In light of the holiday season, JBS journalist Micah Halpern opines about the assimilationist tendencies of modern American Jews and what can be done to combat the gradual erosion of Jewish identity as more and more Jews opt to purchase Christmas trees and celebrate the secular new year. He also analyzes the deeper meaning of the current debate between the U.S. and Israel regarding the timeline for delivery of U.S.-made “refueling planes,” and what a further delay could mean for Israel’s first-strike capability against Iran. Ep. 228

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