JTS Podcasts and iTunes

With the wide range of lectures and programs we offer, JTS always has an interesting conversation going on. If you can’t join us in person, you can join our virtual community by downloading JTS lectures and the weekly Torah commentary onto your iPod (from iTunes), where it can be accessed 24/7, free of charge.

Hear JTS Chancellor Arnold Eisen’s vision for the future of Conservative Judaism or learn how Jewish eating practices determine Jewish identity. On a weekly basis, download the Torah commentary, written by a rotating roster of JTS rabbis and scholars.

Visit our content (below) on iTunes, subscribe to receive the latest updates, and bring JTS with you—virtually.

JTS podcasts are available at no charge through the iTunes Store. Click here to download the latest version of iTunes for free and begin enjoying the virtual JTS community.

JTS Weekly Torah Commentary

For over fifteen years, JTS has distributed a weekly commentary on parashat hashavua’ to more than 30,000 people. We invite you to subscribe to the podcast and bring Torah From JTS with you. Subscribe to the JTS weekly commentary through the iTunes Store. Then, when the new episode is available online, it will automatically download to your computer.

The JTS commentary is written by Chancellor Arnold Eisen and Rabbis David Ackerman, Edward Feld, Lisa Gelber, David Hoffman, Daniel Nevins, Charles Savenor, Mychal Springer, and Marc Wolf.

Click to visit the JTS weekly Torah commentary at the iTunes store.

JTS Lectures

Each year, JTS’s public lectures and conferences feature engaging personalities who tackle modern issues through a Jewish lens. These events, which are open to the community, provide a forum where scholars, writers, and community leaders can explore the vital topics that affect our lives. Subscribe to JTS lectures through the iTunes Store. Then, when new content is available online, it will automatically download to your computer.

Click below to listen to lectures and conversations from the 2008/5768 season:

• "Moritz Steinschneider, Father of Modern Jewish Bibliography"—Professor Menachem Schmelzer and Chancellor Emeritus Ismar Schorsch
• "Taking the Lead: Fighting for Democracy on American Radio, 1939-1955"—The Jack and Lewis Rudin Lecture at JTS—Professor Jeffrey Schandler
• "Jews and Political Power"—Dr. Ruth Wisse
• "Fairness and Justice in Bioethics Consultation"—Nancy Neveloff Dubler
• "Stem Cells, Universal Health Care, and Physician Assisted Suicide: A Jewish View"—  Professor David Novak
• "The Song of the Distant Dove"—JTS Library Book Talk—Professor Raymond Scheindlin
• "Jewish Eating and Jewish Identity"—Rapaport Memorial Lecture by Dr. David Kraemer
• "How the Zohar Reimagines God"—Gerson D. Cohen Memorial Lecture delivered by Dr. Daniel Matt
• The Inauguration of Chancellor Arnold Eisen
• "Can a People of the Book Also Be a People of God?"—Gerson D. Cohen Memorial Lecture delivered by Rabbi Gordon Tucker

Click here to visit the JTS lectures at the iTunes store

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Podcasts 

What is a podcast?

A podcast is an audio file—in our case, a recording of a lecture or special event—along with a way to subscribe to a collection of files for automatic delivery to your iPod when it is synchronized with iTunes. The lecture isn’t live, so you can listen to it whenever you want or skip ahead to sections that interest you.

How do I get a podcast?

We recommend using iTunes, which is available for both the Mac and the PC. Once you have installed the software, you will need to add JTS podcasts to iTunes. To add the podcast, choose "Advanced," then "Subscribe to Podcast," and enter the URL for the particular podcast you are interested in. Then click "OK."

JTS Weekly Torah Commentary:
http://web.mac.com/jtstunes/JTStunes/JTS_Podcasts/rss.xml

JTS Lectures:
http://web.mac.com/jtstunes/JTStunes/JTS_Public_Lectures/rss.xml

How do I customize the frequency with which iTunes sends me new podcasts?

To set how frequently iTunes checks for new episodes, choose "Edit > Preferences" and click "Podcasts"; then choose an option from the "Check for New Episodes" drop-down menu. To set the number of episodes iTunes automatically downloads, choose "Edit > Preferences" and click "Podcasts"; then choose an option from the "When New Episodes Are Available" drop-down menu. If you choose "Do Nothing," the names of new episodes appear dimmed in the podcasts' playlist. You will have to click the "Get" button next to the episode to download it.