Podcast: 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 […]
Read MorePodcast: Michael Doran on America's Middle East Strategy
September 15, 2017 | By: Michael Doran
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: The Obama Strategy Chapter 2: Obama’s Errors Chapter 3: Can Trump Change Course? Chapter 4: Russia, Turkey, and a Stable Middle East Civil war in Syria, the rise of Islamic State, a strengthened Iran—these are a part of the […]
Read MorePodcast: Gabriel Scheinmann on Bombing the Syrian Reactor
September 8, 2017 | By: Gabriel Scheinmann
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: The Begin Doctrine Chapter 2: Approaching the Americans Chapter 3: Operation Orchard Chapter 4: Lessons Learned On September 5, 2007, just before midnight, four F-15s and four F-16s took off from Israeli Air Force (IAF) bases and flew […]
Read MorePodcast: Elliott Abrams on His Calling and Career
September 1, 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: Political Beginnings and the Journey from Liberal to Conservative Chapter 2: Republicans and Human Rights Chapter 3: Behind the Scenes—Bombing the Syrian Reactor Chapter 4: Israel, America, and the Jewish Future “The proper method for the study of […]
Read MorePodcast: Jeffrey Bloom on Faith and America's Addiction Crisis
August 25, 2017 | By: Jeffrey Bloom
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Addiction, Spirituality, and Public Policy Chapter 2: Alcoholics Anonymous and the Limits of Science Chapter 3: Soul Sickness Chapter 4: Exodus and Addiction America is in the throes of an addiction crisis. The ravages of the opioid epidemic […]
Read MorePodcast: Gil Student on the Journey into Orthodoxy
August 17, 2017 | By: Gil Student
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: Reason, Emotion, and Faith Chapter 2: Proofs and Prophecies Chapter 3: Rabbi Noach Weinberg and the Ba’al Teshuva Movement Chapter 4: Experiencing Orthodoxy Chapter 5: Truths Too Hard to Admit When Ellen Willis’s brother Michael decided to leave […]
Read MorePodcast: Meir Soloveichik on "L'Chaim and Its Limits"
August 11, 2017 | By: Meir Soloveichik
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: The Virtue of Mortality Chapter 2: Body, Soul, and Afterlife Chapter 3: Family—the Jewish Answer to Mortality Chapter 4: Who Believes in the Future? When Jews raise their glasses in celebration, they toast “l’chaim!” “to life!” Judaism’s belief […]
Read MorePodcast: Michael Makovsky on Churchill and the Jews
August 4, 2017 | By: Michael Makovsky
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: From Disraeli to Churchill Chapter 2: Islam, Communism, and Zionism Chapter 3: The Interwar Years Chapter 4: Churchill and the Holocaust Chapter 5: Was Churchill Good for the Jews? Soldier, statesman, Nobel Prize-winning author—Sir Winston Churchill was one […]
Read MoreDebating Zionism: A Lecture Series with Dr. Micah Goodman
July 25, 2017 | By: Micah Goodman
The establishment of the State of Israel is one of the most remarkable achievements of the modern era. Never before had a people dispersed throughout the world, deprived of sovereignty for millennia, returned to its ancient homeland to build a thriving country. Who were the leaders and thinkers that helped craft a modern Jewish nationalism […]
Read MorePodcast: Neil Rogachevsky on the Story Behind Oslo
July 21, 2017 | By: Neil Rogachevsky
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Chapter 1: The World Before Oslo Chapter 2: Keeping Secrets Chapter 3: Norwegians, Americans, and Technocrats Chapter 4: An Uneven Balance Sheet Chapter 5: The Aftermath of Oslo On September 13, 1993, at a historic ceremony on the White House […]
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