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Obama's former chief of staff and a lifelong defender of Israel, Rahm Emanuel came to Tel Aviv with a blunt message: this alliance can't survive as it is. In this Jerusalem Post interview, recorded after his Tel Aviv University address, Emanuel argues Israel now sits at its lowest standing in the U.S. since 1948, and that the collapse is a series of choices, not fate. "You've gone from being known...

Jailed for 804 days in Iran on false spying charges, academic Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert refused the Revolutionary Guard's offer of freedom, if she'd spy for them. In this Jerusalem Post interview, Moore-Gilbert describes surviving IRGC detention and Iran's public prison system, being stripped of her identity down to a number, and holding on to who she was as an act of defiance: "I just didn't break....

Doron Almog was the first Israeli soldier to land at Entebbe in 1976. Now, 50 years later, he chairs the Jewish Agency and sees history repeating. In this rare interview, Almog draws direct lines between three defining experiences: leading the 1976 Entebbe rescue with only 12 hours of preparation; raising a severely disabled son whom he calls "my greatest teacher" and for whom he built a village o...

American businessman and longtime US diplomatic insider Harley Lippman returns to Israel for the first time in two years to give a blunt geopolitical assessment: the US-Iran MOU shocked the system, American public opinion has flipped against Israel, and three converging forces: media optics, far-left ideology, and Qatari money, are driving a crisis that didn't exist five years ago. Lippman, who ha...

Montana Tucker, dancer, content creator, and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, is hosting the 2026 Maccabiah Games delegation parade and debuting an original song live in Jerusalem. Tucker, who has visited Israel nine times since October 7, 2023, sat down with the Jerusalem Post ahead of the opening ceremony to discuss what this moment means for the global Jewish community. "We truly do need t...

Six years ago, Dr. Anna Harwood-Gross and her team began designing one of the world's most ambitious psychedelic therapy trials, an Israeli study testing whether MDMA-assisted therapy could help soldiers with combat PTSD that hadn't responded to standard treatment. They received ethics approval in the summer of 2023. Their first drug delivery was scheduled for October. Then October 7 happened. In...

74% of young Jews worldwide say they can positively shape their community, nearly twice the optimism rate of Jews over 60. After October 7, hostile campuses, and the Iran war, that wasn't the finding anyone expected. In this conversation, Dr. Shelley Kedar, Chief Impact Officer of The Jewish Agency for Israel, walks through the One People Report, the agency's first global survey of nearly 1,500 Je...

The White House's point man for the 2026 World Cup, Andrew Giuliani, on how the US is bringing Iran's national team into Los Angeles, and why he insists Iran policy hasn't bent for the tournament. Speaking to Idan Kweller in an interview recorded days before kickoff, Giuliani details the security architecture behind the first 48-team World Cup: more than 400 law enforcement agencies coordinating,...

Dr. Gerald Steinberg, founder of NGO Monitor, traces how Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, which he says has documented Hamas ties, helped shape a viral New York Times op-ed on Israeli sexual violence, published the day before a landmark report documenting Hamas atrocities on October 7. In this wide-ranging interview, Steinberg explains how NGOs with combined budgets in the billions coordinate simult...

Dr. Shmuel Legesse, an Ethiopian Jewish writer and activist, described his life’s mission as a call to strengthen Jewish unity, defend Israel’s legitimacy, and give voice to the Ethiopian Jewish experience during a conversation on The Jerusalem Post podcast. Legesse said his sense of purpose began in childhood in Ethiopia, where his father would bless him and tell him he would one day “speak to th...

In this conversation with The Jerusalem Post 's senior field reporter Sam Halpern, Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander, President of Ohr Torah Stone (OTS), opens up about the haredi draft, women in combat, the Jerusalem Day flag march, and the dangerous misuse of the term "Amalek." Anchored by the death of Maj. (res.) Itamar Sapir, the 26th OTS alumnus killed in the war, Brander argues that religious Jews w...

Dr. Yizhar Hess, Vice chairman of the World Zionist Organization and a 10th-generation Jerusalemite, argues Israel has created an "unholy connection between state and religion" that pushes Jews away from their own tradition. In this candid Jerusalem Post interview, Hess unpacks the most consequential World Zionist Congress in years: how MERCAZ (the Masorti/Conservative slate) nearly doubled its ma...

Khosro Isfahani, research director at the National Union for Democracy in Iran, said anger is building inside Iran following months of war, internet shutdowns, economic damage, and mass repression. Speaking with The Jerusalem Post, Isfahani said Iranians see the Islamic Republic as unchanged, despite what he described as a regime effort to project normalcy after the recent conflict.

Alon Wald never met his father, a paratrooper killed at Ammunition Hill during the Six-Day War when Alon was just 10 months old. Today, he runs the memorial site where his father fell. In this rare personal interview, Alon traces a life shaped by one absence, and by the extraordinary decision of his father's surviving unit to skip their own victory parade and knock on the doors of every bereaved f...

Prof. Eli Avraham has spent 25 years researching international media coverage of Israel — and his verdict is stark: Hamas earns a 9/10 for its media strategy while Israel scrapes a 3. His new book, From David to Goliath, dissects decades of structural failure and editorial bias. After October 7th, with roughly 1,000 journalists descending on Israel, the government's response was neighborhood Whats...

Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, president of Yeshiva University, outlined a vision of Jewish leadership rooted in faith, values, and cross-religious collaboration during a recent interview with The Jerusalem Post, emphasizing what he described as a growing global appetite for meaning and authentic identity. Speaking during a short visit to Israel, Berman pointed to Yeshiva University’s “Great Conversations”...

As more Jews in the Diaspora consider making aliyah in the shadow of war and rising antisemitism, many arrive in Israel unprepared for the social, financial, and emotional challenges that follow. In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, LiAmi Lawrence, co-founder of the nonprofit organization Keep Olim and who made aliyah from Beverly Hills more than a decade ago, described how those gaps in suppo...

An IDF clinical psychologist who also commands the military’s Unit for Combat Reactions described the growing psychological toll of prolonged warfare, emphasizing both the scale of need and evolving approaches to treatment. The unit, established after the First Lebanon War, was created to address a lack of specialized care for soldiers suffering from combat-related trauma. Operating within the IDF...

Atidna CEO and social activist Suleiman Suleiman is calling for a renewed commitment to partnership between Arab and Jewish communities in Israel, emphasizing education as the key driver of long-term societal change. In an interview with The Jerusalem Post , Suleiman acknowledged the complexities and shortcomings within Israeli society, and stressed that “not everything is perfect in Israel,” addi...

What started as funny skits about life in Israel has grown into one of the most influential English-language Jewish platforms online. In this interview, Gadi Zaig talks to the team behind Olim in Tel Aviv, where Founder and co-founder Noa Barazani and Michael Zagdanski explain how the project evolved into a hub for community, aliyah, and integration, and why unfiltered storytelling resonates with...

Igor Tulchinsky, a former Belarusian immigrant, discussed his personal and professional journey in a candid interview, reflecting on his immigration to the US at the age of 11 and his subsequent work in the fields of investments and artificial intelligence. Moving from Minsk to Israel at a young age, Tulchinsky embraced the change with a sense of excitement, despite the challenges of adapting to n...

In an exclusive interview, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky sits down with Amichai Stein to discuss the ongoing war against Russian forces, now entering its fourth year. The situation remains dire as Russia continues its aggressive tactics, from missile strikes to the use of Iranian Shahed drones.

From Hollywood to Israel during war. In this powerful episode, actress Diane Neal — best known for her roles on Law & Order: SVU, NCIS and Suits — shares why she left a successful television career behind to make aliyah in the middle of one of Israel’s most difficult periods. Diane opens up about the loss of her father during COVID, her mother’s battle with stage four cancer, and the emotional...

In this conversation with Shifra Jacobs, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt discusses the alarming rise in antisemitism following October 7 and the organization's work in protecting Jewish communities worldwide. Greenblatt highlights the balance between Jewish safety and identity, the importance of Jewish philanthropy, and the ADL’s ongoing advocacy. He addresses critisism of the organization and delves...

Hosted by Editor-in-chief Zvika Klein, this episode features a candid conversation with Melissa Francis as she delves into the debate between Ambassador Mike Huckabee and Tucker Carlson over Israel and US foreign policy. Melissa shares her unique insights, drawing from her extensive media background and firsthand experiences in Israel. The discussion explores the divide within American politics, t...