Elli Fischer: 'The Torah ideal is for Israel to be a religious state'
The Torah wants Israel to be a religious state, Rabbi Elli Fischer says. Just, maybe, not right now. A historian, writer, translator, and educator, Elli Fischer extensively explores the relationship b...
19 Maj 20251h 5min
Yoav Heller: 'Israel will be in existential peril if society continues to fragment'
Twice in its history, Jewish sovereignty collapsed in the last quarter of its first century. Yoav Heller believes Israel must heed this warning.Chairman of the Wingate Institute and a Holocaust histor...
12 Maj 20251h 3min
Mikhael Manekin: 'This is a land of two peoples, and I don't view that as a problem'
Wishing Arabs would disappear from Israel, Mikhael Manekin says, is a dangerous fantasy.One of the leaders of Israel's Hasmol Haemuni (Faithful Left) movement, Mikhael is a vocal religious activist fo...
5 Maj 20251h 11min
Einat Wilf: 'Jews are never allowed to win, and Arabs are never allowed to lose' (Re-Release)
We return next week with a new episode of 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers. In the meantime, enjoy this earlier interview with Einat Wilf, recorded Nov. 25, 2024. The true enemy in Israel's current w...
28 Apr 20251h 22min
Anshel Pfeffer: 'The idea that you'll obliterate Hamas is as realistic as wanting to obliterate Chabad'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not surprise Anshel Pfeffer over the last 17 months of war—and that's the most disappointing part.A British-born Israeli journalist, Anshel Pfeffer is the Israel ...
7 Apr 20251h 10min
Mosheh Lichtenstein: 'Jewish values don't celebrate might'
Judaism does not value power and might, Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein says—in fact, it abhors it.Co-rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, Rav Mosheh is a venerated leader in Israel's Religious Zionist world ...
31 Mars 20251h 12min
Ruby Chen: My Son is Likely a Deceased Hostage. Don't Forget Him in Gaza.
Sgt. Itay Chen was taken captive by Hamas on October 7. The IDF believes he is dead—but his family is still holding out hope.Ever since Itay was declared Missing in Action, Ruby and Chagit Chen—and th...
24 Mars 202544min
Jonathan Dekel-Chen: My Son was a Hostage in Gaza for 43 Million Seconds. He Felt Every One.
Sagui Dekel-Chen was held hostage in Gaza for 498 days—or 43 million seconds. He came home on Feb. 15.An American-Israeli citizen who was living in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Sagui left behind a pregnant wife an...
17 Mars 20251h 6min
