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A field trip to a shiva, because "grief is the price we pay for love."
In what kind of a country do you take fifth graders to a shiva? In a country where the goal is not to shield them, but to teach them.
 • Daniel Gordis
54:12
The US may not renew the MOU guaranteeing Israel's $3.8B / year military support. But does Israel even need it anymore?
Jordan Hirsch and Eyal Hulata in conversation about Hirsch's dramatic call for a wholesale rethinking of American Judaism's major institutions—and what…
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2:50
"What I do now as a commander is to make sure that the soldiers don't kill themselves."
It's mostly quiet on the fronts, so Haredi draft and this government's willingness to abandon those willing to serve, is, at least in my circles, the…
 • Daniel Gordis
"Forgive us that your replacement didn't arrive in time."
Another heart shattering funeral on Mount Herzl this week is a reminder of the egregious fundamental unfairness that we refuse to fix.
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31:39
"The sages of the Talmud ended the death penalty when the number of murderers increased."
Should Israel execute the hundreds (or thousands) of murderous terrorists in our jails? Itamar Ben Gvir says "yes," while today's guest, Rabbi Dr…
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0:52
Itamar Ben Gvir wants the death penalty for terrorists. Suleiman Maswadeh is opposed.
A brief introduction to the extraordinary life story of Suleiman Maswadeh, a young Israeli-Arab journalist.
 • Daniel Gordis
Just when we thought we were beyond heartbreak: this year's "Local Testimony" Exhibit
The annual photojournalism contest at the Museum of the Land of Israel brings together some of the finest talent and most memorable photos of the past…
 • Daniel Gordis
53:37
"With Extraordinary Courage": The full interview
Released Israeli hostage, Romi Gonen, speaks to Uvdah's Ben Shani about her sexual abuse while in Hamas captivity, in an episode that has stunned and…
 • Daniel Gordis
1:02:17
Can young Jews embrace Judaism if, at its core, we're a tribe?
Listen now | Professor Moshe Koppel believes that that might be the make-or-break question. We speak about his book, Judaism Straight Up: Why Real…
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"The king of Babylonia has laid siege to Jerusalem on this very day” (Ez. 24:2)
For today's fast day, thoughts on sieges, then and now.
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1:18
S Novim Godom (С Новым Годом) from Israel—or from some parts of Israel, at least
This Russian holiday is a reminder that Israel often likes immigration much more than it does immigrants.
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1:02:50
Peace in the Middle East? The first thing that needs to happen is the destruction of the ideology at the heart of Palestinian identity.
Einat Wilf, years ago a Labor Party MK and now the founder of a new political party, OZ, pulls no punches in articulating why we're stuck, and what we…
 • Daniel Gordis
"GET OUT!" is the new refrain. But from where depends on whom you're listening to.
And where should the Jews go? That, too, depends. A week in which there were three very different calls for Jews to get up and go.
 • Daniel Gordis
40:45
"Bury your warrior son with his family, or with his fallen comrades across the ocean?" 40% of the families of fallen GI's chose the latter
Listen now | Decades later, with many American Jewish GI's buried overseas with no Jewish marker, Shalom Lamm and Operation Benjamin transform military…
 • Daniel Gordis
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis
Israel from the Inside is for people who want to understand Israel with nuance, who believe that Israel is neither hopelessly flawed and illegitimate, nor beyond critique. If thoughtful analysis of Israel and its people interests you, welcome!
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