Podcast appearances and mentions of ari shavit

Watch Call me Back on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcastStreaming Notice:THE CHILDREN OF OCTOBER 7 — a new documentary film — reminds us all that Jewish children were slaughtered or taken hostage or made to watch the slaughtering of their parents in a systematic way not only in 1943, but in 2023. There's a reason why antisemitism is called “the oldest hatred.” It's also the most persistent. This is a difficult film to watch, but we are thankful to Montana Tucker and Eytan Schwartz for making it, and to Shari Redstone for finding it a home. That home is Paramount Plus. To watch the film, go to: https://www.paramountplus.com/movies/video/C3COr43yl99oKdjeWNsuo2Ma2OP4zvGv/To watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/LMC0Vef3V98?Upcoming Event Notice: Dan Senor will be delivering this year's State of World Jewry Address at the 92nd Street Y (92NY) on Tuesday May 13 at 7:30 pm. To register: https://www.92ny.org/event/the-state-of-world-jewry-addressArk Media on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arkmediaorgTo contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: https://arkmedia.org/Dan on X: https://x.com/dansenorDan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dansenorToday's Conversation: On Tuesday, ​Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar submitted a newsmaking affidavit to Israel's Supreme Court, claiming he was dismissed by Prime Minister Netanyahu for refusing to carry out politically motivated orders. Bar also provided a 31-page affidavit to the court which is classified. Prime Minister Netanyhau has responded in the press to Bar's charges and has until Thursday to submit his own affidavit to the high court.In this episode, we discuss a number of the charges, explanations, and counter-charges. But the stakes here go well beyond politics. To understand the forces shaping this highly divisive debate, we are joined by journalist and author Ari Shavit, whose work has long examined the fault lines of Israeli society—most recently in his book, The Third Temple. {insert link}CREDITS:ILAN BENATAR - Producer & EditorMARTIN HUERGO - Sound EditorYARDENA SCHWARTZ - Executive Editor, Ark MediaGABE SILVERSTEIN - ResearchYUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

Today on the show, Fareed is joined by two law professors, Leah Litman and Saikrishna Prakash, to discuss the questions surrounding President Trump's contentious use of presidential power.    Next, Israeli journalist Ari Shavit speaks with Fareed about the protests sweeping Israel as Prime Minister Netanyahu restarts the war in Gaza and moves to dismiss his country's attorney general and domestic security chief.    Finally, Richard Haass joins the show to discuss the latest in negotiations for a ceasefire in Ukraine as American, Ukrainian, and Russian delegations travel to Riyadh for talks.    GUESTS: Leah Litman (@LeahLitman), Saikrishna Prakash, Ari Shavit (@arishavit), Richard Haass (@RichardHaass)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It is often said that cats are responsible for the death of countless birds. Adam looks at where these numbers come from and wonders whether they are all that accurate. Darren gives a review of four books which he recently read. He'll share an AI and human summary of “My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel” by Ari Shavit, Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017″ by Ian Black, “Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War” by Raj M. Shah and Christopher Kirchhoff, and “On Freedom” by Timothy Snyder.

A year has passed since Hamas's October 7 assault on Israel sparked a brutal war in Gaza—one that is now spreading north into Lebanon and threatening to reel in bigger powers, including the United States. But the war has always been bigger than Israel and Hamas, writes Ari Shavit in a new essay for Foreign Affairs. In his view, and the view of many Israelis, the main threat—not only to Israel but also to the free world—is Iran, backed by Russia and China.  Shavit, a leading Israeli writer, has spent decades trying to make sense of Israel's identity, democracy, and role in the Middle East. He is the author of My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel and Existential War: From Disaster to Victory to Resurrection. Foreign Affairs Editor Daniel Kurtz-Phelan spoke with him on October 4 about how Israelis are thinking about the conflict as it enters its second year—and what it will take to bring about peace. You can find transcripts and more episodes of The Foreign Affairs Interview at https://www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/foreign-affairs-interview. 

Desde Alan Dershowitz a Rashid Khalidi pasando por Ari Shavit y Ilan Pappe con Kevin Ary Levin revisamos y debatimos sobre autores icónicos de diversas escuelas historiográficas y perspectivas políticas sobre el sionismo, Israel, los palestinos y el conflicto palestino-israelí. Al hacer un recorrido por la bibliografía "obligatoria" sobre este tema candente y polémico intentamos traer las diferencias y temas en disputa entre las diversas perspectivas. ¿Es el sionismo un movimiento colonialista o un movimiento independentista nacional? ¿Cuándo comenzó el conflicto? ¿Son los palestinos indigenas a la tierra?

Margot Friedländer! https://youtu.be/vrrPZm3l_w4?si=z1dn7z9ZkVwrTlGO&t=195 Eine Chronik der bekannt gewordenen Übergriffe, Chronik von Eser Aktay, Zeit, https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2024-05/angriffe-auf-politiker-matthias-ecke-spd-dresden-gewalttat Mindestens elf AfD-Mandatsträger wegen Straftaten vor Gericht - Beleidigungen, Volksverhetzung, Bisse in den Arm und Tritte in den Bauch: Ein Correctiv-Bericht enthüllt, dass gleich mehrere AfD-Politiker vor Gericht stehen, teilweise auch rechtmäßig verurteilt wurden. Auch zwei Bundestagsabgeordnete sind darunter. https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/afd-mindestens-elf-mandatstraeger-wegen-gewalttaten-verurteilt-a-d59407cc-4841-4703-9a2a-d749fc7b7889 Faschistische Methoden, Kommentar von Rosen Steinke, SZ, https://www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/angriff-spd-kandidat-gruene-wahlkampf-kommentar-1.6914785 Wie gewaltbereit sind die AfD und ihre Anhänger*innen? https://www.bs-anne-frank.de/mediathek/blog/wie-gewaltbereit-sind-die-afd-und-ihre-anhaengerinnen Middle East Crisis - Israel Steps Up Attacks on Rafah as Hamas Shifts Position on Cease-fire, NYT, https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/06/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas Middle East Crisis, NYT-Wissensstand, https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/10/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas-rafah Schießen und verhandeln, Analyse von Steffi Hentschke, Zeit, https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2024-05/feuerpause-israel-hamas-rafah-verhandlungen/komplettansicht Ezra Klein im Gespräch mit Ari Shavit, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-ari-shavit.html Interview mit Peter Ullrich, einem der Unterzeichner des offenen Brief https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/bildung/die-reaktion-ist-sehr-grobschlaechtig-und-geht-an-der-sache-vorbei-a-bf6228b3-2ea2-4320-9d50-a0707867f920 Bildungsstätte Anne Frank, FAQ: Israel und die Hamas, "intifada", https://www.bs-anne-frank.de/mediathek/blog/faq-israel-und-die-hamas#:~:text=„Intifada“%20bedeutet%20„Abschütteln“,Linienbusse%20und%20Straßenkreuzungen%20gezeichnet%20war. Die Zweiflers, ARD Mediathek, https://www.ardmediathek.de/serie/die-zweiflers/staffel-1/Y3JpZDovL2Rhc2Vyc3RlLmRlL2RpZS16d2VpZmxlcnM/1 Boris Beimann! https://www.instagram.com/borisbeimann/ https://linktr.ee/borisbeimann

The Israeli and Palestinian conflict is much more complex than is being displayed in much of mainstream media. The Gaza war protests are applying pressure to Israel, and showing them how some Americans view this conflict. But how do the people inside of Israel view this war? And what do they think about the uproar on American campuses? Let’s dive a little deeper into the Israeli perspective. On the New York Times podcast "The Ezra Klein Show", journalist Ezra Klein interviewed an Israeli journalist, Ari Shavit, to dig a little deeper behind the headlines of what we usually see and hear about the war.

Ultimately, the Gaza war protests sweeping campuses are about influencing Israeli politics. The protesters want to use economic divestment, American pressure and policy, and a broad sense of international outrage to change the decisions being made by Israeli leaders.So I wanted to know what it's like to watch these protests from Israel. What are Israelis seeing? What do they make of them?Ari Shavit is an Israeli journalist and the author of “My Promised Land,” the best book I've read about Israeli identity and history. “Israelis are seeing a different war than the one that Americans see,” he tells me. “You see one war film, horror film, and we see at home another war film.”This is a conversation about trying to push divergent perspectives into relationship with each other: On the protests, on Israel, on Gaza, on Benjamin Netanyahu, on what it means to take societal trauma and fear seriously, on Jewish values, and more.Mentioned:“Building the Palestinian State with Salam Fayyad” by The Ezra Klein Show“To Save the Jewish Homeland” by Hannah ArendtBook Recommendations:Truman by David McCulloughParting the Waters by Taylor BranchRosalind Franklin by Brenda MaddoxThoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Claire Gordon and Rollin Hu. Fact-checking by Kate Sinclair, Mary Marge Locker and Kristin Lin. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Efim Shapiro and Aman Sahota. Our senior editor is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Annie Galvin and Michelle Harris. Original music by Isaac Jones. Audience strategy by Kristina Samulewski and Shannon Busta. The executive producer of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser. Special thanks to Lydia Polgreen, Dalit Shalom and Sonia Herrero.

The massacre on October 7th was a turning point in history. Political analyst Ari Shavit discusses the immeasurable and long-lasting consequences this war will have for Israel and the Western world.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/in-these-times-with-rabbi-ammi-hirsch/donations

In our conversation, Steve and I mention a few books: Mark Tessler, A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; Elias Chacour, Blood Brothers: The Dramatic Story of a Palestinian Christian Working for Peace in Israel; Sandy Tolan, The Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East; Ari Shavit, My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel; Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism. I also mentioned the documentary film, "With God on Our Side."

For my money, the best, simplest, shortest expression of the complexity of Israel remains the opening chapter of Ari Shavit's classic My Promised Land. Shavit's grandfather was among the first Zionists who settled Eretz Yisrael. Shavit himself served in the Israeli army as a paratrooper. The book opens: “For as long as I can remember, I remember fear. Existential fear.” Two pages later: “For as long as I can remember, I remember occupation. Only a week after I asked my father whether the Arab nations were going to conquer Israel, Israel conquered the Arab-populated regions of the West Bank and Gaza.” How do we, and our children and grandchildren, respond to this complexity? One response is, it's exhausting. We have enough problems here in America. Disconnection. Another response is indictment. Using words like Apartheid. Hostility. That is where a lot of American Jews (especially young American Jews) are, somewhere between disconnected and hostile. Tomorrow we are going to consider a model of wisdom from an unlikely source: Stephen Sondheim mentoring a young singer in singing Send in the Clowns . Could this model a different move to keep American Jews in loving dialogue with Israel? This clip of Sondheim working with a young singer embodies a classic source, Maimonides' teaching on repentance, which is about a directional energy of moving towards in love rather than away from in anger. Maimonides offers: “Repentance brings near those who are far away.” What does this text about directional energy have to say about bringing our disconnected or hostile generations closer to Israel?

In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to Dr. Jennifer Welsh and Dr. Roland Paris about promotion of democracies at home and abroad. Read Dr. Welsh and Paris' op-ed in the Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-worlds-democracies-including-canada-face-a-historic-choice/ R & R: Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar, https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/ayad-akhtar/homeland-elegies/9780316496421/ Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5439.Interpreter_of_Maladies My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/165169/my-promised-land-by-ari-shavit/ My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35036409-my-brilliant-friend Wilderness and Rescue Medicine, 7th ed. by Jeffrey Isaac and David E. Johnson, https://www.wildmed.com/wilderness-and-rescue-medicine-7th-edition/ Participants Bio: Roland Paris is Professor of International Affairs in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, founding director of the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS), and former foreign and defence policy advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/1004/profile Professor Jennifer M. Welsh is the Canada 150 Research Chair in Global Governance and Security at McGill University (Montreal, Canada). She was previously Professor and Chair in International Relations at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy) and Professor in International Relations at the University of Oxford, where she co-founded the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict. From 2013-2016, she served as the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, on the Responsibility to Protect. https://www.mcgill.ca/politicalscience/jennifer-welsh Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat, and Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, https://www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson Recording Date: 23 July 2021. Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on Apple Podcast! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

This book catapulted Ari Shavit into the international spotlight. The book was a New York Times best seller and listed by the Times in its “100 Notable Books of 2013.” The Economist named it as one of the best books of 2013 and it received the Gerrard and Ella Berman Memorial Award in History from the Jewish Book Council. It also won the Natan Book Award. Text My Promised Land, by Ari Shavit. Spiegel & Grau, 2013.

Toby Lichtig talks us through this year's Booker shortlisted novels, plus a couple of others, and Lucy Dallas reports on the French scene (where real life and fiction blur...); finally, we explore the situation in Israel and Palestine from three rather different perspectives.An Army Like No Other: How the Israel Defence Forces made a nation by Haim Bresheeth-Zabner The Conflict over the Conflict: The Israel/Palestine campus debate by Kenneth S. SternThe new peace? – Israel’s unexpected ray of light by Ari Shavit – www.the-TLS.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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On today's Global Exchange Podcast, we discuss the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and the ongoing struggle for territory between Israel and the Palestinian states. The Global Exchange is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Subscribe to the CGAI Podcast Network on SoundCloud, iTunes, or wherever else you can find Podcasts! Bios: - Colin Robertson (host): A former Canadian diplomat, Colin Robertson is Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. - Maureen Boyd: Director of the Carleton Initiative for Parliamentary and Diplomatic Engagement at Carleton University and a Senior Fellow at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. - Peter Larson: an independent researcher and blogger in Ottawa, Canada. His professional career included periods at the Public Policy Forum, the Conference Board of Canada, Le Droit, and as a consultant to labour unions and federal government departments and agencies. - Doug Dempster: a CGAI Fellow and Executive Director of the University of Ottawa's Centre for Executive Leadership. Related Links: - "What makes the Middle East such a Difficult Place?" by Barry Cooper (https://www.cgai.ca/what_makes_middle_east_such_difficult_place) [CGAI Policy Paper] - "A Conversation with Israeli Ambassador Rafael Barak" featuring Colin Robertson & Rafael Barak (https://www.cgai.ca/podcastdecember12016) [CGAI Podcast] - "The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East" by Sandy Tolan (https://www.amazon.ca/Lemon-Tree-Arab-Heart-Middle/dp/1596913436/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1549312256&sr=8-2&keywords=Lemon+Tree) - "My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel" by Ari Shavit (https://www.amazon.ca/My-Promised-Land-Triumph-Tragedy/dp/0385521707/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549312275&sr=8-1&keywords=my+promised+land) - "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" by Ilan Pappe (https://www.amazon.ca/Ethnic-Cleansing-Palestine-Ilan-Pappe/dp/1851685553/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549312296&sr=8-1&keywords=the+ethnic+cleansing+of+palestine) Book Recommendations: - Maureen Boyd: "Becoming" by Michelle Obama (https://www.amazon.ca/Becoming-Michelle-Obama/dp/1524763136/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549312422&sr=8-1&keywords=becoming+michelle+obama) - Peter Larson: "Breaking Faith: A novel of espionage and an American's crisis of conscience in Pakistan" by Graham E Fuller (https://www.amazon.ca/Breaking-Faith-espionage-Americans-conscience/dp/0993751415/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549312307&sr=8-1&keywords=Breaking+Faith) - Doug Dempster: "The Secret History of Soldiers: How Canadians Survived the Great War" by Tim Cook (https://www.amazon.ca/Secret-History-Soldiers-Canadians-Survived/dp/0735235260/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549312519&sr=8-1&keywords=Tim+Cook) - Colin Robertson: "No Room for Small Dreams: Courage, Imagination, and the Making of Modern Israel" by Shimon Peres (https://www.amazon.ca/No-Room-Small-Dreams-Imagination/dp/0062561448/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549312543&sr=8-1&keywords=no+room+for+small+dreams) Recording Date: December 7th, 2018 Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Jared Maltais. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On October 5, 2017, only a few months ago, a report published in The New York Times shook the foundations at the epicenter of America's film and television industry - Hollywood. More than a dozen women accused the hugely successful film producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment, abuse and rape. These allegations brought about a wave of accusations against prominent male figures in film and TV. It gave birth to a movement named #metoo and recently another movement named Times Up both aimed at empowering women to speak up against sexual violence and misconduct. One year before this seismic report, there was a warning tremor. A tremor that was nonetheless seismic for the person reporting. A journalist from the Los Angeles Jewish Journal published an essay titled: “My Sexual Assault and Yours, Every Woman's Story.” That journalist's name is Danielle Berrin. Danielle refrained from naming names and instead conveyed her experience, her trauma and the devastation she felt from this once idolized man. Soon it became clear that this man was the prominent Israeli journalist, Ari Shavit. Shavit apologized, begrudgingly, and stepped down from the public stage. Israel's media world was shaken to its roots. Danielle Berrin joins us today to talk about her story, the metoo campaign and how, after the ashes settle, we might be able to build a better future.

Noah Efron, Don Futterman, and Ha’aretz journalist Allison Kaplan Sommer discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. Looking for extra segments, in-depth prep material, and other patron-only perks? Support the show on Patreon and gain access to these and more. New Right? After right-wing voices join (albeit hesitantly) protests against the putative corruptions of the Netanyahu government, we ask whether this marks an important (and perhaps portentous) change. Does it mark an important change in the attitudes of (at least a portion of) the right? Only Sixteen Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi is only lately the most recognizable face in a venerable activist family. Most recently, she appeared in another video that drew international attention. We try to puzzle out what sense to make of the latest incident. What, if anything, do we learn from it? The “Herem” of Public Opinion: On Excommunication and Rehabilitation After writer and pundit Ari Shavit cancels a lecture over past sexual harassment, we ask: Should we be crowdsourcing judgment, or meting out tribal justice, when there seems to be no other way to get justice at all? If so, then how do we know when the punishment ought to end? Music by Sheila Ferber, in honor of her performance today at Beit ha-Yotzer, Hangar 22 in Tel Aviv’s port: "Yehiye Beseder" "Koresh 11" "Ha-Yalkut ha-Adom"  "Bishvilkha"

Ari Shavit, author of the 2015 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

In this episode, Jeff and Eli continue their discussion of apologies, but they broaden the scope to include apologies made by groups, institutions, and countries.Show Notes:To read more about the Victoria's Secret apology, click here.To watch veterans ask forgiveness from Native Americans at Standing Rock, click here.To read President Obama's speech at Hiroshima, click here.To read Ari Shavit's account of the ethnic cleansing of Lydda, click here.

A new Israeli podcast in English. Eytan and Naor talk about Israel, life in Israel and life in general. What we talked about? -The Ari Shavit scandal, Israeli men and sexual harassments. -The new Hillary mails and Anthony wiener. -Deputy MInister Ayub Kara's Italian scandal. Episode 10 - 3.11.16

Allison, Don, and Noah discuss three topics of incomparable importance, and end with an anecdote each about something in Israel that made them smile this week.   FIFA = “Frankly, Israel Foments Apartheid”? We discuss the brouhaha over a Palestinian proposal to expel Israel from the international football association, FIFA, and the suggestion of some leftists that Israel deserves to be expelled. Do they have a point or are they just spoiled sports? IDF = “Impeding Democracy Fulsomely”? We discuss two recent trials of IDF soldiers, one charged with mouthing off against the occupation on German TV, and the other charged with - wait for it - eating a ham sandwich. Is the army enforcing the ideological agenda of the new government? BFF = “(You) Better F*cking Fail”? We discuss an intriguing essay by Ari Shavit, pointing out that when Cleveland Cavaliers coach, American-Israeli David Blatt, coached in Israel, we couldn’t have been meaner to the guy. Are we Israelis unable to appreciate each other’s achievements?   Playlist: All songs by Labrador Laboratories, in honor of their show this week at Levontin 7: Dance All Night In The RainLonely TribesWhat A MessGoing underground

In his bestselling and groundbreaking book, "My Promised Land - The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel", Ari Shavit explores Israel's last century through observation and reflection. Hear Ari's story in this episode, and his thoughts on how we in the United States can strengthen ties to the Jewish homeland.

Israel is very much in the news these days. The Gaza Conflict, the never-ending attempt at a peace process, the rise of anti-Semitism and the turn against Israel in recent years are very much upon us. As Christians we have a sense that Israel is our spiritual homeland and so we watch with interest and concern. Fr Gabriel introduces us this time to a noteworthy book, My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel, by Ari Shavit, a major Israeli journalist and commentator. This book, which reads like a well-written novel, offers a narrative introduction to the history of contemporary Israel that will grab your attention and that leaves you with the questions that Israel itself faces as the country tries to move forward. This is not a work of either praise or condemnation, but an overview of the paradoxes and complicated issues Israel has either created or faces now and in the future.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Death, Thou Shalt Die* guest essay by Ron Hansen for Easter Sunday, 20 April 2014; book review: *My Promised Land; The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel* by Ari Shavit (2013); film review: *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013); poem review: *Easter Communion* by Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Meyer's historical novel details the settling of Texas while Shavit's essay describes the Zionist settling of Israel. Both books are clear eyed attempts at exploring two important historical events free of the idealizations and myths which so often frame similar discussions. I will frame my telling of these stories with a discussion of how self and group idealization, dehumanization and demonization of others with whom conflicts exist, and the wearing of the mantle of victimization to achieve moral superiority and justification of political action lead to intractable conflict, human atrocities and other serious unintended consequences. Finally, I will try to create a framework based on psycho"therapy" that lead to positive resolutions of future similar stories. 

Journalist Ari Shavit stresses the need to liberate and empower women globally.

Even looking at the broad sweep and scope of history and change in the 20th century, it’s arguable that the dynamics of Israel, its relationship to its neighbors and the meaning of the Zionist project remain one of the most vexing and truly complex issues of our time.For events that began at the end of the 19th Century, clearly and directly link to the issues being talked about and dealt with this very day in Tel Aviv, Tehran and Washington.But how did it all get this way?  How did the desire for a homeland, a base for the Jewish diaspora, become so complex and lead to a statistically improbable number of foreign policy mistakes, on all sides?And finally, can this huge ship, carrying the burdens of this history, be turned around in time to avoid crashing into the rocks ahead.Israeli Journalist Ari Shavit has written what has been called the least tendentious book about Israel.  A non doctrinaire examination of Israel’s past, present and future, My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel, is a book we’ve all need for quite some time.My conversation with Ari Shavit: