Moral Edge

On The Weekly Squeeze from Moral Edge, host Chanale sits down with Rabbi Benzion Kravitz, founder of Jews for Judaism, for a conversation every parent needs to hear. From a missing fourteen-year-old whose diary mentioned angels to missionaries reaching children through phones, schools, and trusted relationships, this episode exposes a danger hiding in plain sight. Rabbi Kravitz reveals what makes...

On this episode of The Weekly Squeeze, Chanale sits down with Julie Rothschild Levy (@JulieShtick) to break down her chaotic journey of making Aliyah three distinct times. From a secular Minnesota upbringing and working the Oslo Accords to becoming an ultra-orthodox medical clown, Julie shares raw, hilarious insights on surviving Israeli bureaucracy and wartime trauma. This conversation cuts throu...

On this episode of The Weekly Squeeze on Moral Edge, Chanale Fellig sits down with Tamar Krieger Kalev, executive director of the Tzemach David Foundation, the organization behind The Future Is Calling. Tamar explains why so many Jewish teenagers fall in love with Israel during their gap year but still return to America for college, revealing what families may be overlooking when they never seriou...

Avi welcomes Rabbi Moshe Lichtman, translator of Eim HaBanim Semeichah, to address the spiritual danger of choosing comfort over commandment. They break down the Torah sources calling for a return to Israel and confront why Diaspora leaders still hesitate to take action. Prepare for an unfiltered discussion on why the era of exile is closing and what it truly takes to bring our people home. For mo...

On this episode of The Weekly Squeeze, Chanale sits down with designer and olah Michal Weinstein. Michal shares why she left a dream life in America for Israel—and why pressuring other Jews to make the same move only drives them away. They also get candid about Ozempic, shidduch résumés, hair covering, health and the realities of building a life in Israel. Moral Edge explores Israel, faith, and a...

On Chanale’s Weekly Squeeze, Chanale sits down with Jezliah, a singer-songwriter and mother of seven who grew up leading Christian worship before converting to Judaism. Their remarkable conversation explores the music entering our homes, the lyrics our children repeat, and whether banning songs that clash with our values solves anything. Music never stays in the background—it enters the heart and...

On this episode of Moral Edge, Ariel Gold sits down with Golda Daphna for an unfiltered conversation about Columbia, Aliyah, October 7, the IDF, and Israel advocacy. Golda shares what it was like to be openly Zionist at Columbia before the campus encampments—and why she believes the warning signs were already visible. From making Aliyah one week before October 7 to waking up to sirens on her first...

On this episode of Call Me Israeli, Ariel welcomes Dr. Carl and Karen Hochhauser, a psychologist and educator who packed up their young family in New Jersey and made Aliyah nearly nineteen years ago. Their house was destroyed by raw sewage just months before the move—but that was only the beginning of a journey through unfamiliar schools, wartime parenting and one frightening question: could bring...

On Call Me Israeli, Ariel sits down with Nina Broder—better known as The Jerusalemite—to explore the faith, history, and meaning woven into life in Jerusalem. From growing up between Israel and America to serving in the IDF and building a platform that reveals Jerusalem’s beauty, Nina shares why living in Israel transformed her identity—and why she believes our generation is watching prophecy unfo...

On The Weekly Squeeze from Moral Edge, Chanale sits down with Chaya Cadaner Hitin of Unit 11741, the volunteer project helping supply Israeli soldiers with helmets, protective armor, and emergency medical gear. Chaya recounts a donated helmet that helped a soldier survive an RPG and IED blast, IDF medics who performed surgery on themselves in Gaza, and reservists losing income, health, and marriag...

On The Weekly Squeeze from Moral Edge, Chanale sits down with Rabbi Elisha Pearl, author of Make Peace, to examine the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s warnings about Israel, war, and national security. Why does Israel keep stopping before the threat is truly eliminated, only to face the same war again years later? Rabbi Pearl breaks down what the Rebbe told Israeli leaders, why they repeatedly ignored him, an...

On this episode of The Rabbi Says, Rabbi Ari Enkin and co-host Michael Gerbitz take on the letter I with three subjects few people would dare place in one conversation: intimacy, idolatry and intoxication. They uncover the Torah’s vision of marriage, the truth behind the infamous hole-in-the-sheet myth, Judaism’s complicated view of Christianity and Islam, and the thin line between holy wine and l...

On Call Me Israeli, Ariel sits down with Nina Broder—better known as The Jerusalemite—to explore the faith, history, and meaning woven into life in Jerusalem. From growing up between Israel and America to serving in the IDF and building a platform that reveals Jerusalem’s beauty, Nina shares why living in Israel transformed her identity—and why she believes our generation is watching prophecy unfo...

On The Proctor Effect, Avi Proctor sits down with Rav Elyada Goldwicht, founder of Semichas Chaver Program (SCP), and hears how the question “What does Am Yisrael need?” grew into a worldwide Torah movement. What follows is the story of choosing Israel when America offered the easier path, turning one idea into 300 locations, and becoming the rabbi of a community that would soon face war, sacrific...

On this episode of The Weekly Squeeze, Chanale sits down with Joseph Cohen to expose why the fight for Israel is fundamentally a theological war, not a political one. Pulling directly from the text of the Quran and Islamic scripture, Cohen breaks down the hidden paradoxes that Western media completely misses about the conflict. This conversation shatters standard narratives to show exactly how scr...

Shimmy Shain, founder of Shimmy’s, sits down with Chanale to share the real story behind one of Israel’s most talked-about kosher food spots. After making Aliyah with little Hebrew and almost no money, Shimmy started with a food truck in the Golan. Then came debt, shutdown warnings, business pressure, and advice to quit. Instead, he chose faith, gave charity while he was broke, and kept building....

On this episode of Jenuine Voices on Moral Edge, Jen Airley sits down with Anat Ishai, better known as Challah Mom. Anat shares how challah, dance, faith, and aliyah helped her move through emotional darkness and turn pain into purpose. Their conversation explores Jewish identity, belonging, and the courage to grow without losing who you are.📸 Follow Challah Mom on Instagram:https://www.instagram...

On Moral Edge, Chanale of *The Weekly Squeeze* and Ariel of *Call Me Israeli* confront why so many American Jews keep postponing Aliyah—even as the world around them changes. They unpack the comfort, careers, family expectations, and fear that can turn the American Jewish dream into a trap, and what it may cost to keep waiting. This urgent conversation forces one uncomfortable question: is Israel...

Jacob Lerer joins Avi Proctor to share his journey from Ivy League dreams to choosing Israel, joining the IDF, and fighting from inside a tank in Gaza. In one unforgettable moment, an RPG hit so close that ten centimeters could have changed everything, turning his war story into a powerful testimony of courage, mission, and miracles. For more inspiring  Moral Edge  podcasts,  ⁠⁠click here to subsc...

Avi Proctor sits down with Rabbi Moshe Benovitz, the Managing Director of International NCSY, to have a real talk about what it actually means to live a life of meaning today. You know that feeling where you're just going through the motions and nothing really sticks? We get into exactly why that happens and how to break out of it. It’s one of those conversations that makes you look at your da...

On this episode of Ariel Gold on Moral Edge, Ariel sits down with Lauren Allen, a certified nutrition coach in Israel helping women navigate PCOS, hormones, fertility, and pregnancy. Lauren opens up about being young, healthy, and still unable to get pregnant — and the moment she realized something deeper was being missed. This conversation will change how you think about fertility treatments, nut...

Rabbi Ari Enkin joins Michael Gerbitz for a no-holds-barred episode on homosexuality, heresy, and what Judaism actually teaches about hell. They unpack the difference between temptation and sin, struggle and rejection, and whether Gehinnom is punishment, purification, or something else entirely. It gets uncomfortable, surprisingly funny, and far more practical than these topics usually sound. Watc...

Avi Proctor sits down with Rabbi and Mrs. Avi Schneider for a real talk about the messy parts of life. From the years they spent struggling with infertility to the big decision to pack up and build a life in Israel. This isn't a lecture. It is a masterclass on how to stop letting your circumstances run your life. If you have ever felt like you are falling behind, this episode is exactly the pe...

On The Weekly Squeeze from Moral Edge, Chanale sits down with Yonina, the viral Israeli musical couple whose songs have reached audiences around the world. In this powerful conversation, they open up about raising a family in Israel after October 7, singing through war, reserve duty, uncertainty, and the deep pull Jews everywhere are feeling toward home. This is not just a music story — it is a ra...

Welcome to Call Me Israeli, hosted by Ariel Gold. In this episode, Israel Budget founder and financial planner Nadav Ellingson breaks down the harsh realities and hidden opportunities of building a life in Israel. From the truth about the housing market to mastering your pension and capturing massive new tax exemptions, this is your raw, honest blueprint to making and saving money as an Anglo. For...