To begin the new Jewish year 5778, Malcolm Hoenlein, Exec. Chairman of the Conference of Presidents, discusses the election of a French Jew as head of UNESCO, the Hamas-Fatah Unity agreement, and Pres. Trump’s call to review the Iran Nuclear Deal.
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Rabbi Elyse Wechterman, Exec. Dir. of the Reconstructionst Rabbinical Association, explains why she will not participate in the annual High Holiday phone call with the President due to Mr. Trump’s remarks after Charlottesville. With Mark S. Golub.
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Alan Dershowitz, Prof. Emeritus at Harvard Law School, addresses a number of controversial issues of the day, including Charlottesville and Donald Trump and Jewish groups’ refusal to engage in a High Holiday conversation with him. With Mark S. Golub.
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Executive Vice President of the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC of Houston, Joel Dinkin, discusses the impact of the devastating storm on the Jewish community and relief efforts. With Teisha Bader.
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Ron Kampeas describes being at the White Supremacist rally in Charlottesville ; and Ken Abramowitz discusses the criticism leveled at President Trump. With Mark S. Golub.
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Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish organizations, respond to the U.S. State Department’s report asserting that Mahmoud Abbas has worked to stop incitement and violence. With Mark S. Golub
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Senior analyst for The Times of Israel, Haviv Rettig Gur, discusses the escalation in violence over the last 10 days, including the murders of 3 Israeli family members in Halamish and a stabbing attack at the Israeli Embassy in Amman. With Teisha Bader
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Former Head of the Mossad and Israel’s National Security Cabinet, Efraim Halevy, corrects the story of a Jordanian stabbing an Israeli guard; and explains the complications regarding the Temple Mount furor. With Mark S. Golub.
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Mitchel Wohlberg, rabbi of Orthodox congregation Beth Tfiloh in Baltimore, MD, responds to the Chief Rabbinate of Israel’s listing American Orthodox rabbis whose conversions they will not accept; and comments on the Wall controversy. With Mark S. Golub.
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Edna Friedberg, a historian at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC, discusses the 75th anniversary of the 1942 mass deportation of French Jews at the Vel d’Hiv in Paris. With Teisha Bader.
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