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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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    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.

    The Only Way to Disarm Hamas and Hezbollah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2025 14:45


    Peace requires disarmament. Disarmament requires reality.

    If America ever needed a Jewish president, it's now.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2025 14:52


    The United States has had Jewish leaders for 250 years. It might finally elect the first Jewish president in 2028.

    We need to be honest: Some cultures are better than others.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2025 16:13


    Human flourishing isn't random; it depends on the values, norms, and institutions that a culture chooses to uphold.

    Israelis and Jews must regain self-respect.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 16:55


    True Judaism starts with self-reliance, courage, and unwavering pride.

    The West is abandoning the Jewish idea that made it free.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2025 16:22


    The West's greatest moral innovation came from Judaism — and its amnesia is proving dangerous.

    The UN wants more war.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2025 10:45


    Using outrageous demands, such as that Israel disband its army or bankrupt itself on behalf of Gaza — to undermine a ceasefire — makes UN officials advocates for endless bloodshed.

    The Anti-Israel Industrial Complex

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2025 15:26


    It's a sophisticated, multi-billion-dollar ecosystem built on outrage, propaganda, and weaponized victimhood.

    Israel's enemies united the region — around Israel.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2025 10:35


    You'd never know it from the news, but Israel's popularity and strategic value are skyrocketing.

    The Painful Tragedy of Jews Who Reject Zionism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2025 12:41


    Why on earth should we abandon the only collective project that has ever guaranteed our survival?

    Jews and Christians need each other now more than ever.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2025 11:07


    History gave us division, but the future demands unity. Our enemies are united. It's time we are too.

    Israel is now a crime in New York City.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2025 9:43


    A synagogue was surrounded by a mob, and the mayor-elect blamed the Jews inside.

    10 Unbelievable Stories About Israel

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2025 13:00


    The modern State of Israel is the story of real people who refuse to accept the limits of logic or the conventional wisdom that governs every other nation.

    The Saudis need Israel more than Israel needs the Saudis.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2025 11:12


    Forget the Abraham Accords. Israel is the only actor the entire region quietly fears and respects.

    AI is rewriting the Holocaust — and history at large.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2025 16:22


    A flood of AI-generated “memory” is replacing lived memory, expertise, and historical fact.

    Jewish genius keeps becoming a weapon used against us.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2025 17:58


    Some of our greatest innovations have empowered our fiercest enemies.

    Every Jewish conspiracy is true, just not about Jews.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2025 14:23


    The accusations projected onto Jews and Israel reveal dark realities across the Muslim world.

    Vacationing While Jewish (It's never just a vacation.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2025 14:57


    Is this why people look down on Jews? Because we actually have what they're looking for?

    Israel is paying for the West's moral narcissism.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2025 32:35


    The Israeli-Palestinian conflict doesn't need more UN resolutions. It needs truth.

    Palestinian identity politics makes peace with Israel impossible.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2025 13:50


    A society that fails to establish internal peace cannot make peace with others, and no amount of international posturing will change that.

    To understand antisemitism, look at Jerusalem.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2025 9:49


    For millennia, the ancient city has been the stage on which civilizations act out their prejudices against Jewish sovereignty and identity.

    ‘Anti-Zionism' is what happens when Jews ignore what it means to be Jewish.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2025 14:46


    The “anti-Zionist” narrative endures because it has not been deconstructed at its linguistic roots, and that process must begin within the Jewish community itself.

    'Indigenous Palestinian' is a lie.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2025 11:22


    The Holy Land didn't become “Palestine” until it became useful against Jews.

    The Terrifying Truth About Mamdani Voters

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2025 12:51


    They didn't vote for him because of policy. They voted for him because, in their ideology, “that's what good people do.” Voting is no longer about competence and credentials; it's cartoon politics.

    I spent Shabbat in Gaza, and it was the holiest Shabbat of my life.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 13:31


    As an ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jew, it's my duty to serve in the IDF.

    We should call the Nazis what they really were — socialists.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 8:35


    Hitler's party name, policies, and ideology make it undeniable: Nazism was a form of socialism.

    Dear Jews, it's time for Tikkun Olam 2.0.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2025 12:27


    If we truly want to make the world a better place, let's start by making hatred have real consequences, and let's restore the norms that insist bigotry is unacceptable — “by any means necessary.”

    The BBC hates Jews (and still thinks it's progressive).

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2025 10:48


    A recently leaked report exposes how Britain's “most trusted” broadcaster let activism, ideology, and antisemitism replace journalism.

    Europe said “Never Again” — but it's happening again.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 9:01


    This week, on the 87th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the glass is breaking again.

    This Israeli hostage story will touch you in ways words can't describe.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2025 8:11


    This is the improbable story of Sapir and Sasha, two young Israelis kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023.

    We need to talk about the most influential academic fraud of the 20th century.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2025 17:24


    Palestinian-American Edward Said tried to create, out of thin air, an Arab equivalent to antisemitism. His book has been studied across the West for decades, even though it is complete rubbish.

    When 'The Holocaust Is Fake' Shows Up on Your Street Corner

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2025 10:39


    Between silence and response lies the fragile space where memory lives — and where history asks to be seen again.

    Israel has a right to exist? That's not up for debate.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2025 13:25


    The real war against Israel is linguistic. When they can't defeat the Jews militarily, they resort to recycled prejudices disguised as moral insight.

    The Art of Making Antisemitism Look Like Justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2025 14:26


    If they can recode Jewishness, if they can make the erasure of Jewish legitimacy appear as moral evolution, they will have created the prototype for the global isolation of Jews.

    Most people don't understand the danger of Mamdani.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2025 17:17


    Once you see the "Mamdani effect" for what it is, you'll realize just how severe this new chapter in the Western sociopolitical landscape is.

    When people forget God, they blame the Jews.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2025 11:27


    This is what happens when societies lose their moral vocabulary. The collapse of religion on the Left and the collapse of integrity on the Right is creating a spiritual vacuum that antisemitism fills.

    The Jewish golden age in New York is over.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025 7:03


    The question now is how the Jews ought to deal with the fact that an open antisemite will soon rule America's leading, if declining, city with its million-strong Jewish population.

    10 Things You Didn't Know About Mizrahi Jews

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025 13:42


    Discover the rich history, culture, and traditions of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa, whose stories are essential to understanding the full mosaic of the Jewish People.

    New York City has officially lost its mind.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2025 13:47


    Radical populist politics, new-age antisemitism, and moral posturing are reshaping one of the West's greatest cities.

    Even if Mamdani wins, Jews can't afford to miss this moment.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2025 10:12


    If we take this moment to learn, rather than to fear or gloat, we move closer to a form of collective resilience where credibility becomes confidence, and confidence becomes influence.

    When Jews are on the ballot, it's time to get out.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2025 14:53


    I want to warn people that I've seen the future of Jewish New York, and it doesn't look promising. New York is over for Jews. We had a wonderful city and a glittering life once, but that time is gone.

    They tried to erase the Jews behind Europe's most famous brands.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2025 9:37


    Before Auschwitz, there was Aryanisation.

    The Israelification of Diaspora Jews

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2025 11:47


    Since October 7th, diaspora Jews have become more Israeli, and even Israelis have become more like diaspora Jews.

    New York City's most famous rabbi is suddenly silent.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2025 8:55


    While the Jewish state's enemies speak from her own city, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl has lost the moral voice she once demanded from American Jews.

    An Open Letter to My Non-Jewish Neighbours

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2025 11:24


    We're tired of being told we're “overreacting” when we recognize patterns in society that our grandparents died for ignoring.

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