All Episodes

Ep. 86: Chofetz Chaim: A Portrait

Ep. 85: Ark of the Covenant: History and Current Whereabouts

The Purim Story (Rebroadcast)

Ep. 84: Two-State Solution Part 2: A Century of Doomed Proposals

Ep. 83: Two-State Solution Part 1: The Peril and Naivete of Promoting a Palestinian State

Ep. 82: Valor and Violence: Jews and Arabs in 1920s British Mandate Palestine

The History of Chanukah: Hellenism, Heroism and Hasmoneans (Rebroadcast)

Ep. 81: Hostage Rescues and Ransoms in Jewish History and Law

Ep. 80: The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Historical Background

Ep. 79: The History and Development of Oral Torah (Part 3: Roman Rule and Rabbinic Reconciliation)

Ep. 78: The History and Development of Oral Torah (Part 2: Hasmoneans, Herod, and Hillel)

Ep. 77: The History and Development of Oral Torah (Part 1: From Moses to Men of the Great Assembly)

TORCH Fundraiser: A Conversation with our Board President, Dan Kullman

Start 2021 Right with The Parsha Podcast

Ep. 76: JC in Jewish Sources: Exploring the Censored Text

Ep. 75 – Chacham Ovadia Yosef: Part Two – Restoring the Crown of Sephardic Jewry to its Former Glory

Thanks a Million!

Ep. 74 – Chacham Ovadia Yosef: Part One – The Prince of Torah

Ep. 73: Rabbi Avraham Grodzinsky: The Exemplar of Slabodka

Ep. 72: Chazon Ish: Part Three – On Politics and the Conflict of Religion and State

Ep. 71: Chazon Ish: The Founding Father of the Modern Yeshiva World (Part Two: Making the Spiritual Desert Bloom)

Ep. 70: Chazon Ish: The Founding Father of the Modern Yeshiva World (Part One: Torah Renaissance Man)

Ep. 69: The Yom Kippur War (Part Four: Ceasefire and Aftermath)

Ep. 68: The Yom Kippur War (Part Three: The Tide Turns)

Ep. 67: The Yom Kippur War (Part Two: Israel on the Brink)

Ep. 66: The Yom Kippur War (Part One: Prelude to War)

Ep. 65: The Era of the Judges (Part Three: Samson the Mighty) + ANNUAL FUNDRAISER

Ep. 64: The Era of the Judges (Part Two: Gideon and Yiftach)

Ep. 63: The Era of the Judges (Part One: Osniel to Deborah)

Ep. 62: Joshua and the Conquest of Canaan

Ep. 61: Joshua: Disciple Par Excellence of Moses

Ep. 60: Moses: The Quintessential Jewish Leader

Ep. 59: The Blueprint of Jewish History

Ep. 58: Abraham: The Birth of Monotheism and the Origins of the Jewish Nation

Ep. 57: A History of Kabbalah (Part Two: The Arizal and His Era)

Ep. 56: A History of Kabbalah (Part One: Fom Sinai to Safed)

Ep. 55: Techeiles: The History of the Mysterious Blue Dye and its Fringe Benefits

Ep. 54: The Entebbe Raid

Ep. 53: The Ten Lost Tribes: History, Legends, and Folklore

Ep. 52: The History of the Sanhedrin (Part Two: From Yavneh Onward)

Ep. 51: The History of the Sanhedrin (Part One: From Moshe until the Destruction of the Second Temple)

Ep. 50: The Story of King David (Part Two: David, King of Israel)

Ep. 49: The Story of King David (Part One: Rise to Monarchy)

Ep. 48: The History of the Jewish Calendar (Plus Annual Fundraising Appeal at GiveTORCH.org)

Ep. 47: The Purim Story

Ep. 46: The Purim Backstory

Ep. 45: A History of Tefillah (Jewish Prayer), Liturgy, and the Siddur

Ep. 44: Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City from the Bible to Bibi

Ep. 43: The History of Chanukah: Hellenism, Heroism and Hasmoneans

Ep. 42: Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Part Two: The Mussar Ideology)

Ep. 41: Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Part One: The Slabodka Revolution)

Ep. 40: Rabbi Chaim Soloveichik and the Brisker Method of Talmudic Analysis

Ep. 39: Rabbi Yisrael Salanter and the Mussar Movement

Ep. 38: Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin and the Mother of all Yeshivos

Ep. 37: Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and Torah Im Derech Eretz

Ep. 36: Rabbi Moshe Sofer (Chasam Sofer) and his Hardline Response to Haskalah

Ep. 35: Emancipation, Haskalah, and Reform: The Zeitgeist of 1800s European Jewry

Ep. 34: Great Jewish Personalities: The Gaon of Vilna

Ep. 33: Great Jewish Personalities: Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Ramchal)

Ep. 32: A History of False Messiahs

Ep. 31: The Six Day War Part 2

Ep. 30: The Six Day War Part 1

Ep. 29: A History of Halacha

Ep. 28: A History of Zionism

Ep. 27: Great Jewish Personalities: Ramban (Nachmanides)

Ep. 26: A History of Christian Anti-Semitism Part 2

Ep. 25: A History of Christian Anti-Semitism Part 1

Ep. 24: Great Jewish Personalities: Rambam (Maimonides)

Ep. 23: Great Jewish Personalities: Rashi

Ep. 22: The Middle and Late Geonic Era

Ep. 21: The Early Geonic Era

Ep. 20: The Rise of the Muslims

Ep. 19: The Late Amoraic Era: The Giants of Babylon and the Writing, Codification and Sealing of the Talmud

Ep. 18: The Middle Amoraic Era: Setting the Stage for the Babylonian Talmud

Ep. 17: The Early Amoraic Era

Ep. 16: The Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Story and Significance

Ep. 15: Heresy, Hedonism and Hatred: The Rise of The Sadducees

Ep. 14: Dialogue, Discourse and Disputation: When Rabbis and Romans Debate

Ep. 13: A History of Hanukkah: Hellenism, Heroism and Hasmoneans

Ep. 12: Great Jewish Personalities: Rabbi Eliezer

Ep. 11: Great Jewish Personalities: Rabban Yochanan Ben Zakkai

Ep. 10: Great Jewish Personalities: Hillel

Ep. 9: Great Jewish Personalities: Rabbi Judah the Prince

Ep. 8: Great Jewish Personalities: Rabbi Meir

Ep. 7: Great Jewish Personalities: Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai

Ep. 6: Great Jewish Personalities: Rabbi Akiva

Ep. 5: Chaos, Cataclysm and Consolidation: Jewish History in The Modern Era

Ep. 4: Violence, Vicissitudes and Valiancy: Jewish History in Medieval Times

Ep. 3: Rabbis, Renaissance and Reclamation: Jewish History of the Mishnaic and Talmudic Eras

Ep. 2: Homeland, Hegemony and Hostility: Jewish History from Joshua to the (Second) Downfall of Jerusalem

Ep. 1: Foundations, Fathers and Faith: Jewish History From Adam to Moses