What Does Judaism Say About...?

(83) Bad Things Happen to Good People: Some ‎Jewish Approaches I

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 first two in this podcast.

Bad Things Happen to Good People: Some ‎Jewish Approaches I

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 first two in this podcast.

Underlying Values & Concepts of Tisha B'av and the Three-Week Period

This podcast will explain the significance And deeper meaning of the values and law o this three week period leading up to the destruction of both Temples in Jerusalem. It will also discuss why the Rabbis set aside an entire  day to mourn for a building destroyed nearly 2000 years ago, and why a parallel day of mourning on the Jewish calendar is not set side for the Holocaust.

(82) Underlying Values & Concepts of Tisha B'av and the Three-Week Period

This podcast will explain the significance And deeper meaning of the values and law o this three week period leading up to the destruction of both Temples in Jerusalem. It will also discuss why the Rabbis set aside an entire  day to mourn for a building destroyed nearly 2000 years ago, and why a parallel day of mourning  on the Jewish calendar is not set side for the Holocaust.

Does God Exist? How do We Really Know? CAN We Know

While it is impossible to prove or disprove God’s existence through the scientific method, since God is not a physical being and science only exists in the physical world, nevertheless, rational arguments for and against the existence of God have been put forward. This podcast will examine these ideas and also show that logically the Torah could not have been written by one or a group of human beings.