and Conservative Judaism in Israel

123

Minhag Medinat Yisrael

124

Transmitting Substance in an Aesthetic Culture

125

Women in Shul?

126

Returning to the Beit Knesset

127

Empathy and Assistance from the Jewish State

128

Finding Meaning in Corona

129

The Zoom Seder - Psak Halachah in the Internet Age

130

In the Shadow of Corona

131

Israel Election Recap

132

Defining Orthodoxy

133

Civil Discourse in the Era of Cancel Culture

134

Yoatzot Halachah

135

RZ High Schools in Israel

136

Ethiopian Jews and the Chief Rabbinate

137

Womens' Siyyumim and Womens' Kaddish

138

Kiruv in the Religious Zionist Community

139

Star Wars, Venerating Tradition, and the Charedi Draft

140

Jewsraelis

141

Rupture and Reconstruction Redux

142

The Nishma Survey of Modern Orthodoxy

143

Why are Womens' Issues So Controversial?

144

Simchat Torah Controversies

145

Israeli Election Recap (RZ Edition)

146

Separate But Equal

147

The Rav Tal Ruling

148

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

149

Parental Angst Over Whether our Children Will Remain Religious

150

Social Justice Issues and Rabbinic Sex Offenders

151

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

152

Mayim Bialik, Game of Thrones and Modern Orthodoxy

153

Episode 9 - Religious Zionists, HaYemin HaChadash and HaBayit HaYehudi

154

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

155

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

156

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

157

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

158

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

159

Episode 3 - Social Media and Netflix Relationships

160

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

161

Episode 1: Groupings, Groupthink, and Female Torah Scholars