A limited series podcast with Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik
Ahead of America’s Independence Day, join Rabbi Meir Soloveichik for a 10-part audio series on how Jewish ideas and the Hebrew Bible inspired America’s fight for independence and the worldview of the Founding Fathers. Start listening today!
All podcasts in this series are pre-recorded. You will be emailed a link with every episode in the series upon registration. You can listen to them at your own pace, as many times as you like.
More than most other peoples, Americans have long been fascinated by the history and ideas behind our country’s founding. From the debates that led up to the Revolution to the Constitutional Convention to the presidencies of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson—the dramatic story of the Founding Era continues to educate and inspire.
Of special interest to American Jews are the many ways in which Hebrew Scripture, Jewish ideas, and Jewish patriots played a role in the fight for American independence and the nation’s early dedication to religious liberty.
In his many essays, podcasts, speeches, and lectures, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik has brought these Jewish elements of the founding to the forefront of his teaching. Now, in this special 4th of July limited series podcast, Tikvah is bringing together some of Rabbi Soloveichik’s most interesting and exciting teachings from Bible 365, his online courses, and other talks he’s given to enhance and invigorate your celebration of Independence Day.
Just fill out your information below to sign up and get immediate access to all ten episodes of the series:
- Thomas Paine, Yeruba’al, and the Concept of Kingship
- American Exodus: Franklin, Jefferson, and the Seal of the United States
- George Washington’s Favorite Verse
- Jonas Phillips and the Sabbath Witness
- Washington, Adams, and the Israelite Monarchy
- The Thanksgivings of Solomon and Roger Sherman
- Adam’s Family and the “Adams Family”
- Adams, Jefferson, and the Jews
- July 4th, 1976
- The Bible, the Founders, and the War on American History
Registration
- For those who are able, we kindly suggest a donation of $100 to support Tikvah’s important educational programming on Jewish, Zionist, Western, and American ideas and our ongoing work with Rabbi Soloveichik. The Tikvah Fund is a 501(c)(3) charity classified as a private operating foundation.
- All podcasts in this series are pre-recorded. You will be emailed a link with every episode in this series upon registration. You can listen to them at your own pace, as many times as you like. If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback, please contact us at info@tikvah.org.
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Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik is one of the world’s preeminent Jewish thinkers and educators, and he’s one of America’s most influential religious leaders. He is a Senior Fellow at Tikvah and the senior rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel in Manhattan, the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States. He is also director of the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University. Rabbi Soloveichik has lectured internationally to Jewish and non-Jewish audiences on topics relating to the miracle of modern Israel, Zionism, faith in America, the Hebraic roots of the American founding, Jewish theology, bioethics, wartime ethics, Jewish-Christian relations, and more. He writes a monthly column in Commentary magazine, and his writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Mosaic, First Things, Tradition, the Jewish Review of Books, Azure, and many other outlets. Rabbi Soloveichik is a descendant of one of the Jewish world’s great rabbinic dynasties. He graduated summa cum laude from Yeshiva University, received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, and studied at its Beren Kollel Elyon. He has also studied at Yale Divinity School, and in 2010 received his doctorate in religion from Princeton University.