Face to Face with America: Rabbi Shoff in Downtown Chicago

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🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Rabbi Elchanan Shoff took to the streets of downtown Chicago to answer the raw, unfiltered questions of everyday people—from devout Christians and curious Muslims to military moms and tourists from Poland. As an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, Rabbi Shoff opens up honest, thoughtful conversations about religion, identity, Israel, morality, gender, and what it truly means to coexist. This powerful episode of Ask Me Anything showcases the value of deep dialogue, mutual respect, and the pursuit of truth across ideological lines.

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0:00.0	What's going on overseas is an attack against Muslim people.
0:04.0	If I would get on the bus to Ramallah from outside the...
0:07.0	100%.
0:09.0	If Jesus is the Messiah and he did all those miracles,
0:12.0	how would you know when the actual Messiah comes?
0:14.0	No, no, no, you don't think when you speak.
0:17.0	Separating religion is very equal to racism.
0:20.0	The name Palestine is very recent. You know that, right?
0:22.2	Here we are in downtown Chicago, right, in front of the historical water tower.
0:32.6	And, you know, it's freezing. I mean, it's absolutely freezing here.
0:36.1	The temperature is very, very cold. It's windy here in the windy city, but our hearts are warm because we're meeting all kinds of wonderful, beautiful people here. I want to thank our sponsor, Skyve. Skyve is the solution for you for all of your important custom software needs. You need to find out about this company.
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1:03.3	our sponsor for this program. So, and we invite the people here in Chicago to come ask me
1:09.2	anything. I'm an Orthodox rabbi.
1:11.6	Maybe you want to talk.
1:12.8	I hope you too, because it's cold.
1:14.8	And the sooner we get you over here,
1:17.0	the faster we can go back to the warm car.
1:20.1	Okay, so it's good to meet you.
1:22.1	It's very great to meet you, Rabbi.
1:25.1	And I would love to know what you want to talk about,
1:26.9	what you want to ask today.
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