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Uri L'Tzedek: Orthodox Social Justice — 157 episodes
Praying with our Feet: Activism and Protest, If Not Now, When
The Theological and the Political: The High Court Petition on Women's Right to Equal Access to the Rabbinate Examinations, and What Comes Next
Honesty is Godly: Why Faith is Crucial for a Just Society
Jewish-Muslim Religious Fraternity: past, present, and future
Rav Kook's Teachings on How to Fix the Entire World with Rabbi Itzchak Evan-Shayish
Book Talk: Zionism in Crisis with Rabbi Zachary Truboff
Why is Collaboration Between Faiths Key to a Sustainable Future?
Settler Violence: What is Happening, Why, and What Needs to Be Done
The Vision of Justice and Peace with Rav Michael Melchoir!
Aguna: Facilitating Divorce Processes for Women
The Orthodox Case for Freedom of Religion in Israel with Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz
Jewish-Christian Allyship Training with The Reverend Aaron Dunn & Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz
The Mishkan as a Model for Israel and Jewish Peoplehood
Restoring Peace & Justice to Jerusalem with Rabbanit Sharona Halickman
What does Birkat Hamazon Teach Us About Inclusivity and Ethics within the Parameters of Jewish Law?
God Speaks ASL: Examining the status of the hard of hearing in Jewish Law
Conversation with a Sage of our Time: An Interview with Rabbi Dr. Yitz Greenberg
Interfaith Allyship Training with Soraya Deen
How to Fight Like a Mensch | Rabbi David Jaffe
The Allies of the Jewish People & How to Connect with Them | Rabbi Dr. Aharon Ariel Lavi
Do Not Take a Bribe with Rabbanit Sharona Halickman
Laws of the Spirit: Book talk with Rabbi Dr. Ariel Evan Mayse
Privacy in the Age of Social Media: Hezek Re'iyah and Modern Life
Workers Rights and Paying On Time with Rabbi Mike Moskowitz
The Shabbat Effect: Book Talk with Alan Morinis
"The Holy Blasphemer” in Leviticus 24 - a story of justice and injustice and how the Torah seems to respond to itself, modeling for our sages how to respond to injustice in the future
Fulfilling the Goals of Israel's Declaration of Independence
Behind the Curtain of Jewish Social Justice: Abby Levine Interviewed by Rabbi Shmuly
Jewish Service in the Global South: Dyonna Ginsburg Interviewed by Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz
Jewish Ethics of Interfaith Dialogue
Shmita: A Year Devoted to Social Justice
The Untold Story of Lethal Injection: Professor Lain Interviewed by Rabbi Shmuly
Book Talk - Going Out With Knots: My Two Kaddish / COVID Years with Hebrew Poetry with Rabbi Zierler
Jewish Responding to Hunger: Rabbi Shmuly Interviews MAZON's CEO Abby Leibman
Antisemitism in Australia
Jews Supporting Refugees During Rising Nationalism: An Interview with HIAS' President, Mark Hetfield
Social Action Originated in the Torah
Torah Ethics of Warfare: Must we Leave a Path for Escape?
Are AI’s Existential Risks Real?
Beyond Tikkun Olam: A Jewish Case for Social Justice
The Strength, the Spirit, and the Secularization of Religious Zionism
Dismantling Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Machine
From Dream to Reality: Building Intentional Jewish Communities
Pesach with Neighbors: Building Community Through Open-Hearted Hospitality
Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery
Voices from the Canyon: Indigenous Leadership in Environmental Advocacy
Act Now: How to Protect Immigrant Communities in Crisis
Sacred Solidarity: Jewish LGBTQ+ Advocacy and Allyship In This Moment
Renewing the Old, Sanctifying the New with Dr. Marc Shapiro
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik: The Lonely Man of Faith and Social Responsibility
End of Life Conversations & Advance Healthcare Directives with Rabbi Jason Weiner and Rabbi Shlomo Brody
Exploring the Rich History of the Jewish Balkans with Marko Gasparovic
Agunot and the 1901 Egyptian Halakhic Response with Professor Zvi Zohar
Hanukkah: Light in the Face of Darkness – A Call to Action with Rabbi Avi Weiss and Ruth Messinger
God Shall Be One: Reenvisioning Judaism’s Approach to Other Religions
Native American and Jewish Partnership for Democracy and Civic Engagement
Zionism Without Idolatry: Power is Not to be Worshipped with Rabbi Zachary Truboff
Bridging Faiths: Jewish-Muslim Collaboration for Democracy and Tolerance
Antisemitism and Racism: An Interview with Rabbi Jonah Pesner
Global Health Philanthropy and Jewish Values - An Interview with Rabbi Erica and Mark Gerson
MindBodyTorah - An Interview with Rabbi Aryeh Ronay
"Work, Workers, Workers' Rights, and Unions" -- A joint Jewish Labor Committee & Uri L'Tzedek event!
A Conversation Between Rabbi Yitz Greenberg and Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz!
Election Season! What is Our Role to Protect Democracy?
The Social Justice Vision of the Book of Devarim (Deuteronomy) with Rav Nati Helfgot
Stigma in the Jewish Community- What's the big secret about addiction? An Interview with Rabbi Chaim Tureff
Should we publicly advocate that Hasidic children receive a secular education?
Pursuing Justice Even When it's Hard: Overcoming Racism and Antisemitism with Rabbi Jonah Pesner
Was Avraham right to listen to God? ‘Yirat Elokim’ – Fearing God as the Development of a Moral Conscience - with Dr. Tanya White
Mental Health in the Jewish Community - A Panel with Uri L'Tzedek
"Mind Your Own Business? Balancing Communal Responsibility and Personal Autonomy." - with Avi Narrow-Tilonsky
Celebrating 15 of uplifting Kashrut and Worker rights with the Tav Hayosher!
A PANEL: What does Torah require of us regarding Ethical Consumption at our time?
Education as a tactic to fight antisemitism in progressive spaces with Randy Fried
Preparing for Pesach: On Liberation & Justice with Rabbi Yitz Greenberg.
If God Had Not Redeemed Us, We Would Still Be Slaves: What Is Slavery Today? With Rabbi Shlomo Levin
Talking with Tara Strong, a renowned actress known for her talented voice work in animation.
Did Anti-Semitism Begin with the Story of Purim? Learn with Rabba Sara Hurwitz!
A Conversation with professional basketball player Dan Grunfeld on his new book on the Holocaust.
"Public Shaming" (The Deposing of Rabban Gamliel) with Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe
A path to redemption - a panel on mass incarceration
Organizing the Jewish community to protect Democracy!
Uri L'Tzedek Panel - Mandate to love and protect the stranger
Resilience & Volunteering in Israel post Oct. 7th with Dana Yahel Talmi, Executive Director of Yahel.
Doing Well While Doing Good: Socially Responsible Investing and Talmudic Wisdom- Rabbi Jacob Siegel
The Imperative and Complexity of Ransoming Captives with Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy
A worker can withdraw at any point: Laws protecting labor freedom with Rabbi Dr.Eliezer Finkelman.
Collective allyship during hard times with the President of LGBTQ+ organization ONE Community Angela Hughey
Neither Pro-Choice Nor Pro-Life: Abortion in Jewish LawWith Rabbi Sarah Mulhern
Finding grounding and identity in progressive spaces with David Kaufman.
The Measure of Sedom": Capitalism, Socialism, and Barbarism with Rabbi Will Friedman
Farm workers in the US essential yet exploited with UFW Chief Executive Officer Diana Tellefson Torres
Zealotry: Too Much of a Good Thing? With Rabbi Zach Truboff
The People That Dwell Alone - Loneliness and Ethical Conduct With Rabbi Menashe East
Water Access: A Halakhic Argument with Rabbi David Polsky
What does loving the stranger truly mean? With migrant justice activist Eddie Chavez Calderon.
Is changing Australia's constitution a Jewish value? With Rabbanit Nomi Kaltmann.
Walking towards a more tolerable society with Dee Senae.
Exploring The Diaspora Jewish community of Latin america With Dr. Analucia Lopezrevoredo
A CLASS in FRANCE: Ethical Consumption in the 21st century with Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz
Exploring Halacha on Living Kidney Donation with Rabbi Jason Weiner
Jews and Humanity: Evolution of a Conversation - Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein
Saving a Life, Saving the World: Organ Transplant, Living Donation, and Opportunities for Improving the Landscape
The Jewish Jail Lady And The Holy Thief
Regulating Hasidic Education between Rabbi Ysoscher Katz and Prof. Avi Helfand.
The Mussar masters on our obligation to redress intergenerational pain and cultural Hurt with Hyim Shafner
Social Justice in Kashrut Law with Shayna Abramson
Sacrifice, Cravings, and Bloodshed: Does Torah Allow City Dwellers to Eat Animals? With Rabbi Aryeh Bernstein
Values and Reality: The Politics of Social Justice with Rabbi Jason Herman
The Primacy of Morality over Ritual in the Prophets with Jeremiah Unterman
What are the 2 most important values in the Torah? With Rabbi David Kasher!
Jewish Exclusivity: Were Zrubavel, Ezra, Nehemiah and Raban Gamliel wise to keep the Jews separate in our religious practice with Rabbi Asher Lopatin
Hidden Wrongs: Uncovering Injustices Built Into Our Community with Sam Fleischacker
Can Factory Farmed Dairy Actually Be Kosher?
Rav Kook’s Universal Torah Light with Rabbi Itzchak Evan-Shayish
A Night of Learning And Celebration- Honoring the 2022 J.J. Greenberg Young Leadership Award Recipients
Chanukah and the Ethics of Remembering Our History with Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn
Social justice issues related to organ donation With Rabbi Yuval Cherlow
Tza'ar Ba'alei Chaim, The Prohibition Against Causing Pain To Animals with Rabbi Aryeh Bernstein
Unequal Resources And Sharing Property with Rabbi Aviva Richman
Is Lab Created Meat Kosher? With Rabbi Dina Najman
Interfaith Panel On The Death Penalty
And if not now, then when? Everyday Life Social Justice with Rabba Dr. Mira Neshama Weil
Animal Welfare, Environment, Food Justice, Health and Human Rights
Caring For Workers Animals & Our Environment: A Torah Revolution
Parasha Ki Tavo: Deja Vu or a template for preparing for Teshuva for the High Holidays? - Rabbi Marianne Novak
Shmita: Then and Now - Rabbi Aharon Ariel Lavi
Is Pluralism a Punishment? With Chief Rabbi Jair Melchior
Maimonide’s Tzedakah vs Paul’s Charity - Two Narratives of Giving, Two Religious Worldviews - Noam Zion
The Three Weeks: Old Mourning vs. New Mourning - Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe
The Book of Job as the Guide for Jewish Ethics - Rabbi Haim Ovadia
Get Abuse: The Problem and the Solutions - Rabbi Barry Dolinger
A Conversation with Ruth Messinger on Voting Rights
Transitional Justice: From Theory to Practice – Dr. Rav Alexandra (Eliora) Peretz -
1619, 1654, 2022: Jews, Race, & U.S. History – Dr. Marc Dollinger
Judaism, Environmental Justice and our Consumer Choices - Rabbi Akiva Gersh
Interview: Idit Klein, Keshet
Gender Identity in Jewish Texts – Rabbi Avi Spodek
Interview: Matt Nosanchuk, New York Jewish Agenda
Interview: Rabbi Jessy Dressin, Repair the World
Interview: Rabbi Micha Odenheimer, Tevel b'Tzedek: The Earth in Justice
Interview: Rabbi Steve Greenberg, Eshel
The Justice Jedi Journey: Becoming a More Rugged and Sensitive World-Changer – Rabbi Pesach Stadlin
Interview: Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block, Bend the Arc
Interview: Ilana Kaufman, Jews of Color Initiative
Shemitah and Shared Ownership – Rabbanit Sara Wolkenfeld
You Shall Not Oppress the Ger: To Whom Does This Apply? – Professor Zvi Zohar
Tzedaka: Negotiating Civic Order and Social Justice – Rabbanit Dr. Hannah Hashkes
Interview: Abby Leibman, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
Interview: Rabbi Yitz Greenberg
Darkhei Shalom: The Path to Building Community – Rabbi Rahel Berkovits
Interview: American Jewish World Service (AJWS) President & CEO, Robert Bank
Interview: Avodah CEO, Cheryl Cook
Child Sexual Abuse in the Global Jewish Community – Manny Waks
The Sephardic Quest for Halakhic Social Justice – Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
Interview: HIAS CEO, Mark Hetfield
Interview: Jewish World Watch, Serena Oberstein