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Shmuel Rosner
A Jewish Journal Jewish People Policy Institute Joint Venture. Host Shmuel Rosner and guests dive into the complex policies and practices of the “triangle” - the US, Israel and the Jewish People.
Shmuel Rosner chats with Catherine Wolff about her book: "Beyond: How Humankind Thinks About Heaven."
Catherine Wolff is a writer, editor, and former director of The Arrupe Center for Community Based Learning at Santa Clara University. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Sarah Ifft Decker discuss her book: "Jewish Women in the Medieval World: : 500–1500 CE (Seminar Studies)".
Sarah Ifft Decker is an Assistant Professor of History at Rhodes College.
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Shmuel Rosner and Ben-Tsiyon Klibansky discuss his book: The Golden Age of the Lithuanian Yeshivas. Ben-Tsiyon Klibansky is a lecturer at Efrata College in Jerusalem. A native of Lithuania, a senior electronics engineer, and formerly an innovative technology–intensive projects manager, he is an editor and researcher in the history of the Lithuanian Jewry. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Maren Niehoff talk about her book: "Philo of Alexandria: An Intellectual Biography". Maren R. Niehoff is Max Cooper Professor of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University, and member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and guest Ohad Leslau discuss his new hebrew book about Operation Defensive Shield. Ohad Leslau is a researcher in the history department -IDF. He published books on the South Lebanon security belt, the relationship between politicians and the intelligence community. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Jeffrey Bloom and Rabbi Gil Student speak with Shmuel Rosner about their new book: "Strauss, Spinoza & Sinai: Orthodox Judaism and Modern Questions of Faith". Rabbi Gil Student is the Editor of TorahMusings.com. He writes frequently in Jewish newspapers and magazines, serving as a regular contributor to Jewish Action, The Jewish Link of New Jersey, The Jewish Echo, and The Vues. Rabbi Student serves as Director of the Halacha Commission of the Rabbinical Alliance of America, on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America, on the Editorial Board of the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Action magazine, and as the magazine’s Book Editor. Jeffrey Bloom is a graduate of the University of Chicago. After collage, he studied in a number of orthodox yeshivot in Israel and now lives with his wife in New Jersey. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner chats with Avivah Zornberg about her upcoming book: "The Hidden Order of Intimacy." Avivah Zornberg is a Scottish contemporary Torah scholar and author. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Carolina Lopez - Ruiz discuss her new book: Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean. Carolina López-Ruiz is Professor of Classics at The Ohio State University. Her work focuses on cross-cultural interactions in the ancient Mediterranean world. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Jonathan Feiner discuss his book: "Mindfulness: A Jewish Approach." Dr. Jonathan Feiner is the clinical director of Rockland CBT, a psychology practice group specializing in mood and anxiety disorders. In addition to his work as a clinical psychologist, he has taught courses and provided workshops on topics related to Judaism, psychology, and mindfulness in academic and community settings. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Prof. Abraham Sion discuss his book: "To Whom Was The Promised Land Promised?: Some Fundamental Truths About The Arab-Israeli Conflict". Abraham A. Sion is Professor Emeritus at Ariel University where for over a decade he chaired the Center for Law and Mass Media. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Ori Z. Soltes discuss his book: "Growing up Jewish in India." Ori Z. Soltes teaches at Georgetown University across a range of disciplines, from theology and art history to philosophy and political history. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner chats with Leah and Menachem Gottesman about their book: "Not at Risk: Education as a Work of Heart." Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Julian E. Zelizer discuss his latest book: "Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement." Julian Emanuel Zelizer is a professor of political history and an author in the United States at Princeton University. Zelizer has authored or co-authored several books about American political history; his focuses of study are the second half of the 20th century and the 21st century. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner chats with Hal Taussig and Brandon Scott about their latest book: "After Jesus Before Christianity: A Historical Exploration of the First Two Centuries of Jesus Movements"
Hal Taussig is Visiting Professor of New Testament at Union Theological Seminary in New York and co-pastor at Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church and the author and co-author of numerous works, including 'Jesus Before God', 'Re-imagining Life Together in America' and 'Jesus and Wisdom's Feast'. Bernard Brandon Scott is the author and editor of many books, including The Real Paul: Recovering His Radical Challenge and The Trouble with Resurrection. A charter member of the Jesus Seminar, he is chair of Westar’s newly established Christianity Seminar. He served as chair of the Bible in Ancient and Modern Media Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, as well as a member of several SBL Seminars including the Parable Seminar and Historical Jesus Seminar. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Andrew Lawler discuss his latest book: "Under Jerusalem: The buried history of the world`s most contested city". Andrew Lawert is author of the bestselling The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke,and the acclaimed Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?: The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic,andSmithsonian. He is a contributing writer for Science and a contributing editor for Archaeology. Lawler’s work has appeared several times in The Best of Science and Nature Writing. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Harry Freedman discuss his latest book "Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius". Harry Freedman is a British author who writes on history, religion and culture. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Eliezer Tauber discuss his book: "The Massacre That Never Was: The Myth of Deir Yassin and the Creation of the Palestinian Refugee Problem." Eliezer Tauber is the Director of the Menachem Begin Institute for the Study of Underground and Resistance Movements. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Yossi Shain discuss his controversial new book: "The Israeli Century: How the Zionist Revolution Changed History and Reinvented Judaism" . Yossi Shain is currently a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu. He is also the Romulo Betancourt Professor of Political Science at Tel Aviv University where he also serves as Head of TAU's School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Maya Sarfaty discuss her new film "love it was not", out now in select cinemas. In this astonishing but true story, a Nazi officer falls in love with a Jewish concentration camp prisoner, a taboo romance with decades-long repercussions. Maya Sarfaty is a film director from Tel Aviv. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Mark Oppenheimer discuss his book - "Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood." Mark Oppenheimer is a freelance writer. He is a staff writer for the Christian Century and has written for many publications, including Harper's, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, the Yale Review and more. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Peter Fritzsche discuss his book: "Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich." Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and David Sorkin discuss his book: "Jewish Emancipation: A History Across Five Centuries." Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and James Traub discuss his book: "Judah Benjamin: Counselor to the Confederacy (Jewish Lives)." James Traub (born 1954) is an American journalist. He is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, where he has worked since 1998. From 1994 to 1997, he was a staff writer for The New Yorker.[ He has also written for The New York Review of Books, The Atlantic Monthly, National Review and Foreign Affairs. He is a senior fellow at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University and also teaches at the university. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Sarah Stroumsa discuss her book, Maimonides in His World: Portrait of a Mediterranean Thinker (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World) out now in Hebrew, by magnes publication.
Sarah Stroumsa is the Alice and Jack Ormut Professor Emerita of Arabic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Shmuel Rosner and Guest Andrew Pessin discuss campus cancel culture and his latest book: "Nevergreen", now out on amazon. Andrew Pessin is Professor of Philosophy at Connecticut College and Campus Bureau Editor for The Algemeiner. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Donald M.Lewis discuss his book: "A Short History of Christian Zionism: From the Reformation to the Twenty-First Century" (available to purchase on amazon). Don Lewis is an alumnus of Regent College who went on to do doctoral work at Oxford University before coming back to Regent as a faculty member. Don Lewis is a specialist in the history of evangelicalism in the Victorian era and has written and published extensively in this area. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Rabbi Joseph Meszler discuss his book: "Readings from Tractate Rosh HaShanah in the Babylonian Talmud: A Personal Journey through the Holiday." Rabbi Joseph B. Meszler is the spiritual leader of Temple Sinai in Sharon, MA. He is a congregational rabbi, an educator, a progressive Zionist, and a human rights activist. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Shaul Magid discuss Magid's latest book: "Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical Hardcover." Shaul Magid is the Distinguished Fellow in Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College. From 2004-2018 he was a professor of religious studies and the Jay and Jeannie Schottenstein Chair of Jewish Studies in Modern Judaism at Indiana University as well as a senior research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Uri Zvi Shachar discuss his latest book: A Pious Belligerence
Dialogical Warfare and the Rhetoric of Righteousness in the Crusading Near East (available to preorder).
Uri Zvi Shachar is Associate Professor in the Department of General History at Ben-Gurion University.
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Shmuel Rosner and Andrew Porwancher discuss his book: "The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton" (available to pre order). Andrew Porwancher is a Wick Carey associate professor at the University of Oklahoma and is serving as the Ernest May Fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Joel Kotkin discuss Kotkin's latest article for Tablet magazine, his book and more.
Joel Kotkin is the presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University and executive director of the Urban Reform Institute. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Noam Gidron discuss how the differences between the Israeli and American political systems effect political and social polarization. Noam Gidron is a senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science and the Joint Program in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. My research interests lie at the intersection of political behavior, political sociology and political economy. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner, Michael Caspe and Nathaniel Deutsch discuss their book: "A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg." Nathaniel Deutsch is professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Among his books are The Maiden of Ludmir: A Jewish Holy Woman and Her World and The Jewish Dark Continent: Life and Death in the Russian Pale of Settlement, for which he received a Guggenheim Fellowship. Michael Casper received his Ph.D. in history from UCLA and has contributed to American Jewish History and the New York Review of Books. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner continues the deep dive into Israel's new government, this time with the help of Professor Ofer Kenig. Prof. Ofer Kenig is a senior lecturer at the Ashkelon Academic College and a research fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute. His areas of research include comparative politics, political parties, leadership and candidate selection and Israeli politics.
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Shmuel Rosner and journalist Tal Shalev discuss Israel's new government.
Tal Shalev is chief political correspondent for the leading Israeli web portal Walla News. She has also worked as a news editor for the Israeli daily Haaretz and the international television network i24 News.
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A special episode for Israeli book week. Shmuel Rosner and Adam Kirsch discuss two of Kirsch's books: "The People and the Books: 18 Classics of Jewish Literature" and "The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century". Adam Kirsch is an American poet and literary critic. He is on the seminar faculty of Columbia University's Center for American Studies, and has taught at YIVO. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Sergio Della Pergola discuss the latest Pew research results.
Sergio Della Pergola is an Italian-Israeli demographer and statistician. He is a professor and demographic expert, specifically in demography and statistics related to the Jewish population.
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In this episode, Shmuel Rosner and Dr. Shlomo Fischer discuss the 2020 Pew reports and its implications for the Jewish community in the United States.
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Israel’s policy toward Gaza is fraught with dilemmas, says Brig. General (Res.) Michael Herzog. Its policy is based on containment and its current goal is to communicate a clear message that Hamas miscalculated when it opened fire on Israeli cities. Whether the Biden administration is going to give Israel the time to deliver such a message, only time will tell.
In today's podcast, Herzog argues that, up until now, no one presented a viable and practical plan that could alter the situation in Gaza. The Palestinian Authority is too weak to control Gaza, Israel does not wish to control it, and a chaos without any control would not be better than Hamas rule. Under such conditions, Israel has little choice but to try and deter Hamas from launching attacks on Israel, by making sure that such attacks result in Hamas losing more than it is gaining. International pressure makes such a goal a complicated one to achieve.
Herzog is a former IDF senior officer. He rose through the military ranks to become head of the IDF’s strategic planning division, then moved to hold senior positions in the office of Israel’s Minister of Defense, under four ministers and was the Chief of Staff to Minister Ehud Barak. He is currently a fellow at the Washington Institute and the Jewish People Policy Institute.
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Shmuel Rosner and Hanan Amiur discuss his controversial book. Hanan Amiur is a speech writer and a founding member of the website perspective - דף בית פרספקטיבה. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Daniel Levin discuss Levin's new book, "Proof of Life: Twenty Days on the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East". Daniel Levin has worked with think tanks on novel constitutional models and on anti corruption and political reform initiatives. Over the past ten years, he has helped monarchies as they consider ways to increase the democratic legitimization of their monarchic systems. Daniel Levin is currently a member of the board of the Liechtenstein Foundation for State Governance. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Ryan P. Burge discuss his latest book, "The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going". Dr. Burge (PhD, Southern Illinois University) teaches at Eastern Illinois University in a variety of areas, including American institutions, political behavior, and research methods. My research focuses largely on the intersection between religiosity and political behavior (especially in the American context.) Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Einat Nathan discuss her bestselling book, now out in english, "My Everything: The Parent I Want to Be, The Children I Hope to Raise". Einat Nathan is a parenting expert, public speaker and bestselling author, certified by the Adler Institute and the Ministry of Education for Parental Instruction and Group Instruction. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Tel Aviv University. Her book ("Haimsheli" in Hebrew, published by top publisher Kinneret Zmora Bitan), was the national bestseller of the year across all categories (2018) and is still a steady-seller. It has sold more than 60,000 copies so far. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Gadi Taub discuss Gadi's latest book: "Global Elites and National Citizens: The Attack of the Upper Classes on Israel's Democracy", now out in Hebrew. Gadi Taub is an Israeli historian, author, screenwriter and political commentator. He is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Public Policy and the Department of Communications at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Taub is also an internationally noticed voice in the discourse on Zionism. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Gayil Talshir discuss the 2021 Israeli election results and the reasons why they might signal the end of Benjamin Netanyahu's era. Gayil Talshir is a senior lecturer in political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with expertise in democratic theory, the party system, and civil society. Talshir earned a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Rabbi Ilay Ofran discuss his new book, "The torah: A Psychic Turn." It is available in Hebrew. Rabbi Ilay Ofran is the Rav of Kvutzat Yavneh, and founder and joint head of Mechinat Ruach Hassadeh, a pre-military Jewish academy for boys, located in Kibbutz Beerot Yitzhak. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner chats with Dr Rabbi Wayne Allen about his upcoming book: "Thinking about Good and Evil: Jewish Views from Antiquity to Modernity" - out in May. After being graduated from New York University with a B.A. in philosophy and Phi Beta Kappa, Rabbi Allen attended the Jewish Theological Seminary of America where he earned a Masters degree in Rabbinics and went on to receive rabbinic ordination. He has served as a congregational rabbi for almost 34 years, taking on postings in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Natan Slifkin discuss his latest book, "Rationalism vs. Mysticism: Schisms in Traditional Jewish Thought."
Natan Slifkin, popularly known as the "Zoo Rabbi", is a British-born Israeli Orthodox rabbi and director of the Biblical Museum of Natural History in Beit Shemesh, Israel. He is best known for his interest in zoology, science and for his books on these topics, which are controversial to a small number of Haredi Jews. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Marc Rosenstein discuss his latest book, "Contested Utopia: Jewish Dreams and Israeli Realities," out soon.
Marc Rosenstein is the Director Emeritus of the Israel Rabbinical Program at HUC-JIR's Taube Family Campus in Jerusalem. He grew up in Highland Park, Illinois, and received a BA in biochemistry from Harvard College. He was ordained by HUC-JIR in 1975 and received an MA in Jewish History from Hebrew University in Jerusalem in the same year; later, he earned a PhD from the Hebrew University as a Mandel Jerusalem Fellow. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and guest Gershom Gorenberg discuss his latest book, "War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East." Gershom Gorenberg is an American-born Israeli journalist, and blogger, specializing in Middle Eastern politics and the interaction of religion and politics. He is currently a senior correspondent for The American Prospect, a monthly American political magazine. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Leon Kass discuss Kass's latest book: "Founding God’s Nation: Reading Exodus". Leon R. Kass, M.D., Ph.D., is the Addie Clark Harding Professor Emeritus in the Committee on Social Thought and the College at the University of Chicago and the Madden-Jewett Scholar Emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Nadav Eyal discuss Nadav's book, "Revolt: The Worldwide Uprising Against Globalization", out now in english. Nadav Eyal is one of Israel’s most well-known journalists, and a winner of the Sokolov Prize, Israel’s Pulitzer. He is the chief international correspondent for Israel’s Reshet News, and an opinion writer for Yediot Aharont, Israel’s most circulated newspaper. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
For our 100th episode, host Shmuel Rosner chats with a special guest - JPPI's new president, Prof. Yedidia Z. Stern. They chat about the IDI`s 2020 Israeli Democracy Index, its findings and more. Professor Yedidia Stern is renowned in Israel and around the world as a jurist and researcher of society and state, who has authored books and policy studies in these fields. He serves as a Professor in the Faculty of Law at Bar Ilan University where he also previously served as Dean and holds a Doctorate in Law from Harvard University. Professor Stern serves as a Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute and has a record of civic and professional activity impacting key issues for the Jewish people and Israeli society, including issues of religion and state, as well as Judaism and democracy. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Ksenia Svetlova discuss her book - On high hill in the Middle East, her unique experiences as a journalist and a former Knesset member, and her views on the future of the middle east. Ksenia Svetlova is a seasoned expert and analyst on Middle Eastern issues, with unique academic and practical experience. She had covered the Middle East extensively and visited many countries in the region, including Lebanon, Syria and Libya, interviewed Palestinian leaders Yasser Arafat and Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, and many high-profile politicians in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Jordan. She speaks English, Hebrew, Russian and Arabic. Svetlova served as a member in a committee for foreign affairs and defense during her term as Parliament member. Currently she is serving as a senior analyst at the IPS (Institute for Strategy and Policy) at the Interdisciplinary Center at Herzliya. She is also leading the department for research of ties between Israel and the Middle East at “Mitvim” think-tank for regional foreign policy. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Ephraim Shoham-Steiner discuss Shoham-Steiner's latest book: Jews and Crime in Medieval Europe. Prof. Ephraim Shoham-Steiner is a historian specializing in Medieval Jewish History. He is an associate professor at the Department of Jewish History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Be'er-Shevah. He is also the director of The Center for the Study of Conversion and Inter-Religious Encounters at BGU. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Ohad Hemo discuss the views of the Palestinian people and their hope for the future. Ohad Hemo is the Palestinian Affairs Correspondent for the Israeli Television News Company. He has worked in the three Israeli main channels, where he has been covering the Palestinian field for the past 15 years. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Tel Aviv University, and a Master's degree in Orientalism from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Jeremy England discuss England's latest book: Every Life Is on Fire: How Thermodynamics Explains the Origins of Living Things. Jeremy England is an American physicist who uses statistical physics arguments to explain the spontaneous emergence of life, and consequently, the modern synthesis of evolution. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Guest Avi Gil discuss Gil's latest book, Shimon Peres: An Insider’s Account of the Man and the Struggle for a New Middle East.
Ambassador Avi Gil served as the Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs from April 2001-November 2002. He also served as Director-General of Israel’s Ministry of Regional Cooperation, Deputy Director-General of the Peres Center for Peace; the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, Media Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Finance, and Executive Policy Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He has been closely involved in Israel’s policy-making and peace efforts, including the negotiations that led to the Oslo Accords and the peace treaty with Jordan. He is a Senior Fellow at the JPPPI and was a close advisor to President Shimon Peres.
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Shmuel Rosner and guest Emmanuel Navon chat about Navon's latest book: "The Star and the Scepter: A Diplomatic History of Israel". Dr. Emmanuel Navon is an International Relations expert who teaches at Tel-Aviv University and at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center. He is a Senior Fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Security Studies and at the Kohelet Policy forum (two Jerusalem-based conservative think tanks) and a Senior Analyst for I24News (an Israel-based international TV channel). Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and David L. Graizbord discuss his new book, The New Zionists: Young American Jews, Jewish National Identity, and Israel. David Graizbord is an Associate Professor of Judaic Studies at The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies. He is a historian of early and modern Jews. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Rabbi Dan Ornstein discuss his latest book - Cain V. Abel: A Jewish Courtroom Drama. Rabbi Dan Ornstein is the rabbi of Congregation Ohav Shalom in Albany, New York. He also blogs at the Times of Israel, contributes essays at WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and wrote for the Mesorah Matrix book series on Judaism. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Professor Eytan Gilboa discuss his latest article and Israel-US relations under future president Joe Biden. Prof. Eytan Gilboa is a renowned expert on international communication, public diplomacy and US policy in the Middle East. He is the Chair of the Israel Communication Association, the academic and professional organization of scholars serving in departments and schools of communication in all Israeli institutions of higher education. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Dr. Nurit Cohen-Levinovsky discuss Yitzhak Rabin's influence on Israeli society as we mark 25 years since his assassination. **Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.**
Shmuel Rosner and Chuck Freilich discuss what moves the future president should make regarding America's relationship with Israel and more... Professor Chuck Freilich, a former deputy national security advisor in Israel and senior fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School, is now a visiting scholar at Columbia University and adjunct professor at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of three books on Israeli national security affairs, as well as numerous academic articles, policy studies and op-eds. A frequent commentator on TV and radio, he is considered a riveting speaker, with a lively and at times irreverent approach to the foibles of Israeli life. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Jacob Dayan discuss Biden's relationship with Israel. Jacob Dayan was chief of staff for two Israeli foreign ministers, served as an Israeli diplomat in Washington and was Israel consul general in Los Angeles. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and guest Aviram Halevi discuss Aviram's new book "Sayeret Matkal - The Greatest Operations of the Elite Commando Unit of Israel." Aviram Halevi served in Sayeret Matkal and reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. he now the managing partner of Cycurity. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Rabbi Uri Regev discuss the new Israeli state and religion index published by Hiddush, and its implication on Israeli and world jewry. Uri Regev is a lawyer and rabbi of the Reform movement of Judaism in Israel, and an active civil rights and religious pluralism advocate. Currently he serves as the President and CEO of “Hiddush – For Freedom of Religion and Equality”, a trans-denominational nonprofit organization aimed at promoting religious freedom and equality in Israel, a partnership between Israeli Jews and World Jewry, founded in 2009. **Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.**
Shmuel Rosner and Rachel Azaria discuss her latest book (out in Hebrew now), creating a meaningful social change and the key to a successful protest. Rachel Azaria is an Israeli change maker, previously serving as a member of the Knesset for Kulanu. She previously served as deputy mayor and member of the Jerusalem City Council. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner, John Ruskay and Irwin J. Mansdorf continue their discussion on the meaning behind the term "Anti Israel." Irwin J. (Yitzchak) Mansdorf, PhD., is a clinical psychologist and a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs specializing in political psychology. John S. Ruskay is Executive Vice President emeritus of UJA-Federation of New York , a senior partner of JRB Consulting Services, and a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institude. He served as a Commissioner of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom from May 2016 to May 2018. Ruskay is an author and lecturer on issues affecting the Jewish people. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Natan Shransky and Gil Troy discuss their new book - Never Alone: Prison, Politics, and My People. Gil Troy is an American presidential historian and a popular commentator on politics and other issues. He is Professor of History at McGill University and a 2015 visiting scholar at the Brookings Institution. Natan Sharansky is an Israeli politician, human rights activist and author who, as a refusenik in the Soviet Union during the 1970s and 1980s, spent nine years in Soviet prisons. He served as Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency from June 2009 to August 2018.[1] Natan Sharansky currently serves as the Chairman of the Institute of the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy. **Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.**
Shmuel Rosner and Michael Herzog discuss the possible meanings and implications of the Israel - United Arab Emirates treaty. Brigadier General (Res.) Herzog is a senior fellow at JPPI and currently heads an extensive project on confronting the de-legitimization phenomena. He rose through the military ranks to become head of the IDF’s strategic planning division and one of Israel’s prominent experts on strategic, military and intelligence matters.
Over the last decade General Herzog has held senior positions in the office of Israel’s Minister of Defense, under four ministers and was the Chief of Staff to Minister Ehud Barak. In those positions, he was at the center of Israeli decision-making on all key strategic, defense and political issues. General Herzog is also a military fellow at the Washington Institute, where he published extensively on Middle Eastern affairs.
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Shmuel Rosner, John Ruskay and Irwin J. Mansdorf discuss the meaning of being pro Israel, supporting Israel as an American Jew and more.
Irwin J. (Yitzchak) Mansdorf, PhD., is a clinical psychologist and a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs specializing in political psychology.
John S. Ruskay is Executive Vice President emeritus of UJA-Federation of New York , a senior partner of JRB Consulting Services, and a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institude. He served as a Commissioner of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom from May 2016 to May 2018. Ruskay is an author and lecturer on issues affecting the Jewish people.
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Shmuel Rosner and Pew researcher Jacob Poushter discuss his latest study, which raises the question: is belief in God necessary for good morals? Jacob Poushter is an associate director at Pew Research Center. He is an expert in international survey research and writes about international public opinion on a variety of topics, including the international image of the United States and perceptions of global threats. He is also responsible for designing survey questionnaires, managing survey projects, analyzing data and developing topics for the annual Global Attitudes Survey. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shlomo Fischer and Shmuel Rosner discuss the almost daily protests that are taking place in Jerusalem; who are the protesters, why are they protesting and how does the current protest compare to past Israeli protests?
Dr. Shlomo Fischer, a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Instiude, teaches sociology in the School of Education at Hebrew University and at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is also currently a research fellow at the Van Leer Institute. His research interests include the nexus of religion, politics and class in Israel, contemporary religion and the sociology of the Jewish people. He has published extensively on radical religious Zionism and the West Bank settlers as well as on the Shas movement.
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Gil Samsonov and Shmuel Rosner discuss the Israeli Likud princes and their clash with one of their own - Benjamin Netanyahu. Gil Samsonov is a managing partner in one of the top advertising firms in Israel, graduated from Tel-Aviv University, and got a PhD from King's College London. Samsonov has led numerous national and local election and general campaigns in Israel, and he is a senior political and marketing commentator in the Israeli television, radio and press. You can find his book, The Israeli Princes, on Google books. **Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.**
Knesset member Sharren Haskel and Shmuel Rosner chat about the unique importance of the Lobby to Promote Relations With Christian Communities Worldwide, which is headed by Sharren.
Sharren Haskel is an Israeli member of the Knesset for Likud. She is the youngest member of Likud and the second youngest member of the 20th Knesset. She speaks English, Hebrew and French.
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Shmuel Rosner and Alon Aranya discuss the show "Tehran" - coming soon to AppleTV. Alon talks about the uniqueness of Israeli Tv and its success in the USA and the world.
Writer and Producer Alon Aranya has set up 40 scripted shows at studios and networks in the US and in the international market, most of them based on foreign scripted formats and original developments from overseas.
Alon is currently the Executive Producer of Showtime's Your Honor starring Bryan Cranston (based on the Israeli format Kvodo) with Kingsize Prods (The Good Wife) Co-Producing and Peter Moffat (Criminal Justice) writing.
His company, Paper Plane Productions made a two-year first look deal with CBS Studios International for the purpose of producing original international dramas.
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Jonathan Rynhold and Shmuel Rosner discuss the special relationship between Israel and the united states in the age of trump and beyond.
Professor Jonathan Rynhold teaches in the department of political studies at Bar Ilan University. His latest book is called The Arab-Israeli Conflict in American Political Culture.
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Shmuel Rosner and guest Oded Revivi discuss the reasons many settlers oppose the upcoming annexation.
Oded Revivi is the mayor of Efrat and the international liaison of the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip.
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Shmuel Rosner and Emi Palmor discuss the unique challenges that Ethiopian Israelis face, and some of the ways that the government and the police manage their delicate situation. Emi Palmor is the Former Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Justice, and member of Facebook’s Oversight Board. Palmor also headed the team on eradicating racism against Israelis of Ethiopian origin. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Yoav Gelber and Shmuel Rosner discuss the upcoming annexation of parts of the west bank and its impact on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Yoav Gelber is a professor of history at the University of Haifa, and was formerly a visiting professor at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Moav Vardi describes the Israeli population's relationship with its allies and opponent countries around the world.
Moav Vardi is the Chief International Correspondent in Kan - the Israeli public broadcasting cooperation.
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Shmuel Rosner and Matti Friedman discuss Matti's new book, "Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story of a Forgotten War," Israel's war in Lebanon and why it has not received its place in the Israeli canon.
Matti Friedman's work as a reporter has taken him from Lebanon to Morocco, Cairo, Moscow and Washington, D.C., and to conflicts in Israel and the Caucasus. He has been a correspondent for the Associated Press, and his writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Tablet Magazine, and elsewhere. He grew up in Toronto and lives in Jerusalem. "The Aleppo Codex," his first book (Algonquin, 2012) won the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize and the ALA's Sophie Brody Medal, among other honors. His second book, "Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story" (Algonquin, May 2016) won starred reviews in Kirkus, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal, and was compared by the New York Times to Tim O'Brien's masterpiece "The Things They Carried."
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Shmuel Rosner and Michael Herzog discuss the possibility of Israel annexing parts of the west bank this upcoming summer and its possible implications.
Brigadier General (Res.) Herzog is a senior fellow at JPPI. He rose through the military ranks to become head of the IDF’s strategic planning division and one of Israel’s prominent experts on strategic, military and intelligence matters.
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Akiva Bigman explains the Netanyahu doctrine: the vision and strategies behind Benjamin Netanyahu's policies. Akiva Bigman is a journalist for the newspaper "Isarel Hayom." Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Tal Schneider discuss Israel's new government. Tal Schneider is a diplomatic and political correspondent for Globes in Israel and is a former DC correspondent for Maariv newspaper. Her stories have also appeared in Haaretz, Saloona, Mako and Al-Masdar. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Einat Wilf and Adi Schwartz return to discuss the english edition of their book “The War for the Palestinian Right of Return.”
Einat Wilf is a writer and a politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Independence and the Labor Party.
Adi Schwartz is a journalist and academic. A former staff writer for Haaretz, he currently works as a freelance journalist for Israeli and international newspapers and magazines.
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Shmuel Rosner and Hizky Shoham discuss Hizky's newest book and the differences and similarities of how Israel celebrates Passover and its independence day.
Hizky Shoham is a cultural historian of Israel and Zionism. He is a research fellow in the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and a lecturer in the Interdisciplinary Program for Hermeneutics and Cultural Studies at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
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Dr. Shlomo Fischer, Dr. John Ruskay and Shmuel Rosner discuss JPPI's 2019 dialogue - which focused on the Growth of the Haredi Communities in the Diaspora.
John S. Ruskay is Executive Vice President emeritus of UJA-Federation of New York, a senior partner of JRB Consulting Services, and a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute. He served as a Commissioner of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom from May 2016 to May 2018. Ruskay is an author and lecturer on issues affecting the Jewish people.
Dr. Shlomo Fischer, a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Instiude, teaches sociology in the School of Education at Hebrew University and at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is also currently a research fellow at the Van Leer Institute. His research interests include the nexus of religion, politics and class in Israel, contemporary religion and the sociology of the Jewish people. He has published extensively on radical religious Zionism and the West Bank settlers as well as on the Shas movement.
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Shmuel Rosner, Professor Yair Zakovitch and Professor Avigdor Shinan discuss their new book - The Song of Songs Scroll, a New Israeli Commentary.
Prof. Yair Zakovitch, professor emeritus in biblical studies, held the Father Takeji Otsuki Professor of Bible Studies Chair at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was Professor of Jewish Peoplehood at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.
Prof. Avigdor Shinan is Professor Emeritus in the departments of Hebrew Literature, Yiddish and Comparative Jewish Folklore at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Shinan has served as head of the departments of General Studies, and of Hebrew Literature and as Dean of the Hebrew University. He has served as visiting Professor at Yale, JTS, and Yeshiva University and has also taught at Ben-Gurion, Tel-Aviv, and at the Schechter Institute.
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Amotz Asa-El and Shmuel Rosner discuss Amotz's thought provoking new book.
Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Amotz Asa-El, The Jerusalem Post's senior columnist and former executive editor,[1] is a fellow at the Hartman Institute; The Jerusalem Report's senior writer; and a leading commentator on Middle Eastern, Israeli, and Jewish affairs.
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Shmuel Rosner and Professor Laura Rosen discuss Israel's method of dealing with the coronavirus and its possible implications.
Prof. Leah (Laura) Rosen was born in the U.S. and immigrated to Israel in 1986. She holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Rutgers University and an M.S. in Biostatistics from the Harvard School of Public Health. She received her Ph.D. from the School of Public Health at Hebrew University. Before coming to Tel Aviv University, she was the National Coordinator of Healthy Israel 2020, Israel’s health targeting initiative. She is a member of the Israel National Council for Smoking Prevention, and a former member of the Israel National Council for Health Promotion and the Public Committee for Reduction of Smoking and its Damages. Prof. Rosen is the former Chair of the Department of Health Promotion.
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Shmuel Rosner and Noah Slepkov discuss the data behind the election results and what it can teach us about the Israeli public.
Noah is a JPPI Fellow for Science, Technology, and Data. He is the author “Policy Opportunities for Video Games and Interactive Entertainment” and “Crowd Sourced Genealogy and Direct-to-Consumer DNA Testing: Implications for the Jewish People”, both published by JPPI within its Annual Assessment.
Previously he served as Foreign Policy and Strategic Advisor to Member of Knesset Dr. Einat Wilf.
Noah holds an Honors BA in Jewish Studies from York University and an MA in Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution from the Lauder School of Government at the IDC Herzliya. He also studied Economics at the University of Toronto and Political Science at the University of Western Ontario.
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Shmuel Rosner and Dr. Tamar Eilam Gindin discuss Tamar's latest book in a special purim edition of the Rosner Domain Podcast.
Dr. Tamar Eilam Gindin is a linguist and scholar of ancient Persia and modern Iran. A researcher at Haifa University’s Ezri Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, she was previously a member of the Friedman Jewish Manuscript Society’s Cairo Geniza Project, a researcher and coordinator for the Medieval Persian Dictionary project, head researcher for the Max Planck Society’s Isoglosses Project, and a recipient of the Minerva Arches Award for excellence in teaching. Dr. Eilam Gindin is the author of several books on ancient Persia. you can listen to her podcast, enriched uranium (in hebrew) here.
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Shmuel Rosner and Dana Weiss discuss the possible outcomes of Israel's upcoming elections.
Dana Weiss is the Chief Political Analyst at channel 12 news and the Anchor of “Saturday News with Dana Weiss.”
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Shmuel Rosner and Simcha Rothman discuss Rothman's book: "The ruling party of Bagatz – How Israel became a legalocracy."
Attorney Simcha Rothman is the legal counsel for the Movement for Governability and Democracy.
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Shmuel Rosner and Boris Dolin discuss Boris's new book - the "Suez wall" which details the unknown history of Israel's war of attrition. Boris Dolin is a an international security expert, a researcher and a tour guide. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Avi Gil and Shmuel Rosner discuss Trump's peace plan: the pros, the cons, and its possible implications.
Ambassador Avi Gil Served as the Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs from April 2001-November 2002. He also served as Director-General of Israel’s Ministry of Regional Cooperation, Deputy Director-General of the Peres Center for Peace; the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, Media Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Finance, and Executive Policy Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He has been closely involved in Israel’s policy-making and peace efforts, including the negotiations that led to the Oslo Accords and the peace treaty with Jordan. He is a Senior Fellow at the JPPPI and was a close advisor to President Shimon Peres.
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Shmuel Rosner and Menachem Lazar discuss voter turnout, interesting trends and what to pay attention to as we approach the Israeli elections. Menachem Lazar is the CEO of Panels Politics and a psychologist. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Uri Keider and Shmuel Rosner discuss Israel Hofsheet's municipal freedom index.
Uri Keidar is the Executive Director of Israel Hofsheet (Be Free Israel), the largest grassroots movement in Israel in the field of religious freedom and pluralism.
For more information about Israel Hofsheet's activity and freedom index, you can contact Uri via email at uri@bfree.org.il and visit their site here.
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Amos Gilad and Shmuel Rosner discuss Israel's main geopolitical challenges.
Major General Amos Gilad is the Executive Director of the Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS) and Chair of the Annual Herzliya Conference at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya.
**This episode was recoded before the 2020 Baghdad International Airport airstrike.
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Shmuel Rosner and Meital Lehavi discuss Tel Aviv's new Shabbat transportation lines and its implications on the Israeli status quo.
Meital Lehavi serves as Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo for transportation, construction and infrastructure.
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Uri Bar-Joseph and Shmuel Rosner discuss the option of a future war with Iran and why the Israeli public doesn't seem as panicked as it should be by its implications.
Uri Bar-Joseph is professor emeritus in the Department for International Relations of The School for Political Science at Haifa University. He specializes in national security, intelligence studies and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Shmuel, Yair and Shlomo discuss Yair's new book "Unraveled" (out in Hebrew). Is the national religious society in Israel truly fragmented and how will its future unfold?
Yair Ettinger is an Israeli journalist with The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation and Dr. Shlomo Fischer teaches sociology in the School of Education at Hebrew University and at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is also currently a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute and a research fellow at the Van Leer Institute.
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Zvika Klein and Shmuel Rosner discuss the World Zionist Organization elections - who can vote and why you should or should not care about it. Zvika Klein is an award-winning journalist who lives in Jerusalem and works for Makor Rishon, an Israeli newspaper, covering Jewish Diaspora Affairs. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Eyal Zisser and Shmuel Rosner discuss the possibility of 2020 being a challenging year for Israel's security.
Professor Eyal Zisser is the Vice Rector of Tel Aviv University and the holder of The Yona and Dina Ettinger Chair in Contemporary History of the Middle East. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities 2010-2015, the Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies 2007-2010 and the Head of the Department of Middle Eastern and African History. Professor Zisser wrote extensively on the history and the modern politics of Syria and Lebanon and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Shmuel Rosner and Irina Nevzlin discuss Irina's new book, The Impact of Identity: The Power of Knowing Who You Are. Irina Nevzlin grew up, studied, and started her career in Moscow. She continued in London at a large international company serving as a communications consultant and then moved to Israel in 2006.
In her current capacity as chair of the Board of the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, Irina, together with the new team, conducted a comprehensive, transformation of the museum. Alongside developing a new concept, they raised $100 million for the construction of a new museum. Together with partners, Irina founded the Israeli Center for Better Childhood, a non-profit that empowers students in the periphery of Israel through scholarships and helps children suffering from blood-related diseases. Irina also serves as the president of the Nadav Foundation, designed to strengthen a positive collective Jewish identity. A popular influencer and speaker at international events, she was chosen by The Jerusalem Post as one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Danny Ayalon discuss Israel's relations with American leadership, Jewry and more.
Danny Ayalon is an Israeli diplomat, columnist and politician. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister and a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu. He served as Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 2002 until 2006. He frequently writes in Israeli and international newspapers, notably in The Jerusalem Post and The Wall Street Journal.
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Dr. Ido Baum and Shmuel Rosner explain each of the three cases (1000, 2000 and 4000) that Netanyahu is currently facing, and the possibility of his indictment.
Dr. Ido Baum is a legal analyst at "The Marker" newspaper, he is also the vice dean of the Haim Striks Law School. Dr. Baum specializes in civil procedure, securities regulation and corporate governance, law and economics, and media law. He is a doctoral graduate from an international program in the field of economic law analysis at the Law and Economics Institute at Hamburg University, Germany.
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Yaron Dekel and Shmuel Rosner discuss the possible scenarios that will take place after the election results are announced. Yaron Dekel is a political commentator and cohost of the popular radio show “Dekel Segel” on Galei Tzahal, the Israeli radio network operated by the Israel Defense Forces. Yaron served as a commander at Galei Tzahal in the years 2012-2017. He has won many awards for his journalistic achievements, including the Sokolov Award. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Dana Weiss and Shmuel Rosner discuss the upcoming election and its future implications. Dana Weiss is the Chief Political Analyst at channel 12 news and the Anchor of “Saturday News with Dana Weiss.” Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Professor Sammy Smooha and Shmuel Rosner discuss the unique relationship between Ashkenazi and Mizrachi jews in Israel.
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Ronia Victor and Shmuel Rosner discuss the scientific basis of love in its many forms.
Ronia Victor is a Clinical geneticist and a prominent writer, presenter and speaker in the scientific community.
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Shmuel Rosner and Ze'ev Orenstein talk about the most recent findings in the city of David and the political debate that surrounds it.
Ze'ev Orenstein is the Director of International Affairs at City of David Foundation.
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Arieh Eldad and Shmuel Rosner discuss the upcoming elections and Israel's duty to the world Jewery.
Aryeh Eldad, M.D is an Israeli physician and politician, and a former member of the Knesset for the National Union and Otzma LeYisrael.
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Doctor Avi Shilon and Shmuel Rosner talk about the leadership ability of Israel's prime ministers.
Avi Shilon is an Israel Institute Grant Recipient. Shilon is a political scientist and historian at New York University with expertise in Israeli history and politics. Shilon earned a Ph.D. from Bar-Ilan University.
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Prof. Noya Rimalt and Shmuel Rosner discuss the unique challenge in Haredi higher education and the phenomena of gender segregated buses in Israel.
Professor Rimalt received her LL.B from Tel-Aviv University, her LL.M (as a New Israel Fund Civil Liberties Fellow) from Washington College of Law at American University and a Ph.D in Law (J.S.D) from Tel-Aviv University. Her scholarship examines the intersections of gender, law and feminism in both legal theory and practice. She has written articles on issues such as female offenders, sexual harassment, gender and multiculturalism, women in the military, female conscientious objectors, motherhood and law, abortions in Israel, criminalizing the client in prostitution and gender equality in the workplace. Her book Legal Feminism from Theory to Practice: The Struggle for Gender Equality in Israel and the United States has been published in 2010 by Haifa University Press and Pardes Publishing House.
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Shmuel Rosner and Amos Harel discuss Israel's challenges - from the Gaza Strip to the draft law and much more.
Amos Harel is one of Israel's leading media experts on military and defense issues. He is been the military correspondent and defense analyst for Ha'aretz, Israel's most respected newspaper. In this role, he has written extensively about Israel's ongoing fight against terrorist organizations, its battle with the Palestinian Intifadah (uprising) and the last war in Lebanon. A large part of his work is also available in English, through the Ha'aretz English edition (published with the International Herald Tribune) and its English website.
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Dr. Liran Harsgor and Shmuel Rosner discuss the Israeli voting system and why people choose to vote the way they do.
Dr. Liran Harsgor is an assistant professor at the Division of Governance and Political Theory, School of Political Science, University of Haifa. She was a postdoctoral fellow in the Munk School of Global Affairs and the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto (2017-2018). Her main research interests are political behavior, public opinion, comparative politics and electoral politics.
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Shmuel Rosner and Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman discuss Eran's recommendations for the new Israeli government, which he details In a Jerusalem institute for strategy and security paper.
Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman is the vice President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.
Dr. Lerman was deputy director for foreign policy and international affairs at the National Security Council in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office. He held senior posts in IDF Military Intelligence for over 20 years. He also served for eight years as director of the Israel and Middle East office of the American Jewish Committee. He teaches in the Middle East studies program at Shalem College in Jerusalem, and in post-graduate programs at Tel Aviv University and the National Defense College. He is an expert on Israel’s foreign relations, and on the Middle East. A third-generation Sabra, he holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics, and a mid-career MPA from Harvard University.
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Shmuel Rosner and Gila Vachman discuss the Ruth scroll and its meaning.
Dr. Gila Vachman studied at the Hebrew University where she received a BA in Talmud and Hebrew literature, an MA in Midrash and Aggadah as well as a PhD. She is a lecturer in Midrash and Aggadah at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies and the Hebrew University. Recently she published the book "The Ruth Scroll - A New Israeli Commentary."
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Shmuel Rosner and Yaakov Katz discuss his new book, "Shadow Strike: Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power."
Yaakov Katz is Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post. He previously served for close to a decade as the paper's military reporter and defense analyst. He is the co-author of two other books, "Weapon Wizards - How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower" and "Israel vs. Iran - The Shadow War."
In 2012-2013 he was a fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University and is a faculty member at Harvard's extension school where he teaches an advanced course in journalism.
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Roberta R. Kwall and Shmuel Rosner discuss Roberta's soon to be published book, "Remix Judaism," and how America liberal Jews can integrate more Judaism into their day to day lives.
Roberta R. Kwall is a law professor at DePaul university and IDC college in Israel.
Kwall is an internationally renowned scholar and lecturer and has published over 30 articles on a wide variety of topics including Jewish law and culture, authorship rights and intellectual property. She is the author of several law casebooks that are used nationally as well as two monographs: “The Myth of the Cultural Jew: Culture and Law in Jewish Tradition” (Oxford U. Press, 2015) and “The Soul of Creativity” (Stanford U. Press, 2010). Currently she is working on a book for a popular audience about transmitting Jewish tradition in a diverse world.
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Daniel Dunkelman explains to Shmuel Rosner what is Eurovision, why is it celebrated in Israel and some fun facts about the biggest singing competition in the world!
Daniel Dunkelman is a Eurovision specialist and content advisor.
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Dr. Joel Rappel and Shmuel Rosner discuss Dr. Rappel's latest book (coming out in the United States soon) about the prayers to the state's peace. What makes this prayer unique? What is special about the Israeli Independence day?
Dr. Joel Rappel is a historian at Bar Ilan University and founder and director (2009-2015) of the Elie Wiesel Archives at Boston University.
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On a special episode commemorating the Israeli Holocaust memorial day, Dr. Amir Teicher and Shmuel Rosner discuss the genetical reasoning that the Nazis had for antisemitism, how it relates to science today and much more.
Dr. Amir Teicher is an assistant professor of history at Tel Aviv University. His research focuses on German eugenics, the development of modern biological thinking, racism and antisemitism. He is currently a fellow in the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism. He was also a visiting fellow at the Center for Research of Antisemitism (ZfA), TU Berlin and a guest professor at the Chair of Science Studies, ETH Zurich.
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Nir Braudo and Shmuel Rosner discuss the ways in which secular Jews can "re-build" the Passover Seder.
Nir Braudo is a member of the founding committee of the Secular Yeshiva in Tel-Aviv and is now head of the Yeshiva. He founded the Beer Sheva branch of BINA and was the director of BINA’s Social Action program (BINA BaShchuna) in Beer Sheva and Tel-Aviv. Previously he served as central shaliach for the WZO in the USA. Nir lives in Tel-Aviv with his wife and two children.
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Ambassador Avi Gil, Dr. Shlomo Fischer and Shmuel Rosner discuss the election results and its possible outcomes.
Dr. Shlomo Fischer, a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute, teaches sociology in the School of Education at Hebrew University and at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is also currently a research fellow at the Van Leer Institute.Along with his extensive academic research, he was the founder and Executive Director of Yesodot – Center for Torah and Democracy which works to advance education for democracy in the State-Religious school sector in Israel. He was also one of the founders and is on the Board of the International Summer School for Religion and Public Life which is based in Boston, Mass.
Ambassador Avi Gil Served as the Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs from April 2001-November 2002. He also served as Director-General of Israel’s Ministry of Regional Cooperation, Deputy Director-General of the Peres Center for Peace; the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, Media Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Finance, and Executive Policy Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He has been closely involved in Israel’s policy-making and peace efforts, including the negotiations that led to the Oslo Accords and the peace treaty with Jordan. He is a Senior Fellow at the JPPPI and a was a close advisor to President Shimon Peres.
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On our third and final election panel, Knesset member Avraham Neguise, Gil Hoffman and Shmuel Rosner try to predict who will be in charge of forming Israel's next government, what parties will be involved and more...
Avraham Neguise is an Israeli politician and activist for the Falash Mura community. Neguise is a member of the Likud party and is the Chairman of the Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs.
Gil Hoffman is the chief political correspondent and analyst for The Jerusalem Post.
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On our second election panel, Knesset member Meirav Ben-Ari, Amnon Lord and Shmuel Rosner discuss the main issue of this current election, the difference between Bibi Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, Kulanu party's future and more.
Meirav Ben-Ari is an Israeli politician. She currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the Kulanu party.
Amnon Lord is an Israeli journalist with the daily newspaper Israel Hayom.
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Shmuel Rosner and Rabbi Mishael Zion discuss his latest book, "The Book of Esther - A New Israeli Commentary."
Rabbi Mishael Zion, an educator and community entrepreneur, is the director of the Mandel Program for Leadership in Jewish Culture.
He is the author of Esther: A New Israeli Commentary and, together with his father, Noam Zion, the author of Halaila Hazeh: An Israeli Haggadah and A Night to Remember: The Haggadah of Contemporary Voices. He has served as a faculty member at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and the Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning in New York, and has been a visiting scholar at the New York University School of Law. He is one of the founders of the Klausner Minyan, a partnership minyan in Jerusalem.
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On our first election panel, Knesset member Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin, professor Yossi Shain and Shmuel Rosner discuss Ayelet's departure from the Knesset, what makes this election an unordinary one and more.
Yossi Shain is the Romulo Betancourt Professor of Political Science at Tel Aviv University where he also serves as Head of TAU's School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs, head of the Abba Eban Graduate Studies Program in Diplomacy and Director of the Frances Brody Institute for Applied Diplomacy. He is also a Full Professor of Comparative Government and Diaspora Politics at Georgetown University, and the Founding Director of the Program for Jewish Civilization (PJC) at Georgetown.
Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin is an Israeli lawyer and politician. Ayelet studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1991 she joined the Labor Party, and later became assistant legal advisor to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.[1] After Rabin was assassinated in 1995 she became chair of Tavlit, an irrigation company. She was placed 22nd on the Zionist Union list (an alliance of Labor and Hatnuah) for the 2015 Knesset elections and was elected to the Knesset as the alliance won 24 seats.
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Dr. Yizhar Hess and Shmuel Rosner discuss the reasons behind conservative judaism being a relatively small stream in Israeli society and what can be done in order to change that.
Dr. Yizhar Hess is the Executive Director and CEO of the Conservative Judaism movement in Israel, also known as Masorti.
Hess has a Ph.D. from the Department of Philosophy of Education at Sussex University in Brighton, England.
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Shmuel Rosner and Brigadier General (Res.) Michael Herzog discuss the possible challenges that await the new Israeli government.
Brigadier General (Res.) Herzog is a senior fellow at JPPI and currently heads an extensive project on confronting the de-legitimization phenomena. He rose through the military ranks to become head of the IDF’s strategic planning division and one of Israel’s prominent experts on strategic, military and intelligence matters.
Over the last decade General Herzog has held senior positions in the office of Israel’s Minister of Defense, under four ministers and was the Chief of Staff to Minister Ehud Barak. In those positions, he was at the center of Israeli decision-making on all key strategic, defense and political issues. General Herzog is also a military fellow at the Washington Institute, where he published extensively on Middle Eastern affairs.
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Shmuel and Shalom discuss the genetic aspect of being jewish and its correlation with being a genius.
Wald was born in 1936 in Milan, Italy. He grew up in Basel, Switzerland where he studied social sciences, history, and history of religions, graduating in 1962 as Ph.D. In 1964 he joined the Paris-based OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) where he stayed until his retirement in 2001. His career spanned education, technological innovation, science and technology policy, energy research policy and biotechnology policy. He was Head of the OECD/DSTI Biotechnology Unit. He joined the JPPPI in 2002 and worked on Jewish/Israeli relations with China; science and technology; and the history of Jewish civilization. Currently he reviews India-Israel-Jewish People links.
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Shmuel Rosner and Jonathan de Shalit discuss Jonathan's creative process, meeting with his idol John le Carré, the unique vetting process his books must pass and the interesting world of clandestine intelligence. Jonathan de Shalit is the pseudonym of a former high-ranking member of the Israeli Intelligence Community. He is the author of Traitor and the upcoming bookA Spy in Exile. His books must pass a rigid vetting process, including the approval of a special Governmental Ministers’ Committee. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Dana Weiss discuss Benjamin Netanyahu's legacy and try to predict how the Trump peace plan will impact the current election season.
Dana Weiss is the Chief Political Analyst at channel 12 news and the Anchor of "Saturday News with Dana Weiss."
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Shmuel Rosner and Avi Buskila discuss why he is running for the Knesset and the future of the Meretz party. Avi Buskila is a politician and LGBTQ advocate running for a seat in the MERETZ party. He severed as a major in the Israel Defense Forces and was the head of the Peace Now movement. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Noah Slepkov talk about their collaboration with Professor Camil Fuchs, a project titled #IsraeliJudaism. You can read more about it on the JPPI website here. Noah is a JPPI Fellow for Science, Technology and Data. He is the author of “Policy Opportunities for Video Games and Interactive Entertainment” and “Crowd Sourced Genealogy and Direct-to-Consumer DNA Testing: Implications for the Jewish People”, both published by JPPI within its Annual Assessment. Previously he served as Foreign Policy and Strategic Advisor to Member of Knesset Dr. Einat Wilf.
Noah holds an Honors BA in Jewish Studies from York University and an MA in Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution from the Lauder School of Government at the IDC Herzliya. He also studied Economics at the University of Toronto and Political Science at the University of Western Ontario.
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Shmuel Rosner and Yaron Dekel discuss the upcoming Israeli election: who are the key players and who has a chance to win. Yaron Dekel is a political commentator and the cohost of the popular radio show "Dekel Segel" on Galei Tzahal, the Israeli radio network operated by the Israel Defense Forces. Yaron served as a commander at Galei Tzahal in the years 2012-2017. He has won many awards for his journalistic achievements, including the Sokolov Award. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and guest Dennis Ross discuss the possible events that will shape 2019.
Ambassador Dennis Ross is co-chairman of JPPI’s Board of Directors and Professional Guiding Council. He rejoined JPPI in 2011 after serving as a special assistant to President Obama and NSC Senior Director for the Central Region. For more than 12 years (1988-2000), Ambassador Ross played a leading role in shaping US involvement in the Middle East and was the point man on the peace process in both the Gorge W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations. From 2002-2008, he was part of the founding group of JPPI and served as its first chairman. He is the William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
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Shmuel Rosner and Avi Gil discuss the past year and reflect on what's to come. Ambassador Avi Gil Served as the Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs from April 2001-November 2002. He also served as Director-General of Israel’s Ministry of Regional Cooperation, Deputy Director-General of the Peres Center for Peace; the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, Media Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Finance, and Executive Policy Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He has been closely involved in Israel’s policy-making and peace efforts, including the negotiations that led to the Oslo Accords and the peace treaty with Jordan. He is a Senior Fellow at the JPPPI and a was a close advisor to President Shimon Peres. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and guest Hana Bendcowsky talk about the christian community in Israel and its special circumstances.
Hana Bendcowsky has an M.A. in Comparative Religion from Hebrew University and 16 years of practical experience in interfaith activities in Israel and abroad. She is the Director of the Jerusalem Center for Jewish-Christian Relations in the Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue, coordinating and teaching in the Center’s various educational programs, as well as producing educational materials, consulting and doing advocacy work. In addition to her position with the Rossing Center, Hana works as a freelance tour educator in Jerusalem for groups involving over 1,500 individuals a yea, mainly Israeli Jews and primarily study tours in the Christian Quarter.
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On this special Hanukkah episode, Shmuel Rosner and guest Uzi Leibner discuss the history behind the holiday. Uzi Leibner is a senior lecturer and head of the Classical Archaeology Division at the Institute of Archaeology. His research focuses on theory and practice of archaeological surveys, ancient Galilee, rural settlements and ancient synagogues and art. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and guest Dan Ben-David discuss Israel's future overpopulation, the importance of quality education, Israel's brain drain and more.. Professor Dan Ben-David is the founder and President of the independent, non-partisan, Shoresh Institution for Socioeconomic Research and a senior faculty member of the Department of Public Policy at Tel-Aviv University. He is the former executive director of the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies.
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Shmuel Rosner and Moshe Koppel discuss Koppel's theory about the Jewish world and its continuation.
Moshe Koppel is an American-Israeli computer scientist, Talmud scholar and political activist. Koppel was born and raised in New-York where he received a traditional Jewish education. He received a B.A. from Yeshiva University and in 1979 completed his doctorate in mathematics under the supervision of Martin Davis at the Courant Institute of New York University. He spent a post-doctoral year at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton before moving to Israel in 1980. He has been a member of the Department of Computer Science in Bar-Ilan University since then.
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Shmuel Rosner and Nir Hasson discuss the present struggles of Jerusalem from the diverse needs of its citizens to the constant political power struggle of its factions. Nir Hasson covers the city of Jerusalem and archaeology for Haaratz newspaper. Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.
Shmuel Rosner and Dr. Nachman Shai discuss the future of the Israeli diaspora relationship.
Dr. Nachman Shai is a Knesset member from the Zionist union party. He was commander-in-chief of the IDF Radio, served as the IDF spokesman and was the press secretary for the Israeli delegation to the United Nations in New York.
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Shmuel Rosner and Yaacov Lozowick discuss the history of antisemitism and the possibility of its return to the US.
Yaacov Lozowick is an Israeli historian and writer. He was the director of the archives at Yad Vashem and Israel's Chief Archivist at the Israel State Archives.
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Shmuel Rosner chats with Einat Wilf and Adi Schwartz, the writers of the book "The War for the Palestinian Right of Return", about the Palestinian refugees, the right of return and the existence of UNRWA.
Einat Wilf is a writer and a politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Independence and the Labor Party.
Adi Schwartz is a journalist and academic. A former staff writer for Haaretz, he currently works as a freelance journalist for Israeli and international newspapers and magazines.
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Shmuel Rosner and Dan Feferman discuss the reform and conservative communities in Israel, what differentiates them from the communities in the states and how they will thrive in Israel.
For nearly a decade Dan served as a foreign policy and national security analyst and advisor to the General Staff, as a special assistant to the Deputy Chief of the General Staff and as a commander in an elite intelligence unit within the IDF’s Research and Analysis Division - where he continues to serve in reserve duty. He recently published his paper - rising streams, about the reform and conservative moments in Israel.
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Shmuel Rosner and Dr. Shlomo Fischer discuss the Israeli Haredi population and its unique challenges.
Dr. Shlomo Fischer, a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute, teaches sociology in the School of Education at Hebrew University and at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is also currently a research fellow at the Van Leer Institute.
Along with his extensive academic research, he was the founder and Executive Director of Yesodot – Center for Torah and Democracy which works to advance education for democracy in the State-Religious school sector in Israel. He was also one of the founders and is on the Board of the International Summer School for Religion and Public Life which is based in Boston, Mass.
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