A Patchwork of Jews
Opinions and approaches inhabit the entire spectrum of Jewish thought and practice, but how do they speak to each other?
Recorded on: February 3, 2026
Speaker Bio:
Adam S. Ferziger is an historian of religion, and he holds the Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch Chair in the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He researches Jewish intellectual, social, and spiritual responses to modern and contemporary life. His book Beyond Sectarianism, won a National Jewish Book Award and his newest work, Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism, was published in July by NYU Press.