Behind The Times - Mishpacha
Discover the critical moments and big concepts at the intersection of world and rabbinic history, with Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Galinsky and Gedalia Guttentag. This is the Jewish past and present – as you’ve never heard it before.
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Eps 22. Selichos Surge (opens the original)
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A kidnapped 10th-century Torah scholar, Novardok meets Slabodka, and a million Israelis saying Selichos — what connects them all?
Eps 21. When the Left Was Pro-Israel (opens the original)
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The Left gave birth to Israel. So how and why did the Democrats and Labour Party of old, give us Zohran Mamdani and Jeremy Corbyn? In Episode 21 of Behind the Times, Gedalia Guttentag explores how the Western Left went from supporting the creation of Israel to producing some of its Jewish state’s most vocal critics. What changed — and how did we get from there to here?
Eps 20. Elul: How Much of Your Growth is Yours? (opens the original)
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The Alter of Novardok on finding who we are really, beyond the seder, the chavrusa, and the framework.
Eps 19. Diplomatic Quest (opens the original)
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How did an American diplomat become a Jewish convert, a Jerusalem pioneer, and the subject of a sensational insanity
Eps 18. A Handful of Dust (opens the original)
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The tangible soil of Har Habayis tells a story of longing, and Tisha B'Av redemption.
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