https://youtu.be/LcPS7LnBoeI In his recent column, historian Gil Troy wrote, “Caricaturing the Israeli government as worse than it is, and Israeli democracy as more fragile than it is, is a gift to the bash-Israel-firsters in the media, the professoriate, Congress and the State Department, and the rabbinate, many of whom feel vindicated by the impression that […]

https://youtu.be/60cMVfYeieI   Read Transcript Here   Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Iran and Russia have increased their military and economic cooperation. Late last year, Moscow reached an agreement with Tehran to open a manufacturing plant on Russian soil. Iran in turn is set to receive a number of Russian Sukhoi 35 fighter […]

  https://youtu.be/GW7JK2HxCSY   Read Transcript Here   Many of us have looked on with horror as we see a highly polarized Israeli people torn apart by the proposed judicial reforms. As I write these words, the first set of bills of the proposed legislation was read before the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, and the streets […]

https://youtu.be/_-zsFNnvl00   Read Transcript Here Since this webinar had first been arranged the world had woken up, last Friday, to the surprise announcement that Beijing has brokered stronger ties between Riyadh and Tehran, radically upending the world order that we had known of, with the United States at the helm. This has reverberated around capitals […]

https://youtu.be/OSSST-s9XqE On March 10th, as plans were being quietly discussed for Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords and become a reliable partner with Israel against the threat of a nuclear Iran, Israelis woke up to the news that Beijing had forged an agreement between Riyadh and Tehran. How is this being received in Jerusalem? […]

https://youtu.be/JLQ-iRWyI9M   Read Transcript Here   As the ADL just reported on Thursday, 2022 was the worst year in US history for antisemitic incidents. They recorded 3,697 incidents-10 per day, (and those are the ones that they are aware of.) What is most disturbing is that 494 of these took place in kindergarten through 12th-grade […]

  https://youtu.be/m_kMFHMSa8Y   Read Transcript Here   On April 5th, the eve of Passover, Israel faced the most significant barrage of rocket attacks from Lebanon, 34, since the 2006 Lebanon War. On top of that, 6 rockets were fired from Syria, with 2 crossing the border into Israel. In addition to that, with the holidays […]

https://youtu.be/_mmHSYFVJKo   Read Transcript Here   During this special commemoration of Israel’s 75 years of existence, we will be discussing why there is a need for a sovereign, independent state of Israel; the sacrifices of thousands of soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces as well as that of thousands of victims of terrorism; and whether […]

https://youtu.be/dYPHU9xu-6k   Read Transcript Here   As the state of Israel was established, diverse populations flooded its shores and carried within them conflicting visions of what this new, young nation-state would prioritize. Would it be fundamentally a Jewish state or a democracy? Was its nature forged from the Western enlightenment or from the yeshivot in […]

https://youtu.be/3fJnWPy16is   Read Transcript Here   On May 14th, after 5 years of a contentious presidency, and 20 years of AKP (The Justice and Development Party) rule, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will finally be facing some challenging opposition. Erdogan’s tenure as president has been marked by steadily eroding Turkish democracy and a tightening grip […]