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Tribe Tel Aviv presents Anti-Semitism: Why They Love to Hate Us with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman Source Sheet Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NZ0fjJhBt9RGbWgdk3A995oFJHe2SLeE/view?usp=drive_link The world is exploding with anti-Israel/anti-semitic outbreaks in academia, the media and demonstrations. Why is anti-semitism so biased, so virulent and so widespread throughout all periods of Jewish hi...

Tribe Tel Aviv's Sunset Series presents: Join the Battle: Fighting for Israel Online The world is blowing up with anti-Israel propaganda and hatred. Learn why the battle online for Israel can be as important as that of our soldiers. Find out why it is vital for you to be online for Irael and how you can truly can make a difference. Eytan Rund is an author, speaker and a tour guide. He's from Jerus...

Join Tribe Tel Aviv's Sunset Series for Ransoming Hostages: Jewish Ethics in War with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman  For the source sheet click here. Israel is facing one of it's greatest challenges.  Heartwrenching decisions are being made about how to free the hostages abducted on October 7. Should we negotiate with Hamas? What is the price that should be paid? Will buying their freedom encourage them...

Tribe Tel Aviv Hosts The Sunset Series:  Israel & The World After the Gaza War: A Geopolitical Analysis w/ Ido Aharoni Ido Aharoni Aronoff, a distinguished Israeli diplomat and public figure, boasts a 25-year career in Israel’s Foreign Service. Born in Tel Aviv to a historic Israeli family, he is renowned for his expertise in public diplomacy, place positioning, and branding. Aharoni is the fo...

Tribe Tel Aviv hosts:  Jewish Ethics in War & Civilian Casualties with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman Link to the Source Sheet:   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zXyBjam4iMxn2EabwVpq7b3xi1K21_l0/view?usp=drive_link Israel is facing one of it's greatest challenges.  A people who loves peace must now be at war.  How do we defend ourselves with strength and still live up to our Jewish values which cheri...

Tribe Tel Aviv hosts the Sunset Series: Facing Hezbollah with Christian Maronite Shadi Khalloul: About Our Speaker: Capt. (Res.) Shadi Khalloul lives on the border with Lebanon.  He is an Israeli Aramaic Christian Maronite from Kfar Birem and served as a lieutenant in a paratrooper division in the IDF. He is Chairman of the Aramaic Christian Association.  Shadi is an entrepreneur and works to buil...

Tribe Tel Aviv's Sunset Series hosts: The Simhat Torah War: One Week in -What is Next?  with Elliot Chodoff Elliot Chodoff is a political and military analyst specializing in the Middle East conflict and the global war on terrorists and Military Analyst at Hamartzim Educational Services. His writings on Combat Motivation and Effectiveness in Infantry Units has been on the recommended reading list...

Coming Home: Should All Jews Be Living in Israel?  Part I –The Spiritual Impact of Living in Israel with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast Would it be a good thing if all Jews were in Israel?  What does the Torah say about the importance of living in Israel, and does the Torah command us to do so?  

Jewish Wisdom for Life # 2 Ethics of the Fathers Ch 1 part II with Rabbi Jonthan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast  Tap into the wealth of Jewish wisdom taught over hundreds of years.  Way before the personal growth and self-help movement Jewish teachings understood that insight into life and ourselves can lead to us to more fulfilled and actualized lives.  For those on a spiritual path it is also...

Jewish Wisdom for Life: Ethics of the Fathers with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast  Tap into the wealth of Jewish wisdom taught over hundreds of years.  Way before the personal growth and self-help movement Jewish teachings understood that insight into life and ourselves can lead to us to more fulfilled and actualized lives.  For those on a spiritual path it is also the essential...

Holiday Series -Passover # 2. The Seder: More Than a Dinner Party. with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast. It’s easy to get discouraged by all the details, or to lose the forest in the trees.  We will focus on the major themes of the Seder and how they change a dinner party into a transformative experience.

Passover Podcast # 1 Why Matzo? with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast  The meaning behind the holiday, how to prepare, and the spiritual dimension to leaving bread and beer behind.

Exodus Unveiled # 10 The Center for Jewish Life in the Desert, overview & insights parshat Vayakel-Pekudei with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast  The Torah goes through the description of all the materials for the tabernacle-the portable synagogue for the desert- and the construction of it. Why is this description repeated when we had it earlier?  What was the special role of the w...

Exodus Unveiled # 8 The Undoing of Greatness, overview & insights parshat Ki Tisa with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast The Jewish people achieved the heights of greatness at Mt Sinai, only to rebell fourty days later.  Can Moshe save them, will G-d forgive them?  Can the broken tablets be fixed?

How to Revitalize the Economy Coming Out of Corona : A Conversation with Jonathan Javor, New Hope Knesset Candidate About the topic: How to Revitalize the Economy Coming Out Corona   Throughout this difficult period focus has been placed upon Corona Virus, and not enough attention has been paid to vital economic planning.  Furthermore 70 % of all unemployed are women who are being hit hardest.  Wh...

Holiday Series # 4 Purim: The Hidden Holiday with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast Purim is a strange holiday, we get dressed up, get drunk, and generally go crazy.  How does this relate to the Purim story? How does getting dressed up connect us to the depper meanings of the story, and how can we use drinking to access depper aspects of ourselves? 

Revealing the Hidden: Megilat Esther.  Overview & Insights on Jewish Matters Podcast with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman The Megilat Esther, set in ancient Persia is a story of court intrigue and heroes who risk their lives for the Jewish people. It is the only book of the Torah/Tanach that G-d’s name is not mentioned.  Yet as the story is woven we see that the confluence of event points to a deeper p...

The Next Generation of Social Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with MK Idan Roll on Jewish Matters Podcast  About the topic:  A Conversation with MK Idan Roll about the future of high tech, LGBTQ rights, social equality, and the situation of young professionals in Israel About our speaker. MK Idan Roll has served in Knesset since 2019 on the Yesh Atid list. In the outgoing Knesset, he was a member...

Exodus Unveiled # 7 Raiders of The Lost Ark.  Overview & Insights on Parshat Terumah with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast What was the ark of the covenant and where is it today?  What did the original Menorah look like and how is different than the one we use on Chanukah?   After the giving of the Torah the Jewish people are directed to build a sanctuary, a portable center of wors...

Experiences of an Oleh in Israeli Politics: Being an Address For the Anglo Community  with Jeremy Saltan, Yamina Party List and Director of English Operations on Jewish Matters Podcast  About the topic:  As Israel gears up for elections on March 23, Yamina is positioned to play a key pivotal role in which party will be able to form a government.  As an oleh, Jeremy Saltan is particularly well-plac...

Exodus Unveiled # 6 Part II The Oral Law: What is the Talmud?  In-Depth Insights on the Parshat Mishpatim with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman The written Torah is arguably the most influential document in the history of mankind.  However in order to understand and apply the Torah there was an additional body of teachings called the Oral Law.  Why was the Torah structured this way, and how does the system...

Exodus Unveiled # 6 How Do You Create a Society Built on Jewish Values?  Overview & Insights on Parshat Mishpatim with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast After the giving of the Torah at Mt Sinai this week’s parsha presents a sampling of the laws, the mitzvoth of the Torah.  Most of them deal with societal laws, for since this is the moment of the formation of the Jewish people, they...

Exodus Unveiled # 5 Part II. Foundation of Morality: The Ten Commandments. In-depth Insights on Parshat Yitro with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast What is special about the Ten Commandments, why were these ten chosen to be highlighted?  What is the significance of their order, and are they all commandments?  Can one command belief in G-d?  Insights into one of the greatest documen...

Exodus Unveiled # 5 Becoming A People. Overview & Insights on Parshat B’shalach with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast This is a seminal parsha which presents the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, the event that concretized the covenant between G-d and the Jewish people.  We will try to understand the significance of the ten commandments, the concept of a chosen people, and the ex...

Trust in G-d & The Splitting of the Red Sea. Overview & Insights on the Parshat B’shalach with Rabbi Jonathan Feldman on Jewish Matters Podcast  This parsha will chronicle the final chapter of the defeat of Pharoh and the Egyptians at the Red Sea.  The Jews’ trust in Moshe and G-d is internalized by the miracles they experience, and the reliance on G-d in the desert who will sweeten that water and...