SAPIR Conversations
SAPIR is a journal exploring the future of the American Jewish community and its intersection with cultural, social, and political issues. These podcasts are recordings of Zoom webinars we have held with our contributors (season numbers correspond with issue numbers). To find out more and join our next events live, visit www.sapirjournal.org.
Latest episodes
Nov 1, 2022 • 59min
S7E1: A Conversation with Lionel Shriver and Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens
In this episode, SAPIR Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens talks with commentator and novelist Lionel Shriver about her recent SAPIR article, Are the Good Guys Winning the Culture War?
Sep 29, 2022 • 1h 1min
S6E4: A Conversation with Michael Sandel and Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens
In this episode of SAPIR: Journal of Jewish Conversations, Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens invites Michael Sandel to discuss his article on the Limits of Meritocracy
Sep 21, 2022 • 56min
S6E3: A Conversation with Anshel Pfeffer and Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens
In this episode of SAPIR: Journal of Jewish Conversations, Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens invites Anshel Pfeffer to discuss his article on Jewish Life in Wartime Ukraine.
Sep 15, 2022 • 57min
S6E2: A Conversation with Shuki Taylor, Ben Jacobs, and Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens
In this episode of SAPIR: Journal of Jewish Conversations, Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens invites Shuki Taylor and Ben Jacobs to discuss Jewish Education.
Aug 31, 2022 • 58min
S6E1: A Conversation with Bethany Mandel and Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens
In this episode of SAPIR: Journal of Jewish Conversations, Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens invites Bethany Mandel to discuss her article on how Homeschooling Might Just Be Your Answer
Jun 13, 2022 • 1h
S5E5: A Conversation with Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch and Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens
In this episode of SAPIR: Journal of Jewish Conversations, Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens invites Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch to discuss his article on how Judaism and Zionism Are Inseparable
May 27, 2022 • 59min
S5E4: A Conversation with Susie Linfield and Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens
In this episode of SAPIR: Journal of Jewish Conversations, Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens invites Susie Linfield to discuss her article on Amnesty International’s Israel Problem.
May 23, 2022 • 59min
S5E3: A conversation with Rachel Fish and Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens
In this episode of SAPIR: Journal of Jewish Conversations, Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens invites Rachel Fish to discuss her article on anti-Zionism in the academy and what we can do to fight back.
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May 11, 2022 • 56min
S5E2: A conversation with Andrew Roberts and Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens
Tune in to hear one of Britain's leading historians, Andrew Roberts, talk to Bret Stephens about the state of Europe and what his home country can learn from Israel. Read Roberts' piece in SAPIR here.
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Apr 19, 2022 • 1h 3min
S5E1: Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove & Bret Stephens Live at Park Avenue Synagogue
How do we ensure that Judaism is carried on from generation to generation? In his article for the third issue of SAPIR, Rabbi Cosgrove identified a path forward aimed at reinvigorating a searching American Jewry. “It is only by way of mitzvot, the positive acts of Jewish identification, the language and behaviors of the Jewish religion, that Judaism will survive,” he writes. “Mitzvot are the mystic chords, the commitments and commandments by which one Jew connects to another–and, belief permitting, to God.” Cosgrove and SAPIR Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens discussed this article and the ways the American Jewish community intersects with today’s cultural, social, and political issues in this live event at Park Avenue Synagogue.
