The Jewish Story Interlude: Yom Haatzmaut Interview (Yom Yerushalayim Special)

Introduction

The Jewish Story Season 3, Interlude Yom Haatzmaut Interview* – Here is an interview of Rav Mike Feuer by Rabbi Yonatan from the RRG Beit Midrash at Hebrew University (May 2020) in which we reflect on Israel Independence day from the historical and spiritual perspectives. If you want some insight into the potential depth of this day, and how the strange circumstances of this pandemic year actually offer us a unique opportunity, then tune in.

*This episode of the Jewish Story was first published in 2020 on Yom Haatzmaut but is being redistributed for Yom Yerushalayim 2021.

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Credits:
Rav Mike Feuer – Pardes Faculty and Jewish Story Host
Adam Titcher – Executive Producer

Mike Feuer

Rabbi Mike Feuer teaches Striving for the Divine, Rav Kook, and Jewish History at Pardes. He studied at Yeshivat HaMivtar, the Mir Yeshiva, and Sulam Yaakov, where he received rabbinic ordination and later served as Educational Director. Mike’s teaching combines rigorous textual analysis with a deep love of the poetry and spirituality found in Torah.

Since making aliyah in 2001, he has been the program director of a post-high school yeshiva and taught history, Jewish thought, and Bible in several Jerusalem yeshivot and midrashot. Today, as a consultant, spiritual counselor and creator of the Jewish Story podcast, Mike is driven by the power of story to shape our world.