David Harris is joined by Meng Yang, a professor who teaches China’s first university-level Yiddish course and lectures widely on Jewish civilization, the Holocaust and contemporary antisemitism.
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David Harris is joined by Georg Georgiev, the former Foreign Minister of Bulgaria, to discuss the heroic 1943 rescue of 48,000 Bulgarian Jews from a train bound for Nazi death camps, as well as the current state of Bulgarian Jewry and contemporary Bulgaria’s relationship with the state of Israel.
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David Harris is joined by Rawan Osman, a Syrian-born German political activist, influencer and self-described Arab Zionist advocating for normalization between Arab states and Israel.
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David Harris interviews Gilad Cohen, Israel’s Ambassador to Japan since 2021, for a wide-ranging discussion on the history and current status of Japanese-Israeli relations, as well as the state of the small Jewish community in Japan itself.
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David Harris is joined by Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva Daniel Meron to discuss the rampant anti-Israel bias running amok in the 40 UN organizations headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and what Meron is personally and professionally doing to combat this “baked-in” prejudice.
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David Harris sits with his wife, Giulietta Boukhobza, a Jewish survivor and refugee from Libya, as she recounts her family’s story and reflects on its urgent lessons for today.
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David Harris speaks with Avi Jorisch, author of “Thou Shalt Innovate: How Israeli Ingenuity Repairs the World,” and CEO and co-founder of the Israel Economic Forum, whose work advances Israel’s global economic standing and connectivity.
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David Harris dissects the concept of Israel’s “right to exist” by recounting its ancient and contemporary history, as well as comparing its legitimacy to that of other nations around the world, including advanced Western nations.
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David Harris reacts to the horrifying mass shooting on Bondi Beach in Australia on the first night of Chanukah. He highlights the fact that frequent Defending Israel guest Arsen Ostrovsky was wounded in the attack.
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David Harris is joined by Col. Richard Kemp, distinguished military veteran and commander of British forces in Afghanistan to discuss Israel’s military aims and doctrines, British reaction and the surge in antisemitism in the UK.
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