THE ISRAELI - JEWISH CONFLICT

A conversation with Rabbanit Joanne Greenaway - former CEO of the London School of Jewish Studies, a Halakha expert, leader, and educator. Joanne is the host of the Women’s Gallery podcast, showcasing women in Jewish leadersWe discuss a community that never stops hoping, viewing hope as a fundamental foundation of life. We also explore the activities to promote a better future for a liberal Israel...

A conversation with Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, CEO of the Rabbinical Assembly and of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism in north America, about Israel’s decision to go to war against Iran, alongside the United States, the widespread perception in America that Israel somehow pulled the U.S. into a war that wasn’t really its own, and the way American Jews are relating to this war against one...

A conversation with Mike Prashker - Initiator and Co-founder of The London Initiative, which promotes liberal democracy in Israel by building networks between Jewish and Israeli leaders. On the struggle for Israel’s democratic identity- a struggle that grows increasingly difficult and complex over time, and which demands the active participation of World Jewry.

Rav Claudia Kreiman of Temple Beth Zion in Brookline, MA, engages with a wide range of perceptions about Israel, striving to embrace all of them. This is not always easy - especially as she is Israeli herself (born in Chile) and deeply liberal in her views. An honest conversation about spiritual leadership in times of division and distress.  

In the fourth chapter of the Israeli-Jewish Conflict, I speak with Jeremy Leibler, President of the Zionist Federation of Australia. The community, which numbers 120,000 Jews, strongly preserves its roots - Holocaust survivors who found refuge and a home in Australia. Since October 7th, they have been dealing with antisemitic and anti-Israeli attacks, a feeling of betrayal from the progressive lef...

In the third episode of the The Israeli - Jewish Conflict podcast, UCLA Professor David Myers, who explores Jewish history and culture, speaks candidly about the about the complexity of a man who supports Israel, feels connected to it, and once even considered making Aliyah, yet in the past two years has felt increasingly alienated from the moral standards the country has displayed in light of the...

In the second episode, I’m speaking with an Israeli guest  - Rotem Oreg, the founder of the organization Librael, ( https://www.librael.org )  which aims to promote the ideas of a democratic and liberal Israel among American Jews. We talk about the different perceptions he’s encountered regarding the relationship between Zionism and liberal values, about how to talk about Israel without triggering...

In the very first episode, I talk to Noa Fay, a Columbia University student who has become a leading voice in the struggle of Jewish students confronting violent campus protests – protests directed at Israel, and at them, simply for being Jewish.