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    The Jewish Lives Podcast

    The Jewish Lives Podcast

    The Jewish Lives Podcast

    ratings:
    Length:
    55 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    The Jewish Lives Podcast is a monthly show that explores the lives of influential Jewish figures. Hosted by Alessandra Wollner, each episode includes an interview with an acclaimed Jewish Lives author. Jewish Lives is a prizewinning series of biography published by Yale University Press and the Leon D. Black Foundation. Join us as we explore the Jewish experience together.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 55 episodes

    Title

    A PASSSOVER SPECIAL: BECOMING ELIJAH

    Get ready for Passover with Jewish Lives. Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of Park Avenue Synagogu...

    44 minutes
    		Apr 17, 2024

    HENRIETTA SZOLD

    Henrietta Szold (1860–1945) is renowned as the founder of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist...

    23 minutes
    		Mar 25, 2024

    ALFRED DREYFUS

    On January 5, 1895, Captain Alfred Dreyfus’s cries of innocence were drowned out by a m...

    23 minutes
    		Feb 22, 2024

    SPINOZA

    Baruch (Benedictus) Spinoza (1632–1677) was a radical free thinker who led a life guide...

    17 minutes
    		Jan 29, 2024

    RABBI AKIVA

    Born in the Land of Israel around the year 50 C.E., Rabbi Akiva was the greatest rabbi ...

    21 minutes
    		Dec 22, 2023

    AMOS OZ

    Amos Oz (1939–2018) was one of Israel’s most prolific and prominent writers, as well as...

    28 minutes
    		Oct 23, 2023

    GROUCHO MARX

    Born Julius Marx in 1890, the brilliant comic actor who would later be known as Groucho...

    15 minutes
    		Sep 27, 2023

    BETTY FRIEDAN

    The feminist writer and activist Betty Friedan (1921–2006), pathbreaking author of The ...

    19 minutes
    		Aug 29, 2023

    GERSHOM SCHOLEM

    Gershom Scholem (1897–1982) was one of the most influential figures in the field of Jew...

    20 minutes
    		Jul 24, 2023

    WALTHER RATHENAU

    Both thoroughly German and unabashedly Jewish, Walther Rathenau (1867–1922) served in t...

    17 minutes
    		Jun 26, 2023