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Jewish Matters

Jonathan Feldman

Explore all areas of Jewish life and Jewish learning with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman and special guests. We will talk about the Jewish experiences, Israel, Zionism, Jewish spirituality, Torah study and more...

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Holiday Series # 4 Purim:The Hidden Holiday

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2021/02/25

Holiday Series # 4 Purim: The Hidden Holiday with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast Purim is a strange holiday, we get dressed up, get drunk, and generally go crazy. How does this relate to the Purim story? How does getting dressed up connect us to the depper meanings of the story, and how can we use drinking to access depper aspects of ourselves?

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Holiday Series # 3 Revealing the Hidden: Megilat...

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2021/02/23

Revealing the Hidden: Megilat Esther. Overview & Insights on Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman The Megilat Esther, set in ancient Persia is a story of court intrigue and heroes who risk their lives for the Jewish people. It is the only book of the Torah/Tanach that G-d’s name is not mentioned. Yet as the story is woven we see that the confluence of event points to a deeper plot that is unfolding which will determine course of Jewish History.

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Sunset Series # 17 Focus on the Elections with MK...

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2021/02/23

The Next Generation of Social Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with MK Idan Roll on Jewish Matters Podcast About the topic: A Conversation with MK Idan Roll about the future of high tech, LGBTQ rights, social equality, and the situation of young professionals in Israel About our speaker. MK Idan Roll has served in Knesset since 2019 on the Yesh Atid list. In the outgoing Knesset, he was a member of the Economics Committee, the Labor, Welfare and Health Committee, and the Subcommittee on the

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Exodus Unveiled # 7 Raiders of The Lost Ark. ...

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2021/02/17

Exodus Unveiled # 7 Raiders of The Lost Ark. Overview & Insights on Parshat Terumah with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast What was the ark of the covenant and where is it today? What did the original Menorah look like and how is different than the one we use on Chanukah? After the giving of the Torah the Jewish people are directed to build a sanctuary, a portable center of worship, like a synagogue where the Jewish people would gather and bring offerings. The directions for

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Sunset Series # 16 Focus on the Elections -An Oleh in...

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2021/02/15

Experiences of an Oleh in Israeli Politics: Being an Address For the Anglo Community with Jeremy Saltan, Yamina Party List and Director of English Operations on Jewish Matters Podcast About the topic: As Israel gears up for elections on March 23, Yamina is positioned to play a key pivotal role in which party will be able to form a government. As an oleh, Jeremy Saltan is particularly well-placed to be an voice and an advocate for the olim community. Join us as he speaks about life in Israeli

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Exodus Unveiled # 6 Part II The Oral Law: What is the...

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2021/02/11

Exodus Unveiled # 6 Part II The Oral Law: What is the Talmud? In-Depth Insights on the Parshat Mishpatim with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman The written Torah is arguably the most influential document in the history of mankind. However in order to understand and apply the Torah there was an additional body of teachings called the Oral Law. Why was the Torah structured this way, and how does the system work? What is the Talmud and how is it related to the written law?

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Exodus Unveiled # 6 How Do You Create a Society Built...

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2021/02/10

Exodus Unveiled # 6 How Do You Create a Society Built on Jewish Values? Overview & Insights on Parshat Mishpatim with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast After the giving of the Torah at Mt Sinai this week’s parsha presents a sampling of the laws, the mitzvoth of the Torah. Most of them deal with societal laws, for since this is the moment of the formation of the Jewish people, they now need to know how to build a just society based on higher values.

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23:24

Exodus Unveiled # 5 Part II. The Ten Commandments: ...

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2021/02/03

Exodus Unveiled # 5 Part II. Foundation of Morality: The Ten Commandments. In-depth Insights on Parshat Yitro with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast What is special about the Ten Commandments, why were these ten chosen to be highlighted? What is the significance of their order, and are they all commandments? Can one command belief in G-d? Insights into one of the greatest documents in human history.

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Exodus Unveiled # 5 Becoming A People. Overview &...

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2021/02/03

Exodus Unveiled # 5 Becoming A People. Overview & Insights on Parshat B’shalach with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast This is a seminal parsha which presents the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, the event that concretized the covenant between G-d and the Jewish people. We will try to understand the significance of the ten commandments, the concept of a chosen people, and the experience of Divine revelation.

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Exodus Unveiled # 4 Trust in G-d & The Splitting of...

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2021/01/27

Trust in G-d & The Splitting of the Red Sea. Overview & Insights on the Parshat B’shalach with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast This parsha will chronicle the final chapter of the defeat of Pharoh and the Egyptians at the Red Sea. The Jews’ trust in Moshe and G-d is internalized by the miracles they experience, and the reliance on G-d in the desert who will sweeten that water and provide them with manna, wonder bread. It is a message that even if we do not experience miracles, the

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Sunset Series # 15 Jewish Tree Huggers: Tu B’Shvat, &...

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2021/01/25

Jewish Tree Huggers: Tu B’Shvat, & Environmentalism at the Sunset Series with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast. What is the significance of Tu B’Shvat, the New Year for Trees in Jewish tradition? In modern times it has been identified as a ‘Jewish Arbor Day’, but has been expanded beyond that as a ‘Jewish Earth Day. Was that its original intent? Is there a Jewish ethics of ecology that emerges from the Torah, and does it align with our modern ecological sensitivities?

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Exodus Unveiled # 3 Part II. How Do We Know the...

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2021/01/21

Exodus Unveiled # 3 Part II. How Do We Know the Exodus Happened? In-depth Insights on the Parshat Bo with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast The Exodus story is one of the most recognized stories of human history. How do we know the Exodus happened? Is there historical evidence beyond the Biblical account? What does the Egyptian historical record tell us of that event?

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Exodus Unveiled # 3. The Breaking of Egypt. ...

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2021/01/20

Exodus Unveiled # 3. The Breaking of Egypt. Overview & Insights on the Parshat Bo with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast. The last three plagues finally break Pharoh and Egypt and the Jewish people are sent free. Before they go they are told to have a feast of lamb and matza, and to put the blood on the door lintel. Three times they are told that in the future they are to re-enact this night and have a seder, and tell their children the story.

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Exodus Unveiled # 2. Taking on Pharoh. Overview &...

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2021/01/13

Exodus Unveiled # 2. Taking on Pharoh. Overview & Insights on the Parshat Va’era with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast Moshe’s first attempt to free the Jewish people in Egypt just made things worse. In this week’s Parsha G-d begins by promising Moshe and the Jewish people that He will free them. This will not happen immediately, because Pharoh’s heart will be hardened. The first seven plagues are brought on Pharoh and we see him and his court beginning to falter.

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Sunset Series # 14 Beyond the Conflict: Getting to...

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2021/01/10

Beyond the Conflict: Getting to Know Palestinians with Noor A'wad in Sons of Abraham on Jewish Matters Podcast There is much discussion and debate on the Israel-Palestinian conflict, but very little about who the Palestinians are, and how they live. What is the nature of Palestinian society beyond the conflict with Israel? How do they live, what is the nature of their family life, their customs, their religious beliefs and their society? What is the evolution of Palestinian society, and how much

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Exodus Unveiled # 1. Beginnings of a Peoplehood. ...

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2021/01/08

Exodus Unveiled # 1. Beginnings of a Peoplehood. Overview & Insights on the Parshat Shemot with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast The Jewish people’s stay in Egypt brings growth and prosperity but then turns sour. The new king of Egypt turns on the Jewish people and enslaves them. Moshe is born, is brought up by Pharoh’s daughter but then re-identifies with his people. He flees Egypt eventually to be called upon by G-d to go back to free the people. The parsha ends with the first

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Genesis Unveiled # 12. Yaakov’s Final Blessings. ...

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2021/01/01

Yaakov’s Final Blessings. Overview & Insights on the Parshat Vayechi with Rabbi Jonthan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast The parsha presents us with several family scenarios of Yaakov finishing his life by clarifying the legacy for the future generation. We will discuss the implications of him promoting Yosef’s sons to full tribes and the blessing of Yosef’s son, the blessings to Yaakov’s own sons, and his insistence on being buried in Israel. The parsha ends with unfinished business between

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Sunset Series #13 Sons of Abraham: Arab & Israeli:...

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2020/12/30

Sons of Abraham: Arab & Israeli: How Does It Work? with Ms. Ghaida Rinawie-Zoabi 1/5 of the population of Israel is Arab, yet most Israelis do not really know about their communities, their culture and their role in Israeli society which we will uncover. We will also discuss the question of the integration of Israeli Arabs into larger Israeli society, from the workplace to education to governance, and the allocation of resources for that sector. We will hear first-hand about the range of outlooks

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Genesis Unveiled # 11. Was the Reunion of Joseph and...

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2020/12/25

Was the Reunion of Joseph and HIs Brothers a Reuniting? Overview & Insights on the Parshat Vayigash with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast. After Benjamin is framed by the Egyptian viceroy who is Joseph, Yehuda steps forward and offers himself in place of his brother. This leads to Joseph revealing his true identity and the family being reunited. Jacob and the entire family will come down to Egypt during the famine. Joseph will forgive his brothers, but have they completed their

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Sunset Series # 12 From Africa to Israel: The Hebrew...

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2020/12/24

From Africa to Israel: The Hebrew Israelite Community -Sons of Abraham with Sar Ahmadiel Ben Yehuda About the topic: Currently numbering nearly 3,000 men, women and children based in Israel, and with satellite communities of thousands across the US, the Caribbean and Africa, the African Hebrew Israelites easily comprise the largest organized repatriation movement of African Americans in history. Ben Yehuda has documented the migration patterns and cultural parallels to the ancient Israelites found

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