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In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch: Julia Jassey
Julia Jassey didn’t set out to lead the charge against antisemitism on college campuses, but a brush with casual Jew-hatred her freshman year changed the course of her life. Hear how this college student harnessed the power of social media and created Jewish On Campus to help her peers fight back. LISTEN + SUBSCRIBE Every […]
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch: Yehuda Kurtzer
Being Jewish has always been complicated. Listen as Rabbi Ammi Hirsch and Shalom Hartman Institute’s “Identity/Crisis” podcast host Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer examine how the success of assimilation has made negotiating our modern Jewish identities more complex. LISTEN + SUBSCRIBE Every other week, Rabbi Ammi Hirsch hosts intellectually honest conversations unpacking current events through the lens […]
Amplify Israel Book Club: Dinner and a Book 🙋
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueJoin us to read about the most pressing issues facing the Jewish people today. For this meeting, we will be reading “Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor” by Yossi Klein Halevi. The book can be purchased online here or from your local bookstore. Dinner is available for order or you may bring your own! This group meets every […]
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch: Amanda Berman
There are some people who'd have you believe it's impossible to support liberal causes and be a Zionist. But as founder and executive director of Zioness, Amanda Berman is fighting […]
Why Israel? A Foundations Class for Teens and Their Parents 🙋
Stephen Wise Free SynagogueIsrael is a hot-button issue. About as big as New Jersey, the country is covered in the media, at the U.N., and in public discourse to an extent far exceeding its size or population. With limitless information available about Israel from sources that range the political and ideological spectrum, it can be hard to break […]
In These Times With Rabbi Ammi Hirsch: Batya Ungar-Sargon
Does it feel like everything you read in the news is somehow slanted? Newsweek's Batya Ungar-Sargon presents her carefully researched history of American journalism and where she believes it started to go seriously wrong. LISTEN + SUBSCRIBE Every other week, Rabbi Ammi Hirsch hosts intellectually honest conversations unpacking current events through the lens of Jewish […]