Building Jerusalem

Liz Fitzgerald is an art therapist and teacher of art therapy. She is a clinical supervisor of Masters of Art Therapy at the University of Western Sydney, and teaches an Intro to Art Therapy course at the University of Sydney.

Mendel Kastel is the CEO and rabbi of Jewish House Crisis Centre. He has previously worked in chaplaincy with prisons, hospitals, schools, and the police.

Moira Blumenthal is a theatre director and producer. She recently directed Timothy Daly's "The Man in the Attic" at the Eternity Playhouse.

Timothy Scriven is an aspiring author and PhD student in political economy. We talk about conceptions of ownership; modern paganism; and bears.

Talya is the principal family lawyer at Faigenbaum Family Lawyers. She is the honorary secretary of Unchain My Heart Inc., a working committee of Jewish women's organizations dedicated to the resolution of religious divorce issues affecting Jewish women.

Matthew is the founder of 2 Birds 1 Bee, an organization that provides professional sex education to schools.

Haroon and Raphael return to the show, this time in conversation about Rationalism and Mysticism in Judaism and Islam. Recorded with permission at Yom Limmud, Sydney 2018.

Haroon is the Fellow in Jewish-Muslim Relations at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America.

Salvatore Babones is an American sociologist based in Sydney, Australia; and the author of "The New Authoritarianism: Trump, Populism, and the Tyranny of Experts". We talk about China's new social credit system, the state of American politics, and more.

Max is a poet and filmmaker. He has won two Webby awards and is the Head of Content & Storytelling at the Center for Humane Technology.