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The College Commons Podcast, passionate perspectives from Judaism's leading thinkers, is produced by Hebrew Union College, America's first Jewish institution of higher learning.
HUC-JIR hosts The College Commons Podcast, a religion show with 244 episodes published.
Description: Jeffrey Marx wrestles with both the truth and the antisemitic fantasy of Jewish Arson in the early 20 th century. Biography: Ordained in 1983, Rabbi Marx served as the spiritual leader of The Santa Monica Sy
Description: The historian behind the history of HUC: Michael Meyer takes us on a sesquicentennial journey of American Judaism. Biography: Michael A. Meyer received his B.A. from UCLA and his doctorate from Hebrew Union
Description: Professor Emeritus David Mendelsson looks back at a half-century of momentous change for HUC in Israel. Biography: David Mendelsson recently stepped down as Director of the Year-in-Israel program at Hebrew U
Soundscape of the Soul Jewish Music transplanted from Europe to American, via Hebrew Union College. Judah M. Cohen, Ph.D. is the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Provost at Hebrew Union College. Cohen previously served as
Jessica Roda: Sacred Drugs - Jews, Psychedelics, and Healing (An HUC Connect Crossover Episode) 2026 Fritz A. Bamberger Lecture As interest in psychedelics grows once again, people from many backgrounds—biomedical resear
Charlie Scheidt follows the forgotten trail of his family from Europe to the United States. Charlie Scheidt is the chairman emeritus of Roland Foods, the company founded by his parents in 1939. Among his leadership roles
David Oppenheimer traces the diversity principle back two centuries. Biography: David B. Oppenheimer is a Clinical Professor of Law, Co-Director of the Pro Bono Program, and the Director of the Berkeley Center
Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein: The rabbinate is changing faster than it’s shrinking (but it’s also shrinking) Description: Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein breaks down a landmark study of road to the rabbinate. Ra
Sit by the Fire and Tell a Story Description: Rabbi Michael Zedek shares his stories and the values the drive them. Biography: Michael Zedek is rabbi emeritus of two wonderful synagogues: Emanuel Congregation in Chicago
Jewish and Twelve-Step Traditions at the Crossroads of Addiction Description: A Jewish ethical tradition called Mussar and a uniquely Jewish approach to twelve-step recovery. Hannah L. is the author of Mussar in Recovery
Advancing Ellenson's Legacy Series Adam Ferziger: A Patchwork of Jews Opinions and approaches inhabit the entire spectrum of Jewish thought and practice, but how do they speak to each other? Biography: Adam S. Ferziger i
Advancing Ellenson's Legacy Series Arnold Eisen: Dimensional and Complex Judaism More than a religion, resisting extremes, but also hard to pin down, Judaism and Judaism’s God inspire Arnold Eisen’s spiritual search. Bio
Advancing Ellenson's Legacy Series Rabbi Dalia Marx: The Prayerbook As a Living Text Rabbi Dalia Marx editor of the new Israeli Reform prayerbook muses on the siddur as both reflection and shaper of community. Biography:
For Rabbi Ed Feinstein meaning-making is story-telling, and the rabbi’s business. Biography: Rabbi Ed Feinstein came to Valley Beth Shalom in 1993 at the invitation of the renowned Rabbi Harold Schulweis z"l ,
A second generation of Holocaust survivors re-examine their lives through the lens of their parents. Aron Hirt-Manheimer (he/him) is the Union for Reform Judaism 's former editor-at-large, the former editor of
Description: Spiritual and political dynamics that motivate and shape the pulpit of Rabbi Rachel Timoner. Biography: Rabbi Rachel Timoner is grateful and proud to serve as Senior Rabbi of Congregation Beth Elohim in Park
When it comes to pigs, however, maybe you are what you don’t eat… Maybe… Jordan D. Rosenblum is the Belzer Professor of Classical Judaism and Director of Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His most
Description: Hannah Pollin-Galay reveals the Yiddish of destruction, and its capacity to bring life and meaning. Biography: Hannah Pollin-Galay is a scholar of East European Jewish culture, with a focus on the
Description: Complicated contours and tortuous fissures emerge as a picture of the American Jewish experience in Tablets Shattered. Biography: Joshua Leifer is a journalist and historian. He is a columnist for Haaretz .
Love of family, culture, and home, set to the music of Yemenite Jews in Songs for the Brokenhearted: A Novel . Ayelet Tsabari is the author of Songs for the Brokenhearted , winner of a National Jewish Book Award fo
Angela Buchdahl
senior rabbi of Central Synagogue, author
1 appearance on this show
Shai Held
President and Dean · Hadar Institute
1 appearance on this show
Jeremy Brown
DMAP Coordinator · Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
1 appearance on this show
Paul Zeitz
preventative medicine physician, epidemiologist, author
1 appearance on this show
Dani Shapiro
1 appearance on this show
Jonathan Sarna
Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History and Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies · The American Jewish Experience
1 appearance on this show
Colum McCann
author
1 appearance on this show
Sarah Hurwitz
former speechwriter for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama
1 appearance on this show
Danya Ruttenberg
author of On Repentance and Repair
1 appearance on this show
Mark Oppenheimer
CEO · magazine he edits
1 appearance on this show
Dahlia Lithwick
legal journalist
1 appearance on this show
Rabbi Sharon Brous
1 appearance on this show
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