In this episode, Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin and Nachi Weinstein discuss Jewish history, reading, publishing, podcasting, and the ideas behind Bashevkinβs book I Read This Over Shabbos.
They explore how accessible writing and serious historical study can deepen Jewish knowledge while preserving intellectual depth, historical honesty, and the centrality of Shabbos.
In this episode we discuss:
βHow can Jewish history can deepen our understanding of the Jewish present?Β
βWhy is serious reading and careful sourcing matter for Jewish intellectual life?Β
βHow does I Read This Over Shabbos seek to make Jewish history accessible while preserving intellectual depth?
Tune in to hear a conversation about Jewish history, serious reading, the culture of books, and how accessible scholarship can strengthen Jewish intellectual life.
Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin is a writer, educator, and podcaster whose work focuses on Torah, Jewish history, education, and contemporary Jewish life. His writings include B'rogez Racheim Tizkor, Sinagogue, an NCSY Haggadah, Top 5, and I Read This Over Shabbos.
Nachi Weinstein is the creator of Seforim Chatter, a podcast devoted to Jewish books, scholarship, and history. His work has explored subjects including Shabbetai Tzvi, Spanish Jewry, the Ten Lost Tribes, the Zohar, and Italian Jewish history.
References:Β
I Read This Over Shabbos: Reading Jewish History in the Parasha by David Bashevkin
Sinβ’aβ’gogue: Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought by David Bashevkin
B'rogez Rachem Tizkor by David Bashevkin
Just One: The NCSY Haggadah by Dovid Bashevkin
by Dovid Bashevkin
by David Bashevkin, Wall Street Journal
by Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic
on Seforim Chatter
by Gershom Scholem
by Marc B. Shapiro
by Avraham Grossman
by Yosie Levine
by Debra Kaplan and Elisheva Carlebach
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