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Israeli Election: The Aftermath
2 november 2022 · 35 min
This is a recording of a live event held on November 1, 2022. In the minutes before the election results come in, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi discuss the campaign and then reflect on the right's electoral victory and what it portends for the... Lees meer
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Ben Gvir: Nightmare for Netanyahu or the Left?
26 oktober 2022 · 34 min
Only two years ago, Netanyahu declared that Itamar Ben Gvir, the most popular leader on the far-right with deep roots in the racist Kahanist movement, wasn’t fit to be a minister. Now, Netanyahu affirms that he would be a part of any future government.... Lees meer
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What are Israelis Saying with Their Votes?
6 oktober 2022 · 34 min
Israeli voters have been stalwart in their political party loyalties and no amount of campaigning seems able to sway them. When voters define themselves by their party, what values are they actually expressing? Donniel Hartman, Yossi Klein Halevi and E... Lees meer
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#57: "Jewish Calendar = Israeli Calendar?"
21 september 2022 · 35 min
What can public and private observances of Rosh Hashana teach us about the relationship between Jewishness and Israeliness today? Donniel Hartman, Yossi Klein Halevi and Elana Stein Hain explore how the High Holidays are experienced in Israel, what thi... Lees meer
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#56: Kahane, Ben-Gvir, and the Religious Right
14 september 2022 · 38 min
With Israeli elections less than two months away, polls are showing that the Religious Zionist party, a coalition of religious ultra-nationalists and followers of the late, racist Rabbi Meir Kahane, could win as many as 13 seats, making it an indomitab... Lees meer
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#55 Why Isn’t Tisha B’Av Working?
27 juli 2022 · 35 min
The ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av (Tisha B'Av) commemorates the destruction of the two Temples and the exile from the land of Israel. It is a day of national reckoning with our collective sins and failures asking us to mourn as a means of prevent... Lees meer
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#54: The Antisemitism We Tolerate
15 juli 2022 · 54 min
When Haredi men recently attacked American Jews celebrating a Bar Mitzvah at the egalitarian section of the Western Wall, there was little outrage in Israel. When Jews are attacked anywhere in the world, we respond. Why does Israeli society tolerate th... Lees meer
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#53: The Role of Truth in Israeli Politics
24 juni 2022 · 59 min
This week, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett dissolved the one-year-old government that he formed (in his words) “l’shem shamayim,” for the sake of heaven, to affirm the unity of the people of Israel. Bennett’s opponents on the right have insisted that th... Lees meer
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Catastrophe or Salvation? Israel’s Coalition Government
9 juni 2022 · 45 min
Israel may have the most diverse government – not only in its history but anywhere in the democratic world. For its supporters, this government is a model of pluralism and dedication to the common good but that is not the feeling among a majority of th... Lees meer
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#51: Yom Yerushalayim: Israel’s Most Polarizing Holiday
25 mei 2022 · 42 min
Yom Yerushalayim, the final holiday of the “Israeli high holidays,” was intended to celebrate the Jewish people’s transition from destruction to rebirth, yet this holiday is deeply polarizing for many Israelis. Why has it failed to unify Israelis aroun... Lees meer
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#50: Does Israel Still Matter?
11 mei 2022 · 36 min
Just past Israel's 74th birthday, many North American Jews are increasingly questioning why they should have a relationship to Israel. On this 50th episode of For Heaven’s Sake, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi ask: Does Israel’s existence make A... Lees meer
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#49: Israel's National High Holidays
27 april 2022 · 40 min
Israel’s National Holidays, Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, and Yom Ha’atmaut, commemorate the last century’s major upheavals of Jewish history. While these days are meant to unite Israelis around a proud, shared story, they also highlight divisions in Isr... Lees meer
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#48: Pesach: The Memories That Shape Us
13 april 2022 · 40 min
Memory is at the core of the Jewish experience. At the Passover seder, there's one memory that we are individually obligated to embody-- the memory of having been freed from slavery in Egypt. What are the personal and collective memories that shape our... Lees meer
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#47: Is the Violence in Israel Different This Time?
6 april 2022 · 40 min
Once again, Israelis are struggling with the agonizing personal and political dilemmas of living with terrorism. How will this latest wave impact the delicate relationship between Israel’s Jewish and Arab citizens? Though fear and suspicion are contagi... Lees meer
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#46: Ukrainian Refugees and Holocaust Comparisons
23 maart 2022 · 42 min
The crisis in Ukraine is impacting the way we think about the place of Israel in the world. There remain nagging questions at the heart of the state founded to protect the Jewish people. Is our only mission protecting the Jews? What are our responsibil... Lees meer
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#45: Ukraine's Aliyah of Despair
9 maart 2022 · 40 min
Why has the conflict and unfolding tragedy in Ukraine touched Jews so deeply? Is it because Ukraine's new national hero is Jewish? Perhaps it’s because of the many Ukraine Jews who have made aliyah and call Israel home? Yossi Klein Halevi, Donniel Hart... Lees meer
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#44: Crisis in Ukraine: The Israeli Response
1 maart 2022 · 31 min
What does the War in Ukraine mean for Israel? While thousands of Israelis have demonstrated in support of Ukraine, the Israeli government's reaction has been muted and measured. Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi discuss the Israeli government's re... Lees meer
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#43: Sheikh Jarrah: Analysis of a Tragedy
23 februari 2022 · 42 min
Sheikh Jarah, the predominantly Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, has become the focal point for the conflict over Jewish sovereignty of Jerusalem. What is it about Sheikh Jarah that elicits such strong emotions on all sides? In this episode,... Lees meer
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#42: Responding to Amnesty's Apartheid Report
9 februari 2022 · 41 min
In this episode of For Heaven’s Sake, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi debate the appropriate response to the recent Amnesty International report declaring Israel an Apartheid state. What are the “right” responses after being likened to a Nazi st... Lees meer
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#41: The Two ‘A’ Words: Apartheid and Antisemitism
26 januari 2022 · 32 min
Apartheid. The word at the far end of critique of Israel. And when similar accusations of antisemitism are lodged at Israel’s critics, it too can shut down dialogue. Can meaningful discussion exist when the most extreme positions on each side increasin... Lees meer
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#40: What Does Liberal Zionism Mean in 2022?
12 januari 2022 · 36 min
What is liberal Zionism? Is there a language and vision that we can offer Israeli society that the political system seems incapable of delivering? And why is there such reticence, in both Israel and North America, to talk about values and Zionism? In t... Lees meer
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#39: You Asked, We Answered. Q&A with Donniel, Yossi, and Elana
29 december 2021 · 33 min
In a special end-of-year episode, Donniel Hartman, Yossi Klein Halevi, and Elana Stein Hain respond to listener questions, covering topics from the one-state solution, wokeness, and Israel’s obligation to non-Jewish visitors during COVID to extreme rhe... Lees meer
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#38: Christmas in a Jewish Majority State
15 december 2021 · 43 min
What is the role of interfaith relations in modern Judaism and Jewish statehood? Are Jews ready for a new kind of relationship with Christians and Muslims, one rooted in psychological self-confidence and spiritual curiosity rather than historical traum... Lees meer
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#37: Hanukkah, Interfaith, and the Israeli Psyche
1 december 2021 · 42 min
What happens when an ancient holiday is rebranded for modern audiences? For Israelis, Hanukkah was reinvented as a celebration of Jewish heroism, of our ability to persevere against overwhelming threats, with the Maccabean warrior as the precursor to t... Lees meer
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#36: The Blessing of Stability
12 november 2021 · 32 min
As Israel passes its first state budget in 3½ years, we celebrate the stability brought about by its unusual and wondrous coalition. What can we learn from this moment about Jewish notions of normalcy, gratitude, and a collective psyche steeped in hist... Lees meer
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#35: An Israeli Pre-Emptive Strike on Iran?
27 oktober 2021 · 45 min
As Iran approaches the nuclear threshold, Israeli leaders are explicitly warning of an imminent preemptive strike against Iranian nuclear facilities. The IDF has begun training for precisely that possibility. The consequences of an Iranian-Israeli war ... Lees meer
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#34: Is “Shrinking” the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict the Right Strategy?
13 oktober 2021 · 39 min
Proposed by Hartman senior fellow Micah Goodman, the idea of “shrinking the conflict” is a new strategy for moving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict forward. What does it mean and what does it entail? Is it a step forward or a step backwards? In this ep... Lees meer
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#33: Is Funding the Iron Dome Really An Israeli Victory?
30 september 2021 · 45 min
Last week, Congress voted overwhelmingly to approve a billion-dollar restock of Israel’s Iron Dome missile system. Is this dependency on American aid healthy for Israel? If not, is there an alternative? Is this the type of relationship Israel and Ameri... Lees meer
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Yom Kippur, 9/11, and the Mistakes of the Past
14 september 2021 · 37 min
As we commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11 during the Days of Awe, Donniel Hartman, Yossi Klein Halevi, and Elana Stein Hain take stock of how American and Israeli reality has been shaped by the tragedy and the wars that followed. Yom Kippur is a s... Lees meer
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#31: Can Nations Repent?
1 september 2021 · 29 min
As we head into Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, our minds turn to thoughts of atonement and self-improvement, but usually only with regard to ourselves, our families, and our friends. In this episode, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi discuss what i... Lees meer
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#30: Are Jews Abandoning Their Own Story?
4 augustus 2021 · 43 min
Disagreement is a cornerstone of the Jewish experience. But across the political spectrum, Jewish discourse around Israel has moved beyond the realm of disagreement into something much more toxic. In the second half of this two-part episode, Donniel Ha... Lees meer
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#29: Is “Apartheid” the New Normal?
28 juli 2021 · 47 min
The criminalization of Israel is becoming a mainstay for growing parts of the progressive American Jewish discourse. Many liberal American Jews accuse Israel of apartheid, even ethnic cleansing and genocide, against Palestinians. For Jews on the right,... Lees meer
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#28: Land of Contradictions: Navigating the Arab-Israeli/Jewish-Israeli Divide
14 juli 2021 · 46 min
What are we to make of Israel, a country that one moment finds itself caught in a war with Hamas and then just a week later forms a governing coalition with an Arab Islamist party? And what are we to make of Israel's law against Palestinian family reun... Lees meer
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#27: The Prime Minister’s Kippah
30 juni 2021 · 35 min
Almost overlooked in the dramatic political changes of the last two weeks is an historic moment in Israeli history: Naftali Bennett is the first Orthodox prime minister of Israel. Not everyone in the religious Zionist community is thrilled. Some accuse... Lees meer
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#26: And Now... A Time of Hope
16 juni 2021 · 37 min
Unexpectedly, after one of the most traumatic periods in recent Israeli history, many Israelis are feeling hopeful. But beyond replacing a longstanding prime minister, what, exactly, can this strange and unwieldy "government of change" really change? I... Lees meer
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#25: The Return of American Jewish Vulnerability
4 juni 2021 · 44 min
Of all the concerns about the Jewish future, many of us took at least one aspect of Jewish life for granted: the safety and well-being of American Jewry. But now antisemitism is back at the center of the American Jewish agenda. The recent conflict in G... Lees meer
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#24: Special Episode: This War is Different
20 mei 2021 · 45 min
This is not Israel’s first war with Gaza, but this time it feels different. World opinion and American opinion have been more vocal in its criticism of Israel and support for Palestinians, and many Americans, especially on the left, have lost patience ... Lees meer
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#23: Special Episode: Welcome to the Israeli Rollercoaster
13 mei 2021 · 41 min
Gaza, going for another round. Riots by Arab Israelis, the burning of synagogues, Jewish and Arab lynch mobs roaming the streets, and the seeming end of hope for a new era of coexistence between Israel's citizens. How did we get here? Where do we go ne... Lees meer
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#22: We Can Have a Better Jewish Conversation About Iran
28 april 2021 · 42 min
The debate around the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was one of the most acrimonious in recent American Jewish history. Since then, much has changed in both America and the Middle East. The Trump administration suspended the deal and reinstituted massive sanct... Lees meer
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#21: Yom Hazikaron, Yom Ha'atzmaut, and the Space in Between
13 april 2021 · 32 min
What is the connection between Yom Hashoah, Yom Hazikaron, and Yom Ha'atzmaut? Why do we mark these Israeli holidays in this order, and what does it feel like to move between them? In this very personal episode, Donniel Hartman, Yossi Klein Halevi, and... Lees meer
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#20: Post-Election Update: Center vs. Right
26 maart 2021 · 30 min
As the dust settles from Israel's fourth election in two years, the direction of the country's political movements has evolved and changed in ways worthy of reflection and evaluation. In the first part of this special, two-part election series, Donniel... Lees meer
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#19: Is Israel's Orthodox Monopoly Ending?
10 maart 2021 · 38 min
The decision by Israel’s Supreme Court recognizing Reform and Conservative conversions performed in Israel has reignited attention around issues of state and religion, especially in the eve of what has become a bi-annual national election. In this epis... Lees meer
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#18: Can a Joke Be Dangerous?
25 februari 2021 · 30 min
When does a joke stop being funny and become offensive and even dangerous? Many in the Jewish community are asking this question after Saturday Night Live comedian Michael Che chided Israel's claim to 50% vaccination success saying, “I’m going to guess... Lees meer
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#17: Israeli Society and the Haredim: A Turning Point?
10 februari 2021 · 29 min
Anger is growing among Israelis across the political spectrum over Haredi or ultra-Orthodox behavior in response to Corona, with massive disobedience to government health regulations despite soaring Haredi infection rates. But why has Haredi society fa... Lees meer
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#16: Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs: A New Contract?
27 januari 2021 · 30 min
The complex relations between Arab Israelis and Jewish Israelis are at a turning point. A convergence of events – Corona, the Abraham Accords and Israeli political gridlock – has created an unprecedented opportunity for opening the Israeli mainstream t... Lees meer
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#15: The Two Israels
13 januari 2021 · 28 min
Israel is on track to become one of the first immunized countries, and its public health system is among the best in the world. It has also entered its third lockdown amidst skyrocketing Covid rates. Donniel Hartman, Yossi Klein Halevi, and Elana Stein... Lees meer
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#14: The Return of the Crisis Narrative
30 december 2020 · 32 min
For millennia, the threat of antisemitic persecution has made an acute sense of vulnerability one of the defining features of the Jewish experience. More recently, the stability and belonging--the "at homeness"--that the American Jewish community enjoy... Lees meer
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#13: The Future of Holocaust Memory
16 december 2020 · 30 min
Why and how do we, as Jews, remember the Holocaust today? Is "never again" a universal rallying cry against dehumanization, or is it an affirmation of Israel's Jewish sovereignty? In this week's episode, Netanyahu's controversial nomination of Brigadie... Lees meer
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#12: Israel and American Jewry Post-Election: An Intractable Divide?
2 december 2020 · 31 min
Donniel Hartman, Yossi Klein Halevi, and Elana Stein Hain examine the political divisions between American and Israeli Jews and discuss whether and how we can move beyond our respective ideological echo chambers towards productive dialogue.
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#11: Healing a Divided Nation
18 november 2020 · 32 min
How does one begin to heal a deeply divided society, and is it even possible? Donniel Hartman, Yossi Klein Halevi, and Elana Stein Hain explore bridging political polarization as a civic and Jewish value.