The Jewish Experience
Manhattan Jewish Experience
Jewish education and inspiration courtesy of Rabbi Mark N. Wildes, Founder of the Manhattan Jewish Experience (MJE). Founded in 1998, MJE is a warm and open community where millennial men and women in their 20s/30s can explore Jewish life and meet new people.
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Apr 30, 2020 • 47min
Failing Forward
Today's episode is a rebroadcast of a lunch and learn that Rabbi Wildes gave on Facebook Live. Today's topic is “Failing Forward" – the uniquely Jewish perspective on how we grow as people and how to get back up when we fall. Rabbi Wildes begins the class by talking about how he failed the bar exam – more than once. Website: jewishexperience.org
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Apr 27, 2020 • 1h 10min
An Interview with Israeli Author Yossi Klein Halevi
Today's episode is a very special one. In honor of Israel's 72nd birthday, Rabbi Wildes interviewed Israeli writer Yossi Klein Halevi. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling book "Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor."
To learn more about Yossi Klein Halevi:
More about the book on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/letterstomyneighbor/
A short video on Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor and Constructive Dialogue:
www.facebook.com/YossiKleinHalevi/videos/280183176295856/
Website for the book where readers can purchase the new edition and submit responses and read the ongoing dialogue between Yossi and Palestinian readers:
www.letterstomyneighbor.com
Yossi's facebook page:
www.facebook.com/YossiKleinHalevi/
Yossi's Twitter handle:
@YKleinHalevi Website: jewishexperience.org
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Apr 23, 2020 • 45min
The Importance of the Establishment of the State of Israel
Today we're rebroadcasting a lunch and learn that Rabbi Wildes gave on Facebook Live. Leading up to Israel Independence Day, we're talking about the importance of the establishment of the State of Israel. Website: jewishexperience.org
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Apr 22, 2020 • 42min
Transitioning our mindset from the end of the Holocaust to the founding of the State of Israel
Today we're rebroadcasting a lunch and learn that Rabbi Wildes gave on Facebook Live. We are transitioning now from Holocaust Remembrance Day to Israel Independence Day. Website: jewishexperience.org
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Apr 21, 2020 • 58min
The U.S. Response to the Holocaust
Today we're rebroadcasting a lunch and learn that Rabbi Wildes gave on Facebook Live. In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, today's topic is the "U.S. Response to Holocaust." Website: jewishexperience.org
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Apr 21, 2020 • 1h 32min
An interview with Holocaust survivor Dr. Moshe Avital
Tonight we're rebroadcasting an interview that Rabbi Wildes did on Facebook Live. It's a special event for Holocaust Remembrance Day. You'll hear the story of survival, heroism and faith from Dr. Moshe Avital, a Holocaust survivor. He was a teenager that withstood the horrors of the concentration camps of Auschwitz and Buchenwald. In this very special episode of The Wildescast, listen to Dr. Avital tell Rabbi Wildes about his experience during World War II. And he offers up hope for the world in these trying times.
Dr. Avital is a writer and author and has been a steady contributor to the Hebrew press in America and Israel. Dr. Avital writes about the Holocaust, Israel, Zionism, Jewish Education, American Jewry, commentaries on the Bible, Jewish Prayer, Jewish personalities, and Jewish holidays. Website: jewishexperience.org
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Apr 20, 2020 • 39min
Faith and Optimism in the Face of Tragedy
Today we're going to be rebroadcasting a lunch and learn that Rabbi Wildes gave on Facebook Live. We're starting a weeklong series called "From Destruction to Rebirth" which tracks our journey from Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, to Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel Independence Day. Today's topic is "Faith and Optimism in the Face of Tragedy." Website: jewishexperience.org
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Apr 19, 2020 • 42min
What is your mission in life?
Today we're going to be rebroadcasting a lunch and learn that Rabbi Wildes gave on Facebook Live. Today's topic is called "What's your mission in life?" Website: jewishexperience.org
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Apr 17, 2020 • 48min
Religious Ecstasy and the Laws of Kashrut
Today we're going to be rebroadcasting a lunch and learn that Rabbi Wildes gave on Facebook Live. Today's topic focuses on two aspects from this week's Torah portion, Parshat Shemini: "Religious Ecstasy and the Laws of Kashrut."Here is the source sheet we’ll be using today: https://bit.ly/2RHUELs
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Apr 14, 2020 • 50min
Religious Zionism, the State of Israel and the Holiday of Passover - Part 2
Today we're going to be rebroadcasting a lunch and learn that Rabbi Wildes gave on Facebook Live. Today's topic is "Religious Zionism, the State of Israel and the Holiday of Passover." This is the second of two parts about the religious significance, not of the land of Israel, but of the modern day apparatuses of the the State of Israel.
Here is a link to today's source material:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4gi9wpspl2ubfbc/zionism%20and%20judaism.pdf?dl=0 Website: jewishexperience.org
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