Podcast Episodes

Jewish Communists of the 20th Century, particularly in Poland

A fascinating set of interviews with leading Jewish communists in their old age, plus equally fascinating secret remarks re: Jews by Nikita Khrushche…

2 months ago

Historical Megatrends: The "Secular Episode" in Western History and the rise of the State of Israel

Is the 21st century going to be the century in world affairs when religion returns to it position as the LEADING factor in world events ?

2 months, 1 week ago

ט"ו בְּאָב תשפ"ו - The existential Jewish tension between Tribalism and Nationalism

שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל vs. כְּלַל יִשְׂרָאֵל

2 months, 1 week ago

Haftarah Eikev: The Depression of Zion and the melodramatic transformation

Tragedy, especially prolonged tragedy, brings depression in its wake

2 months, 1 week ago

הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת עֵקֶב תשפ"ו - The Depression of Zion and the melodramatic transformation

Tragedy, especially prolonged tragedy, brings depression in its wake

2 months, 1 week ago

Trump and his seesaw re: the Iran War

Do 18th century tactics work in a 21syt century conflict with evil fanatics?

2 months, 1 week ago

Parshas Eikev: What happened during those 38 years missing from the Torah's narrative?

"You have been rebellious all the way through!"

Even during those missing years?

2 months, 1 week ago

Haftarah Shabbos Nachamu: The Highway to Hashem

The four obstacles to building a "Straight Road to Hashem"

כְּנֶגֶד הָאַרְבַּע גָּלוּיוֹת?

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Tisha b’Av 5786 (2026): Why Jews Were Exiled in the Biblical Era-Another Opinion

The "war-crime" of Amaziah King of Judah re: mistreating the Edomite POWs

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Parshas VaEschanan: The strange passage " וַיִתְעַבֵּר הַשֵּׁם בִּי"

Were the pleas of Moses rejected out of anger? Because the request was premature? Out of a sense of Divine "pain?"

2 months, 2 weeks ago