RedCircle VERIFY_TOKEN_4978519c-969a-4d1b-a67a-03ce7a527ba9 -- Rendered At Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:27:39 +0000 Embracing Abraham: A Jewish-Christian Podcast https://redcircle.com/shows/askjcpod en-US All rights reserved. A deep dive into the religion, history, and people impacting Judaism and Christianity today.. JC Pod We met while studying Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University. With a passion for Jewish-Christian relations, we seek to bring Jews and Christians into dialogue together. We discuss a variety of historical, contemporary, and spiritual topics under the umbrella of the Abrahamic faiths, and have a variety of guests from academic and religious backgrounds. Join us on this breathtaking journey into the heart of Abrahamic faith! 4978519c-969a-4d1b-a67a-03ce7a527ba9 We met while studying Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University. With a passion for Jewish-Christian relations, we seek to bring Jews and Christians into dialogue together. We discuss a variety of historical, contemporary, and spiritual topics under the umbrella of the Abrahamic faiths, and have a variety of guests from academic and religious backgrounds. Join us on this breathtaking journey into the heart of Abrahamic faith!

]]> episodic no JC Pod askjcpod@gmail.com no full Orthodox Jewish Film-maker Salvador Litvak | Guns and Moses (2025) | When Do We Eat? (2005) Orthodox Jewish Film-maker Salvador Litvak | Guns and Moses (2025) | When Do We Eat? (2005) JC Pod Today, we get to sit down with Orthodox Jewish Chilean-American film-maker, director, author, comedian, and YouTube personality Salvador Litvak and discuss the influences that made him, Dune vs. Lord of the Rings, his philosophical musings on G-d's consciousness, providing security against anti-Semitic acts, and his latest film Guns and Moses. 


Links:

Follow Sal at AccidentalTalmudist.org.

Guns and Moses (2025) Streaming on Amazon Prime 

When Do We Eat (2005) - Passover film Streaming on Amazon Prime and Tubi


Referenced in the Show:

* Joseph Holmes - Top 10 Faith-Based Films of 2025

https://religionunplugged.com/news/2025/12/26/the-top-10-faith-based-films-of-2025

* How Real Life Tragedy Inspired Salvador Litvak to Make an Action Hero Out of an Orthodox Rabbi

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshweiss/2025/07/14/how-real-life-tragedy-inspired-guns--moses-filmmaker-salvador-litvak-to-make-an-action-hero-out-of-an-orthodox-rabbi/

]]> <p>Today, we get to sit down with Orthodox Jewish Chilean-American film-maker, director, author, comedian, and YouTube personality Salvador Litvak and discuss the influences that made him, Dune vs. Lord of the Rings, his philosophical musings on G-d&#39;s consciousness, providing security against anti-Semitic acts, and his latest film Guns and Moses. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Links:</strong></p><p>Follow Sal at <a href="https://www.accidentaltalmudist.org/" rel="nofollow">AccidentalTalmudist.org</a>.</p><p><em>Guns and Moses</em> (2025) Streaming on Amazon Prime </p><p><em>When Do We Eat</em> (2005) - Passover film Streaming on Amazon Prime and Tubi</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Referenced in the Show:</strong></p><p>* Joseph Holmes - Top 10 Faith-Based Films of 2025 </p><p><a href="https://religionunplugged.com/news/2025/12/26/the-top-10-faith-based-films-of-2025" rel="nofollow">https://religionunplugged.com/news/2025/12/26/the-top-10-faith-based-films-of-2025</a></p><p>* How Real Life Tragedy Inspired Salvador Litvak to Make an Action Hero Out of an Orthodox Rabbi</p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshweiss/2025/07/14/how-real-life-tragedy-inspired-guns--moses-filmmaker-salvador-litvak-to-make-an-action-hero-out-of-an-orthodox-rabbi/" rel="nofollow">https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshweiss/2025/07/14/how-real-life-tragedy-inspired-guns--moses-filmmaker-salvador-litvak-to-make-an-action-hero-out-of-an-orthodox-rabbi/</a></p> 9fe3e7fb-d681-4aac-94d3-c1e6fc1453f1 https://redcircle.com/shows/4978519c-969a-4d1b-a67a-03ce7a527ba9/episodes/4c75bce8-7441-4b48-8c7b-99127832981a Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:59:38 +0000 4865 no full Retrieving His Grandfather's Books Stolen by the Nazis \\ Looted Books Project with Prof. Amos Guiora Retrieving His Grandfather's Books Stolen by the Nazis \\ Looted Books Project with Prof. Amos Guiora JC Pod In today’s episode we have the privilege of interviewing Dr. Amos Guiora. Dr. Guiora is currently a distinguished professor of law at the University of Utah. He has written multiple books on the role bystanders and enablers play in crimes from a legal perspective. He is also a recipient of multiple books that were once in the possession of his grandparents who perished in the Holocaust. In this episode we talk about his passion for justice, his reception and retrieval of books from his grandparents via the Looted Books Project, and so much more!


Read about Prof. Guiora's work with the Bystander Initiative at: https://www.law.utah.edu/bystander-initiative/


To read more about the story of the books belonging Prof. Guiora's grandfather, Shlomo Natan Goldberg, see: https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2025/02/27/holocaust-auschwitz-nazi-steal-jews-books-return-survivor-utah/


To find out more about the Looted Books Project or to volunteer, email askjcpod at gmail dot com


Video link: https://www.youtube.com/@askjcpod

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Intro music: chill beat by Tommy Kellogg

The Voice of the Oud by djovan, courtesy of Pixabay.com

]]> <p>In today’s episode we have the privilege of interviewing Dr. Amos Guiora. Dr. Guiora is currently a distinguished professor of law at the University of Utah. He has written multiple books on the role bystanders and enablers play in crimes from a legal perspective. He is also a recipient of multiple books that were once in the possession of his grandparents who perished in the Holocaust. In this episode we talk about his passion for justice, his reception and retrieval of books from his grandparents via the Looted Books Project, and so much more!</p><p><br></p><p>Read about Prof. Guiora&#39;s work with the Bystander Initiative at: <a href="https://www.law.utah.edu/bystander-initiative/" rel="nofollow">https://www.law.utah.edu/bystander-initiative/</a></p><p><br></p><p>To read more about the story of the books belonging Prof. Guiora&#39;s grandfather, Shlomo Natan Goldberg, see: <a href="https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2025/02/27/holocaust-auschwitz-nazi-steal-jews-books-return-survivor-utah/" rel="nofollow">https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2025/02/27/holocaust-auschwitz-nazi-steal-jews-books-return-survivor-utah/</a></p><p><br></p><p>To find out more about the Looted Books Project or to volunteer, email askjcpod at gmail dot com</p><p><br></p><p>Video link: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@askjcpod" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/@askjcpod</a> </p><p>----------------------------------</p><p>Intro music: chill beat by Tommy Kellogg</p><p>The Voice of the Oud by djovan, courtesy of Pixabay.com</p> a182713c-22ff-4721-a240-74be39a87b71 https://redcircle.com/shows/4978519c-969a-4d1b-a67a-03ce7a527ba9/episodes/6f0e598c-4120-4b7c-addc-8e536db046ce Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:41:56 +0000 4032 no full Paul: Profile of a First-Century Jew \\ with Dr. Ari Mermelstein Paul: Profile of a First-Century Jew \\ with Dr. Ari Mermelstein JC Pod We sat down to chat with Dr. Ari Mermelstein, professor of Bible and Second Temple Judaism at Yeshiva University. In this podcast, we discuss how a mistaken interpretation of Paul's writings that negated the notion of divine grace in Judaism led to a misunderstanding that has lasted for centuries. We discuss how reading Paul in his Jewish context has important ramifications for present-day Jewish-Christian dialogue.

Find more information about the Hebraic Studies Program for Christians at YU at: https://philosproject.org/home/yeshiva/

For more information, see: https://www.yu.edu/revel/hebraic-studies

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/@askjcpod

]]> <p>We sat down to chat with Dr. Ari Mermelstein, professor of Bible and Second Temple Judaism at Yeshiva University. In this podcast, we discuss how a mistaken interpretation of Paul&#39;s writings that negated the notion of divine grace in Judaism led to a misunderstanding that has lasted for centuries. We discuss how reading Paul in his Jewish context has important ramifications for present-day Jewish-Christian dialogue.</p><p>Find more information about the Hebraic Studies Program for Christians at YU at: <a href="https://philosproject.org/home/yeshiva/" rel="nofollow">https://philosproject.org/home/yeshiva/</a></p><p>For more information, see: <a href="https://www.yu.edu/revel/hebraic-studies" rel="nofollow">https://www.yu.edu/revel/hebraic-studies</a></p><p>Link to video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@askjcpod" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/@askjcpod</a></p> 54ff438c-e743-4102-bcf8-e3b7165a9388 https://redcircle.com/shows/4978519c-969a-4d1b-a67a-03ce7a527ba9/episodes/be6d5ed1-1007-4d14-8df5-6dd48ec29eac Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:32:00 +0000 4320 no