#1: Jews, Justice and Global Giving
How do we, as Jews, prioritize our giving? Ruth Messinger and Shoshana Boyd Gelfand share their two-cents...
Listen NowGlobal Torah, a joint project of OLAM and the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, is a podcast exploring Jewish approaches to international development and global service. Each episode features scholars of Jewish text in conversation with development and service professionals about crucial questions facing us as Jews and global citizens.
Season 2
#2: The Spiritual Power of Solar
How do our conversations about Jewish text inform our pursuits of global justice?
Listen Now#3: Encountering the Other: A Mother-Son Dialogue
Hear what a mother and son learned when they opened a conversation about encountering the "other" - in text and in life...
Listen Now#4: Disaster Relief and Beyond
How can we bring attention to global crises affecting vulnerable people - even when they don't hit headlines?
Listen Now#5: Why is this Year Different than All Other Years?
How do our conversations about Jewish text inform our pursuits of global justice?
Listen NowMini Episode: The Boundaries of Our Town
Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie asks: how might we redefine our sense of Jewish responsibility to reflect a 21st-century reality?
Listen NowMini Episode: Be an Upstander
“We need to create a lasting movement… How can we be not just bystanders but upstanders - to make ‘never again’ more than an empty promise...
Listen NowSeason 1
#1: What’s Text Got to Do with It?
What do Jewish text and tradition have to offer our practice of international development and global citizenship?
Listen Now#5: Strangers in Strange Lands
What are the challenges and opportunities of living Jewishly while serving in the developing world?
Listen Now#2: Wealth and Our Nation
Where is the place of the Jewish people within the conversation about how wealth is, and should be, distributed in the modern world?
Listen Now#3: Bringing God Down to Earth
Where do Jewish spiritual practice and global social activism intersect? A vibrant discussion with Rabbi Ruth Gan Kagan and Rabbi Micha Odenheimer...
Listen Now#4: Do Motives Matter?
What are the myriad of motives that bring us as Jews to serve global communities in need? How might mixed motives affect the quality of our work?
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