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Keep the Faith with Shammai Engelmayer

Rabbi Shammai Engelmayer—author, lecturer, Judaica-related adult-ed teacher, and bi-weekly columnist for The Jewish Standard—discusses issues of the day from a Jewish perspective.

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Episode No. 102: Too many mournful days give Judaism a bad rap

Episode No. 102: Too many mournful days give Judaism a bad rap

This Saturday evening, we begin a 21-day period of increasingly mournful restrictions. In all, there are 72 mournful day... Read more

14 Jul 2022

29mins

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Episode No. 101: The Supreme Court’s role in the Christianizing of America

Episode No. 101: The Supreme Court’s role in the Christianizing of America

Be forewarned: Three decisions by the Supreme Court in the last 10 days--including knocking down Roe v Wade--signal that... Read more

1 Jul 2022

29mins

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Episode No. 100-The state of our environment and Judaism’s take on it

Episode No. 100-The state of our environment and Judaism’s take on it

Climate change catastrophes abound. Wildfires, droughts, floods, and warnings about another above-average hurricane seas... Read more

17 Jun 2022

26mins

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Episode No. 99: What the current Supreme Court can learn from how Torah law is decided and why that’s critical to our democracy

Episode No. 99: What the current Supreme Court can learn from how Torah law is decided and why that’s critical to our democracy

When the Supreme Court's approval rating drops from 58 percent a year ago to 40 percent today--the lowest it's ever been... Read more

10 Jun 2022

28mins

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Episode No, 98--The Second Amendment, what it doesn;t say, and why the right thinks otherwise

Episode No, 98--The Second Amendment, what it doesn;t say, and why the right thinks otherwise

We need to be very afraid of those who promote "protecting" the Second Amendment judging by the scary "armed rebellion" ... Read more

3 Jun 2022

25mins

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Episode No. 97--Remembering the fallen on Memorial Day and what it was they died for

Episode No. 97--Remembering the fallen on Memorial Day and what it was they died for

The values this nation was founded on are the values the Torah teaches us to cherish. It was for these values that nearl... Read more

27 May 2022

21mins

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Episode No 96--Mothers at Risk

Episode No 96--Mothers at Risk

What you’ll hear in this episode may surprise many of you and, hopefully, enrage all of you. There’s a lot of attention ... Read more

12 May 2022

28mins

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Episode No. 95--Revisiting what Jewish law has ro say about abortions

Episode No. 95--Revisiting what Jewish law has ro say about abortions

As you may recall from previous episodes, what Jewish law has ro say about abortion is not easily explained.  But the bo... Read more

5 May 2022

21mins

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Episode No. 94--What the Torah can teach us about family values

Episode No. 94--What the Torah can teach us about family values

Actually, it has a great deal to teach us, both through the stories it tells and the laws it puts forth. We very much ne... Read more

29 Apr 2022

32mins

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Episode No. 93--The Exodus really happened, Part 2

Episode No. 93--The Exodus really happened, Part 2

This is part 2 of Putting the Exodus into the context of history. I'm putting it out a bit earlier than usual and I hope... Read more

14 Apr 2022

24mins

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