Episode 33: Thoughts for Tisha B’Av - We live in history
Our Patreon subscribers asked for a dvar Torah, a short homily, on the Jewish fast day of Tisha B'Av, which commemorates many of the great tragedies of Jewish history, including and especially the des...
3 Aug 202531min
Episode 32: Hunger and the Gaza war
There is now hunger in Gaza, widespread and dangerous. It's less dire than Western media claims, but could reach those proportions if it isn't reversed through an aid surge.How did we get to this poin...
31 Juli 202545min
Episode 31: The century-old harbinger of October 7, a conversation with Yardena Schwartz
Welcome to a special episode of Ask Haviv Anything. This episode was a live conversation with author Yardena Schwartz taped last week at Martha's Vineyard and hosted by Chabad on the Vineyard.Please n...
27 Juli 20251h
Episode 30: How the Middle East broke, a conversation with Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour was born and raised in Egypt before fleeing to the United States and dedicating his life to understanding how the Arab world came to be defined by state failure, religious ext...
21 Juli 20251h 19min
Episode 29: After the Druze massacre, can Israel make peace with Joulani? A conversation with Druze activist Rania Fadel Dean
The clashes in Sweida in southern Syria this week focused world attention on the plight of the Druze and questions about the nature of the new Syrian government. Videos and claims of atrocities drove ...
17 Juli 202555min
Episode 28: The Gaza Paradox
As hostage talks seem stalled and the war grinds on into its 22nd month, doubts about Netanyahu’s strategy and intentions have become ubiquitous.Netanyahu has given many reasons to distrust him, inclu...
14 Juli 202545min
Episode 27: Music amidst trauma - a conversation on life in a war with Aya Korem and Adam Ben Amitai
There are many ways to process and manage painful and difficult times. After the massacre of October 7 and the multi-front war that ensued, many Israelis turned to music, and often to the powerful bal...
7 Juli 202555min
Episode 26: How Iran’s regime subverted Shia Islam - with Hussain Abdul-Hussain
The Iranian regime has long claimed to be the bearers of Shia Islam's vision of messianic redemption. The Supreme Leader, who ruled under regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini's ideology of "wilayat al-faq...
4 Juli 202553min
