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Brought to you by Penguin. ‘“I liked the Jewish jokes,” she says. “Oh, it’s OK”, I say. “I’m allowed to make them.” Her eyes light up. And so it all begins.’ When Max meets Eliana, a dazzling modern Orthodox Jewish girl, in a bar in Edinburgh one night, he never expected it...

Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating essays since she was a teenager. Often asked by major publications to write on subjects related to Jewish culture - and increasingly in response to a recent wave of deadly anti-Semitic attacks - Horn was troubled to realize what all of these assignments had in common: She was being asked to write about dead Jews, never about living ones.

Hahn explores the "covenant love" God reveals to us through the Scriptures and explains how God patiently reaches out to us—despite our faults and shortcomings—to restore us into relationship with his divine family. Join Hahn as he follows the high adventure of God's plan for the ages, beginning with Adam and Eve and continuing down through the generations to the coming of Christ and the birth of the Church. You'll discover how the patient love of the Father revealed in the Bible is the same persistent love he has for you.

A bold and timely exploration of antisemitism, identity, and moral purpose. In Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Jew? , Rabbi Raphael Shore confronts the world’s oldest hatred through a strikingly original lens. Rather than viewing antisemitism as a story of victimhood, Shore reveals it as a profound—if disturbing—recognition of the Jewish people’s moral mission and influence on civilization.

A profound, startling new understanding of Jewish life, illuminating the forgotten heart of Jewish theology and practice: love. A dramatic misinterpretation of the Jewish tradition has shaped the history of the West: Christianity is the religion of love, and Judaism the religion of law. In the...

In this gripping memoir, Jack and Rochelle Sutin recount their experiences as Jewish resistance fighters during World War II, a story that ranges from extreme horror to poignant triumph. Told through their son Lawrence, the book brings alive the reality of months spent hidden in a dank underground bunker infested with lice and disease.

From award-winning author Dara Horn, a landmark book that boldly confronts and dismantles the myths and lies that have spread antisemitism from ancient times until today—and then offers an audacious but achievable vision for the future. After publishing the award-winning People Love Dead Jews...

After spending a decade and a half studying the depths of Torah, Kaballah, Chasidus, and Spirituality, Moshe Gersht has gifted us with a new lens on life. With his spiritual guide It’s All the Same to Me, Moshe Gersht inspires listeners to discover the freedom and joy of a life lived in the deep connection of "sameness". Gersht introduces the powerful kaballistic idea of Hishtavus to explain how getting beyond our ego is not only essential to your happiness, but is also the key to loving the life you experience.

A young woman moves across an ocean to uncover the truth about her grandparents' mysterious estrangement and pieces together the extraordinary story of their wartime experiences In 1948, after surviving World War II by escaping Nazi-occupied France for refugee camps in Switzerland, Miranda's...

Love, List College is a podcast about students and their stories — and the quiet but profound role that List College played in shaping them. Hosted by Devin Leslie, a senior in the Joint Program, the show gathers these connections for the first time and brings them to the wider community: students, alumni, faculty, and staff alike. Each episode is a chance to hear how a place and the people in it can become something much more — a source of connection, meaning, and ultimately, love.

Divorced and fifty-five, Janet Silver Ghent stood in tears at Jerusalem's Western Wall in the winter of 1998 and pressed a paper between the cracks. Please, God, find me a match, she wrote. She should have marked it Rush. As 1999 dawned, she took matters into her own hands and penned a quirky personals adCute writer seeks leading man for possible lifetime dramaluring Allen, a singing Silicon Valley engineer, to a tryst in a San Francisco toy store. They tapped out tunes with their toes on a giant mat piano.

Jacob and Solomon were polygamists. Tamar and Rahab were prostitutes. What are polygamists and prostitutes doing on the pages of Holy Scripture? And God told the prophet Hosea to marry a prostitute. What about Cain—did he really marry his sister? Abraham did, and he was also a polygamist. Lot...

Three young Jewish sisters from Leipzig, Germany huddle together in the cold darkness of night waiting for their smugglers to rescue them and bring them to freedom in Belgium. Their mother, in a state of shock following Kristallnacht, is left behind, sedated in a psychiatric hospital. November 1938 begins the four year ordeal of the seven member Kroch family who endure unfathomable conditions in their fight for survival: imprisonment in French internment camps, hiding in a tiny tool shed, and adapting to the deplorable conditions of a Nazi prison.

Trapped in Poland in 1941, like many Jews, Millie Werber went from the Radom Ghetto to slave labor in an armaments factory, survived Auschwitz, and toiled in a second factory until liberation came on April 1, 1945. She faced death many times but lived to marry a good man and fellow survivor. Meanwhile, she concealed a photograph in her closet and carried a secret in her heart.

In the spring of 1933, more than 8,000 Jewish musicians, actors, and other artists were expelled from their positions with German orchestras, opera companies, and theater groups. Later that year, the Jüdische Kulturbund, or Jewish Culture Association, was created to allow Jewish artists to perform for Jewish audiences.

No matter where you are or what you're going through, you are never alone.In a world that often feels chaotic and cold, we bring you weekly inspiration rooted in emunah, Torah, and the unwavering love Hashem has for each one of us.Believing in Hashem gives us the capacity to envision change. Having a relationship with Hashem gives us the capacity to hope for that change.Please check out these other podcasts by Chaim Reidel: Torahvation and Living With Kedusha.Follow on Instagram @torahvationTo connect with Chaim Reidel, you can email him at livinghigherbsd@gmail.com

Childhood lovers, Hana and Abram, live peaceful lives with their families in 1939 Poland. Soon, their idyllic world is turned when the Nazis march in, bent on turning all Polish Jews into their slaves. Hana and Abram's world is turned into a living nightmare. Will their love be strong enough to survive Hitler's Final Solution, the Nazi death camps, and a breathtaking escape across Europe? Just as Hana, the brave Auschwitz survivor who risks life to save her family, will utterly captivate your heart, “War Torn Love” is a historical love story that will capture your imagination.

My mom escaped from the Umschlagplatz or meeting place in Opatow, Poland. She quickly found herself with identification papers and a new identity in Warsaw. She became an important member of the Partisans conducting espionage and military attacks with my father. He was in the Warsaw ghetto with rebels fighting the Nazi as he kept a hidden Bakery and took good care of his beloved parents.

For the Love of Zion is a weekly podcast championing Israel and the Zionist vision. Through compelling conversations with the Jewish world's leading thinkers and advocates, we explore Jewish identity, Israel’s centrality to the Jewish future, and the fight for Israel and the Jewish people.

Join me on a journey of self-discovery, healing and spiritual growth. In this podcast I share with you my personal journey that started with atheism, continued on to Buddhism, then New Age, and finally took me to Judaism and, as of 2025, gave rise to the new motto of the podcast: Ancient Knowledge for Modern Spirituality. Follow along as I acquire knowledge from teachers, literature, travels and personal experiences of how Divine love can change your life for the better. It is my hope that every listener will benefit from this podcast, spreading the love, which really does work wonders! ...