Podcast Episodes

'Still a deeply divided society': 5 Israeli Thinkers on how they feel today

Season 1

As an Israeli, and as a Jew, how are you feeling at this moment in Israeli history?
We asked this question to 40 Israeli Thinkers over the last year. …

7 months ago

Michael Oren: 'We are living in biblical times'

Season 1 Episode 43

Israel is a heroic country, Michael Oren believes—but he concedes that it is a flawed heroic country.
Michael Oren—our 40th Israeli thinker—served as …

8 months ago

Micah Goodman: 'I don't want Gaza to become our Vietnam'

Season 1 Episode 42

Micah Goodman doesn't think Palestinian-Israeli peace will happen within his lifetime. But he's still a hopeful person.
Named by the Jerusalem Post as…

8 months, 1 week ago

Jonathan Rosenblum: 'Would you want to live in a country run by Haredim?'

Season 1 Episode 41

Talking about the "Haredi community" is a misnomer, Jonathan Rosenblum says, and simplifies its diversity of thought and perspectives.
A Yale-trained …

8 months, 2 weeks ago

'The head of the snake': 8 Israeli Thinkers on the threat of Iran

Season 1 Episode 40

Two weeks ago, Israel struck Iran's nuclear facilities, military sites, and leaders. Iran launched a barrage of missiles into Israel. Now, the war ha…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Hanan Schlesinger: 'From the river to the sea is all Israel and all Palestine'

Season 1 Episode 39

Zionism asked the Jewish People if they could wield power properly, Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger says. The answer, according to him, is now clear: They ca…

9 months ago

Fleur Hassan-Nahoum: 'I am scared that in 20 years, Israel will be isolated completely'

Season 1 Episode 38

Hamas has isolated Israel diplomatically. Fleur Hassan-Nahoum is scared that, in 20 years, it might be completely isolated.
Fleur is a British-born Is…

9 months, 1 week ago

Malka Simkovich: When Did The Jewish Diaspora Begin? (18Forty Podcast Re-Release)

While we await next week's new episode, we invite you to revisit our (third) 18Forty Podcast conversation with Malka Simkovich, originally aired on N…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Elli Fischer: 'The Torah ideal is for Israel to be a religious state'

Season 1 Episode 37

The Torah wants Israel to be a religious state, Rabbi Elli Fischer says. Just, maybe, not right now. 
A historian, writer, translator, and educator, E…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Yoav Heller: 'Israel will be in existential peril if society continues to fragment'

Season 1 Episode 36

Twice in its history, Jewish sovereignty collapsed in the last quarter of its first century. Yoav Heller believes Israel must heed this warning.
Chair…

10 months ago