Podcast: John Podhoretz on the Best and Worst of Jewish Cinema
June 29, 2018 | By: John Podhoretz
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Tradition, America, and The Jazz Singer Chapter 2: Jewish Self-Consciousness on Film Chapter 3: The Challenges of Holocaust Cinema Chapter 4: Israel in Film, The Heartbreak Kid, and the Best Moment of John Podhoretz’s Life The great thinkers […]
Read MorePodcast: Jamie Kirchick on Europe’s Coming Dark Age
June 14, 2018 | By: Jamie Kirchick
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Europe’s Economic Travails Chapter 2: Russia, Refugees, and the Shadow of the Holocaust Chapter 3: Nationalism: Virtue or Vice? Chapter 4: Europe’s Jewish Question Once the beating heart of world Jewish life, Europe has given way to […]
Read MoreSpecial Podcast: Introducing Kikar - Elliott Abrams on Hamas, Gaza, and the Case for Jewish Power
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: Ruth Wisse on the Nature and Functions of Anti-Semitism
May 17, 2018 | By: Ruth Wisse
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Why the Jews? Chapter 2: Wilhelm Marr, Anti-Semitism, and Anti-Liberalism Chapter 3: The Moral Strut Chapter 4: The Nature of Left-Wing Anti-Semitism Cui bono? Who benefits? Who benefits when Jews are turned into scapegoats for the ills […]
Read MorePodcast: Jeffrey Saks on Shmuel Yosef Agnon
April 30, 2018 | By: Jeffrey Saks
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: One Who Was Born in Jerusalem Chapter 2: The Last Hebrew Classic Chapter 3: Scholem, Bialik, and Agnon on Hebrew’s Revival Chapter 4: The Still Small Voice Chapter 5: Agnon’s Significance Today Shmuel Yosef Agnon was one […]
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: Martin Kramer on Ben-Gurion, Borders, and the Vote That Made Israel
April 12, 2018 | By: Martin Kramer
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Truce, Independence, and the Vote That Never Happened Chapter 2: Ben-Gurion’s Principle on Borders Chapter 3: Ben-Gurion in ’48 and ’67 Chapter 4: Truth and History On May 12, 1948, just three days before the end of […]
Read MorePodcast: Russ Roberts on Hayek, Knowledge, and Jewish Tradition
March 26, 2018 | By: Russ Roberts
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Hayek and His Work Chapter 2: Law, Legislation, and Seeing the Unseen Chapter 3: “I, Pencil” Chapter 4: The Jewish Theory of Knoweldge Chapter 5: Freedom, Holiness, and the Ends of Society It is common today to […]
Read MorePodcast: Yossi Klein Halevi on Moving In and Out of Extremism
March 16, 2018 | By: Yossi Klein Halevi
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: A Survivor’s Son Chapter 2: Zionism, Beitar, and the Decadent American Jew Chapter 3: Saving Soviet Jewry Chapter 4: Meir Kahane and the Jewish Defense League Chapter 5: Leaving the JDL, Making Aliyah, and Finding Healing “I […]
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 […]
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