At Last, Zion
June 11, 2018
In 1998, as the State of Israel turned fifty years old, Charles Krauthammer penned his seminal essay, “At Last, Zion.” Wide-ranging and provocative, the piece takes an unvarnished look at the existential crisis of Diaspora Jewry as well as what Krauthammer calls the “Israeli exception” to the assimilationist trend. However, the re-centering of Jewish life […]
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June 1, 2018 | By: Elliott Abrams
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. This week, instead of one of our regular conversations on great Jewish essays and ideas, we are pleased to introduce you to a brand new podcast, Kikar: Conversations in the Jewish Public Square, produced by our partners at the Jewish Leadership […]
Read MorePodcast: Samuel Goldman on Christian Zionism in America
April 19, 2018 | By: Samuel Goldman
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Conversion and Restoration Chapter 2: Mordecai Manuel Noah and Ararat Chapter 3: Scripture, the Geneva Bible, and the Catholic Church Chapter 4: Is American Christianity Different? Chapter 5: Blackstone, Fosdick, and Niebuhr Chapter 6: The Christian Right […]
Read MorePodcast: Charles Freilich on the U.S.-Israel “Special Relationship”
March 8, 2018 | By: Charles D. Freilich
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: The History of the U.S.-Israel Relationship Chapter 2: Sovereignty Compromised? Chapter 3: Israel, America, and the Iran Deal Chapter 4: Do America and Israel Need a Defense Treaty? Militarily, diplomatically, and culturally, the relationship between the United […]
Read MorePodcast: Mark Dubowitz on the Future of the Iran Deal
February 16, 2018 | By: Mark Dubowitz
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Obama, Trump, and the Iran Deal Chapter 2: Decertification Chapter 3: Fix It or Nix It Chapter 4: Russia, China, and North Korea Chapter 5: The View from Israel In 2007, Barack Obama, then a U.S. Senator and […]
Read MorePodcast: Greg Weiner on Moynihan, Israel, and the United Nations
February 9, 2018 | By: Greg Weiner
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Moynihan at the U.N. Chapter 2: Carter, Israel, and American Values Chapter 3: A Fated Political Loss Chapter 4: Liberal Internationalism and Liberal Politics In December of 2017, Nikki Haley, America’s ambassador to the United Nations, stood […]
Read MorePodcast: Robert Nicholson on Evangelicals, Israel, and the Jews
December 15, 2017 | By: Robert Nicholson
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: What Drives Christian Zionism? Chapter 2: Jewish Ambivalence Chapter 3: The Uncertain Future of Evangelical Zionism Chapter 4: Muslims, Catholics, and Jerusalem At a time when the State of Israel lives under the threat of jihadist Islam and […]
Read MorePodcast: Matthew Continetti on William F. Buckley, the Conservative Movement, and Anti-Semitism
November 2, 2017 | By: Matthew Continetti
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Family, Founding, and Policing the Right Chapter 2: In Search of Anti-Semitism Chapter 3: Pat Buchanan and the Paleocons Chapter 4: Joe Sobran and the Struggle to Define Anti-Semitism Chapter 5: Anti-Semitism and Today’s Conservative Movement Anti-Semitism knows […]
Read MorePodcast: Elliott Abrams on "Dictatorships and Double Standards"
October 20, 2017 | By: Elliott Abrams
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: The World of the 1970s Chapter 2: Kirkpatrick’s Case Chapter 3: Allies, Enemies, and American Hypocrisy Chapter 4: The Freedom Agenda Chapter 5: Obama’s Carteresque Foreign Policy We like to think that, amidst all of the pressures of […]
Read MorePodcast: Jay Lefkowitz on His Life in the Arena
September 28, 2017 | By: Jay Lefkowitz
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Has support for Israel become a partisan issue in the United States? What role can a commitment to Jewish culture play in ensuring the Jewish future? And how does an observant Jew say grace? These are just some of the […]
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