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Back to Search#50: Does Israel Still Matter?
Episode 50
Just past Israel's 74th birthday, many North American Jews are increasingly questioning why they should have a relationship to Israel. On this 50th e…
4 years, 2 months ago
#49: Israel's National High Holidays
Episode 49
Israel’s National Holidays, Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, and Yom Ha’atmaut, commemorate the last century’s major upheavals of Jewish history. While th…
4 years, 2 months ago
#48: Pesach: The Memories That Shape Us
Episode 48
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 o…
4 years, 3 months ago
#47: Is the Violence in Israel Different This Time?
Episode 47
Once again, Israelis are struggling with the agonizing personal and political dilemmas of living with terrorism. How will this latest wave impact the…
4 years, 3 months ago
#46: Ukrainian Refugees and Holocaust Comparisons
Episode 46
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 …
4 years, 3 months ago
#45: Ukraine's Aliyah of Despair
Episode 45
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 becau…
4 years, 4 months ago
#44: Crisis in Ukraine: The Israeli Response
Episode 44
What does the War in Ukraine mean for Israel? While thousands of Israelis have demonstrated in support of Ukraine, the Israeli government's reaction …
4 years, 4 months ago
#43: Sheikh Jarrah: Analysis of a Tragedy
Episode 42
Sheikh Jarah, the predominantly Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, has become the focal point for the conflict over Jewish sovereignty of Je…
4 years, 4 months ago
#42: Responding to Amnesty's Apartheid Report
Episode 42
In this episode of For Heaven’s Sake, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi debate the appropriate response to the recent Amnesty International repo…
4 years, 5 months ago
#41: The Two ‘A’ Words: Apartheid and Antisemitism
Episode 41
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 shu…
4 years, 5 months ago