TJS S4E1 American Jewry after 1967 part I The Wisdom of the Moment
History is all about telling the story after the fact, but there is a particular wisdom to be gained in the heat of the moment which is easily...
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TJS S4E2 American Jewry after 1967 part II From Auschwitz to Jerusalem
As each decade passes, the Holocaust retreats in time and grows in memory and this is not a linear process - some years count more than others. This...
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TJS S4 Interlude R' Yitz Greenberg and the God of History
How we chew and swallow what history shoves down our throat can define us as individuals and nations. Here is an interview with R' Yitz Greenberg, foundational thinker...
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TJS S4E3 American Jewry after 1967 part III, the Ocean Hill-Brownsville strike
There are stories which are turning points in a larger tale, and there are those which prove to be tempests in a tea cup. The story of the...
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TJS S4 Interlude - Ten Days of Teshuva
Here is a thought to help focus your practice during these powerful Ten Days of Repentance in between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. May we all be blessed...
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TJS S4E4 The early struggle for Soviet Jewry
It is a truism that struggle brings out unexpected powers from within us, and what's true in life is true in history as well. The struggle to liberate...
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TJS S4 Interlude: Sukkot
If you feel a bit like the world might be falling apart, then look to the sukkah for how to hold it together. Here are a few thoughts...
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TJS S4 Interlude: Interview with Dr. Michael Oren
In this interlude I am joined by special guest Dr. Michael Oren, author of Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East...
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TJS S4E5 Israel after 1967 part I: In new territory
Abundance is always a blessing, so long as one has the capacity to receive it. In the weeks and months after their victory in the Six Day War...
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TJS S4 Interlude - Interview with Yossi Klein Halevi
This week I host author and thought leader Yossi Klein Halevi. Our conversation touches on his personal experience the early struggle for Soviet Jewry, the challenges of writing,...
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TJS S4E6 Israel post 1967 part II - A Greater Israel
One can look at life as one long string of decisions, whether for individuals or nations. Israel had a number of decisions to make in the wake of...
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TJS S4E7 Israel post 1967 part III Settling Hebron
The return to Israel can have two meanings - a return to the Land and a return to essential self. The birth of a settlement movement striving for...
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TJS S4 Interlude: Interview with Rabbi Berel Wein
It is not every day that you get to speak with a legend, much less interview one. Here are some precious words I had with the 'alter rebbe'...
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TJS S4E8 War of Attrition part I
Changing our conceptions is one of the hardest things in life to do, for countries as well as individuals. Israel's stunning victory in the Six Day War of...
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TJS S4 Interlude Hanukkah 5781: Letting the light out
Rav Mike's annual shiur in honor of the yartzheit of his father, Charles M. Feuer, ob"m. Gratitude is one of the keys to happiness, especially in dark times....
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TJS S4 Interlude 10th of Tevet: it's not too late
Every fast day is an chance for cheshbon nefesh, for making an accounting of life and the world. The Tenth of Tevet offers an additional, unique opportunity -...
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TJS S4E9 War of Attrition part II: the diplomatic front
Every major conflict is fought on many fronts. This second installment on the War of Attrition explores the diplomatic front. We will encounter Yitzchak Rabin as the new...
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TJS S4E10 War of Attrition part III - an honorable peace
The battlefield and the boardroom come together for the last episode in the series on the War of Attrition. Meet new Prime Minister Golda Meir as she balances...
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TJS S4 Interlude: Interview with Rena Rossner
The power of fairy stories goes well beyond entertainment. In this interlude Rena Rossner, author of The Sisters of the Winter Wood joins me to explore myth, story...
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TJS S4E11 Black September
There is a narrative battle which has been raging for decades between Arab and Jew in the land of Israel, and sometimes it breaks out into open warfare....
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TJS S4E12 The 1972 Munich Massacre
The whole world watched in horror as the murder of eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games by the Black September terrorist group raised the bar...
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TJS S4 Interlude Adar: doing more with joy
It is Adar once again, believe it or not! Here at the end of a Covid-crazy year the call to increase joy can also be heard as a...
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TJS S4 Interlude: Vengeance, an conversation with Thane Rosenbaum
The desire to get even is as old as Cain and Abel, so what new could possibly be said about it? Here is an interview with author Thane...
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TJS S4E13 Yom Kippur War part I - the context for surprise
If we call what happened in the 1967 a war of the spirit, then what occurred seven years later was a struggle of psychology. Here is the first...
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TJS S4 Interlude: Haggadah - interview with Mark Gerson
Telling the story of the Exodus is something so simple that we do it every year, and so complicated that we never get it quite right. With all...
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TJS S4E14 Yom Kippur War part II The Cherbourg Boats
Long before there was a start-up nation the Jews were the can do people, but a constant crisis-solving posture poses problems of its own. Here is part two...
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Conversation with Yehudah HaKohen - politics, liberation and the tribes of modern Israel
Here is a raw take from a great pre-Passover holiday conversation. Apologies for the lack of polish - sometimes this holy day takes all you've got! Join Rav...
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TJS S4E15 Yom Kippur War III - breaking the concept
Sometimes the ideas we hold most dear are those which prevent us from seeing t hat which is most important. Here is an episode about the 'concept,' the...
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TJS S4 Interlude Yom Ha'atzmaut: whom do you serve?
Like Bob Dylan said, everybody's gotta serve somebody and like the Sages said - it will be your stomach, your country or your God. Here are some thoughts...
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TJS S4E16 Yom Kippur War IV: A stunning blow
A surprise blow is always the hardest to absorb, even if it's not so powerful. The first strike of the Yom Kippur War will be massive, and it...
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TJS S4E17 Yom Kippur War V: Down but not out
This is the story of how close the end really came during the Yom Kippur War. Even as Israel's tanks held out in the north, turning a stretch...
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TJS S4 Interlude Yom Yerushalayim (live)
Here is a LIVE Yom Yerushalayim class given in honor of the 10th yartzheit of Fruma Raizel bat Genendel and Nehemia haKohen. It explores the relationship between Yom...
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TJS S4E18 Yom Kippur War VI The end game
Some people play a perfect role in the Jewish Story, and in this episode that will be US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and General Ariel Sharon. As...
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TJS S4 Interlude: Despite it all
Here is a rant on the current struggle in Israel and Gaza. There is something in it for everyone, both to provoke and inspire. Make sure you don't...
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TJS S4E19 The international aftermath of the Yom Kippur War
Every war has a winner, but sometimes identifying who that may be is not a simple task - nor a neutral one. This episode explores the international aftermath...
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TJS S4E20 The domestic aftermath
The shock waves of the Yom Kippur War ripple through Israeli society down to our day, but the days immediately after tell a story all their own. This...
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TJS S4E21 Epilogue
Every chapter comes to an end sometime, and with this epilogue season four draws to a close. Listen in for some reflections and where we have been and...
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