Twice Blest: Exploring Shakespeare and the Hebrew Bible

By Yeshiva University Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought

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Welcome to Twice Blest, a podcast exploring Shakespeare and the Hebrew Bible from the Yeshiva University Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought. Hosted by Dr. Shaina Trapedo, Twice Blest brings you conversations with faith leaders, scholars, and writers that bridge the wisdom of Judaic and classical texts so we can live more informed and fulfilling intellectual and spiritual lives on an individual and communal level.

Episode Date
"Remember me": Ghosts and the Afterlife in Hamlet and Rabbinic and Medieval Jewish Literature — With Dr. Susan Weissman
Feb 21, 2022
“I will better the instruction”: Sufferance and Vengeance in The Merchant of Venice and Jewish Thought — With Rabbi Dr. Dov Lerner
Sep 20, 2021
"That foul defacer of God’s handiwork": Bodies in the Hebrew Bible and Richard III — With Dr. Jeffrey R. Wilson
Aug 31, 2021
“The sin upon my head”: The Hebrew Bible in Shakespeare’s Henry V — With Professor Paul Cantor
Aug 24, 2021
“The prop that doth sustain my house”: Jewish Women, Widowers, and Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice — With Dr. Chaya Sima Koenigsberg
Aug 17, 2021
“His deputy anointed in His sight”: Kingship in Shakespeare and the Hebrew Bible — With Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik
Aug 11, 2021
“Speak what we feel”: Biblical Blessings and Beyond in Shakespeare’s King Lear — With Professor Julia Reinhard Lupton
Aug 11, 2021
“There’s a divinity that shapes our ends”: Hamlet and Torah Tradition — With Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman
Aug 11, 2021
Introducing Twice Blest From the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought of Yeshiva University
Aug 02, 2021