JLife with Daniel Daniel Levine

In this episode we discuss the current situation in the Middle East with international politics and game theory expert Andrea Mollie

Sarah Pessin is one of the foremost experts on Jewish neoplatonism.

New to the term neoplatonism? All the more reason to give this a listen!



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In this episode we speak with Dr. Channah Damatov about her research and analysis of the Book of Esther.

To read the research she references:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14748932.2024.2317162?fbclid=IwAR2lFXL1UkdxXmqGwfm6IqnOKVgJ_WsuKJEfQpa1kE8PITCgJd5lWOB6JjI

Jeffery Kopstein is the head of the Center for Jewish Studies at UC Irvine. On Tuesday March 19 he began a multi-day protest centered around academic freedom and Israel on campus.

In this episode we discuss the history, practices, and meanings of the upcoming holiday of Purim

A conversation with Professor Jeffrey Blutinger about his academic talk getting disrupted by anti-Israel protestors and police having to evacuate him - and how this exemplifies wider themes within the modern university.