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Israel’s Haredim Confront the Burdens of Jewish Self-Government
By Yehoshua PfefferAfter decades devoted to survival, a new generation is asking what it owes the Jewish state.
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After decades devoted to survival, a new generation is asking what it owes the Jewish state.
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Join Dan Schueftan, Michael Doran, Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, and Jonathan Silver as they discuss the emerging threat Turkey poses to Israel.
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Behind Erdogan’s escalating rhetoric, a strategic encirclement years in the making.
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A fighting report from a 20-year-old Border Police agent who was one of the first responders to Saturday's massacre in southern Israel.
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For the West, what's at stake now is not just the safety of Israel's citizens, but its own.
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In this daily podcast, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik guides listeners through all 150 chapters of King David's Psalms, exploring their poetry, meaning, and enduring place in the life of faith.
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The first two chapters of Genesis both describe the creation of mankind, but in profoundly different ways. What can these two stories, taken together, teach us about the astonishing technological achievements of our age? Text: Genesis 1-2
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Three catastrophes, all marked by euphoria at the start and denial at the end, have shaped the Palestinian predicament. Has the fourth arrived, and is the same dynamic playing out?
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Israelis are making an extra effort to be kind to each other, even to the point of letting others pass them when driving, Sarah Rindner reports.
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October 7 was not Palestine’s independence day, but the final nail in the two-state solution’s coffin. Is confederation with Jordan all that remains?
Podcast • Episode 476
On September 30, 2026, a flight took off from Dubai International Airport for Tel Aviv, with 174 passengers and a crew of six. Over the skies of Saudi Arabia, Flydubai Flight 1073’s first officer stabbed the captain and tried …
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The West’s habit of converting mass murder into self-recrimination moved from Ground Zero to Gaza.
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If they see Israel as weak and not a dependable ally, the likes of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt would have little choice but to align with Iran.
Podcast • Episode 301
The last words of the Hebrew Bible can be seen as a hint to the age in which we live. Text: 2 Chronicles 36
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Discover the Torah‘s profound political wisdom in this exploration of the weekly parashah.
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The Great Masters saw eternal stillness in Christian Scripture, and dynamism and change in Jewish Scripture.
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Weekly, in-depth conversations on Jews, Judaism, America, and Israel with leading thinkers, writers, rabbis, and policymakers.
Podcast • Episode 274
Just as Israeli society has become more at home with Judaism, so too has Israeli music. Across the Israeli music scene, songs and albums infused with religious themes, language, and sentiments have become far more popular in recent years. And …
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The Bible shows our humanity while taking us back to the solitary, deep-water worm of our primordial origins.
Podcast • Episode 1
In the exploration of Parashat Bereishit, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik draws a fascinating parallel between the biblical Adam's family and the historical Adams family, particularly John and Abigail Adams. This comparison highlights the profound impact of the biblical narrative on …
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Western Art and the Jewish Tradition.
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Sixty years ago, Leo Strauss spoke against forsaking the Jewish heritage. Now, when assimilation appears easier than ever and when anti-Semitism has found renewed force in American politics, his message is more relevant than ever.
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The story of the sin in Eden is enigmatic, but if we look carefully, we will also find, amidst mankind’s failings, tales of love and gratitude. We will see how, rightly understood, the devastating dangers and powerful potential of …
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"I cried to the Lord out of my distress, and he heard me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried and Thou didst hear my voice. For Thou didst cast me into the deep, into the heart of …
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A comprehensive look at the history of Zionism—political, social, and religious—and the schools of anti-Zionism that have opposed it.
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Sixty years ago, the infamous Nazi official was abducted in Argentina and brought to Israel. What really happened, what did Hollywood make up, and why?
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A collection of Mosaic Observations.
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Smaller and internally more homogeneous political units may offer a brighter prospect for stability in the region than the forcible unification of decomposed Arab states.
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Fifty years on, no work by or about Jews has won American hearts so thoroughly. So what's my problem?
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A generational summons for American Jews and Christians.
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The British journalist Norman Ewer supposedly quipped, “How odd/of God/to choose/the Jews.” Even many traditional Jews misunderstand why it was Abraham that was chosen by the Almighty, but a careful reading of Genesis allows us to divine …
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The history of holiday greetings.
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Is America falling for the Middle East’s anti-Zionist delusions?
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The Gavriel Tirosh Affair and the costs of Jewish restraint.
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Micah Goodman Teaches Deuteronomy: The Last Speech of Moses
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Discover the history, meaning, and soul-shaping purpose of the prayers Jews recite each and every day.
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The case of the literary master helps explain why people who devote themselves to compassion for all so often make an exception for Jews.
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Leon Kass Teaches Founding God's Nation: Reading Exodus
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Anton Chekhov reminds us how biblical stories invest a seemingly chaotic world with order and meaning.
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Understanding and defeating the assault on Jewish moral self-confidence.
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Professor Ruth Wisse explores the wit and wisdom of the greatest stories in the modern Jewish literary canon.
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The story of the “Binding of Isaac,” or the Akeida, is one of the most terrifying tales in the Bible. But a fascinating letter from a great rabbi to a Catholic priest might teach us its profound relevance to our …
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The name of the second patriarch is rooted in a seemingly prosaic event: Abraham and Sarah’s laughter at the news that they would have a child. Why would a founding father of a people be named in such a …
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Join Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik as he shows you how, from national symbolism to functional governance, Jewish ideas were at the very heart of the American founding.
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How Russia, Iran, and China learned to turn Americans against the Jews, and use the Jews to turn Americans against one another.
Podcast • Episode 4
A careful study of the events after the flood allows us to understand how Jewish ideas changed the world forever. And it is two non-Jewish writers who help us understand how. Text: Genesis 9-12
Monthly Essay
There's a great deal more at stake in Exodus than getting the slaves out of Egypt. What might it be?
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A sculptural competition in 1400 offers us interpretive insights into the akeidah, and how the Hebrew Bible shaped the Renaissance.
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Medicine, bioethics, technology, and what it means to be created in the image of God.
