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
Anita Shapira: 'You cannot wipe out Hamas'
After Auschwitz, Anita Shapira says, Jews understood the necessity of power—and the necessity of statehood.A leading Israeli historian and author, she is professor emerita of Jewish History at Tel Avi...
22 Jul 202445min
David Horovitz: 'We need this state to survive'
No news outlet is utterly reliable these days, David Horovitz says. You always need one eyebrow raised.The founding editor of Time of Israel — with tens of millions of monthly readers, and ranked as t...
15 Jul 202448min
Sivan Rahav-Meir: 'When it comes to terrorism, you can't compromise'
Israel's fight against Hamas, Sivan Rahav-Meir says, is preventing another Oct. 7—and another Sept. 11.The Israeli religious journalist — voted Israel’s most popular media personality — grew up secula...
8 Jul 202445min
