This episode of ReligionWise features a conversation with Hartley Lachter, Associate Professor of Religion Studies at Lehigh University, where he holds the Philip and Muriel Berman Chair in Jewish Studies, and serves as the director of the Berman Center for Jewish Studies. In this conversation, the origins of antisemitism are discussed as well as the contemporary social functions of the phenomenon. Show Notes<ul><li><a href='https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/kabbalistic-revolution/9780813568751'>Kabbalistic Revolution: Reimagining Judaism in Medieval Spain</a> (https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/kabbalistic-revolution/9780813568751)</li></ul>

Philosophy of Religion - Tad Robinson

ReligionWise features educators, researchers, and other professionals discussing their work and the place of religion in the public conversation. Host Chip Gruen, the Director of the Institute for Religious and Cultural Understanding of Muhlenberg College, facilitates conversations that aim to provide better understanding of varieties of religious expression and their impacts on the human experience. For more about the Institute for Religious and Cultural Understanding, visit www.religionandculture.com.