Stuart Halpern on Esther in America
On this episode of the Jewish Review of Books podcast, Abe speaks with Stuart Halpern. Stu is Senior Adviser to the Provost of Yeshiva University and Deputy Director of Y.U.’s Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought. He’s also the editor of Esther in America, a wonderful anthology that explores the surprising ways that Americans—both Jews and non-Jews—have used the story of Esther.
Stu is also a recent Oleh, and he tells us what it feels like to be in Israel this year as Purim arrives.
Listen on Spotify, or Apple Podcasts. And you can read Stu’s articles here.
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