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TJS S5 Interlude: What Makes Someone a Jewish Leader?

Sometimes a listener question can cause a whole interlude. Here is an exploration of Jewish leadership and its roots in the Jewish story. Along the way we touch on...

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TJS S5E17 – Lebanon War part II

Operation Peace for the Galilee begins with Israeli jets pounding Yasser Arafat’s PLO bases in southern Lebanon, but there is always a backstory. In this episode learn about the...

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TJS S5E16 – Lebanon War part I

Before we can discuss the outbreak of war between Israel and the PLO in Lebanon, we must lay out the political context. As Yasser Arafat and his Palestinian liberation...

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TJS S5 Interlude Purim 5782 In search of joy

Adar is the month when we increase our joy. The question is, in an increasingly bewildering world, where is it to be found? Learn about the Jewish holiday of...

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TJS S5E15 – Bombing of the Iraqi Nuclear Reactor

Israel’s leadership came to be part by never forgetting the principal of “when one comes to kill you, rise early and kill first.” Israel Prime Minister Menachem Begin’s 1981...

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TJS S5E14 – The Evacuation of the Sinai Peninsula

People like to talk about the price of peace, but they rarely define what peace actually means. This makes evaluating the price impossible. In April of 1982 Israel withdrew...

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