Israeli settlements

TJS S5 Interlude – A conversation on violence with Rabbi Yehuda HaKohen

There are some conversations which Am Yisrael is just not having. As a follow up to some of the issues raised in the last few episodes Rav Mike is joined by Rabbi Yehuda HaKohen of the Vision Movement for a conversation on power and violence in the State of Israel.

Read More

TJS S5E12 The Jewish Underground part I

In politics as in physics – for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Prime Minister Menachem Begin’s signing of the Camp David Accords with Egypt’s Anwar Sadat did not produce a singular response, but it did send shock waves through every aspect of Israeli society. Among the idealists of the settlement movement,…

Read More

TJS S5 Interlude – Interview with Settler Leader Daniella Weiss

It is rare that someone who begins a movement is still leading strong fifty years later. Daniella Weiss was part of the original settlement of Judea and Samaria in the early 1970s, specifically Elon Moreh and Kedumim where she served as mayor.  She remains an outspoken force within the Jewish settlement movement today with the…

Read More