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Even though Chanukah has come and gone, JBS Journalist Micah Halpern looks at how Zionism and the creation of Israel transformed the celebration of Chanukah. Ep.368 4

Thinking Out Loud: Mideast Madness

January 15, 2025
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JBS Journalist Micah Halpern looks at Jordan and Libya in light of the recent political upheaval in Syria and examines the changing political map of the Middle East. Ep.369 1

Yehuda Kurtzer, president of the Shalom Hartman Institute, reflects on this post-election moment and offers a new framework for how American Judaism might continue to thrive in the future. 1

Educator, author and scholar on contemporary antisemitism, Naya Lekht, lectures on lies taught about Israel and Jews in a talk entitled “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Jew?” 1

ISGAP Executive Director Charles Asher Small examines how academic institutions have become platforms for spreading undemocratic ideologies and antisemitic narratives through the influence of soft power. 1

In Memoriam 2024

January 9, 2025
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Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Richard Lewis, Joe Lieberman, and Teri Garr are among those in the Jewish world fondly remembered in our 2024 In Memoriam 2

Emmy-award winning Joanna Stern, the Wall Street Journal’s senior personal technology columnist, and Rabbi Danny Nevins, Head of School at Golda Och Academy and author of “Torah & Technology: Circuits, Cells and the Sacred Path,” join Justin to discuss navigating technological trends through a Jewish and moral lens, including the use and creation of artificial […]

David Harris recaps the blunders of appeasement in the past and how these lessons can be applied to the New Year of 2025 and all of Israel’s challenges moving forward. 1

Jonah and music mogul Kenny Hamilton discuss antisemitism, Kenny’s conversion to Judaism, his work with Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun, and how his identity as a Black Jew shapes his perspective on today’s social climate. 2

Conversations with Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Israeli Politician and diplomat, Naya Lekht, educator, author and scholar, and Professor Uzi Rabi, director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University from the ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute. Interviews conducted by David Harris and Charles Small. 2