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Uri L'Tzedek: Orthodox Social Justice — 150 episodes

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Settler Violence: What is Happening, Why, and What Needs to Be Done

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The Vision of Justice and Peace with Rav Michael Melchoir!

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Aguna: Facilitating Divorce Processes for Women

4

The Orthodox Case for Freedom of Religion in Israel with Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz

5

Jewish-Christian Allyship Training with The Reverend Aaron Dunn & Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz

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The Mishkan as a Model for Israel and Jewish Peoplehood

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Restoring Peace & Justice to Jerusalem with Rabbanit Sharona Halickman

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What does Birkat Hamazon Teach Us About Inclusivity and Ethics within the Parameters of Jewish Law?

9

God Speaks ASL: Examining the status of the hard of hearing in Jewish Law

10

Conversation with a Sage of our Time: An Interview with Rabbi Dr. Yitz Greenberg

11

Interfaith Allyship Training with Soraya Deen

12

How to Fight Like a Mensch | Rabbi David Jaffe

13

The Allies of the Jewish People & How to Connect with Them | Rabbi Dr. Aharon Ariel Lavi

14

Do Not Take a Bribe with Rabbanit Sharona Halickman

15

Laws of the Spirit: Book talk with Rabbi Dr. Ariel Evan Mayse

16

Privacy in the Age of Social Media: Hezek Re'iyah and Modern Life

17

Workers Rights and Paying On Time with Rabbi Mike Moskowitz

18

The Shabbat Effect: Book Talk with Alan Morinis

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"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

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Fulfilling the Goals of Israel's Declaration of Independence

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Behind the Curtain of Jewish Social Justice: Abby Levine Interviewed by Rabbi Shmuly

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Jewish Service in the Global South: Dyonna Ginsburg Interviewed by Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz

23

Jewish Ethics of Interfaith Dialogue

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Shmita: A Year Devoted to Social Justice

25

The Untold Story of Lethal Injection: Professor Lain Interviewed by Rabbi Shmuly

26

Book Talk - Going Out With Knots: My Two Kaddish / COVID Years with Hebrew Poetry with Rabbi Zierler

27

Jewish Responding to Hunger: Rabbi Shmuly Interviews MAZON's CEO Abby Leibman

28

Antisemitism in Australia

29

Jews Supporting Refugees During Rising Nationalism: An Interview with HIAS' President, Mark Hetfield

30

Social Action Originated in the Torah

31

Torah Ethics of Warfare: Must we Leave a Path for Escape?

32

Are AI’s Existential Risks Real?

33

Beyond Tikkun Olam: A Jewish Case for Social Justice

34

The Strength, the Spirit, and the Secularization of Religious Zionism

35

Dismantling Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Machine

36

From Dream to Reality: Building Intentional Jewish Communities

37

Pesach with Neighbors: Building Community Through Open-Hearted Hospitality

38

Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery

39

Voices from the Canyon: Indigenous Leadership in Environmental Advocacy

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Act Now: How to Protect Immigrant Communities in Crisis

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Sacred Solidarity: Jewish LGBTQ+ Advocacy and Allyship In This Moment

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Renewing the Old, Sanctifying the New with Dr. Marc Shapiro

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Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik: The Lonely Man of Faith and Social Responsibility

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End of Life Conversations & Advance Healthcare Directives with Rabbi Jason Weiner and Rabbi Shlomo Brody

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Exploring the Rich History of the Jewish Balkans with Marko Gasparovic

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Agunot and the 1901 Egyptian Halakhic Response with Professor Zvi Zohar

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Hanukkah: Light in the Face of Darkness – A Call to Action with Rabbi Avi Weiss and Ruth Messinger

48

God Shall Be One: Reenvisioning Judaism’s Approach to Other Religions

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Native American and Jewish Partnership for Democracy and Civic Engagement

50

Zionism Without Idolatry: Power is Not to be Worshipped with Rabbi Zachary Truboff

51

Bridging Faiths: Jewish-Muslim Collaboration for Democracy and Tolerance

52

Antisemitism and Racism: An Interview with Rabbi Jonah Pesner

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Global Health Philanthropy and Jewish Values - An Interview with Rabbi Erica and Mark Gerson

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MindBodyTorah - An Interview with Rabbi Aryeh Ronay

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"Work, Workers, Workers' Rights, and Unions" -- A joint Jewish Labor Committee & Uri L'Tzedek event!

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A Conversation Between Rabbi Yitz Greenberg and Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz!

57

Election Season! What is Our Role to Protect Democracy?

58

The Social Justice Vision of the Book of Devarim (Deuteronomy) with Rav Nati Helfgot

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Stigma in the Jewish Community- What's the big secret about addiction? An Interview with Rabbi Chaim Tureff

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Should we publicly advocate that Hasidic children receive a secular education?

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Pursuing Justice Even When it's Hard: Overcoming Racism and Antisemitism with Rabbi Jonah Pesner

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Was Avraham right to listen to God? ‘Yirat Elokim’ – Fearing God as the Development of a Moral Conscience - with Dr. Tanya White

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Mental Health in the Jewish Community - A Panel with Uri L'Tzedek

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"Mind Your Own Business? Balancing Communal Responsibility and Personal Autonomy." - with Avi Narrow-Tilonsky

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Celebrating 15 of uplifting Kashrut and Worker rights with the Tav Hayosher!

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A PANEL: What does Torah require of us regarding Ethical Consumption at our time?

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Education as a tactic to fight antisemitism in progressive spaces with Randy Fried

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Preparing for Pesach: On Liberation & Justice with Rabbi Yitz Greenberg.

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If God Had Not Redeemed Us, We Would Still Be Slaves: What Is Slavery Today? With Rabbi Shlomo Levin

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Talking with Tara Strong, a renowned actress known for her talented voice work in animation.

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Did Anti-Semitism Begin with the Story of Purim? Learn with Rabba Sara Hurwitz!

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A Conversation with professional basketball player Dan Grunfeld on his new book on the Holocaust.

73

"Public Shaming" (The Deposing of Rabban Gamliel) with Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe

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A path to redemption - a panel on mass incarceration

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Organizing the Jewish community to protect Democracy!

76

Uri L'Tzedek Panel - Mandate to love and protect the stranger

77

Resilience & Volunteering in Israel post Oct. 7th with Dana Yahel Talmi, Executive Director of Yahel.

78

Doing Well While Doing Good: Socially Responsible Investing and Talmudic Wisdom- Rabbi Jacob Siegel

79

The Imperative and Complexity of Ransoming Captives with Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy

80

A worker can withdraw at any point: Laws protecting labor freedom with Rabbi Dr.Eliezer Finkelman.

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Collective allyship during hard times with the President of LGBTQ+ organization ONE Community Angela Hughey

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Neither Pro-Choice Nor Pro-Life: Abortion in Jewish LawWith Rabbi Sarah Mulhern

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Finding grounding and identity in progressive spaces with David Kaufman.

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The Measure of Sedom": Capitalism, Socialism, and Barbarism with Rabbi Will Friedman

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Farm workers in the US essential yet exploited with UFW Chief Executive Officer Diana Tellefson Torres

86

Zealotry: Too Much of a Good Thing? With Rabbi Zach Truboff

87

The People That Dwell Alone - Loneliness and Ethical Conduct With Rabbi Menashe East

88

Water Access: A Halakhic Argument with Rabbi David Polsky

89

What does loving the stranger truly mean? With migrant justice activist Eddie Chavez Calderon.

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Is changing Australia's constitution a Jewish value? With Rabbanit Nomi Kaltmann.

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Walking towards a more tolerable society with Dee Senae.

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Exploring The Diaspora Jewish community of Latin america With Dr. Analucia Lopezrevoredo

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A CLASS in FRANCE: Ethical Consumption in the 21st century with Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz

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Exploring Halacha on Living Kidney Donation with Rabbi Jason Weiner

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Jews and Humanity: Evolution of a Conversation - Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein

96

Saving a Life, Saving the World: Organ Transplant, Living Donation, and Opportunities for Improving the Landscape

97

The Jewish Jail Lady And The Holy Thief

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Regulating Hasidic Education between Rabbi Ysoscher Katz and Prof. Avi Helfand.

99

The Mussar masters on our obligation to redress intergenerational pain and cultural Hurt with Hyim Shafner

100

Social Justice in Kashrut Law with Shayna Abramson

101

Sacrifice, Cravings, and Bloodshed: Does Torah Allow City Dwellers to Eat Animals? With Rabbi Aryeh Bernstein

102

Values and Reality: The Politics of Social Justice with Rabbi Jason Herman

103

The Primacy of Morality over Ritual in the Prophets with Jeremiah Unterman

104

What are the 2 most important values in the Torah? With Rabbi David Kasher!

105

Jewish Exclusivity: Were Zrubavel, Ezra, Nehemiah and Raban Gamliel wise to keep the Jews separate in our religious practice with Rabbi Asher Lopatin

106

Hidden Wrongs: Uncovering Injustices Built Into Our Community with Sam Fleischacker

107

Can Factory Farmed Dairy Actually Be Kosher?

108

Rav Kook’s Universal Torah Light with Rabbi Itzchak Evan-Shayish

109

A Night of Learning And Celebration- Honoring the 2022 J.J. Greenberg Young Leadership Award Recipients

110

Chanukah and the Ethics of Remembering Our History with Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn

111

Social justice issues related to organ donation With Rabbi Yuval Cherlow

112

Tza'ar Ba'alei Chaim, The Prohibition Against Causing Pain To Animals with Rabbi Aryeh Bernstein

113

Unequal Resources And Sharing Property with Rabbi Aviva Richman

114

Is Lab Created Meat Kosher? With Rabbi Dina Najman

115

Interfaith Panel On The Death Penalty

116

And if not now, then when? Everyday Life Social Justice with Rabba Dr. Mira Neshama Weil

117

Animal Welfare, Environment, Food Justice, Health and Human Rights

118

Caring For Workers Animals & Our Environment: A Torah Revolution

119

Parasha Ki Tavo: Deja Vu or a template for preparing for Teshuva for the High Holidays? - Rabbi Marianne Novak

120

Shmita: Then and Now - Rabbi Aharon Ariel Lavi

121

Is Pluralism a Punishment? With Chief Rabbi Jair Melchior

122

Maimonide’s Tzedakah vs Paul’s Charity - Two Narratives of Giving, Two Religious Worldviews - Noam Zion

123

The Three Weeks: Old Mourning vs. New Mourning - Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe

124

The Book of Job as the Guide for Jewish Ethics - Rabbi Haim Ovadia

125

Get Abuse: The Problem and the Solutions - Rabbi Barry Dolinger

126

A Conversation with Ruth Messinger on Voting Rights

127

Transitional Justice: From Theory to Practice – Dr. Rav Alexandra (Eliora) Peretz -

128

1619, 1654, 2022: Jews, Race, & U.S. History – Dr. Marc Dollinger

129

Judaism, Environmental Justice and our Consumer Choices - Rabbi Akiva Gersh

130

Interview: Idit Klein, Keshet

131

Gender Identity in Jewish Texts – Rabbi Avi Spodek

132

Interview: Matt Nosanchuk, New York Jewish Agenda

133

Interview: Rabbi Jessy Dressin, Repair the World

134

Interview: Rabbi Micha Odenheimer, Tevel b'Tzedek: The Earth in Justice

135

Interview: Rabbi Steve Greenberg, Eshel

136

The Justice Jedi Journey: Becoming a More Rugged and Sensitive World-Changer – Rabbi Pesach Stadlin

137

Interview: Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block, Bend the Arc

138

Interview: Ilana Kaufman, Jews of Color Initiative

139

Shemitah and Shared Ownership – Rabbanit Sara Wolkenfeld

140

You Shall Not Oppress the Ger: To Whom Does This Apply? – Professor Zvi Zohar

141

Tzedaka: Negotiating Civic Order and Social Justice – Rabbanit Dr. Hannah Hashkes

142

Interview: Abby Leibman, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger

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Interview: Rabbi Yitz Greenberg

144

Darkhei Shalom: The Path to Building Community – Rabbi Rahel Berkovits

145

Interview: American Jewish World Service (AJWS) President & CEO, Robert Bank

146

Interview: Avodah CEO, Cheryl Cook

147

Child Sexual Abuse in the Global Jewish Community – Manny Waks

148

The Sephardic Quest for Halakhic Social Justice – Rabbi Daniel Bouskila

149

Interview: HIAS CEO, Mark Hetfield

150

Interview: Jewish World Watch, Serena Oberstein