Between the Lines: Author Conversations from the Library of JTS Podcast
1) The Art of the Jewish Family: A History Of Women In Early New York In Five Objects
A DISCUSSION WITH AUTHOR DR. LAURA ARNOLD LEIBMANIn "The Art of the Jewish Family" Dr. Laura Arnold Leibman examines five objects owned by a diverse group of Jewish women who lived in New York between...Show More
The Art of the Jewish Family: A History Of Women In Early New York In Five Objects
1:12:47 | Jun 24th, 2020
2) Voices from the Warsaw Ghetto: Writing Our History
A discussion with JTS's Dr. David G. Roskies about his powerful new collection of writings from the Warsaw Ghetto, recording the Holocaust from the perspective of its first interpreters, the victims t...Show More
3) Abraham Joshua Heschel: Mind, Heart, Soul
In his magisterial new biography of Abraham Joshua Heschel, Dr. Edward K. Kaplan tells the engrossing, behind-the-scenes story of the life, philosophy, struggles, yearnings, writings, and activism of ...Show More
4) Introducing The Evolution of Torah: a history of rabbinic literature
Episode 1: Who Were the Rabbis?What led to the emergence of the group of scholars and teachers we call the Rabbis? What motivated them and what did they value? The Rabbis looked to their forebear, Hil...Show More
5) Job: A New Translation
A Discussion with Translator Edward L. GreensteinThe Book of Job has often been called the greatest poem ever written. The book, in Edward Greenstein’s characterization, is “a Wunderkind, a genius eme...Show More
6) Confronting Hate
As hate crimes and domestic terrorism dominate the headlines, the legacy of the late Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum as a leader in interfaith and race relations in the United States and around the world becomes...Show More
7) Introducing What Now? A JTS Podcast
In this opening episode of JTS’s new podcast, What Now?, host Sara Beth Berman tells her story and speaks with Professor Alan Mittleman. Dr. Mittleman shares his own experiences with loss, framing tra...Show More
8) Four Rabbis at Lunch
Four rabbis from a local community—one Orthodox, two Conservative, and one Reform—meet each week at a local kosher deli to discuss Jewish law, theology, and synagogue business. This new work of fictio...Show More
9) The Paris Photo
Dr. Jane S. Gabin's historical novel looks at the complicated life and aftermath of the occupation of Paris during WWII and spotlights Jewish experiences during the Nazi occupation of the city. Her de...Show More
10) Movies and Midrash
Dr. Wendy Zierler's Movies and Midrash pioneers the use of cinema as a springboard to discuss central Jewish texts and matters of belief. Exploring what Jewish tradition, text, and theology have to sa...Show More