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 episode...
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 Rosenbaum,...
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 call...
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 on...
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. This...
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 and...
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 war...
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 Israeli...
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 – to...
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. Join...
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 1967...
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’ of...
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 redemption...