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Uri L'Tzedek: Orthodox Social Justice — 162 episodes

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Tikvah - Reviving Hope in Desperate Times

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Life Against Death - Rabbi Irving Greenberg Interview

3

Derakheha Darkhei Noam

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Religious Discourse in the Public Sphere

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Are we truly free? On agency and its consequences in an uncertain world

6

Praying with our Feet: Activism and Protest, If Not Now, When

7

The Theological and the Political: The High Court Petition on Women's Right to Equal Access to the Rabbinate Examinations, and What Comes Next

8

Honesty is Godly: Why Faith is Crucial for a Just Society

9

Jewish-Muslim Religious Fraternity: past, present, and future

10

Rav Kook's Teachings on How to Fix the Entire World with Rabbi Itzchak Evan-Shayish

11

Book Talk: Zionism in Crisis with Rabbi Zachary Truboff

12

Why is Collaboration Between Faiths Key to a Sustainable Future?

13

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

14

The Vision of Justice and Peace with Rav Michael Melchoir!

15

Aguna: Facilitating Divorce Processes for Women

16

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

17

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

18

The Mishkan as a Model for Israel and Jewish Peoplehood

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Restoring Peace & Justice to Jerusalem with Rabbanit Sharona Halickman

20

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

21

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

22

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

23

Interfaith Allyship Training with Soraya Deen

24

How to Fight Like a Mensch | Rabbi David Jaffe

25

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

26

Do Not Take a Bribe with Rabbanit Sharona Halickman

27

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

28

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

29

Workers Rights and Paying On Time with Rabbi Mike Moskowitz

30

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

32

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

34

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

35

Jewish Ethics of Interfaith Dialogue

36

Shmita: A Year Devoted to Social Justice

37

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

38

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

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

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Antisemitism in Australia

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

42

Social Action Originated in the Torah

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

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Are AI’s Existential Risks Real?

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Beyond Tikkun Olam: A Jewish Case for Social Justice

46

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

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Dismantling Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Machine

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From Dream to Reality: Building Intentional Jewish Communities

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Pesach with Neighbors: Building Community Through Open-Hearted Hospitality

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

51

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

59

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

60

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

61

Native American and Jewish Partnership for Democracy and Civic Engagement

62

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

63

Bridging Faiths: Jewish-Muslim Collaboration for Democracy and Tolerance

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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

67

"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!

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Election Season! What is Our Role to Protect Democracy?

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

71

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

74

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

76

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

77

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

80

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

81

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

82

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

83

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

84

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

85

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

86

A path to redemption - a panel on mass incarceration

87

Organizing the Jewish community to protect Democracy!

88

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

89

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

90

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

91

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

92

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

98

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

99

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

100

Water Access: A Halakhic Argument with Rabbi David Polsky

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

102

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

105

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

106

Exploring Halacha on Living Kidney Donation with Rabbi Jason Weiner

107

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

108

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

109

The Jewish Jail Lady And The Holy Thief

110

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

111

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

112

Social Justice in Kashrut Law with Shayna Abramson

113

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

114

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

115

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

116

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

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

118

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

119

Can Factory Farmed Dairy Actually Be Kosher?

120

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

121

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

122

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

123

Social justice issues related to organ donation With Rabbi Yuval Cherlow

124

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

125

Unequal Resources And Sharing Property with Rabbi Aviva Richman

126

Is Lab Created Meat Kosher? With Rabbi Dina Najman

127

Interfaith Panel On The Death Penalty

128

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

129

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

130

Caring For Workers Animals & Our Environment: A Torah Revolution

131

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

132

Shmita: Then and Now - Rabbi Aharon Ariel Lavi

133

Is Pluralism a Punishment? With Chief Rabbi Jair Melchior

134

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

135

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

136

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

137

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

138

A Conversation with Ruth Messinger on Voting Rights

139

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

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

141

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

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Interview: Idit Klein, Keshet

143

Gender Identity in Jewish Texts – Rabbi Avi Spodek

144

Interview: Matt Nosanchuk, New York Jewish Agenda

145

Interview: Rabbi Jessy Dressin, Repair the World

146

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

147

Interview: Rabbi Steve Greenberg, Eshel

148

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

149

Interview: Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block, Bend the Arc

150

Interview: Ilana Kaufman, Jews of Color Initiative

151

Shemitah and Shared Ownership – Rabbanit Sara Wolkenfeld

152

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

153

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

154

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

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Interview: Rabbi Yitz Greenberg

156

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

157

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

158

Interview: Avodah CEO, Cheryl Cook

159

Child Sexual Abuse in the Global Jewish Community – Manny Waks

160

The Sephardic Quest for Halakhic Social Justice – Rabbi Daniel Bouskila

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Interview: HIAS CEO, Mark Hetfield

162

Interview: Jewish World Watch, Serena Oberstein