Dr. Eric Mandel, founder of MEPIN, Middle East Political & Information Network & Senior Security Editor at the Jerusalem Report, shares his insights on the challenges facing Israel up north and the potential for the widening of the front against Israel. With Shahar Azani.Av Jewish Broadcasting Service

Reflecting on his congregation’s recent mission to Israel, Rabbi Hirsch recounts a morning spent picking strawberries that moved him profoundly and left him hopeful for the future of Israel.Av Jewish Broadcasting Service

Former Israeli Ambassador to the US, Danny Ayalon, discusses the feeling in Israel 6 months after the devastating Hamas massacre, the hostages still in captivity in Gaza, the status of US-Israel ties and the surge of antisemitism in America. With Teisha Bader.Av Jewish Broadcasting Service

Robert Siegel explores the current status of the Israel-Hamas war and the political and diplomatic initiatives aimed at achieving either a cease-fire or a long-term resolution, with leading experts Dennis Ross (Washington Institute for Near East Policy), Ghaith Al-Omari (Gilbert Foundation Senior Fellow), and Natan Sachs (Center for Middle East Pol…

Natasha Hausdorff, specialist in international law and Director of UK Lawyers for Israel, joins David Harris to discuss her advocacy and concisely debunk egregious misconceptions about Israel.Av Jewish Broadcasting Service

Rabbi Hirsch offers his perspective on Israel five months after October 7th, and asks his congregation to keep the faith for the long and difficult road ahead as they prepare to return on a mission.Av Jewish Broadcasting Service

What is the status of the war against Hamas in Gaza? And what are the chances for war with Hezbollah in the north? Shahar Azani speaks with Eric Mandel, founder and Director of MEPIN™, the Middle East Political Information Network,™ for an update on the war in Israel, upon his return from Israel.Av Jewish Broadcasting Service

Charles Asher Small, founder and executive director of ISGAP (the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism & Policy) leads a seminar with ISGAP senior research fellow Joel Kotek, in the premiere of a new series from ISGAP.Av Jewish Broadcasting Service

David Harris shares all about his fascinating Jewish journey - speaking from the heart about Israel, including his first transformative trip there, what shaped him and spoke to him as a Jew inspiring his interest, study and love for the Jewish state.Av Jewish Broadcasting Service

Author Meryl Ain reads excerpts from her novel “Shadows We Carry” and discusses themes of the book. A series produced for Jewish Book Month by the Hampton Synagogue of Westhampton Beach, NY with Rabbi Avraham Bronstein.Av Jewish Broadcasting Service

Rabbi Sharon Brous, founder and senior rabbi of LA's IKAR community and a leading voice at the intersection of faith and justice, sits with Abigail Pogrebin to discuss her first book, The Amen Effect, about the power of community and showing up for each other.Av Jewish Broadcasting Service

JBS journalist Micah Halpern discusses the conclave between the leaders of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine that occurred in Beirut in September, and how this was the harbinger of the onslaught of terror that ensued—this and more on this episode of "Thinking Out Loud" on JBS.…

In a sermon to his congregation of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch cries out about the need for moral teachers, moral training, and constant moral discipline to counteract the failure of America’s top leaders and educators to respond to the evil of October 7th.Av Jewish Broadcasting Service

Robert Siegel looks at what constitutes living well in matters of happiness, health faith and service to others with David Brooks (NYT), Robert Waldinger (Harvard Medical School), and Rabbi David Wolpe (Visiting Scholar, Harvard Divinity School)Av Jewish Broadcasting Service

AJC CEO Ted Deutch speaks about AJC’s latest antisemitism report, which includes the impact of the October 7 Hamas massacre, in a JBS special with Teisha Bader.Av Jewish Broadcasting Service

Robert Siegel examines the implications of growing up with social media and ubiquitous screens, with experts Sherry Turkley (MIT), Brian Merchant (tech columnist and author), and Jean Twenge (San Diego State University). A program of the American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC).Av JBS

Co-founder of Creative Community For Peace, David Renzer, discusses advocacy for Israel from the entertainment industry after the October 7th Hamas massacre, including the tribute Sunday night at the Grammy awards.Av JBS

FIDF CEO Steve Weil speaks with 2nd Lt. Tammy Shur, Head of the International Digital Department in the IDF Spokesperson Unit, about the responsibility and challenges of running social media across 10 digital platforms for the Israeli militaryAv JBS

Hillel Fuld, a tech columnist and startup advisor who now focuses on Israel advocacy, describes his mission of fighting misinformation and providing real-time, accurate information, and offers an uplifting message of optimism.Av JBS

FIDF’s Lara Krinsky is joined by Shahar Peled (IDF Commander, Reservist, Elite Paratroopers Unit) who shares his experiences serving as a first responder on October 7th and subsequently in Gaza.Av JBS

In a sermon to his congregation of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in NYC, Rabbi Hirsch offers impressions from his two long days of jury duty, remarking on the reality of human imperfections and the dependency of American institutions on the honor and integrity of those within them.Av JBS

Avi Mayer, immediate past editor in chief of the Jerusalem Post, weighs in on the freezing of funds to UNRWA and calls to replace it after some of its employees were accused of taking part in the October 7th massacre. With Teisha BaderAv JBS

Eric Yoffie is joined by fellow L’Chayim Roundtable veterans Betty Ehrenberg and Steven Bayme to discuss the Israel-Hamas war and current state of the Jewish world, as they pay tribute to the memory of JBS founder Mark S. Golub z"l and imagine what he would have said.Av JBS

Rabbi Hirsch describes how conformity and groupthink portend the dangerous decline of liberalism, especially in the great American institutions of higher learning that play a critical role in creating safe spaces for ideas.Av JBS

FIDF CEO Steve Weil speaks with Maj. Gen. (Res) Nadav Padan (National Director, FIDF).Av JBS

FIDF CEO Steve Weil receives a war briefing from Maj. Gen. (Res) Nadav Padan (National Director, FIDF).Av JBS

FIDF CEO Steve Weil speaks with 2nd Lt. Tammy Shur, Head of the International Digital Department in the IDF Spokesperson Unit, about the responsibility and challenges of running social media across 10 digital platforms for the Israeli militaryAv JBS

Having left his family in Pittsburgh to return to active duty in Gaza, Yisrael Klitsner, IDF Reservist from the Duvdevan unit and former Diaspora Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister, shares his frontline experience and impressions of the Israel-Hamas war.Av JBS

Shany Granot-Lubaton, co-founder of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, discusses the unthinkable 100 days of captivity for the hostages in Gaza and events marking the devastating milestone including the walk in Central Park this past Sunday, with the urgent call to Bring Them All Home Now. With Teisha Bader.…

Bestselling author Mitch Albom joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss "The Little Liar," his novel of hope and forgiveness that tracks how the intertwined lives of three young survivors are forever changed by the perils of deception and grace of redemption.Av JBS

Samuel G. Freedman joins Rabbi Bronstein to discuss Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights, his book that explores the life and enduring legacy of Hubert Humphrey.Av JBS

JBS's own Shahar Azani and David Harris once again meet to discuss the latest developments in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and its domestic and international implications and reverberations.Av JBS

JBS journalist Micah Halpern discusses his observation that fewer Jews felt comfortable displaying their menorahs publicly this year—this and more on this episode of "Thinking Out Loud" on JBS.Av JBS

As Israel is fighting Hamas in Gaza, attacks escalate on Israel’s northern border - on both sides of the border. Sarit Zehavi, Founder & CEO of Alma Research & Education Center in Northern Israel, analyzes Israel complex situation up north. With Shahar Azani.Av JBS

Recorded almost 100 days into the Hamas-Israel war, FIDF CEO Steve Weil is joined by Israeli news anchor Sivan Sisay to discuss how Israelis are coping on the homefront, and Major General Nadav Padan for updates.Av JBS

Robert Siegel hosts as Israeli jurist Dorit Beinisch, Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt, civil rights strategist Eric K Ward, and authors Anne Applebaum, Esther Foer and Dara Horn are honored by Moment Magazine.Av JBS

Chief of Staff of the Combat Antisemitism Movement, Arthur Maserjian weighs in on the resignation this week of Claudine Gay over her response to antisemitism at Harvard and plagiarism allegations. Also discussing the surge of antisemitism on college campuses since the October 7th Hamas massacre. With Teisha Bader.…

FIDF CEO Steve Weil is joined by human rights lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky to discuss lawfare issues in the context of the Israel-Hamas war, as well as Maj. Gen. (Res.) Nadav Padan for updates.Av JBS

Rabbi David Wolpe, Bret Stephens, Dara Horn, Einat Wilf, and a number of other contributors to David Hazony's new book, Jewish Priorities: Sixty-Five Proposals for the Future of Our People, share their perspectives on what the community needs most at this critical moment, and how their views have and have not shifted since the outbreak of Israel’s …

In a moving conversation with her husband, David Harris, Giulietta Boukhobza tells her compelling story of being born and raised in Libya, fleeing for her life, and now reacting to the scenes from Israel since October 7th.Av JBS

Pulitzer-Prize-winning NYT reporter and author Maggie Haberman talks about "Confidence Man," her book that chronicles Donald Trump’s life and its meaning from his rise in NYC to his tortured post-presidency.Av JBS

Author Adam Mansbach discusses "The Golem of Brooklyn," a romp through Jewish history and the American present that wrestles with deep questions of our humanity — the conflicts between faith and skepticism, tribalism and interdependence, vengeance and healing.Av JBS

JBS Strategic Analyst David Harris delivers a tour de force monologue that outlines the history of both the ancient and modern State of Israel, as well as current events embroiling the Jewish world since the Hamas massacre (such as the Congressional testimony of the university presidents about antisemitism on campus and their aftermath). Harris bla…

JBS journalist Micah Halpern analyzes why so many people are embracing Hamas (especially on American college campuses)—this and more on this episode of "Thinking Out Loud" on JBS.Av JBS

Shahar, an IDF Paratrooper Special Forces reservist is the grandson of Holocaust survivors, whose father served in the Yom Kippur War. Shahar views this to be the battle of his generation. He shares his experiences from fighting on the frontlines in Gaza, including a first-hand account of arriving on the scene of the October 7th massacre. With Shah…

JBS's own Shahar Azani on his first trip to Israel since the Hamas massacre of October 7th shares his experience including a visit to Kibbutz Be'eri, ravaged during the attack, while also sharing hope and awe at the resilience of the people of Israel. With Teisha Bader.Av JBS

IDF Spokesperson Sfc Fay Goldstein offers an overview of the primary military missions in place on the 68th day since the start of the war against HamasAv JBS

Abigail Pogrebin speaks with the owner of a cinema chain that began as a Jewish family business in pre-war Europe, and with the filmmaker who brought the story of family resilience and the future of cinema to life in the doc "Only in Theaters”Av JBS

Author Jonathan Rosen discusses his book The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions, about his childhood friend Michael Laudor and the ways in which we understand, and fail to understand, mental illness.Av JBS

JBS journalist Micah Halpern discusses how some Jews' reactions to the brutal Hamas attack have been so egregious as to warrant a form of excommunication from the Jewish "tent"—this and more on this episode of "Thinking Out Loud" on JBS.Av JBS