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Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Welcome to Everything Jewish – 10 Minutes at a Time! A podcast about Judaism, Jewish history, Jewish culture, religion, traditions, literature, holidays, and the fascinating world of Jewish life—all in about ten minutes at a time. Whether you're Jewish, Jew-curious, or simply interested in learning about Judaism and Jewish culture, each bite-sized episode explores a different topic in a clear, engaging, and approachable way. Discover the stories, people, ideas, beliefs, customs, and cultural…
Episodes
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
"Love Your Neighbor as Yourself" in 10 Minutes
Join us on this episode of Everything Jewish, 10 Minutes at a Time, as we explore one of the most famous and powerful commandments in the Torah: 'Love your…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Sacrificial System in 10 Minutes
Join us on this episode of Everything Jewish, 10 Minutes at a Time, as we step into the ancient world of the Beit HaMikdash and explore the fascinating and…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Aaron in 10 Minutes
Join us on this episode of Everything Jewish, 10 Minutes at a Time, as we take a closer look at one of the most fascinating and underappreciated figures in…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Covenant (Brit) in 10 Minutes
Join us on this episode of Everything Jewish, 10 Minutes at a Time, as we explore the powerful concept at the very heart of Judaism: the Covenant, or Brit…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Mount Sinai and the Giving of the Torah in 10 Minutes
Join us on this episode of Everything Jewish, 10 Minutes at a Time, as we journey to the foot of Mount Sinai for one of the most dramatic and foundational…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Amalek in 10 Minutes
Join us on this episode of Everything Jewish, 10 Minutes at a Time, as we dive into one of the most ancient, controversial, and misunderstood commandments in…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Ten Plagues in 10 Minutes
What does it take to break the will of a superpower—and what happens when each warning is ignored? In this episode, we explore the dramatic story of the ten…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Seven Fat Years and Seven Lean Years in 10 Minutes
What does it mean to prepare for a crisis before it even begins—and would you recognize the warning signs if they were right in front of you? In this episode…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Joseph and His Brothers in 10 Minutes
What happens when jealousy, betrayal, and destiny collide within a single family? In this episode, we explore the dramatic story of Joseph and his…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Patriarch of Jacob (Israel) in 10 Minutes
What does it mean to struggle—and can a single life of conflict, deception, growth, and transformation define an entire people? In this episode, we dive into…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Sodom and Gomorrah in 10 Minutes
What really led to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah—and was it just about sin, or something deeper about the kind of society they had become? In this…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Jewish National Fund (JNF) in 10 Minutes
What does it mean to plant a forest—and can something as simple as a tree carry a century of history, identity, and controversy? In this episode, we explore…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Jewish Defense League (JDL) and Meir Kahane in 10 Minutes
Who was Meir Kahane, and how did one rabbi's radical vision spark a movement that still provokes intense debate today? In this episode, we dive into the story…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Jewish Views of Homosexuality in 10 Minutes
How does an ancient religious tradition grapple with one of the most debated issues of the modern world? In this episode, we explore Jewish views on…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Yeshiva University in 10 Minutes
Founded in 1886 on Manhattan's Lower East Side as a modest elementary school for Jewish immigrants, Yeshiva University grew into the intellectual flagship of…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Orthodox Judaism Divisions in 10 Minutes
What does it mean to be "Orthodox" in a world that's constantly changing—and why do people who share the same Torah sometimes live such different lives? In…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Elie Wiesel in 10 Minutes
What does it mean to survive the unimaginable—and then dedicate your life to making sure the world never forgets? In this episode, we explore the life of Elie…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Shalom Bayit in 10 Minutes
Enter the sanctuary of the home as we explore Shalom Bayit, the Jewish concept of "peace in the house." In this episode, we unpack how the domestic sphere is…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Bikkur Cholim (Visiting the Sick) in Judaism in 10 Minutes
Step into the sacred duty of Bikkur Cholim, the Jewish practice of visiting the sick, which is regarded not merely as a "nice gesture" but as a formal…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Judeo-Arabic in 10 Minutes
Enter the world of Judeo-Arabic, the linguistic bridge that fueled the "Golden Age" of Jewish thought and transformed the Middle East into a global center of…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Judeo-Farsi in 10 Minutes
Journey into the heart of the Silk Road as we explore Judeo-Farsi, the linguistic tapestry that has unified the Jewish communities of Persia for over 2,500…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The 1982 Lebanon War in 10 Minutes
Gemini said Step into the chaotic landscape of the "First Lebanon War," a conflict that began as a localized military operation and transformed into a…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Jewish Views of Abortion in 10 Minutes
Navigate the delicate and deeply compassionate framework of Jewish Views on Abortion, a perspective that prioritizes the life and well-being of the mother…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Jewish Views of Capital Punishment in 10 Minutes
Wrestle with the profound tension between biblical law and judicial restraint in our episode on Capital Punishment in Judaism. On the surface, the Torah…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Maimonides Eight Levels of Tzedakah (Charity) in 10 Minutes
Ascend the "Golden Ladder" of Jewish ethics in our episode on Maimonides' Eight Levels of Tzedakah. In his 12th-century legal masterpiece, the Mishneh Torah…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Jewish Theological Explanations of the Holocaust in 10 Minutes
Wrestle with the most agonizing chapter in modern religious thought in our episode on Post-Holocaust Theology. In this installment, we unpack how the Shoah—the…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Theodicy and Judaism
Wrestle with the "Question of Questions" in our episode on Theodicy and Judaism—the profound intellectual and spiritual struggle to reconcile the existence of…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Jewish Settlements in the West Bank in 10 Minutes
Explore the complex and contentious history of Jewish Settlements in the West Bank (Judaea and Samaria), a movement that has fundamentally altered the physical…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Assassination of Yitzchak Rabin in 10 Minutes
Witness the moment that shattered the hope of a generation in our episode on the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. On the night of November 4, 1995, at the…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Hezbollah and Israel in 10 Minutes
Trace the volatile history of the "Longest Border" in our episode on Hezbollah and Israel. In this installment, we explore the origins of the "Party of God"…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Gaza and Israel in 10 Minutes
Explore the deep-seated complexities of the Gaza-Israel Conflict, a volatile flashpoint that has defined the 21th-century landscape of the Middle East. In this…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Yom Kippur War in 10 Minutes
Experience the moment the world stood still in our episode on the Yom Kippur War of 1973, a conflict that brought the Cold War superpowers to the brink of…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Six-Day War (1967 War) in 10 Minutes
Witness the six days that shook the world and redrew the map of the Middle East in our episode on the Six-Day War of 1967. In this installment, we explore the…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The 1956 War (Suez Crisis) in 10 Minutes
Dive into the high-stakes geopolitical gamble of the 1956 Suez Crisis, a conflict that signaled the end of European colonial dominance and the rise of the Cold…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Israel's War of Independence in 10 Minutes
Witness the birth of a nation and the "miracle of the Mediterranean" in our episode on the 1948 Israel War of Independence, known to Israelis as Milchemet…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Oslo Accords in 10 Minutes
Witness the moment when a secret backchannel in Norway nearly rewrote the future of the Middle East in our episode on the Oslo Accords. In this installment, we…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Arab-Israeli Conflict in 10 Minutes
Navigate the complex and deeply personal history of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, a struggle over land, identity, and sovereignty that has reshaped the Middle…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Righteous Gentiles in 10 Minutes
Gemini said Honor the "shining lights in a time of total darkness" as we explore the Righteous Among the Nations, the non-Jewish individuals who risked their…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Aramaic in 10 Minutes
Step into the linguistic time machine as we explore Aramaic, the resilient "lingua franca" that served as the heartbeat of the Middle East for over three…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Henry Ford and Antisemitism in 10 Minutes
Unmask the dark legacy of an American icon in our episode on Henry Ford and Antisemitism. While famous for the Model T, Ford was also the primary driver of a…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Antisemitism in 10 Minutes
Explore the "longest hatred" in our episode on the history of Antisemitism, tracing its evolution from ancient religious friction to modern political…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Jewish Labor Bund Movement in 10 Minutes
Explore the rise of the "Jewish Street" as a political powerhouse in our episode on the Jewish Labor Bund. Founded in a secret attic in Vilna in 1897, the Bund…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Chmielnicki Massacres in 10 Minutes
In 1648, a Cossack uprising erupted across Eastern Europe, unleashing one of the deadliest waves of violence against Jewish communities before the Holocaust…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Napoleon and the Jews in 10 Minutes
Explore the dramatic and controversial intersection of the Enlightenment and the Jewish world in our episode on Napoleon and the Jews. As Napoleon Bonaparte's…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Conversos (Marranos) in 10 Minutes
Step into the shadowed world of the Conversos—the "converted ones"—the thousands of Jews in Spain and Portugal who were forced to adopt Catholicism during the…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Judah HaLevi in 10 Minutes
Explore the life of the "Sweet Singer of Zion" in our episode on Judah Halevi, the preeminent poet and philosopher of the Spanish Golden Age. In this…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Black Death and the Jews in 10 Minutes
Uncover the terrifying intersection of a global pandemic and mass hysteria in our episode on The Black Death and the Jews. As the bubonic plague ravaged Europe…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
David Ben-Gurion
Witness the life of the "Old Man" in our episode on David Ben-Gurion, the primary architect and first Prime Minister of the State of Israel. Born David Grün in…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Disputation of Barcelona in 10 Minutes
Step into the high-stakes theological "boss fight" of the 13th century as we explore the Disputation of Barcelona in 1263. In this episode, we unpack four days…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Nachmanides (The Ramban) in 10 Minutes
Dive into the life of the "Great Defender" of Jewish tradition as we explore Nachmanides, also known as the Ramban, the towering 13th-century Spanish sage who…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Jewish Blood Libels in 10 Minutes
Uncover the dark and devastating history of one of the most persistent and lethal conspiracy theories in human history: the Jewish Blood Libel. In this…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Tosafists in 10 Minutes
Step into the bustling study halls of medieval France and Germany as we explore the Tosafists, the revolutionary school of Talmudic commentators who operated…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
AIPAC in 10 MInutes
What exactly is AIPAC, and how did a lobbying organization become one of the most influential voices in American foreign policy? In this episode, we unpack the…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Burning Bush in 10 Minutes
What would you do if an ordinary moment suddenly became something divine—something you couldn't ignore? In this episode, we explore the unforgettable scene of…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Samuel in 10 Minutes
In this episode of Everything Jewish, 10 Minutes at a Time, we explore the powerful story of Samuel — the last of the biblical judges, a prophet, priest, and…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Roman Conquest of Judea in 10 Minutes
Explore the shattering collision of two worlds in our episode on the Roman Conquest of Judea, a century-long struggle that culminated in the catastrophic…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Herod the Great in 10 Minutes
Unpack the life of history's most polarizing builder in our episode on Herod the Great, the Roman-appointed King of Judea who ruled from 37 to 4 BCE. In this…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Hasmonean Dynasty in 10 Minutes
Explore the rise and fall of the Hasmonean Dynasty, the fierce family of priest-kings who won back Jewish sovereignty in the 2nd century BCE and briefly…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Septuagint in 10 Minutes
Step back into the intellectual crossroads of ancient Alexandria as we explore the creation of the Septuagint, the first and most influential translation of…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Golden Calf in 10 Minutes
Dive into one of the most dramatic and scandalous turning points in biblical history as we unpack the story of the Golden Calf. In this episode, we explore the…