
Episode 422· The Tikvah Podcast·Aug 14, 2025
Barry Strauss on the Jewish Conflict with Ancient Rome
Two Centuries of Rebellion
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Episode 422· The Tikvah Podcast·Aug 14, 2025
Two Centuries of Rebellion
Episode 217· 10-Minute Mitzvah Podcast·Aug 11, 2025
The stark difference in the ways Jews and Romans entertain themselves provides insights into the values of each culture.
Episode 87· The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind Podcast·Aug 27, 2025
The spirit of discovery in the Renaissance will push Europe to expand its trade horizons and reshape its economy.
Episode 86· The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind Podcast·Aug 20, 2025
Consolidation of power will dramatically alter politics, wars, and loyalties in Europe.
Episode 85· The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind Podcast·Aug 13, 2025
The Northern Renaissance may be infused with the same spirit as the Italian Renaissance, but it manifested in uniquely northern European ways.
Episode 84· The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind Podcast·Aug 6, 2025
Modern politics cannot be fully understood without Machiavelli.
Episode 7· Building the Impossible Dream: The History of Zionism Podcast·Apr 26, 2023
Dr. Polisar breaks down the causes and consequences of Israel's victory in the War of Independence, as well as its Declaration of Independence.
Episode 5· Building the Impossible Dream: The History of Zionism Podcast·Apr 26, 2023
Arabs escalate violence against Jews as the British try to appease them. Meanwhile, Jews build the institutions that could serve as the nucleus for their state.
Episode 4· Building the Impossible Dream: The History of Zionism Podcast·Apr 26, 2023
Efforts to move to the Land of Israel and build a state accelerate just as Zionist diplomacy pays off with the Balfour Declaration.
Episode 3· Building the Impossible Dream: The History of Zionism Podcast·Apr 26, 2023
How Theodor Herzl became Zionism's chief diplomat, institution-builder, and ideological visionary.
Episode 2· Building the Impossible Dream: The History of Zionism Podcast·Apr 26, 2023
Dr. Polisar explores how the Jews revived the Hebrew language, developed the Zionist idea, and began to resettle the land beginning in the early 19th century.
Episode 1· Building the Impossible Dream: The History of Zionism Podcast·Apr 6, 2023
How did the Jews overcome seemingly impossible odds to establish a state whose accomplishments are described as miraculous even by secular people?
Unlock the most serious Jewish, Zionist, and American thinking.
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