Podcast: David Friedman on What He Learned as U.S. Ambassador to Israel
April 1, 2022 | By: David Friedman
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. When Donald Trump improbably became president in 2016, few knew what his foreign policy agenda would look like. Having spent little time on such issues during his campaign and having no previous electoral experience, Trump’s […]
Read MorePodcast: Andy Smarick on What the Government Can and Can’t Do to Help American Families
March 28, 2022 | By: Andy Smarick
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. In recent years, family policy—what the government can do to strengthen the formation of American families—has come to occupy the minds of many political and cultural figures. That’s a good thing, since the family is […]
Read MorePodcast: Aaron MacLean on Deterrence and American Power
March 18, 2022 | By: Aaron MacLean
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. The United States of America is the most powerful nation in the world. But it is facing tests of its credibility in multiple theaters of conflict. What do America’s adversaries believe about the capacity and […]
Read MorePodcast: Ronna Burger on Reading Esther as a Philosopher
March 11, 2022 | By: Ronna Burger
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. When Jews celebrate the upcoming holiday of Purim, they’ll also study the Book of Esther, named for the young queen whose Jewish identity was unknown to her husband—Persia’s king—and his court. The Book of Esther […]
Read MorePodcast: Dovid Margolin on Jewish Life in War-Torn Ukraine
March 4, 2022 | By: Dovid Margolin
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, most of the news coverage has understandably focused on the war’s military, political, and economic dimensions. But there’s another dimension of the war: the religious dimension. How does being […]
Read MorePodcast: Vance Serchuk on the History and Politics Behind Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
February 25, 2022 | By: Vance Serchuk
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. This week, Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian airstrikes are now hitting Ukrainian military installations and Russian tanks are now rolling into Ukrainian cities. This invasion is an inflection point in Russian-Western relations, […]
Read MorePodcast: Ruth Wisse on the Stories Jews Tell
February 25, 2022 | By: Ruth Wisse
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. By reading literature, one can experience what it’s like to be, say, a king, or a soldier, or a mother, or a stranger, or a tyrant, or for that matter a slave, not to mention […]
Read MorePodcast: Yossi Shain on the Israeli Century
February 11, 2022 | By: Yossi Shain
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. The reestablishment of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel changed the Jewish people, giving them a place to live in their historic home, if they wanted it. But what about the Jews who remained, […]
Read MorePodcast: Michael Doran on the Most Strategically Valuable Country You've Never Heard Of
February 4, 2022 | By: Michael Doran
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. The Republic of Azerbaijan scrambles the assumptions of even the most veteran of foreign-policy hands. Sitting at the nexus of Europe and Asia, Azerbaijan is the only nation that borders both Iran and Russia; it […]
Read MorePodcast: Mitch Silber on Securing America’s Jewish Communities
January 31, 2022 | By: Mitch Silber
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Last week, a British jihadist entered a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, and held four of its members hostage. In mid-October of last year, a woman emptied a container of gasoline and set it on fire […]
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