Arutz Sheva, based in Israel , is a site that offers a very rich
variety of programming in English, Hebrew, French and Russian –
including news, discussion, music, and Torah.
Video and radio daily news reports are among the very best
available in English. Music
programming is substantial and worth exploring.
Susan Handelman, professor at Bar-Ilan University, Israel,
analyzes the dramatic encounters of the most famous teachers in Jewish
tradition with their students in the heat of debate during study. She
explores the relationships between students and teachers, which reveal
the deeper meaning of Jewish learning and tradition.
These podcasts were created from recordings of Louis
Brandsdorfer’s mother, who recollected her experiences of the Shoah. She
describes how many members of her family, from a small Polish town near
the German border, died, while she and her sister survived. The quality
of the recordings varies.
Hosted by Heidi Estrin, this podcast features author interviews,
book and music reviews, and comments from Jewish readers. Featured
personalities include Markus Zusak, Alice Hoffman, Steve Brodsky,
Mordicai Gerstein, and others.
Through her classes, lectures and travels, Esther Wein has been
sharing Torah for many years. Sought after as a speaker, traveling
around the country, she offers words of Torah and insight. She has
taught in high schools and at the Jewish Renaissance Center, and
currently gives weekly Parsha and Prayer classes in the Five Towns (NY).
Chava Weissler explores the idea of gender and Jewish renewal. The
majority of participants in the Jewish renewal movement are women.
Several factors are at work here to explain this, such as the theology
of the movement, which articulates the importance of the shekhinah, the
feminine divine.
Hadassah Video Library
Haven to Home An American Journey (Library
of Congress)
This live performance tells the stories of Emma Lazarus, an
immigrant's daughter who became known as Lady Liberty's poet, and Irving
Berlin, an immigrant who became one of America's best loved composers.
Hazzan Joanna Selznick Dulkin received her Masters of Sacred Music
and Investiture from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2004. She is an
honors graduate of Stanford University, where she studied English, sang
a cappella, and led community High Holiday Services. Her background is
in musical theatre and folk music, and she has performed throughout the
US and the world. She has also been a songleader and music educator in
the Jewish community for many years, at congregations, schools and
summer camps in the SF Bay and New York Metro areas, and at camp Ramah
Darom in Georgia. Hazzan Dulkin is also an award-winning composer and
published writer.
Irshad Manji Confessions of a Muslim
Dissident
Irshad Manji is the author of the controversial bestseller, "The
Trouble With Islam Today A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith".
This event took place on April 19, 2005 in Pauley Ballroom, UC
Berkeley.
Jewish Women's Issues - Library of Congress
Susan Schneider is an author. For her work on Lilith, an
award-winning Jewish women’s magazine, Schneider was awarded a Polakoff
Lifetime Achievement Award in journalism. She has also been honored by
Hadassah with the Golden Wreath Award and the Eleanor Roosevelt Prize by
the American Jewish Congress (AJC). The AJC and the Israel Women’s
Network honored her in the Knesset, together with Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsberg, as one of a select group of Jewish Women Who Have
Made a Difference.
Their collection of audio files includes
"Taking the Ritual Laugh," by Rebecca Stone, Winter 2006-2007.
Generations of educated religious women, who love to live at the edge of
tradition. Read by Melanie Weiss;
"Torah as the Matrix for Feminism," by Cynthia Ozick,
Winter/Spring 1985. One of the Jewish feminist greats on making the
connections. Read by Melanie Weiss;
"Disappointed by Zippers," by Michele Herman, Summer 2006. Read
by Melanie Weiss; LILITH
breaks the sound barrier. Listen to Lilith editor in chief
Susan Weidman Schneider in a podcast interview recorded by Your
Jewish Neighborhood.
Malkah Fleisher - Eyshet Chayil (Woman of
Valor)
Malkah Fleisher is a graduate of Cardozo Law School in New York
City. She and her husband Yishai live on a hilltop in Beit El. Malkah
hosts the Eyshet Chayil - Woman of Valor Podcast every Tuesday from 600
p.m. - 700 p.m. Israel time on Israel National Radio. She joins Yishai &
Friends on Thursdays.
Learn Yiddish online with Millie Garfield's free video blog
lessons.
Naaleh aims to provide Jewish individuals of all ages and diverse
backgrounds an opportunity to watch and learn from stimulating online
Torah and Jewish video classes and shiruim, and to share ideas and
ideals with others, in order to grow stronger in their service of G-d .
This website contains links to Ofra Haza's music, including her
albums “Greatest Hits,” “Na’arat Haparvarim,” “Chai and Bait Ham,”
“Governess,” “Prince of Egypt,” “Kol Haneshama,” “Songs for Children,”
and more.
This is a unique series of radio programs that shows the progress
of American Jews from a trickle of poor immigrants to today's thriving
community of six million. The programs offer interviews with Elie
Wiesel, Abraham Foxman, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Michael Steinhardt,
Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr., and others.
Road To Peace A Conversation With Leah Rabin
Leah Rabin reflects on her life, the life of her late husband,
Israel’s former Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin, and Israel. She delivered
her talk, which is captivating, important, and informative, at the
Hillel Jewish Student Center, UCLA Jewish Student Union, February 22,
1999.
She'arim Gateway to Your Future Your Personalized Torah Experience
small classes; warm atmosphere; dedicated faculty; all in Jerusalem
She'arim College of Jewish Studies for Women offers an exceptional
approach to education that combines personalized teaching, textual study
skills and an integrative approach to personal growth. She'arim relates
to each student as a unique person, individualizing schedules and
classes as necessary.
Susan Handelman, professor at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
This program demonstrates the give and take between students
learning from their teachers and teachers learning from their students.
Susan Handelman, professor at Bar-Ilan University, Israel,
explores the study of Talmud. She argues that studying Talmud is not a
quiet endeavor. Students and teachers learn from discussion and debate,
as well as the give and take between students learning from their
teachers and teachers learning from their students.
University of Judaism - Chassidic Chabura &
Parasha
Join Reb Mimi Feigelson in the Beit Midrash on Mondays during
lunch for a Chassidic Chabura to study the Me’or Ay’nayim on the
parasha. Also look here for
other Reb Mimi podcasts, including her pre-Rosh-Chodesh Tisch.
"Voices of the Wall" is a video that describes the controversy
over how women pray at the Kotel, the Western Wall, in Jerusalem.
This podcast of Temple Isaiah, a Reform synagogue in Lafayette,
California, contains discussions on Jewish traditions and rituals,
current events, movements, interviews, and other topics.
This weekly program sets the standard for synagogue
webcasting/podcasting.
The Zelda Show is filled with Jewish news, commentary, and
entertainment. It airs in Toronto, Monday to Friday mornings from 9 am
to 10 am, and on Sunday from 8 am to 10 am, in association with CHIN,
the largest multicultural radio station in Canada.