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Call Me Back - with Dan Senor
by Ark Media, Ilan Benatar
Presenting the challenges and dilemmas facing Israelis to a global audience.
Episodes
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Dan Live from Michigan’s Temple Israel
Is this a turning point for Jews in America, and what happens if the country fails the test? Recorded live at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, Dan Senor brings together New York Times columnist Bret Stephens and Representatives Josh Gottheim...
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Is the U.S. Winning the Iran War? With Suzanne Maloney and Mark Dubowitz
The US seems to have won the Battle of Hormuz; what would it take to win the Iran War? Seven months into the war, the US and Iran are locked in a high-stakes test of endurance, with the Strait of Hormuz, the global economy, and the future of the Middle...
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Ask Me Anything with Dan Senor, Yael Bar tur and ChayaLeah Sufrin
Dan Senor is joined by Yael Bar tur and ChayaLeah Sufrin, hosts of the new Ark Media podcast Chosen People Problems, for a wide-ranging Ask Me Anything. They tackle questions about the state of Jewish education, the appeal of anti-Zionism among young A...
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Can Diaspora Jews Move On From October 7? - with Rabbi David Wolpe and Rabbi David Ingber
What does it mean for diaspora Jews to move forward from October 7th without becoming complacent or consumed by fear? Three years after October 7th, Dan Senor sits down with Rabbis David Ingber and David Wolpe to discuss what the aftermath has revealed...
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3 Big Changes at Ark Media
Dan Senor and Ark Media CEO Ilan Benatar announce Ark+, our expanded membership; The Fold, our new private community; and the network's newest show, Chosen People Problems. Join Ark+ and The Fold: ( http://arkmedia.org/subscribe )arkmedia.org/subscribe...
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Inside the Hostage Negotiations - with Brett McGurk
What really happened inside the negotiations to free the October 7th hostages? For 15 months, the Biden administration, Israel, Qatar, Egypt, and Hamas negotiated over one impossible question: how do you bring the hostages home while also fighting a wa...
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How Fiction Will Remember October 7 - with Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff
How do you turn October 7th into fiction when it still feels like the present? For more than a decade, Fauda has turned the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into a global television phenomenon. But Season 5 takes on something different: two episodes that p...
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Is the Iran-Sanctions Playbook Coming for Israel? - with Mark Dubowitz
Could the financial warfare playbook built to isolate Iran be turned against Israel? Twenty-four hours after Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed the UN, the organization expanded its settlement-business blacklist to more than 200 companies. It’s not a s...
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Sneak Peek: Amit Segal on why Israel can't address its long-term problems, and more...
This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Dan and Amit Segal discuss the attack against Ambassador Leiter’s son, generational shift in American attitudes toward Israel, why Amit sees different forces driving younger Dem...
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Is Israel’s Global Standing on The (Israeli) Ballot? - with Amit Segal and Nadav Eyal
Is Israel’s growing isolation abroad becoming a political problem at home? As Benjamin Netanyahu heads to New York for a brief UN visit just weeks before Israel’s election, Israel’s standing in the United States is deteriorating, even as Netanyahu’s po...
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Naza: When a Film is the News
Can Israel confront what went wrong in Gaza when the accusations leave no room for conversation? In this special replay of For Heaven’s Sake, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi take on Naza, the explosive Israeli film accusing Israel of systematica...
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Can Israel Learn the Lesson of 70 AD? - with Gidi Dar and Rabbi David Stav
Nearly 2,000 years ago, Jerusalem fell after political and religious divisions among Jews spiraled into civil war. As Israel heads toward another election after years of political upheaval, October 7 and war, Dan speaks with filmmaker Gidi Dar and Rabb...
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Have we forgotten what we learned after 9/11? - LIVE with Douglas Murray
What happens when winning the war against terrorism leads us to forget why we were fighting it? Twenty-five years after the terror attacks of September 11, America has avoided another mass attack, but Manhattan Institute senior fellow and Free Press co...
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MBZ’s Warning to Netanyahu, Days Before Oct 7 - with Amit Segal and Nadav Eyal
Did Israel have enough warnings to prevent the devastation of the October 7th Hamas attacks? A new Haaretz investigative report alleges that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed personally called to warn Benjamin Netanyahu days before October 7 that Hamas ...
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The Ascendent Journey of The High Holidays - with Rachel Goldberg-Polin
What if Yom Kippur isn’t the peak of the Jewish holiday season, but the beginning of something more joyful? The Jewish holidays of Tishrei take us on a journey from judgement and reflection to vulnerability, gratitude and ultimately joy. Dan and Rachel...
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Sneak Peek: Dan on the One State “Solution,” and more…
This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Today, Dan himself answers listener questions about whether extreme views about a One State solution in Israel will find adherents because moderates don’t have a concrete plan, ...
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Who REALLY Made the Modern Middle East - with Simon Sebag Montefiore (Part 2)
Is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict really at the center of the Middle East? In Part 2 of Dan’s conversation with historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Cauldron, they trace how the balance of power in the Middle East shifted after 9/11, from ...
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Who REALLY Made the Modern Middle East - with Simon Sebag Montefiore
How much of the Middle East’s history was actually shaped by the West? The story most of us learned about who created the modern Middle East is incomplete. Dan is joined by historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Cauldron, who argues that we gi...
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Sneak Peek: Amit Segal on why Ben Gvir is a disaster for Israel
This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Dan is joined by Ark Media contributor Amit Segal to answer a listener question about the column he wrote calling Ben Gvir a disaster for Israel, why he holds Smotrich to a diff...
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The Turkey-Israel Proxy War in Syria - with Nadav Eyal
With a weaker Iran, do Turkey’s regional ambitions put it on a collision course with Israel? Dan and Nadav Eyal analyze the shifting dynamics in the Middle East, focusing on whether Turkey’s President Erdogan aspires to become a regional superpower giv...
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ISRAEL VOTES: How the Mizrahi-Ashkenazi divide still shapes Israeli politics - with Mijal Bitton
How will current issues or past discrimination against Mizrahi Israelis influence this election? Dan and sociologist Mijal Bitton discuss the history, identity, and political narratives of Mizrahi Jews—whose families came to Israel from across the Midd...
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Sneak Peek: Jon Polin answers questions from young Jewish adults
This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Dan is joined by Jon Polin to answer questions from young Jewish adults and teenagers about how to reconcile personal Zionism with those who commit violence against Palestinians...
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Will Liberal Democracy Survive? - with Jonah Goldberg
Why have the classical liberal ideas that helped emancipate the Jews become so vulnerable? Dan is joined by Jonah Goldberg of The Dispatch to ask why classical liberalism, which is the political tradition that embraces equality, individual rights and r...
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The Hearing That Changed Everything - with Elise Stefanik
What will it take to confront antisemitism at America’s elite universities? Dan is joined by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, whose 2023 questioning of three Ivy League university presidents became a defining moment in the debate over antisemitism on coll...
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Sneak Peek: Nadav on what’s driving the wave of migration from Israel, and more…
This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Dan is joined by Ark Media contributor Nadav Eyal to answer listener questions about the growing number of highly educated Israelis leaving the country, why Nadav believes it's ...
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Is there a Final Solution to the Jewish question? - with Dara Horn
Why has antisemitism endured and how can Jews effectively combat it? Dan is joined by author Dara Horn to discuss her new book, The Final Solution to the Jewish Question: A Love Story for the Living. Five years after her book People Love Dead Jews diag...
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The Secret Plan to Weaponize the Kurds (Part 2) - with Nadav Eyal
Did disagreements between Mossad and the IDF help lead to systematic failure to deploy Kurdish fighters and to topple the regime in Iran? Dan is joined by Nadav Eyal who provides an in-depth analysis of Israel's covert plans to destabilize Iran, the ro...
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Sneak Peek: Tal Becker on the challenge of forming a coalition with Arabs parties
This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Dan and Tal Becker answer listener questions about why having an Arab party in Israel’s governing coalition is less acceptable now more than ever and what happened the last time...
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The Secret Plan to Weaponize the Kurds (Part 1) - with Itai Anghel
Why did an Israeli-U.S. plan that counted on Kurdish fighters to help topple the Iranian regime fall apart? Dan is joined by investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker Itai Anghel who risked his life to follow Kurdish fighters in Syria, Iraq and I...
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Is Abdul El-Sayed Bigger Than Mamdani? - with Mark Halperin
Why could the upcoming Michigan Democratic Senate primary signal a seismic shift about the Democratic party and U.S. policy on Israel? As Michigan Democrats prepare to choose a nominee for the U.S. Senate, Dan Senor sits down with political journalist ...
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Sneak Peek: Amit on why Netanyahu’s Party is shrinking while Israelis shift to the right, and more…
This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Dan is joined by Ark Media contributor Amit Segal to answer listener questions about one of the biggest puzzles in Israeli politics: why the Likud is losing support even as the country shifts to the right. They also…
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Has Trump's Foreign Policy Already Peaked? — with Ian Bremmer
What is next for America’s foreign policy, and what does it mean for Israel? President Trump has reshaped America's relationships with allies and adversaries alike, favoring leverage, pressure, and dealmaking over traditional alliances. But does coerci...
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Iran War Part III?- with Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal
Is a 3rd round of war with Iran now inevitable? After two wars, a failed agreement, and months of uneasy calm, the U.S. and Iran may once again be on the brink of direct conflict. Amit Segal and Nadav Eyal join Dan to assess why the US-Iran MOU has col...
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Bonus Episode: Game-changing Tech for War & Peace - with Anne Neuberger
In this conversation, Anne Neuberger, former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, currently General Partner and Head of Global Affairs at venture capital powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz, joins What’s Your Number hosts...
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Sneak Peek: Dan on guardrails protecting Jews from Mamdani, and more...
This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Dan answers listener questions about what the New York City Democratic primary means for Jewish voters, how they should respond to Mamdani’s open hostility, whether Israel should ever reconsider its alliance with the…
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AI is Activating Antisemites Left and Right - with Niall Ferguson
Can historians win the fight against antisemitism and viral misinformation in the age of AI? Historian Niall Ferguson joins Dan to warn that fact-based historians are losing the battle with social media algorithms that spread false and antisemitic cont...
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Tisha b'Av: The Bottom of the Calendar - with Rachel Goldberg-Polin
What does Tisha B'Av ask of us after October 7? Tisha B'Av is the saddest date on the Jewish calendar, but Rachel Goldberg-Polin argues it also offers hope and opportunity. In a conversation shaped by the personal and collective trauma of October 7, sh...
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Sneak Peek: Nadav Eyal on Israel's draft controversy, party loyalty, vigilantes, and more...
This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Dan and Nadav Eyal discuss the emergence of a new right-wing party led by Hili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel, what it reveals about Israel's evolving political landscape, and whether a new generation of leaders can reshape the...
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Can we break the Israeli-Palestinian paralysis? - with Tal Becker
Can Israel break the paralysis over the Palestinian question without risking its own security? Israelis and Palestinians have been stuck for years, with no practical or diplomatic progress and little confidence that anything can change. Tal Becker argu...
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Tough Love or Tough Luck? - with Rahm Emanuel
What will it take to save the U.S.-Israel alliance? Dan is joined by Rahm Emanuel, a Democratic party powerhouse who was a former Chicago mayor, White House Chief of Staff, and U.S. Ambassador to Japan. Dan challenges Emanuel on ideas from the speech h...
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Sneak Peek: Tal Becker on whether new divides are becoming irreparable
This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Dan and Tal Becker discuss Rahm Emanuel's speech in Israel, why support for Israel has become increasingly tied to America's culture wars, and whether that shift can still be reversed. ___ Call Me Back is made possible by...
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The MoU is dead, long live the _______! - with Nadav Eyal
Is the collapse of the U.S.-Iran deal the start of another war, or something messier in between? Dan is joined by Ark Media contributor and senior analyst for Yedioth Ahronoth, Nadav Eyal, as Iran and the U.S. launch missile and verbal attacks. They di...
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Does the Start-Up Nation brand need a rebrand? - with Yonatan Adiri and Yael Wissner Levy
As Americans mark Independence Day, we're revisiting one of the most popular episodes of What's Your Number?, a conversation that feels even more relevant today. Yonatan Adiri and Yael Wissner Levy are joined by Dan Senor, host of Call Me Back and co-a...
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Sneak Peek: Amit Segal on the polls vs the election in Israel
This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Amit Segal explains why overwhelming public support for a state commission of inquiry into October 7 and ending Haredi draft exemptions doesn't translate into election results, and what that reveals about the unique system...
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Why Do Radical U.S. Politicians Blame Jews? - with Jonah Goldberg and John Podhoretz
Why have positions about Israel and Jews become a defining fault line in American politics? In part two of their conversation, Dan is joined by Jonah Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, and John Podhoretz, editor-in-chief of Commentary Magazine,...
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The Iran-War: An Autopsy - with Jonah Goldberg and John Podhoretz
____ Many supporters of the Iran War, both in the U.S. and in Israel, consider it a failure. Dan doesn't necessarily share that observation, at least not until the fate of the U.S.- Iran deal is clear. Jonah Goldberg and John Podhoretz, two thinkers th...
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Sneak Peek: Reihan Salam on the DSA and Mamdani's election wins
For the full episode, subscribe here to Inside Call me Back. ____ Subscribe to Ark News Daily ____ This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Today we have a special Insider edition covering the US elections that were held this week, in which three congressional...
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As America cuts its losses, what are Israel’s options? - with Amit Segal
Can Israel stop Iran if America decides to move on? As Washington pursues negotiations with Tehran, many Israelis are wondering what their country can still do to shape the outcome. Dan Senor is joined by Ark Media contributor and Channel 12 senior pol...
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Trump’s Iran Deal - with Walter Russell Mead
Did Israel and the U.S. win the battle but lose the war? Israel and the United States achieved what many would consider a remarkable military success against Iran. But the agreement that followed has left many Israelis wondering whether battlefield gai...
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Sneak Peek: Nadav Eyal on J.D Vance’s Comments
For the full episode, subscribe here to Inside Call me Back. ____ Subscribe to Ark News Daily ____ This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Nadav Eyal reacts to J.D. Vance's comments on Israel and what they may signal about changing attitudes in Washington. The...
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