Setting the Stage for the Middle Age
The early development of Christianity, replacement theology & the doctrine of the ‘suffering witness’ set the scene for what the exiled Jewish people would experience in Europe during the Middle Ages.
Our Broken World
When Israel was vulnerable in exile, we understood the brokenness of the world. But now that we have power again, we need to struggle to see injustice.
Experiencing 3 Major Centers of Jewish Life
Zhenia Fleisher spent significant time living in all three of the 20th Century’s major centers of Jewish life – the Soviet Union, Israel & the United States.
A Conversation on the Jews & the 1980s
A personal & political discussion with Rav Yehuda HaKohen on the story of the Jewish people during the 1980s – both in Israel & the United States.
Kahanism & the Memory of the Holocaust
US Jews in the 1980s were as safe & comfortable as a Jewish community had ever been – yet the shadow of the Holocaust still loomed large over their identities.
The Jonathan Pollard Affair
The Jonathan Pollard Affair was an earthquake that fueled accusations of duel loyalty & raised a cloud of suspicion against the US Jewish community.
The End of the Soviet Jewry Struggle
The 1980s saw a conflation of US Cold War policies & the struggle to free the Jews of the Soviet Union.
A Portrait of American Jewry, circa 1984
Jewish communities in the United States underwent significant cultural & political shifts in the 1980s.
An Interview with Daniel Gordis
Daniel Gordis shares his understanding of ‘Biblical statesmanship’ while exploring the concept as it applies to Israel’s past & present leadership.
The First Lebanon War V
As the State of Israel’s longest conflict, the first Lebanon War stretched the fabrics of Israeli society.
The Obligation of Gratitude When History is Under Construction
How do historic events create obligations? And why is it necessary for the people of Israel to rejoice?
The First Lebanon War IV
How Israel’s Lebanon strategy spiraled out of control with the assassination of Bachir Gemayel and the massacres at the Sabra & Shatila camps.