Podcast Episodes

'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…

1 year, 3 months 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…

1 year, 3 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…

1 year, 3 months 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…

1 year, 4 months 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…

1 year, 4 months 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…

1 year, 4 months ago

Mikhael Manekin: 'This is a land of two peoples, and I don't view that as a problem'

Season 1 Episode 35

Wishing Arabs would disappear from Israel, Mikhael Manekin says, is a dangerous fantasy.
One of the leaders of Israel's Hasmol Haemuni (Faithful Left)…

1 year, 5 months ago

Einat Wilf: 'Jews are never allowed to win, and Arabs are never allowed to lose' (Re-Release)

We return next week with a new episode of 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers. In the meantime, enjoy this earlier interview with Einat Wilf, recorded …

1 year, 5 months ago

Anshel Pfeffer: 'The idea that you'll obliterate Hamas is as realistic as wanting to obliterate Chabad'

Season 1 Episode 34

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not surprise Anshel Pfeffer over the last 17 months of war—and that's the most disappointing part.
A British-bor…

1 year, 5 months ago

Mosheh Lichtenstein: 'Jewish values don't celebrate might'

Season 1 Episode 33

Judaism does not value power and might, Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein says—in fact, it abhors it.
Co-rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, Rav Mosheh is a ve…

1 year, 6 months ago