The Five Books: Jewish Authors on the Books That Shaped Them

Tali Rosenblatt Cohen

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Rabbi Yitz Greenberg on Re-envisioning the Jewish Future

12/9/2025 • 55 min

“No Jewish thinker has had a greater impact on the American Jewish Community in the last two decades than Irving (Yitz) Greenberg.” - Professor Steven T. Katz Rabbi Greenberg has had a long and notable career in the service of the Jewish people. He received his smicha, ordination, in 1953 and has a masters and PhD in American History from Harvard. He has serve… Play episode

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