Return the Key: Jewish Questions for Everyone

About Return the Key: Jewish Questions for Everyone

“We are all…the unchosen, but we are nevertheless unchosen together.” - Judith Butler This is podcast in which Julie Carr and occasional cohosts interview artists, writers, activists, scholars, religious leaders and others, asking questions related to Jewish (and non-Jewish) themes, such as oneness and the one, time and the infinite, home and diaspora, return and renewal, knowing and unknowing, law and practice, text and textuality, the idea of justice and the idea of love.

Publisher

Julie Carr

Category

religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Apr 2024

Latest episode

10 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

39 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Oct 2026

   Episode 39: This Desire that You Are: Kenneth Novis on Spinoza

   In episode #39, I talk with Spinoza scholar Kenneth Novis on Spinoza’s theories of God-nature-substance, virtue and ethics, power, self-contentment, joy, sadness and especially desire.

2. 

   1 Sept 2026

   Episode 38: “Light desires to Overflow”: Elliot R. Wolfson on Kabbalah

   In episode #38, the first of the new season, I talk with painter, poet, and renowned scholar of philosophy and Jewish mysticism, Elliot R. Wolfson. Elliot offers a general history and glossary of Kabbalah before we dive into a discussion about the ein sof (infinite) and its dynamic relationship with the finite from the perspective of the mystics.

3. 

   29 Jun 2026

   Episode 37: How Loss Refuses Itself: Voice at the Limit with Ben Meyerson

   In episode #37 I talk with scholar and poet Ben Meyerson about his research and writing surrounding “voice” in diasporic song. Ben researches three musical forms: Troubadour lyric, Sephardic Romanzas, and Flamenco song, all of which originate from the Iberian Peninsula, dating from the 11th century to the present.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

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