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Join host Joshua Hoffman, author of the book "The Future of Jewish," as he interviews guests about the future of Judaism, Jewish life, Jewish Peoplehood, and Israel.

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    Calling Jesus a 'Palestinian' is more dangerous than most people think.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2025 11:57


    Misrepresenting Jesus' true origins isn't just historical revisionism; it's part of a broader campaign of disinformation that distorts facts, fuels conflict, and reshapes perceptions of reality.

    America is teaching kids to hate Jews — and even itself.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2025 33:42


    From formal education to pop culture, a skyrocketing wave of anti-Jewish sentiment is reshaping young minds and eroding America in the process.

    The West is losing something essential that Israelis do best.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2025 14:48


    While many people in the West feel embarrassed by their own countries, Israelis carry deep-seated pride rooted in history, responsibility, and a clear-eyed understanding of reality.

    The Moment I Realized Jews Are Guests in Canada

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2025 8:35


    A childhood of multicultural harmony gave way to silence, betrayal, and the harsh truth of conditional belonging.

    Something strange is happening to Jews across the world.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2025 11:03


    Jewish immigration to Israel, and Israeli emigration from it, is actually a sign that Zionism has been a great success.

    This is how Jews celebrate Christmas.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2025 11:19


    A holiday that isn't ours still reveals plenty about Jews and Jewish life, then and now.

    When Jews start packing suitcases, everyone should be concerned.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2025 11:03


    History is unambiguous: When Jews no longer feel safe, the society around them is already in serious trouble.

    What Almost Everyone Gets Wrong About Israel's Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2025 15:49


    They aren't about territory, resources, or politics. They're about faith, civilization, and moral frameworks much of the West doesn't understand.

    A dark deal is sacrificing Jews in Australia and across the West.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2025 14:05


    And still, this unspoken bargain continues to trade Jewish safety for sociopolitical convenience.

    'Anti-Zionism' has become the most acceptable form of hate.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2025 14:46


    Hate doesn't stop being hate because it sounds “progressive.” This isn't activism; it's anti-Jewish obsession, and it's growing more dangerous by the day.

    Zionism can no longer be treated as optional.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2025 13:02


    The question is no longer whether Jews relate to the Jewish state, but how that relationship is lived, argued, and sustained.

    A Brief History of Judaism, for the Confused

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2025 27:15


    Far too many people (including Jews) do not know enough about Jewish history, and it is quickly becoming an existential issue.

    Confessions of a Jew Wrestling With Post-October 7th Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2025 15:16


    I grew up liberal. Then reality happened.

    Everything about Israeli ‘settler violence' is backwards.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2025 12:24


    In the West Bank, ongoing violence against Jews requires "context," while Jewish violence is disproportionately the focus — because few people understand the facts on the ground.

    What a Time to Be a Jew

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2025 12:53


    This is not the best time to be liked as a Jew, but it may be the best time to be one.

    The biggest myth about terrorism is that poverty causes it.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2025 14:38


    Terrorism is not a "weapon of the poor." If poverty causes terrorism, the evidence would look very different.

    Meet the Israelis who fear an October 7th attack from the West Bank.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2025 15:33


    An IDF general ranks towns near the West Bank as more dangerous than the Gaza border, and residents of the area continue to express urgent concern that they are increasingly vulnerable to terrorism.

    Jewish morality sabotages Jewish self-defense.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2025 25:46


    This is not to say that Jews should abandon ethics. On the contrary. But when one distorts “trying to be good” into a narcissistic pathology, one is in fact no longer being ethical.

    Is Australia lying about the Bondi Beach attack?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2025 14:50


    Officials are blaming ISIS, which seems like a convenient scapegoat that shields state actors from consequences which could result in another Middle East war.

    Most people don't understand Hanukkah's true meaning.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2025 14:17


    Hanukkah was never meant to be a comfortable holiday, because nothing terrifies the world more than dignified Jews who unapologetically defend themselves. All Jews today must prepare to do the same.

    Blaming Jews for the crimes of our enemies never gets old.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2025 13:56


    Because blaming Jews has always been easier than facing reality.

    Antisemitism isn't ignorance. Our enemies use it for control.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2025 11:29


    Too many people think antisemitism is a kind of social illness. In reality, both today and historically, it's an instrument of power, and Diaspora Jewry's only real response is to reclaim it.

    The Jewish bargain with the West is collapsing quickly.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2025 11:06


    A Hanukkah massacre reveals the cost of trading Jewish power for acceptance, but Hanukkah reminds us: If we do not develop the habits of power, we will be left with the habits of fear.

    An Open Letter to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2025 12:32


    Your woeful actions suggest a problem far greater than incompetence or cynical political expediency. These are the actions of someone who does not know right from wrong, or good from evil.

    Forget 'Never Again'. We need Vigilant Judaism, and we need it now.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2025 15:08


    As if we needed another painful reminder like Sunday's horrifying terror attack near Sydney, the era of relying on outside protection for Diaspora Jews is over.

    'Tikkun Olam' is not Jewish at all.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2025 9:51


    If we want to be intellectually and historically accurate, then we must admit: The concept of "Tikkun Olam" in its modern form is not Jewish at all.

    We should stop saying 'the West Bank' — because it's one big lie.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2025 15:02


    "The West Bank" is a political invention. Judea and Samaria are the historical truth.

    Israel faces its most important test since 1973.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2025 16:51


    And it begins in Washington.

    The New Mind Virus Quickly Overtaking Our Societies

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2025 12:21


    We ask ourselves why there is so much misinformation and polarization today, but the answer is apparent to anyone paying attention: the toxic combination of arrogance and ignorance.

    The 'Judaism of I' is killing Judaism.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2025 11:19


    When Judaism becomes overly personal, the Jewish People become increasingly fragile.

    Israel needs a reset — and the Diaspora has earned the right to say so.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2025 13:51


    We are one people. It's time Israel treated us like the true partners we want to be.

    Something extraordinary is happening in Israel's cultural world.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2025 11:57


    In response to international boycotts masquerading as principle, a creative renaissance is reshaping Israeli identity, driven by artists, innovators, and a society refusing to lose its soul.

    The West is sleepwalking into a Jewish exodus.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2025 10:59


    The West will not lose its Jews in one dramatic moment. It will lose them through a slow drip of insult, a steady rise in fear, and a growing sense of no longer belonging.

    The KKK taught today's anti-Zionists their favorite slur.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2025 13:31


    The anti-Zionist movement turned the KKK code word "Zio" into a trendy insult — and most people have no idea.

    Fun Fact: The Qur'an is Zionist.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2025 12:48


    Many people are surprised to see that Islam's foundational text affirms the Jewish historical and spiritual connection to the Land of Israel.

    The Myth of Jewish Race (A History Written by Antisemites)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2025 11:30


    The most enduring lies about Jews come from those most determined to define us.

    How the 'Occupied Palestinian Territories' Were Invented

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2025 13:28


    The United Nations, Cold War Soviet propaganda, and global media didn't just report a conflict; they created the language that shaped it.

    The 'I don't support Israel' conversation needs to stop.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2025 16:28


    The real problem isn't Israel or Zionism. It's whether Western civilization still matters.

    Hebrew is the coolest language so many people don't know about.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2025 18:03


    Hebrew isn't just a language. It's Jewish identity, society, history, faith, culture, and soul.

    The last time Jews invited an empire into Israel, we lost everything.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2025 10:47


    As America deepens its involvement in Israel, Chanukah reminds us what happens when sovereignty is compromised.

    Israel's wars reignite Judaism's oldest argument.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2025 10:45


    A struggle for thousands of years between sanctity and survival still shapes how Jews fight, doubt, and define our power.

    Mamdani's smile is actually a very scary mask.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2025 13:51


    The smile tells you that, even if you have every good reason to worry, you must not dare to. What looks like warmth and charisma is actually a tool to disarm scrutiny.

    This is the most important Jewish investment in 50 years.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 10:20


    If we are striving for Jewish continuity, we need more than hope. We need classrooms.

    To be fair, we should put 'Palestinian' in quotation marks.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 12:14


    "Palestinian" is a modern invention. Based on Arab, Jewish, and international scholarship, the historical record is quite clear.

    Netanyahu just made the craziest move of his career.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 12:44


    Netanyahu's pardon request isn't desperation. Regardless of whether you like him as a political leader or agree with his politics, it's another masterful move from “The Magician.”

    Too many Jews keep making this dangerous mistake about Israel.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 12:52


    Treating Israel like a political project, instead of a homeland, is ripping the Jewish world apart.

    Moving to Israel isn't easy, but it's life-changing.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 9:28


    Immigrating to the Jewish state has made my life more real, more honest, and more aligned.

    The Critical Difference Between Islamophobia and Antisemitism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2025 6:47


    One term identifies a threat from outside. The other creates a condition of untouchability from within.

    Rabbis should stay out of politics.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2025 14:59


    A rabbi ought to elevate thinking, provide nuance to the overly simple, and widen people's moral imagination. Politics is the opposite: It rewards conviction over curiosity and dogma over truth.

    The old Israel is gone. It's time to build a better one.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2025 10:28


    We will never return to the Israel of October 6th — and that may be our greatest gift.

    Why People Think Jews Love Money

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2025 18:33


    The stereotype didn't come from Jewish behavior, but from almost everyone else's anxieties.

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