Vision Magazine Podcasts

The penultimate episode of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees. Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

On the 80th anniversary of Avraham 'Yair' Stern's assassination, Yehuda HaKohen is joined by Aryeh Shapiro for a discussion on 'Sternism' as a non-Zionist ideological tendency that applies revolutionary theory to Jewish liberation issues.

The sixteenth chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees. Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

The fifteenth chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees. Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

Can Israel incorporate the socio-economic features of the Shmita (Sabbatical) & Yovel (Jubilee) years? Yehuda HaKohen is joined by Shaul Judelman of Roots to talk about ways to apply the values of the Shmita year to a modern Jewish nation-state.

The fourteenth chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees. Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

The thirteenth chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees. Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

The twelfth chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees. Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

Do today's popular superheroes express deep Jewish values, internal struggles and aspirations for a better world? Yehuda HaKohen is joined by author Roy Schwartz for a fascinating discussion on the Jewish roots of the comic book industry and Israel's heavy cultural influence on the entire superhero genre.

The eleventh chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees. Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

The tenth chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees. Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

The ninth chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees. Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

The eight chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees. Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

Yehuda HaKohen is joined by Doreinu NY leader Ari Osher to discuss recent revelations by journalist Barak Ravid that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had actually spent years protecting Israel from US President Donald Trump's two-state agenda. The two also talk about the broader decline of US global power and the deep divide between Jewish values and those of Lockean liberalism. Dedicated to the...

The seventh chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees. Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

The sixth chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees. Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

The fifth chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees. Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

What's the hidden meaning of the Greek "defilement" of the Temple oils? In an effort to go deeper into the Ḥanukah story, Yehuda HaKohen shares a class taught by his teacher, Rav Moshe Kaplan, on the ideological conflict in Judean society between the Maccabi underground and Seleucid Greek Empire (based on the teachings of HaRav Avraham Yitzḥak HaKohen Kook). Maoz Tzur outro music by Yehonatan Roth...

The fourth chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees. Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

The third chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees. Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

The second chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees. Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

The State of Israel has many structures, policies & even foundational ideas in need of repair. But are liberal western political framings helpful when trying to resolve Israeli society's contradictions? Yehuda HaKohen is joined by Peter Beinart of Jewish Currents to discuss Beinart's journey from the two-state Liberal Zionist paradigm to his current one-state position. The two also talk about corr...

The first chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees. Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

The introduction to Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees. Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

Rav Yehuda HaKohen is joined by Professor Shaul Magid of Dartmouth University to discuss his book, Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical. The two also talk about anti-Semitism, the revolutionary potential of Israel’s national-religious community, the Jewish relationship with bourgeois liberalism and the crisis of Liberal Zionism following the collapse of...