The Koren Podcast

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Inviting you into the conversation with leading educators, scholars, leaders, and us to discuss the issues facing Judaism today. This is not a podcast about books, but what's happening off the page. W are asking our guests just one question: Can you teach us the Torah standing on one leg - al regel ahat? Listen to hear what it is that has guided some of the leading figures of the Jewish world to where they are today and what they are thinking about as we look toward the future.

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Rabbi Daniel Feldman

Apr 16 2024 37 mins

Have you ever wondered why sometimes halakha seems immovable but other times it seems flexible and full of workarounds? We can't own hametz on Pesah so we just sell it to a non-Jew. First borns must fast on erev-Pesah, just make a siyum! Rabbi Daniel Feldman explores these topics and more in his new book Letter and Spirit: Evasions, Avoidance, and Workarounds in the Halakhic System

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin

Apr 02 2024 61 mins

We were joined this week by Jewish renaissance man, teacher, author, podcaster, twitter star, Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin! Rabbi Bashevkin is the Director of Education at NCSY, Clinical Assistant Professor of Jewish Values at the Sy Syms School of Business at Yeshiva University. He has published four books, Sin·a·gogue: Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought, a Hebrew work B’Rogez Rachem

MODI

Mar 20 2024 26 mins

For our second special Purim episode... It's Modi! Modi Rosenfeld is a wonderful stand-up,actor, and Jewish advocate. What a treat it was to spend some time with him learning about Moshiach energy, making people smile, and building Jewish futures. Listen now as Modi shares his Torah al regel ahat! | | Get 10% off your next order from www.korenpub.com with code PODCAST at checkout.

Elon Gold

Mar 19 2024 43 mins

It's almost Purim! To get into the spirit we are releasing 2 episodes this week! For the first of our Purim specials we were joined by actor, comedian, and all-round mensch Elon Gold! Listen now as Elon shares his Torah al regel ahat! | | Get 10% off your next order from www.korenpub.com with code PODCAST at checkout. If you would like to contact us you can reach us on social media

Rabbi Shlomo Brody

Mar 05 2024 40 mins

We're back for our fifth season of The Koren Podcast asking our guests to teach us their Torah al regel ahat - standing on one leg.We were joined this week by Rabbi Shlomo Brody, author of the National Jewish Book Award-winning A Guide to the Complex and the new Ethics of Our Fighters. Rabbi Brody is a leading expert in Jewish ethics and his new book is the first attempt to analyse

Rachel Goldberg & Jon Polin

Feb 20 2024 43 mins

We're back for our fifth season of The Koren Podcast asking our guests to teach us their Torah al regel ahat - standing on one leg.We were joined this week by Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin, the parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin who, at the time of recording, has been held hostage by Hamas terrorists for 136 days. Hersh is one of 134 people who have been held in captivity since Octobe

Eylon Levy

Nov 27 2023 25 mins

We are joined this week by one of the most recognizable faces (and eyebrows!) of world Jewry today. Eylon Levy is the Israeli Government Spokesman who has appeared in hundreds of TV and radio interviews to be the voice of right and reason against so many ill-informed (even if well-intentioned) journalists around the world. Eylon took a few minutes out of his incredibly busy schedul

Platoon Leader (Res.) Rabbi Avishai Magence

Nov 15 2023 29 mins

This week we are joined by our colleague and friend Rabbi Avishai Magence. Avishai is the projects director at Koren and, in normal life, is responsible for overseeing all of the ongoing projects at Koren. Since October 7th Avishai has been serving in the IDF reserves as a platoon leader in the defence of Israel. The current war is the fourth in which Avishai has been called up to

Aryeh Myers

Oct 31 2023 36 mins

We are joined this week by Aryeh Myers, a paramedic, and member of the International Relations department of Magen David Adom. Aryeh has been working round the clock since October 7th and took some time out to speak with Aryeh and Alex about the heroic response of his colleagues, the hope Magen David Adom provides as an apolitical organization that brings members of all areas of Is

Operation Swords of Iron

Oct 18 2023 31 mins

In place of a usual episode of the Koren Podcast Al Regel Ahat this week, Aryeh and Alex spent a journey back from an army base in Israel trying to process some of the events of the last couple of weeks. We want to thank all of the people on the front lines fighting for Israel's safety, and all those in the diaspora who have moved mountains to assist in whatever way they can. Pleas