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Future of Jewish
Our mission is simple, and hopefully worthwhile: to help everyone better understand and become smarter about Judaism, Israel, and the Jewish world. In addition to our podcast, you’re invited to check out our digital publication: www.futureofjewish.com
- Judaism chart
- #43
- Episodes
- 1,857
- Releases
- Daily
- Typical length
- 13 min
- On air since
- 2022
- Latest episode
- 6 hours ago
Episodes
1,857 episodes, newest first
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18 min
The biggest myth about U.S. aid to Israel is finally collapsing.
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For decades, America’s annual military aid has been portrayed as a generous gift to Israel. The reality is far more complicated — and ending it could be one of the greatest victories for Jews.
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14 min
Children are not human shields for political arguments.
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The most manipulative words in politics have become: “But what about the children?”
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11 min
The Left didn’t abandon the Jews. It never stood with them.
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As Left-wing parties nominate open supporters of Hamas, Jewish leftists are bemoaning an abandonment that was never a real relationship.
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16 min
The world sees Jews against Arabs, but Israeli history tells a different story.
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While the world argues about whether Jews and Arabs can coexist, millions of them have been building, challenging, and shaping the same country for generations.
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22 min
The “Free Palestine” movement is not about Palestinians.
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Leftists think they are fighting oppression, but they are likely creating something far worse.
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13 min
This is the Jewish future even our ancestors couldn’t have dreamed up.
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An Israeli superstar performing in Los Angeles is more than a concert. It’s a reminder of just how far the Jewish People have come.
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18 min
The Strange History of Hating Jews for Opposite Reasons
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What kind of hatred can blame the same people for everything and its opposite — and survive for 2,000 years?
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12 min
The next threat to Israel could come from within.
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A government assembled to remove one man could find itself unable to make the decisions necessary to defend an entire nation.
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12 min
I’m a lifelong Jewish liberal. I don’t know who to vote for anymore.
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I haven’t abandoned my liberal values. But as antisemitism rises and Israel becomes demonized, I’m increasingly wondering whether my party has abandoned me.
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11 min
The Most Jewish Thing Israel’s Next Government Can Do
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Israel doesn’t need another election, another fragile coalition, or another round of political blackmail. It needs its biggest Zionist rivals to work together.
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11 min
Arab Israelis just ruined a favorite lie about Israel.
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Somewhere, an “anti-Israel” activist is trying to explain why Arab voters deciding Israel’s political future is still apartheid.
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14 min
Israel has the right to disappoint us.
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We should care deeply about Israeli politics without making our relationship to the Jewish state dependent on who wins an election or forms the next government.
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7 min
There’s no democracy like Israeli democracy.
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The next Israeli government may excite or disappoint us. The fact that Jews can elect it should never stop inspiring us.
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15 min
The world is obsessed with Israeli elections. That’s a Jewish victory.
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Israel’s elections now command global attention. That’s a remarkable achievement, not a reason for diaspora Jews to worry.
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20 min
Before Jewish mothers became a joke, they held it all together.
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Behind the guilt trips and matchmaking jokes is a history of women whose greatest offense was refusing to stop caring.
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15 min
Everything You Need to Know About Israel’s Election
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Small parties wield enormous power, the party that receives the most votes can still lose, and 61 is the magic number.
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12 min
Welcome to the cult of Palestinianism.
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Its followers claim to oppose fascism while embracing ideological purity, intimidation, and the oldest hatred in the world.
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9 min
‘How can anyone still vote for Bibi?’ is the wrong question.
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An Israeli barista once told me about “the Bibi rule.” I have been thinking about it ever since.
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11 min
She stood with Israel. Then the counterterrorism police knocked.
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A British mother’s solidarity with Jews prompted an anonymous counterterrorism referral. Her story raises an unsettling question: Why was her compassion considered suspicious?
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13 min
Free Palestine? How about demanding Palestinian elections.
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Israel holds elections. Palestinian leaders hijack power. Guess who gets condemned.
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