Podcast: Matti Friedman on the Russian Aliyah—30 Years Later
November 18, 2020 | By: Matti Friedman
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. After a decades-long, worldwide campaign to free Soviet Jewry, in the late 1980s the borders of the Soviet Union were finally opened, allowing its Jews to immigrate to the State of Israel. This period saw approximately one million men […]
Read MorePodcast: Daniel Gordis on America, Israel, and the Sources of Jewish Resilience
November 12, 2020 | By: Daniel Gordis
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. The year 2020 has been one of real suffering. The Coronavirus has infected tens of millions the world over and has taken the lives of a quarter of a million Americans. It’s decimated the economy, shuttered businesses, brought low […]
Read MorePodcast: John Podhoretz on 75 Years of Commentary
October 29, 2020 | By: John Podhoretz
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. In November of 1945, the American Jewish Committee established a new, independent magazine of Jewish ideas, with the goal of explaining America to the Jews and the Jews to America. This month, Commentary marks 75 years of publishing about […]
Read MorePodcast: Michael McConnell on the Free Exercise of Religion
October 14, 2020 | By: Michael McConnell
Press play below to listen to the podcast, you can also find us on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Under the U.S. Constitution, the freedom of religion is protected by two separate guarantees: a prohibition on the establishment of an official church and an individual right to the “free exercise” of religion. The […]
Read MorePodcast: Ruth Wisse on Five Books Every Jew Should Read
October 8, 2020 | By: Ruth Wisse
Press play below to listen to the podcast, you can also find us on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. During this year of lockdowns, shuttered businesses, and working from home, people have made time for many new habits and hobbies, from baking bread to reorganizing closets. In this podcast, Jewish literary and political […]
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