{"podcast":{"title":"Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time","slug":"everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216","podcast_index_feed_id":7523216,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/592205/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/592205","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/f/8/7/ff873758313fc23fd959afa2a1bf1c87/everythingJewishSquare14001400.jpg","author":"Adam Diament","episode_count":300,"summary":"Welcome to \"Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time!\" The podcast that makes exploring Jewish ideas easy, fun, and inviting. Whether you're Jewish, a little Jew-curious, or simply love learning new things, these bite-sized episodes will give you history, literature, theology, traditions, and cultural gems in just about ten minutes. Think of it as your friendly guide to all things Jewish, without the long sermons or heavy textbooks.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T16:17:06.262858+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216"},"episode":{"title":"Judah HaLevi in 10 Minutes","slug":"judah-halevi-in-10-minutes","published_at":"2026-07-19T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216/judah-halevi-in-10-minutes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216","url":"https://bb99e661-a60f-4303-be1a-5fc7b99e64c4.libsyn.com/judah-halevi-in-10-minutes","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bb99e661-a60f-4303-be1a-5fc7b99e64c4/judahhalevi.mp3?dest-id=5146315","summary":"Explore the life of the \"Sweet Singer of Zion\" in our episode on Judah Halevi , the preeminent poet and philosopher of the Spanish Golden Age. In this installment, we delve into the soul of a man who mastered the high-status culture of 12th-century Andalusia—serving as a physician and a court poet—only to eventually reject the comforts of the diaspora for a spiritual journey to the Land of Israel. We'll unpack his philosophical masterpiece, The Kuzari , which framed a defense of the faith through a fictional dialogue between a king and a scholar, and examine his revolutionary \"Zionide\" poetry that transformed the Hebrew language into a vehicle for intense national longing. Join us as we trace Halevi's dramatic departure from Spain in 1140 , exploring the legend of his final moments at the gates of Jerusalem and how his insistence that the heart of his people belonged in the East redirected the course of Jewish thought for nearly a millennium.","meta_description":"Explore the life of the \"Sweet Singer of Zion\" in our episode on Judah Halevi , the preeminent poet and philosopher of the Spanish Golden Age. In this ins…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":459,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216/episodes/judah-halevi-in-10-minutes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216/judah-halevi-in-10-minutes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}