Netta Barak-Corren: 'I hope that Gaza will see a day when it is no longer ruled by Hamas'
Israel is facing several existential crises—at least three, by Netta Barak-Corren's account.The legal scholar and law professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is intimately concerned with Israe...
14 Okt 20241h 9min
Despondent, Unmoored, Hopeful: How Israeli Thinkers Feel After October 7
How do Israeli thinkers feel after October 7?Israelis have lived in a new reality over the last year—one haunted by the horrors of the day Hamas terrorists massacred 1,200 Israelis, kidnapped 251 othe...
7 Okt 202434min
Rivka Ravitz: 'Being separated is at the core of being Haredi'
Rivka Ravitz may be a long-time Haredi political thinker, but that doesn't mean she thinks politics is always the answer.Since her father-in-law first employed her in the Knesset at age 18, Rivka has ...
30 Sep 202449min
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
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
