Future of Jewish
Future of Jewish
Our mission is simple, and hopefully worthwhile: to help everyone better understand and become smarter about Judaism, Israel, and the Jewish world. In addition to our podcast, you’re invited to check out our digital publication: www.futureofjewish.com
Episodes
Mentioned books
Dec 4, 2024 • 15min
Why Jews Are So Obsessed With Israel
Only through empathy and intellectual honesty can the world begin to grasp why Jews so fiercely defend and cherish our homeland.
Dec 3, 2024 • 5min
A Jew’s Unexpected Journey Into the Gun Shop
Like so many Jews since October 7th, I am not okay. I smile. I laugh. I work. I write. But I’m faking it. Underneath all of it, I am anxious, scared, heartbroken for the hostages and their families.
Dec 2, 2024 • 13min
The Dangerous Link Between Antisemitism and National Decline
The UK, Canada, and Australia were once the world's most tolerant multicultural societies. Now they are hotbeds of antisemitism. It spells major decline for these nations, not just for their Jews.
Dec 2, 2024 • 8min
The IDF is *not* the most moral army. Who cares?
A military's goal should not be to win a theoretical contest of virtue. It should be to win the war it is forced to fight — as humanely as possible but, ultimately, as decisively as necessary.
Dec 1, 2024 • 11min
The Same Old Lies About Jews
Comparing the war in Gaza to the Holocaust is morally wrong, historically inaccurate, and horrifically dangerous. Those who do have fallen prey to Hamas propaganda, similar to Nazi pseudoscience.
Nov 30, 2024 • 15min
The Unexpected Benefit of Post-Zionism
This idea of a high-tech, low-grunt army came from the "woke" universe, and this whole disaster goes to show how much damage can be done by bad ideas, and how hard it is to reverse their effect.
Nov 30, 2024 • 8min
Jewish lives don't matter.
Why does it feel like only the Jewish People's oppression comes with an asterisk?
Nov 29, 2024 • 11min
As a Jew, I need Israel. This is why.
“Unless being a Jew is of absolute significance, how can we justify the ultimate price which our people was often forced to pay throughout its history?”
Nov 28, 2024 • 14min
The Most Annoying 'Pro-Israel' People
Reducing Israel to a binary stance is not just reductive; it is the intellectual equivalent of a fast-food meal: satisfying in the moment, but devoid of any real substance.
Nov 27, 2024 • 9min
We are not like them — and we should be damn proud of that.
This was Israel’s second War of Independence, not from the British, but from all the world’s other nations.
