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 was one of the most significant results of the Six Day War, and no community tells the story better than Hebron. Learn about IDF Chief Rabbi…
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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 the Six Day War and none was more pressing than where to place the borders. Here is an episode about some of the factors in that decision…
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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, the power of Jerusalem to evoke dreams and much more. Tune in for an inspiring episode treating the impact of 1967 on past, present and future.
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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 of June of 1967, the Israeli government struggled to absorb the meaning and practical implications of everything which they had just acquired. This episode begins our exploration…
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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 among many other books. The topic at hand is how the Six Day War helped shaped the special relationship between Israel and the United States. Along the…
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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 for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot on faith, joy and how to build a better world. Chag sameach!
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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 Soviet Jewry will be a formative element of our story for decades to come, so here is the first chapter. Learn about Jacob Birnbaum and the Student…
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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 with a sweet, healthy and productive year! Shana tova, Rav Mike.
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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 1968 NYC school strike could be read as both. Either way, this episode offers a look at a microcosm of Black/Jewish relations in 1968 which will have…
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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 on post-Holocaust theology. In it we explore how American Jewry began to process the memory of the Holocaust, the impact of the SIx Day War on their…
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