David Stav: 'Israel as a state should not be a religious state'
Israel should not be a religious state, Rabbi David Stav says, and then its citizens could more freely welcome religion into their lives.The Chief Rabbi of Shoham, an Israeli town with a large secular...
23 Sep 202455min
Haviv Rettig Gur: 'Hamas is upset that the death toll in Gaza isn't higher'
Until Hamas is gone, Haviv Rettig Gur says, Gaza will be unable to recover after the war.The Times of Israel journalist and political analyst has emerged as a leading voice for the Israeli public and ...
16 Sep 20241h 21min
Yossi Klein Halevi: 'Anti-Zionism is an existential threat to the Jewish People'
What began on Oct. 7, Yossi Klein Halevi says, is not the Israel-Hamas War but the Israel-Iran War.A senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, the journalist and author has been intimately invest...
2 Sep 20241h 19min
Rachelle Fraenkel: 'I had expectations from humanity'
Rabbanit Rachelle Fraenkel has expectations from humanity. It made October 7's horror all the more terrifying.The religious figure and educator has been a voice of faith, hope, and strength for Israel...
26 Aug 20241h 1min
Gadi Taub: 'We should annex the north third of the Gaza Strip'
In Gadi Taub's eyes, Israel is hardly a democracy — "it's a juristocracy."The historian, activist, and public intellectual believes that there are many forces at play that threaten the Jewish state: p...
19 Aug 20241h 7min
Efraim Inbar: 'Israel doesn't use enough force'
Bullying isn't always a bad thing, Efraim Inbar says. In a tough neighborhood like the Middle East, sometimes it's necessary.President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security and head of ...
12 Aug 202444min
Ronit Heyd: 'If Israel becomes less democratic, it will become less Jewish'
You cannot separate Israel’s democratic and Jewish identity, Ronit says. The two are interdependent in the Jewish state.Ronit Heyd is an Israeli social leader and activist who spent over 20 years lead...
5 Aug 202456min
Yehoshua Pfeffer: 'The army is not ready for real Haredi participation'
The Israeli government’s draft of Haredi men is no simple matter—but Yehoshua Pfeffer has some ideas for moving forward.Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer is a Haredi social thinker and activist intimately involv...
29 Jul 202455min
