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12/15/2022

This week, Justin Hayet sits down with Prof. Morris E. Hartstein, MD for a conversation about how a family transformed an idea at the dinner table to a mind-blowing effort reaching tens of thousands of Ethiopians.

‎Show Thirty-Six, Ep Morris E. Hartstein - Dec 8, 2022

12/13/2022

How did the American Founders read the ? What wisdom did they find there? How did their literary sensibilities interact with their political ones in reading the Bible? And how does this stay with us today?

To unpack all this, Rabbi Ari Lamm spoke with Professor at the American University in Washington D.C., and author of “Reading The Bible With The Founding Fathers”, Daniel Dreisbach.

‎Show Good Faith Effort, Ep Daniel Dreisbach - The American Founders’ Political Theology - Dec 12, 2022

12/12/2022

"This week, Justin sits down with Shari Mendes, Founder and Director of the Israel Lemonade Fund לימונדה ישראל, for a conversation about how her life’s purpose presented itself to Shari during one of the darkest periods of her ."

‎Show Thirty-Six, Ep Shari Mendes - Nov 22, 2022

12/09/2022

On this episode, Ari unpacked all of this with Brian Ogren. They talked about misperceptions about science and religion during the ; why Renaissance thinkers were interested in mystical thought; John Adams and Jewish literature; the importance of Ezra Stiles, president of Yale University during the American Revolution; the influence of an Orthodox rabbi from the Holy Land on the American experiment; the most important commencement address ever delivered in the history of American higher education; Madonna; and much more!

Good Faith Effort is a production of Bnai Zion and SoulShop.

‎Show Good Faith Effort, Ep Brian Ogren - Kabbalah and the American Founding - Dec 5, 2022

12/07/2022

The is the most important work in the of literature, so it seems like a pretty important priority should be to figure out how to read it well! What strategies can your average person use to uncover the Biblical text’s meaning? Which commentaries are most important to consult? Are there new insights we can, perhaps, discover on our own? If so, how?

To unpack all this, Ari spoke with the founder of Aleph Beta, the legendary Biblical interpreter and teacher Rabbi David Fohrman. In a wide-ranging conversation they discussed how to break down a text; the role of reading commentaries; the artistry behind the story of Jacob and Esau; the importance of reading Biblical names in their original; the Biblical misanthrope Onan; literary allusions in the story of Ruth and Boaz; how to appreciate the Book of Leviticus; the future of Biblical commentary; and much more!

Good Faith Effort is a production of Bnai Zion and SoulShop.

‎Show Good Faith Effort, Ep David Fohrman - How To Read The Bible Closely - Nov 29, 2022

12/05/2022

Why are stories important? What exactly makes them so powerful? How should great stories—whether you encounter them in , poetry, painting, the cinema—help human beings cultivate the good life? And can great stories, as such, really be an important part of the religious experience?

To unpack this, Ari spoke with Jennifer Frey, host of the extremely popular literature, , and theology podcast “Sacred And Profane Love”, and professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina. They talked about the countercultural act of choosing religion in a secular age; Thomas Aquinas; sidekicks from the to Shakespeare to Lord of the Rings; how literature can form character; oral and textual cultures; Iris Murdoch; studying the Bible in public schools; and much more!

Good Faith Effort is a production of Bnai Zion and SoulShop.

‎Show Good Faith Effort, Ep Jennifer Frey - Literature In Light Of Faith - Nov 21, 2022

11/21/2022

Who’s the most influential figure in American ? Washington? Lincoln? Martin Luther King? The answer, for any student of American history, should be clear: it’s Moses.

But how does this pan out? And how do Moses, and other Biblical figures, help us tell our own stories…even today?

To unpack all of this, Ari spoke with bestselling author and New York Times columnist Bruce Feiler, author of “America’s Prophet: Moses and the American Story”. They talked about the Age of Exploration; Moses as lawgiver vs. Moses as liberator; Lincoln’s Second Inaugural; the Bible as text vs. the Bible as map; why Abraham’s story comes before Moses’; how to improve July 4th; and much more!

‎Show Good Faith Effort, Ep Bruce Feiler - American Moses - Nov 14, 2022

11/17/2022

To unpack this Rabbi Ari Lamm spoke with the most influential living Biblical scholar, and author of a magisterial translation of the entire Hebrew , Robert Alter.

In this epic conversation they spoke about what makes translation different than other types of interpretation; Biblical terms for physical relations; the King James Version of 1611; various “untranslatable” phenomena; the Biblical concept of “soul”; Samuel and Saul; whether the Bible thinks political order is possible; reader questions (!); Rashi; rabbinic midrash; Franz Kafka and Jewish mysticism; Moby Dick; and much more!

Good Faith Effort is a production of Bnai Zion Foundation and SoulShop.

‎Show Good Faith Effort, Ep Robert Alter - The Art of Biblical Podcasting - Nov 7, 2022

11/02/2022

Why does policy in the look the way it does? Has it always been this way? How is it intertwined with religious life and literacy in America? And how does the Jewish story—from the to today—help us understand something important about the American story?

To unpack all of this, Ari spoke to Walter Russel Mead—Global View columnist at The Wall Street Journal, Professor of Foreign Affairs at Bard College, and author of the fantastic new book “The Arc Of A Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People”.

‎Show Good Faith Effort, Ep Walter Russell Mead - The Middle East and the American Story - Oct 24, 2022

10/28/2022

"This week, Justin sits down with author and life coach Chana Mason to hear how an armed home invasion as a child led her to as well as to seek a larger purpose in her life.

On Thirty-Six, Justin Hayet, a self-proclaimed pessimistic attempts to find the thirty-six righteous people on whose merit the world stands. Thirty-Six is a production of SoulShop and Bnai Zion."

‎Show Thirty-Six, Ep Chana Mason - Sep 15, 2022

10/26/2022

The Atlantic’s Yair Rosenberg is one of the most prominent journalists on the planet covering global . He’s also an excellent recording in the Jewish space.

How do these two things fit together?

‎Show Good Faith Effort, Ep Yair Rosenberg - Art and Antisemitism and Back Again - Oct 2, 2022

10/24/2022

"Justin sits down with United Hatzalah of Israel’s CEO and Founder, Eli Beer Hatzalah, for a conversation about how close he came to death in March 2020 and how this experience illuminates the urgency behind his work at the helm of one of the most impactful organizations in ."

‎Show Thirty-Six, Ep Eli Beer - Sep 7, 2022

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