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The Fifth Question — 196 episodes
Is Chabad the Future of American Judaism?
A Psychologist Breaks Down Why People Hate Jews
From Anti-Zionist to Pro-Israel: Why Kile Jones Changed His Mind
Is Abortion Murder? A Rabbi Debates a Jewish Pro-Life Leader
Why Jews Need Power: Zionism, Israel, and the Myth That Power Is Evil
Is Conservative Judaism Dying? | Jay Sanderson
Can Judaism Keep Up With Modern Medicine? Abortion, Assisted Dying & AI W/ Jason Weiner
How American Jews Are Rethinking Politics After October 7 | Ilana Meirovitch (JCAN)
Can Israel Overcome its Political Crisis? w/ Tomer Persico
How Oct 7 Changed a Leading Reform Rabbi w/ Rick Steinberg
From Jihadist to Pro-Israel
Where to Find Truth on Israel/Palestine with Alon Burstein
Fighting Antisemitism One Lawsuit at a Time: Brandeis Center CEO Speaks Out
Woke Antisemitism w/ David Bernstein
A New Method of Israel Engagement
Jewish Absurdism w/ Josh Bolton
Meet the Pro-Israel Muslim Calling for Islamic Reformation and Running for Congress
Judaism is NOT a religion
Do Jews Need to Vote Republican Now? w/ Jay Feely
Are Jews Indigenous to Israel? Anthropology, Zionism & the Battle Over Identity |Prof. Nehemia Stern
From Satmar to Open Orthodoxy | Rabbi Ysoscher Katz
Are Palestinian Flags (or Kippot) Illegal in Israel? w/ Alex Sinclair
Have Jewish Schools Failed American Jews?
The Most Important Jewish Thinker You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of
Why California Schools Are Being Sued for Antisemitism
Defending the Sephardic Tradition w/ Rabbi Daniel Bouskila w/ Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt
Brianna Wu on Israel, Transgender Identity, and the Political Right and Left
A Conservative Professor Talks Trump's Impact on Campus
Should Reform Judaism Remain Zionist? w/ Rabbi Sam Stern
Will AI Replace Artists and Rabbis?
Why The Jews Rejected Jesus
Meet The Christian Who Keeps Jewish Law
What Do I Think of Intermarriage? and Other Jewish Q's
Everything You Need to Know about Jew Hatred w/ Andrew Pessin
Has Trump Made Things Safer or Worse for Jews? w/ Congressman Reid Ribble
Why I Hold Israel to a Double Standard
Martin Luther King Jr. Was a Zionist: Here’s Why That Matters
The Iranian Uprising w/ Tarlan Rabizadeh
One Joint Led to Years in Prison and Homelessness — Now He’s Running for Congress
Meet Trump’s Pick for Labor Inspector General: Representative Anthony D’Esposito
Anti-Zionism Isn’t Political Debate — It’s a Modern Ideology of Hate
From Satmar to Open Orthodoxy | Rabbi Ysoscher Katz
Soviet Refuseniks and Modern Zionism ft. Izabella Tabarovsky
Debate: Has Antisemitism Taken Over the Republican Party?
Leaving Anti-Zionism: Confronting the Ideology
The Muslim Woman Calling Out Ilhan Omar and Zohran Mamdani
Meet the Republican Congressman Who Isn't Afraid of Trump
How Chabad Saved Russian Jewry — and Forever Changed America
What are the Origins of the Jewish People?
US Congressman Mike Lawler on Antisemitism, Higher Education, and Zionism
Does Reform Judaism Have a Future? w/R' Sam Stern
Paid Anti-Israel Protestors w/ Nate Friedman
Shabbos Kestenbaum: Have Jewish Orgs Failed?
Can Politics Return to Normal? w/ CA Assemblyman Mike Gatto
A Zionist Progressive Speaks Out w/ Elissa Wald
A Muslim Feminist talks about Zionism and Antisemitism with a Jewish Lawyer
When Disagreement Turns Violent: Discussing Pluralism with Rabbi Ben Berger
Death Penalty for the DC Shooter?
A Legendary Sports Radio Host Visits Dachau: John Gambadoro
No Rabbis, Free Market, and Chabad: What Makes American Judaism Unique | Zev Eleff
Interfaith Marriage Controversy: Meet the Conservative Rabbi Who Resigned Before Expulsion
Inside Mothers Against College Antisemitism: Mobilizing to Protect Jewish Students
Top International Terrorism Expert Weighs in on Israel Hamas War
Does Holocaust Education Hurt the Fight Against Antisemitism? w/ Naya Lekht
The Gaza Famine Libel
Breaking Down Antisemitic Comments
Should Jews Abandon the Democratic Party? | Debate w/ Andrew Getraer
To Be a Pro-Israel Student Leader — A Conversation with Sabrina Soffer
Antizionism in Academia | Adam Louis-Klein
Hillel CEO Adam Lehman on the Future of Jewish Life on Campus
Hillel Fuld: Australia Ban, Piers Morgan Showdown, Neturei Karta & More
Antisemitic Bots in the Comment Section
Law, Revolution, and the Messiah w/ Zevi Slavin
Is Iran’s Nuclear Program Really Destroyed? w/ Alon Burstein
Campus Antisemitism Explained | With Andrew Pessin
Is Powerlessness a Jewish Virtue? w/ Andres Spokoiny
How Dangerous is Right-Wing Anti-Zionism: A Debate with Kimo Gandall
Do Famous Jews Have To Speak Out Against Antisemitism?
More Thoughts on the Morality of Israel's War in Gaza
Kosher Controversies w/ Prof. Jordan Rosenblum
Is Israel Committing Genocide? A Debate w/ Shaiel Ben-Ephraim
The Roots of Left-wing Antisemitism
The Jewish Museum Shooting
Israel, Orange County and Judaism – Rabbi Steinberg Opines
Dalia Ziada on Islam, Zionism, and Activism in the Arab World
Can Academic Jewish Studies Be Reconciled with Traditional Judaism? w/ JJ Kimche
Religious Anti-Zionism Explained w/ Shaul Magid
The Theory Behind Jewish Law w/ Prof. Chaim Saiman
unErasing Women in Orthodox Judaism w/ Prof. Naomi Seidman
When Jews are Called Nazis w/ R' Ari Jun-Ballaban
Jews and Ethnic Studies w/ David Bocarsly
Is True Allyship Possible? A Debate with Adam Fox
Melissa Weiss: Executive Editor of the Jewish Insider
Rabbi Stephen Einstein
The Experiential V Remembering Self w/ Jonah Sanderson
False Messiahs in Judaism w/ David Graizbord
The Episode That Never Happened
Deporting Anti-Israel Activists? A Debate with Luke Rodriguez
Social Media, Liberalism, Free Speech and the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict w/ Prof. Vikki Katz
Musings on Maimonides, Medicine, and Modern Antisemitism
How to Save Judaism in America
Trump's Gaza Plan W/ Alon Burstein
Free Speech, Immigration, Trump’s Policies, and the Jews: A Legal Perspective with Julie Marzouk
Is Drinking a Jewish Value?
Is DEI Worth Saving? A Debate with April Powers
Therapy in the Orthodox Community
Mayor of an Israeli Settlement: Oded Revivi
Whistleblowing in the Israeli Government and IDF w/ Daphne Inbar
Shai Davidai on Campus, Antisemitism, Advocacy, and his Jewish Identity
Herbert Levine AKA My Dad
Marc Dollinger on Zionism, Jewish Whiteness, DEI and more
How Christmas Created Hanukkah in America
Can Math Help Prove God?
Was Jesus a Palestinian?
Palestinian Activist Samer Sinijlawi on Building a Palestinian State
Transgenderism, Sex, Antisemitism, and other Cancelable Topics
Kurdish-Jewish Relations
Dr. Yehudah Pryce
Mayim Bialik
Europe Against the Jews
Trump, The Election, and the Jews
Congressional Candidate Scott Baugh (CA 47) on Abortion, Israel, Education, and More
Jew Hatred at the Bookstore w/ Alan Rifkin
We Are All Banished from Eden
Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?
Iran, Israel, Hezbollah, and the Future of Lebanon
Former US Congressman and Presidential Candidate Joe Walsh on Trump, Harris, and Israel
Hillel Fuld Argues the Jewish Case for Trump
Jewish Jokes in Serious Times
A Female Persian Rabbi and her Advocacy for Iranian Female Equality
The Most Interesting Hebrew Professor in the Country
Frontline Reporting on Antisemitism: A Deep Dive with Zach Kessel
The Conservative UCI Humanities Professor Running for Congress (David Pan CA46)
The Jewish Food Episode W/ Boaz Avraham-Katz
Everything You Need to Know about the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
Irvine Mayoral Candidate Tammy Kim on Antisemitism, Israel, and Progressive Politics
Race, Whiteness, and the Jews w/ Prof. David Bernstein
The Inquisition and the Impossibility of Defining Jewishness w/ Prof. David Graizbord
Reflections on American Jewish Life, Antisemitism, and the 2024 Election
When Politics Become Holy (Zionism 4- Religious Zionism)
Should Jews Get Armed and Other Questions of Self Defense
Big Picture Israel Update w/ Alon Burstein
Revisionist Zionism and the Modern Israeli Right (Episode 3 - Zionism)
Congressional Candidate for CA 47: Scott Baugh (R)
God is Feminine? And Masculine? The Zohar with Professor Daniel Matt
My UCI Class and Campus Antisemitism
A State for the Jews or a Jewish State? (Episode 2 - Cultural Zionism))
What is Zionism? (Episode 1 - Political Zionism)
The Campus Protests
Iran, Israel, and Military Game Theory w/ Prof. Andrea Molle
Jewish Neoplatonism w/ Professor Sarah Pessin
Feminism, Exile, and Antisemitism in the Book of Esther w/ Channah Damatov
Jeffery Kopstein: Sleep-in Protest at UC Irvine and the Current Moment for Jews
The Deep Secrets of Purim
Israel, Campus Climate, and the Future of the University w/ Jeffrey Blutinger
Hassidism, Christianity, Diaspora, Zionism, and American Judaism w/ Shaul Magid
The Many Streams of Liberal Judaism w/ Jeremy Weisblatt
Jewish Philosophical Mysticism w/ Zevi Slavin
Krav Maga and the Making of Modern Israel w/ Professor Andrea Molle
Thoughts from a Jerusalem Hotel Room
The Hanukkah Story Your Rabbi Never Told You
The Antisemitic Roots of Anti-Zionism
Rising from the Ashes: Mysticism and Chassidism
Israel, Gaza, and Disinformation
Israel, Gaza, and the Ethics of War
Israel 10/07/2023
Rashi's Daughters and Medieval Jewish Women
Between Small Town and National Judaism
Liberal Zionism and Liberal Judaism
Fighting for Women's Rights in Israel
Israel in Crisis
Holocaust Distortion on Wikipedia: A Conversation with Professor Shira Klein
Israel at 75
Everything You Need to Know about Israel's Proposed Judicial Reform
California Jewish Political Advocacy
The Paradox of Finding Meaning
An Interview with Ehud Olmert
Who is Ben Gvir and Why Does He Matter?
The How, Why, and When of Antisemitism
From Prison to Judaism w/ Yehudah Pryce
What Should the Jews Be Thinking About? w/ Rabbi Nico Socolovsky
Addiction, Recovery, and the Jewish Community
Jewish-Christian Relations
The World of the Rabbis
The Recent Supreme Court Cases
Judaism, Pride Month, and the Trans Community
What's Been Happening in Israel?
Judaism and Abortion
The Past, Present, and Future of Reform Judaism
Israel and the Double Standard
Jewish Dating, Social Media, and the Future of Jewish Technology
Chabad and What it Can Teach Us
Colleyville, Antisemitism, and Where we go From Here
Zionism, Terrorism, and Israel's Future
Intro to the Podcast