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The Schrift - Ancient Jewish Wisdom for Modern Times

The Schrift - Ancient Jewish Wisdom for Modern Times


The Schrift - Ancient Jewish Wisdom for Modern Times

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119 episodes
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English
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Podcast

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Somewhere along the way, many of us were forcefed the idea that philosophy is boring and esoteric. What? Philosophy is, in fact, rebellious and therapeutic! Using humor, personal anecdotes, and much hubris, the Schrift provides fresh and unexpected answers to life's most tricky and fateful questions. The anchor of the Schrift is the weekly reading of the Torah. These passages are analyzed not as religious dogma but as brilliant pieces of literature and anthropology which bring ancient wisdom back into our lives. The greatest philosophers and writers of the German canon also weigh in on these questions during the Schrift. Finally the lectures incorporate Buddhist teachings and the practice of Yoga to bring together East and West, body and mind, eternity and the moment. And the Schrift will always give you a "life tip" to carry with you along the way. IG: stevehead0001 s.t.weinberg@gmail.com
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Interview 15 - Yady Oren, Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Potsdam - Bo

In these all-too-modern of times, we not only have fast food and instant coffee, but we...

85 minutes
Mar 28, 2024

Interview 14 - Rabbi Dovid Roberts - Va'era

What, if anything, gets lost when we translate the Torah from Biblical Hebrew into Engl...

52 minutes
Feb 08, 2024

Interview 13 - Chaim Noll, German-Israeli Writer - Shemot

In his 1940 work Moses and Monotheism, Freud made the provocative claim that Moses migh...

55 minutes
Aug 10, 2023

Interview 12 - Leigh Smith, VP of Student Affairs, ACM - Vayechi

We all have professors and teachers who taught a course which changed our lives. Rarely...

51 minutes
Jul 04, 2023

Interview 11 - Richard Orodenker, Author - Vayigash

We tend to view writers like J.K. Rowling and Shakespeare as magicians, baffled and flo...

59 minutes
Jun 01, 2023

Interview 10 - Nate Klett, Neuroscientist at Leiden University - Miketz

We often dream about truly "random" things. Indeed, our dream life tends to look like a...

50 minutes
Apr 28, 2023

Interview 9 - Paul Stephan, Lecturer at the University of Leipzig - Vayeshev

How heartwarming a symbol is the “circle of life” really? Paul Stephan, Nietzsche exper...

65 minutes
Mar 31, 2023

Interview 8 - Keegan Kjeldsen, Host of The Nietzsche Podcast - Vayishlach

On episode eight, season one of The Schrift, I asked whether we might find a healthier ...

67 minutes
Feb 19, 2023

Interview 7 - Meir Goldberg, Director of Rutgers Jewish XPerience - Vayetza

The word "romantic" is not always as romantic as one might think. In the Torah, there i...

49 minutes
Jan 11, 2023

Interview 6 - Wolfgang Schröder, Teacher of Mindfulness - Toldot

When we make a decision, we "think" we decided through our thoughts, but we can never r...

50 minutes
Dec 09, 2022