Expanding the Conversation Podcast
1) Expanding the Conversation: Roy Peled
What does it mean to be a Jewish and democratic state?In this episode, Dr. Roy Peled—legal scholar and former youth activist—reflects on the legal and political forces shaping Israel’s identity. Speak...Show More
2) Expanding the Conversation: Seth Farber
In Israel today, the question of “Who is a Jew?” is not only legal—it’s deeply personal.In this episode of Expanding the Conversation, Rabbi Seth Farber, founder and director of Itim, reflects on the ...Show More
3) Expanding the Conversation: Rakefet Ginsberg
What does Jewish pluralism actually look like in Israel today? In this episode of Expanding the Conversation, Rakefet Ginsberg, Executive Director of the Masorti Movement in Israel, reflects on how Is...Show More
4) Expanding the Conversation: Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
What does it mean to be both a witness and a bridge in a time of war? In this powerful episode, Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib—a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and a Palestinian American raised in Gaza...Show More
5) Expanding the Conversation: Raquel Ukeles
What role can a library play in a time of national crisis? In this episode of Expanding the Conversation, Dr. Raquel Ukeles, Director of Collections at the National Library of Israel, reflects on how ...Show More
6) Expanding the Conversation: Dahlia Scheindlin
In this episode of Expanding the Conversation, political strategist and public opinion expert Dr. Dalia Scheindlin explores the urgent challenges facing Israel today. Recorded live at the Jewish Theol...Show More
7) Expanding the Conversation: Nasreen Haddad Haj-Yahya
What does it mean to live fully in two worlds—and feel at home in neither? In this episode of Expanding the Conversation, Dr. Nasreen Haddad Haj-Yahya, one of Israel’s leading experts on Arab society ...Show More
8) Expanding the Conversation: Nurit Novis-Deutsch
In this episode of Expanding the Conversation, we explore pluralism in Israel with Dr. Nurit Novis-Deutsch, a lecturer at the University of Haifa. She delves into the challenges and paradoxes of plura...Show More
9) Expanding the Conversation with Dr. Jonathan Sarna
Welcome to the first episode of Expanding the Conversation, a new podcast from The Jewish Theological Seminary. This season, we bring you insights from Zionism: Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond, a JTS conv...Show More
10) Welcome to Expanding the Conversation, A New JTS Podcast
Join us for the new podcast from The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) Expanding the Conversation, a podcast that brings the thought-provoking discussions and dynamic scholarship of JTS directly to y...Show More