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Thoughts & Prayers

Thoughts & Prayers

Auteur(s): Shalom Hartman Institute
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 Uncover the complexity, beauty, and struggle at the heart of Jewish prayer in Thoughts & Prayers, a new limited podcast series from the Shalom Hartman Institute. The series invites listeners into a deep exploration of the relationship between religion and modernity through the lens of Jewish prayer. In each episode, host Jessica Fisher weaves together personal stories, classical texts, and conversations with leading rabbis, scholars, and educators to inspire new connections to Jewish prayer in a changing world. Judaïsme Spiritualité
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  • Across Time & Space

    Across Time & Space
    Dec 11 2025
    How does prayer connect us to one another when we’re divided by belief, distance, or time? In this final episode of Thoughts & Prayers, host Jessica Fisher explores how Jewish prayer can both strengthen and strain our sense of peoplehood. From the universal call of the shofar to the discomfort of praying beside those we disagree with, this episode asks what it means to belong to a people who do not always see or believe the same way. Alongside Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield, Yehuda Kurtzer, Yael Splansky, and Akiva Mattenson, we trace how the sounds, words, and silences of prayer continue to bind Jews across time, space, and difference. JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOR MORE HARTMAN IDEAS Learn more about Deborah's forthcoming album, Songs from the Beit Midrash, coming February 2026.
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    40 min
  • The Land of Israel is a Prayer

    The Land of Israel is a Prayer
    Dec 4 2025
    What happens when the Israel of our prayers looks different from the Israel of our headlines? In this episode of Thoughts & Prayers, host Jessica Fisher explores how the creation of a Jewish state has transformed Jewish prayer, and how prayer shapes Israeli life. Through stories and reflections from Na’ama Levitz Applbaum, Tamar Elad-Appelbaum, Tomer Persico, and Akiva Mattenson, the episode asks how prayer might bridge instead of fracture Israeli society and help us glimpse the Jerusalem of our dreams within the Israel of today. Episode Companion Guide JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOR MORE HARTMAN IDEAS
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    47 min
  • When Prayer Meets Politics

    When Prayer Meets Politics
    Nov 26 2025
    What does it mean to say “God bless America” — and who are we praying to when we do? In this episode of Thoughts & Prayers, host Jessica Fisher examines how Jewish prayer and American politics intertwine, from the synagogue’s prayer for the government to benedictions on the national stage. Featuring Elie Weinstock, Annie Lewis, Lauren Holtzblatt, and Akiva Mattenson, the episode asks how prayer relates to political power and whether faith can enhance our public life without being consumed by it. Episode Companion Guide JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOR MORE HARTMAN IDEAS This episode of Thoughts & Prayers features music from Eliana Light of The Light Lab Podcast: Prayer & Liturgy, Illuminated.
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    45 min
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