Recorded live on December 15, 2022. A conversation on autism on religious spaces and activities with guest host Sam Levine, Professor of Law and Director of the Jewish Law Institute at Touro Law Center, and Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, Chief Program Officer & Director, Whole Community Inclusion, Jewish Learning Venture; John Elder Robison, Neurodiversity Scholar, College of William & Mary; New York Times Best-Selling Author of Look Me in the Eye; and Rabbi Dr. Rafi Feuerstein, President of the Feuerstein Institute.

Recorded live on May 18, 2023.A conversation with leaders in corporate America: Deb Benovitz, Senior Vice President, Global Insights and Innovation, WeightWatchers; Allen Fagin, who served as Chairman of Proskauer; and David Sable who was the Global CEO and Chairman of Young & Rubicam and is currently the Co-Founder/Partner of DoAble on navigating Jewish identity in the corporate environment in the United States.

(Recorded live on September 20, 2023.)

Recorded live on September 20, 2023. A conversation between Rabbi Professor Carmi Horowitz and Rabbi Dr. Michael A. Shmidman on the life and legacy of Rabbi Professor Yitzhak (Isadore) Twersky z”l, a unique individual and unusual scholar. Prof. Twersky was the Talner Rebbe a, professor at Harvard University, and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University. His most recent work is Perpetuating the Masorah: Halakhic, Ethical and Experiential Dimensions.

Dr. Monty Penkower joins Touro Talks to discuss the process of writing an objective daily accounting of the war Israel is fighting since it was attacked on Oct 7, 2023, the war he calls “The War for the Narrative”. How do you ensure accuracy in a chaotic media environment? How do you provide context and an understanding of the radical Islamist ideology driving Hamas and other groups? Penkower shares political and military lessons from the conflict, his concern for the rise of anti-Semitism, and the hope he sees in the resilience of the Israeli people.

Rav Doron Perez, World Mizrachi CEO, joins Touro Talks for a conversation about the importance of Zionism and bringing Torah values to Zionism. He explains how every Jew can impact the development of the land of Israel, and who has a monopoly on truth. Sharing the tragic loss of his son on October 7 as he fought for the land of Israel, Rav Perez stresses the importance of building bridges and standing together.

Political analyst and Egyptian refugee, Dalia Ziada, joins Touro Talks for an incisive analysis of the shifting dynamics in the Middle East, including Israel's emergence as a regional power and Turkey's growing influence, peer pressure on American college campuses, the socialist Islamist alliance, and her journey from burning the Israeli flag on her university campus in Egypt to speaking on American college campuses about the Islamist threats to America.

Faulkner said “The past is never dead. It's not even past.” In this Touro Talks, Dr. Henry Abramson, historian and dean of Lander College for Men, spoke with former refusenik and author Rabbi Dr. Yosef Mendelevich on the occasion of the release of his new volume, The Cantonists, published by Touro University Press. They speak about Mendelevich’s experience in the gulag, integrating into a society, army conscription, and the relevance of his most recent book for the issues we still face today.