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
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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.
Nov 27, 2024 • 12min
The One Thing to Remember About Ceasefires
As for the next bout? Israel will be ready, as always, long before its adversaries realize the game has changed yet again. But what about the rest of us?
Nov 26, 2024 • 18min
This is what our grandparents warned us about.
I now realize what it was like to be my ancestors, feeling public opinion building against the Jews, powerless to stop it. We thought we were free, but maybe we have always lived in the "shtetl."
Nov 26, 2024 • 11min
The Magic Number of Dead Palestinians
How many dead Palestinians would be acceptable? The honest answer is, of course, none — and this question is not really a question. It is a trap.
Nov 25, 2024 • 9min
It would be foolish to not listen to an ex-Iranian refugee like me.
The 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran offers a great deal of lessons for contemplating today's far-Left "Woke" movement.
