The Republic of Moses

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Can democracy—in America or anywhere else around the world—be fixed? A very old book offers some surprisingly timely, and deeply hopeful, advice, reminding us that democracy is difficult, maddening, and absolutely sacred work. In this show, brought to you by the Simchat Torah Challenge, religious leaders, scholars, and thinkers will explain why Deuteronomy is the book we all absolutely need to read right now, and why Moses may very well hold the answers to some of the most vexing questions haunting us these days. 

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    Episode One: Moses and the American Republic, with Rabbi Dr. Ari Lamm

    In the summer of 1788, as the New Hampshire Convention met to decide whether or not it wanted to become the ninth state to ratify the Constitution and thereby put it into effect, Samuel Langdon, who would eventually become the president of Harvard, took the stage. Urging his fellow Americans to vote “yes” on the nation’s founding document, he urged them to find inspiration in the greatest blueprint ever written for fledgling democracies busy being born: The Book of Deuteronomy. Rabbi Dr. Ari Lamm joins us to explore how Moses’s final speech inspired the American Founding Fathers, and how the ancient words can give us moderns, raging about our flawed political systems, both solace and hope. The Republic of Moses is a project from the Simchat Torah Challenge, bringing Jews modern wisdom from our ancient books. To sign up for our free newsletter, visit simchattorahchallenge.org

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Can democracy—in America or anywhere else around the world—be fixed? A very old book offers some surprisingly timely, and deeply hopeful, advice, reminding us that democracy is difficult, maddening, and absolutely sacred work. In this show, brought to you by the Simchat Torah Challenge, religious leaders, scholars, and thinkers will explain why Deuteronomy is the book we all absolutely need to read right now, and why Moses may very well hold the answers to some of the most vexing questions haunting us these days. 

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    The Simchat Torah Challenge
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    1
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