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In These Times with Rabbi Ammi Hirsch

In These Times with Rabbi Ammi Hirsch

Intellectually honest conversations unpacking current events through the lens of Jewish wisdom, from New York’s Stephen Wise Free Synagogue.

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In These Times with Rabbi Ammi Hirsch

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Beatrice Weber on improving Hasidic children’s education

Weber is fighting to place her youngest son in a yeshiva that teaches more than 90 minutes of math and English a day

In These Times with Rabbi Ammi Hirsch

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Matti Friedman On Why Israel Receives Outsized Coverage

Since arriving in Israel as a teenager, journalist Matti Friedman has spent his life and career trying to make sense of the Jewish state

In These Times with Rabbi Ammi Hirsch

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Ronald S. Lauder on Jewish leadership

The successful businessman, generous philanthropist and one of the Jewish world's most important leaders wasn't involved in Jewish life until a certain experience changed him.

In These Times with Rabbi Ammi Hirsch

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David Horovitz on the new Israeli governing coalition

The ToI founding editor unpacks the Israeli elections and their potential consequences for Israel and its relationship with American Jews.

In These Times with Rabbi Ammi Hirsch

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Letty Cottin Pogrebin on her new book ‘Shanda’

The feminist icon delves into the secrets and feelings of shame that defined her Jewish upbringing

In These Times with Rabbi Ammi Hirsch

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Batya Ungar-Sargon on where American journalism went wrong

The Newsweek reporter presents her carefully researched history