36 episodes
ATID's Jewish Educators Book Club Unknown
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A monthly discussion with Jewish educators and authors on books of note for the field of Jewish education.
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Parenting in Perspective
Rabbi Saks talks with Rabbi Dr. Barry Kislowicz about his new book "Parenting in Perspective: Timeless Wisdom, Modern Applications" (Maggid Books, 2016) - http://a.co/1et1lpz
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FAITH WITHOUT FEAR
R. Jeffrey Saks discusses a new book "Faith Without Fear: Unresolved Issues in Modern Orthodoxy" (Valentine-Mitchell) with the author, Rabbi Dr. Michael Harris of The Hampstead Synagogue in London. Recorded at the UK Limmud Conference.
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History, Holocaust and Education
Recorded amid the tumult of the UK Limmud Conference, R. Jeffrey Saks chats with Prof. Deborah Lipstadt about her books "The Eichmann Trial" and "History on Trial", her views on holocaust education in contemporary Day Schools, and our need to stand up for the truth as she did in her victorious libel suit (soon to be a major motion picture).
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A Philosophy of Havruta
Rabbi Jeffrey Saks talks with Dr. Elie Holzer about his new book "A Philosophy of Havruta: Understanding and Teaching the Art of Text Study in Pairs" (Academic Studies Press). What are the implications for moral education in using havruta paired learning in Jewish studies? Is it merely a technique or are there larger affective goals at work? How can teachers use havruta study to enable students to both challenge and support each other?
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"AND EVERY SINGLE ONE WAS SOMEONE"
"AND EVERY SINGLE ONE WAS SOMEONE" is a curious book - 1,250 pages long, with the single word JEW repeated again and again and again, column after column, 6 million times. Rabbi Jeffrey Saks talks about the book with its creator Phil Chernofsky, Education Director of the Orthodox Union's Israel Center in Jerusalem. They discuss the background story to how the project originated almost 40 years ago, and reflect on contemporary issues in Holocaust education. The book is published by Gefen Publishers.
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"Would You Kill the Fat Man?"
Rabbi Jeffrey Saks discusses a new book of moral philosophy about the famous "trolley problem", the point of "life boat ethics", and the role of philosophical problems and reasoning in education, with author David Edmonds, the co-founder of the popular Philosophy Bites podcast series (www.philosophybites.com), a senior research associate at the Centre for Practical Ethics at Oxford, and an award-winning radio feature maker at the BBC. "Would You Kill the Fat Man: The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong" is published by Princeton University Press.