In today’s episode we have the privilege of interviewing Dr. Amos Guiora. Dr. Guiora is currently a distinguished professor of law at the University of Utah. He has written multiple books on the role bystanders and enablers play in crimes from a legal perspective. He is also a recipient of multiple books that were once in the possession of his grandparents who perished in the Holocaust. In this episode we talk about his passion for justice, his reception and retrieval of books from his grandparents via the Looted Books Project, and so much more!

Read about Prof. Guiora's work with the Bystander Initiative at: https://www.law.utah.edu/bystander-initiative/

To read more about the story of the books belonging Prof. Guiora's grandfather, Shlomo Natan Goldberg, see: https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2025/02/27/holocaust-auschwitz-nazi-steal-jews-books-return-survivor-utah/

To find out more about the Looted Books Project or to volunteer, email askjcpod at gmail dot com

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Intro music: chill beat by Tommy Kellogg

The Voice of the Oud by djovan, courtesy of Pixabay.com

We sat down to chat with Dr. Ari Mermelstein, professor of Bible and Second Temple Judaism at Yeshiva University. In this podcast, we discuss how a mistaken interpretation of Paul's writings that negated the notion of divine grace in Judaism led to a misunderstanding that has lasted for centuries. We discuss how reading Paul in his Jewish context has important ramifications for present-day Jewish-Christian dialogue.

Find more information about the Hebraic Studies Program for Christians at YU at: https://philosproject.org/home/yeshiva/

For more information, see: https://www.yu.edu/revel/hebraic-studies