The Jerusalem Journal Podcast

As Jewish American Heritage Month draws to a close — and as the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of American independence — I wanted to share a remarkable conversation that feels especially timely. On the latest episode of the Jerusalem Journal Podcast, I sat down with Professor Jonathan Sarna, perhaps the foremost historian of American Jewry today, for a sweeping discussion about th...

When I first heard the reports of an active shooter situation at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, around 7:30 Thursday evening here in Jerusalem, my first thought was — Jen. Rabbi Jen Lader is a member of Temple Israel’s clergy team, responsible for the congregation’s teen-related activities, and is president of the Michigan Board of Rabbis. She is also a longtime friend of mine — we we...

In early December, Israeli journalist Nadav Eyal broke a story that drew far less attention than it deserved. Israeli defense and intelligence officials, he reported, had concluded that much of the wave of anti-Israel and antisemitic sentiment that has engulfed global discourse over the past two years has been deliberately engineered by a state actor. The sophistication, coordination, consistency,...

To Jews around the world, all too many place names have become shorthand for the terrible things that befell our people there: Kishinev, Munich, Toulouse, Pittsburgh, Manchester — and now Bondi Beach. Sunday’s horrific attack targeting a community Hanukkah celebration at the iconic Sydney landmark was shocking — in its brutality, in the innocence of its setting, and in its ghastly death toll, whic...

Become a paid subscriber of Jerusalem Journal to enjoy this podcast episode now. In recent years, Ireland has come to be viewed by many Jews and Israelis as one of the countries most hostile to Israel in Europe, if not the Western world entirely. From the Irish government’s effort to redefine the term “genocide” in order to apply it to Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza to the national broadcaster...

Today I am delighted to share the first-ever episode of the Jerusalem Journal Podcast — a conversation with Natan Sharansky. This is also the first offering available exclusively to paid subscribers of Jerusalem Journal , an option we are launching today. In addition to privileged access to podcast episodes, paid subscribers will be invited to periodic live conversations and Q&A sessions with cont...