Israel

Dangerous Revisionism

Opposition to the existence of a nation-state with a Jewish majority is not only an anti-Israeli position, but also an anti-Jewish one. Continue Reading »

8 Mar 2023

Chanukah and the War on Sports

by Cole S. Aronson

If muscles and speed is how your community says you ought to flourish, the frail among us will be absorbed into a spectating mass useful only as an audience for a mighty few. Continue Reading »

15 Dec 2022

Peace in the Middle East

by Mark Bauerlein

On this episode, Aryeh Lightstone joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Let My People Know: The Incredible Story of Middle East Peace—and What Lies Ahead. Continue Reading »

22 Sep 2022

Academics Against Israel

by Mark Bauerlein

Gabriel Noah Brahm, founder of the Center for Academic and Intellectual Freedom, joins the podcast to discuss his Telos article, “Canceling Israel?” Continue Reading »

19 Apr 2022

J. J. Kimche on Meir Kahane

by R. R. Reno

J. J. Kimche joins the podcast to discuss what lessons can be learned from the life and work of a highly divisive Jewish extremist. Continue Reading »

30 Mar 2022

What Sally Rooney Thinks Reading Is For

by Liel Leibovitz

Rooney’s decision not to publish her books in Hebrew isn’t really about Israel or its policies at all. It’s about the meaning of culture, how it should be produced and consumed, and who and what it should serve. Continue Reading »

15 Oct 2021

Bob Dylan in Plain Sight

by Dominic Green

Becoming a superstar almost ruined Bob Dylan's songwriting. His return to form was typically provocative. Continue Reading »

20 Sep 2021

Storming the Barricades

by Shalom Carmy

As the bicentennial of the United States Constitution was approaching in 1989, Michael Kammen published a book about its place in American culture—A Machine That Would Go of Itself. At the time, proud Americans passionately embraced their faith in the perfection of the country’s founding . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2021