Jacob Noisiner was the most productive and prolific scholar of the 20th century. Premo Levy is a problematic figure in some sad way because although it's not a universal consensus, most people believe he committed suicide. And Elie Wiesel said that he died at Auschwitz 70 years later. The thing about Levy that is so remarkable is that he's one of those rare, almost like check-off.
Named one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of our time, Rabbi David Wolpe joins Tyler in a conversation on flawed leaders, Jewish identity in the modern world, the many portrayals of David, what’s missing in rabbinical training, playing chess on the Sabbath, Srugim, Hasidic philosophy, living in Israel and of course, the durability of creation.
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