Sunday | May 22, 2022

Parshat Bamidbar: Family Dynamics and the Desert Encampment

In this eye-opening conversation with Matan’s Rosh Batei Midrash and Academic...

Sunday | May 12, 2022

Parshat Behukotai: The Roots and Uprooting of a Nation

In this conversation with longtime educator Ilana Goldstein Saks, we discuss...

Sunday | May 8, 2022

Parshat Behar: Theological and Social Dimensions of Shemita

Sunday | May 1, 2022

Parshat Emor: Economic Perspectives on the Holiday Cycle

Tuesday | April 26, 2022

Parshat Kedoshim: Love Through the Eyes of Rebbe Akiva

In this conversation with Morat Halakha and Matan Hasharon Faculty member...

Monday | April 18, 2022

Parshat Acharei Mot: Seeing Aaron Through the Eyes of Josephus

Sunday | April 10, 2022

Loving God: Shir Ha-Shirim and Pesach

Enjoy this pre-Pesach episode on Shir Ha-Shirim with Dr. (Yosefa) Fogel...

Sunday | April 30, 2022

Parshat Metzora: When the Body Speaks for God

In this conversation with Dr. Elana Stein Hain,  Director of Faculty...

Sunday | March 27, 2022

Parshat Tazria: Birth, Then and Now

In this candid and fun conversation with Rabbanit Rachel Weber Leshaw,...

Sunday | March 20, 2022

Parshat Shmini: Aharon and his Sons’ Death as Plot and Sub-Plot

In this moving conversation with Matan Eshkolot graduate Rabbanit Margot Botwinick,...

Sunday | January 30, 2022

Parshat Tzav: Ritual and Moral Impurity

In this conversation with Matan Lecturer Yael Leibowitz, we discuss two...

Sunday | March 6, 2022

Parshat Vayikra: Sanctity in Time, Place, and Person

In this spiritually intimate conversation with Matan graduate and faculty member Rabbanit...

Monday | February 28, 2022

Parshat Pekudei: Concluding the Book of Shemot and Leon Kass

In this conversation with Matan Faculty member Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash,...

Sunday | February 20, 2022

Parshat Vayakel: Physicality and Creativity through the eyes of Shai Agnon

This week’s episode is dedicated in memory of Sara Litton z”l...

Monday | February 14, 2022

Parshat Ki Tisa: Having and Being

In this sweeping conversation with Tanya White, she speaks about seminal...

Tuesday | February 8, 2022

Parshat Tetzave

This conversation between Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble and Dr. Adina Sternberg–...

Sunday | January 30, 2022

Parshat Teruma: The Mishkan As A Divine Marriage

In this candid conversation with Dr. Leore Sachs Shmuely–lecturer in Kabbalah...

Monday | January 24, 2022

Parshat Mishpatim: Creating a Just Society through the Eyes of the Or ha-Chaim

In this conversation with Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis, she passionately brings...

Tuesday | January 18, 2021

Parshat Yitro: Redemption Through the Eyes of Franz Rosenzweig

This week Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble speaks with Rabbanit Yafit Clymer...

Tuesday | December 11, 2021

Parshat Beshalach: R. Moshe Shamah Recalls the Covenant

Wednesday | January 5, 2021

Parshat Bo: Jewish History, Jewish Memory

This week Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble speaks with Rabbanit Rachelle Sprecher...

Wednesday | December 29, 2021

Parshat Vaera: Moshe as Lawmaker and Lawbreaker

This week Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble speaks with Dr. Ayelet Hoffman...

Wednesday | December 22, 2021

Parshat Shemot: Cassuto and the Exodus in its Ancient Egyptian Context

Welcome to a new season of One on One! In the...

Sunday | December 19, 2021

Biblical Women

Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble and Dr. Yael Ziegler discuss a vast...

Wednesday | December 15, 2021

Noticing the Small People: Secondary Characters

In this episode, Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble and Dr. Yael Ziegler...

Wednesday | December 8, 2021

How to Character Sketch

In this episode, Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble and Dr. Yael Ziegler...

Thursday | December 2, 2021

The World of Biblical Characters

In this first conversation of a four-part series, Dr. Yosefa (Fogel)...

Wednesday | November 17, 2021

Final Episode: Universal Suffering in the Eyes of Contemporary Philosophy

In this final episode of the series, Yosefa and Tanya transition...

Wednesday | November 10, 2021

Episode 3: Grappling with National Suffering: The Holocaust

In this episode Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble and Tanya White discuss...

Wednesday | November 2, 2021

Episode 2: Marginalized Theologies in Rabbinic Writings

This episode explores rabbinic sources on the topic and focuses on...

Wednesday | October 27, 2021

Suffering: Where Does God Fit In? Episode 1: The Roots of Biblical Suffering

This episode opens a new season of One on One and...

Sunday | September 26, 2021

V’zot ha-beracha: How to Die Better

Enjoy the final parsha shiur in this series given by Dr....

Tuesday | September 14, 2021

Shirat Ha’azinu, a song for generations

Enjoy this week’s short shiur on Parshat Ha’azinu given by Rivi...

Sunday | September 5, 2021

Be There or Be Square: Hakhel, Yehoshua, and the Value of Experience

Enjoy this short shiur on Parshat Vayelech given by Matan summer...

Tuesday | August 31, 2021

Choice and the Circle of Life

Enjoy this week’s short parsha shiur on Parshat Nitzavim given by...

Tuesday | August 24, 2021

Land & Law, History & Halakha

Enjoy this week’s parsha shiur on Parshat Ki Tavo given by...

Tuesday | August 17, 2021

The Beautiful Captive Woman: A New Look at Midrashic Sources

Enjoy this week’s short parsha shiur on Parshat Ki Tetze given...

Tuesday | August 10, 2021

“The Calf That Ties Devarim and Breishit Together.”

Enjoy this week’s short parsha shiur on Parshat Shoftim given by...

Tuesday | August 2, 2021

The Torah’s Sensitivity to Animals

Enjoy this week’s short parsha shiur on Parshat Re’eh given by...

Tuesday | July 27, 2021

Rain and Rivers: The Difference between Israel and Egypt

Enjoy this week’s short parsha shiur on Parshat Ekev given by...

Tuesday | July 20, 2021

On the Importance of Listening

Enjoy this week’s short parsha shiur on Parshat Va’etchanan given by...

Tuesday | July 13, 2021

A Sage is Greater than a Prophet

Enjoy this week’s short parsha shiur on Parshat Devarim given by...