What Does Judaism Say About...?

How Judaism Views Secular Names and Dates

If a traditional Jew calls the city SAINT Louis, or Christchurch (New Zealand), is it permitted or not and why? This podcast will discuss this issue and why Jews should try to be called by their Jewish or Hebrew names, and why the Hebrew language is holy and different from any other language.

(86) How Judaism Views Secular Names and Dates

If a traditional Jew calls the city SAINT Louis, or Christchurch (New Zealand), is it permitted or not and why? This podcast will discuss this issue and why Jews should try to be called by their Jewish or Hebrew names, and why the Hebrew language is holy and different from any other language.

Hatred in Judaism

This podcast will examine why hatred is common in the 21st century, what is the Jewish definition of hatred. It will also examine through traditional Jewish sources, when it is permitted to hate others and it is even a Mitzvah-commandment to do so.

(85) Hatred in Judaism

This podcast will examine why hatred is common in the 21st century, what is the Jewish definition of hatred. It will also examine through traditional Jewish sources, when it is permitted to hate others and it is even a Mitzvah-commandment to do so.

Bad Things Happen to Good People: Some ‎Jewish Approaches II

This is a a continuation of the previous podcast. It has been said that for believers in a just and “fair” God, thy have to explain and come to grips with one overarching question:  how God could let good people suffer and evil people prosper and seem to be “rewarded” for their actions. (for the non-believer in God, he or she has to explain everything else about “why” in the world). This podcast will take the “dangerous” and ultimately “impossible” challenge of trying to formulate possible Jewish responses and understandings of the issue, based on the sources. Five different approaches will be examined, with the final three in this podcast.