The Grand Conversation: The Machon Siach Podcast

In this Grand Conversation Podcast episode, Ms. Chana Krasnjanski joins Rabbi Shmuel Hain to reflect on the importance of authenticity and spirituality in the classroom. They discuss the distinction between personal and private information as well as the potential differences and parallels between the secular studies classroom and the Judaic studies classroom.

This issue of INSIDE THE CONVERSATION is the second in our series on Spirituality and the Modern Orthodox Yeshiva High School. How can we help students create and deepen their inner spiritual lives? How can we utilize research on spiritual development in adolescents to encourage Jewish practice that is imbued with meaning? We invite you to READ. LISTEN. SHARE.

In this episode of Inside the Conversation podcast, Rabbanit Lisa Schlaff and Dr. Gillian Steinberg share perspectives on spirituality in yeshiva high schools along with personal reflections on the role of spirituality in adolescents and adults.

On this episode of The Grand Conversation podcast, Dr. Tammy Jacobowitz and Ms. Shira Schiowitz join Rabbi Shmuel Hain to discuss the Makom B'Siach Research Group. Formed in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and the alignment of the entire SAR community around individual and communal health, this group of teachers, parents, and alumni explored other areas of potential alignment and tension between the values of school and home.

In this special episode, Rabbi Tully Harcsztark and Professor Avi Helfand join Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz to discuss their Enounter trip and the Machon Siach research group formed to explore the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a range of disciplines. How do we as American Jewish educators think about and teach the conflict, especially when current events make it even more charged?

Rabbi Shmuel Hain welcomes the Honorable Robert Wexler and Rabbi Tully Harcsztark to discuss Machon Siach's partnership with The S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace on the Yeshiva High School Educators Cohort, a pioneering program for Yeshiva High Schools principals and educators to engage in deep exploration of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

In this Grand Conversation episode, Rabbi Nati Helfgot joins Rabbi Shmuel Hain to discuss his paper and to examine pastoral, communal and theological perspectives on Homosexuality in the Orthodox community.

Following the 2016 election, Machon Siach convened a research group to take a step back and examine several core questions: What aspects of citizenship should be essential to American Modern Orthodox Jews? How do we educate our students towards broader civic engagement in addition to advocacy for parochial concerns? What impact does our commitment to religious Zionism and Medinat Yisrael have on our obligations as citizens?

How do we foster strong identification with Medinat Yisrael while simultaneously teaching history critically and comprehensively? Ms. Adina Shoulson and Dr. Laura Shaw Frank join Rabbi Shmuel Hain to explore this question from a number of perspectives. The podcast also discusses a number of recent topics relating to Israel education including Seth Rogen's critique of his Israel education and the question of how to present the question of annexation in the classroom.

Rabbi Tully Harcsztark and Rabbi Shmuel Hain discuss the unique challenges and opportunities of Gemara education in Modern Orthodox Yeshiva high schools.

The Grand Conversation Podcast where Dr. Steinberg explains her passion for analogical thinking and the use of metaphor in discussions about homosexuality and racism.