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The Fifth Question — 190 episodes

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Can Judaism Keep Up With Modern Medicine? Abortion, Assisted Dying & AI W/ Jason Weiner

2

How American Jews Are Rethinking Politics After October 7 | Ilana Meirovitch (JCAN)

3

Can Israel Overcome its Political Crisis? w/ Tomer Persico

4

How Oct 7 Changed a Leading Reform Rabbi w/ Rick Steinberg

5

From Jihadist to Pro-Israel

6

Where to Find Truth on Israel/Palestine with Alon Burstein

7

Fighting Antisemitism One Lawsuit at a Time: Brandeis Center CEO Speaks Out

8

Woke Antisemitism w/ David Bernstein

9

A New Method of Israel Engagement

10

Jewish Absurdism w/ Josh Bolton

11

Meet the Pro-Israel Muslim Calling for Islamic Reformation and Running for Congress

12

Judaism is NOT a religion

13

Do Jews Need to Vote Republican Now? w/ Jay Feely

14

Are Jews Indigenous to Israel? Anthropology, Zionism & the Battle Over Identity |Prof. Nehemia Stern

15

From Satmar to Open Orthodoxy | Rabbi Ysoscher Katz

16

Are Palestinian Flags (or Kippot) Illegal in Israel? w/ Alex Sinclair

17

Have Jewish Schools Failed American Jews?

18

The Most Important Jewish Thinker You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of

19

Why California Schools Are Being Sued for Antisemitism

20

Defending the Sephardic Tradition w/ Rabbi Daniel Bouskila w/ Rabbi Daniel Bouskila

21

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt

22

Brianna Wu on Israel, Transgender Identity, and the Political Right and Left

23

A Conservative Professor Talks Trump's Impact on Campus

24

Should Reform Judaism Remain Zionist? w/ Rabbi Sam Stern

25

Will AI Replace Artists and Rabbis?

26

Why The Jews Rejected Jesus

27

Meet The Christian Who Keeps Jewish Law

28

What Do I Think of Intermarriage? and Other Jewish Q's

29

Everything You Need to Know about Jew Hatred w/ Andrew Pessin

30

Has Trump Made Things Safer or Worse for Jews? w/ Congressman Reid Ribble

31

Why I Hold Israel to a Double Standard

32

Martin Luther King Jr. Was a Zionist: Here’s Why That Matters

33

The Iranian Uprising w/ Tarlan Rabizadeh

34

One Joint Led to Years in Prison and Homelessness — Now He’s Running for Congress

35

Meet Trump’s Pick for Labor Inspector General: Representative Anthony D’Esposito

36

Anti-Zionism Isn’t Political Debate — It’s a Modern Ideology of Hate

37

From Satmar to Open Orthodoxy | Rabbi Ysoscher Katz

38

Soviet Refuseniks and Modern Zionism ft. Izabella Tabarovsky

39

Debate: Has Antisemitism Taken Over the Republican Party?

40

Leaving Anti-Zionism: Confronting the Ideology

41

The Muslim Woman Calling Out Ilhan Omar and Zohran Mamdani

42

Meet the Republican Congressman Who Isn't Afraid of Trump

43

How Chabad Saved Russian Jewry — and Forever Changed America

44

What are the Origins of the Jewish People?

45

US Congressman Mike Lawler on Antisemitism, Higher Education, and Zionism

46

Does Reform Judaism Have a Future? w/R' Sam Stern

47

Paid Anti-Israel Protestors w/ Nate Friedman

48

Shabbos Kestenbaum: Have Jewish Orgs Failed?

49

Can Politics Return to Normal? w/ CA Assemblyman Mike Gatto

50

A Zionist Progressive Speaks Out w/ Elissa Wald

51

A Muslim Feminist talks about Zionism and Antisemitism with a Jewish Lawyer

52

When Disagreement Turns Violent: Discussing Pluralism with Rabbi Ben Berger

53

Death Penalty for the DC Shooter?

54

A Legendary Sports Radio Host Visits Dachau: John Gambadoro

55

No Rabbis, Free Market, and Chabad: What Makes American Judaism Unique | Zev Eleff

56

Interfaith Marriage Controversy: Meet the Conservative Rabbi Who Resigned Before Expulsion

57

Inside Mothers Against College Antisemitism: Mobilizing to Protect Jewish Students

58

Top International Terrorism Expert Weighs in on Israel Hamas War

59

Does Holocaust Education Hurt the Fight Against Antisemitism? w/ Naya Lekht

60

The Gaza Famine Libel

61

Breaking Down Antisemitic Comments

62

Should Jews Abandon the Democratic Party? | Debate w/ Andrew Getraer

63

To Be a Pro-Israel Student Leader — A Conversation with Sabrina Soffer

64

Antizionism in Academia | Adam Louis-Klein

65

Hillel CEO Adam Lehman on the Future of Jewish Life on Campus

66

Hillel Fuld: Australia Ban, Piers Morgan Showdown, Neturei Karta & More

67

Antisemitic Bots in the Comment Section

68

Law, Revolution, and the Messiah w/ Zevi Slavin

69

Is Iran’s Nuclear Program Really Destroyed? w/ Alon Burstein

70

Campus Antisemitism Explained | With Andrew Pessin

71

Is Powerlessness a Jewish Virtue? w/ Andres Spokoiny

72

How Dangerous is Right-Wing Anti-Zionism: A Debate with Kimo Gandall

73

Do Famous Jews Have To Speak Out Against Antisemitism?

74

More Thoughts on the Morality of Israel's War in Gaza

75

Kosher Controversies w/ Prof. Jordan Rosenblum

76

Is Israel Committing Genocide? A Debate w/ Shaiel Ben-Ephraim

77

The Roots of Left-wing Antisemitism

78

The Jewish Museum Shooting

79

Israel, Orange County and Judaism – Rabbi Steinberg Opines

80

Dalia Ziada on Islam, Zionism, and Activism in the Arab World

81

Can Academic Jewish Studies Be Reconciled with Traditional Judaism? w/ JJ Kimche

82

Religious Anti-Zionism Explained w/ Shaul Magid

83

The Theory Behind Jewish Law w/ Prof. Chaim Saiman

84

unErasing Women in Orthodox Judaism w/ Prof. Naomi Seidman

85

When Jews are Called Nazis w/ R' Ari Jun-Ballaban

86

Jews and Ethnic Studies w/ David Bocarsly

87

Is True Allyship Possible? A Debate with Adam Fox

88

Melissa Weiss: Executive Editor of the Jewish Insider

89

Rabbi Stephen Einstein

90

The Experiential V Remembering Self w/ Jonah Sanderson

91

False Messiahs in Judaism w/ David Graizbord

92

The Episode That Never Happened

93

Deporting Anti-Israel Activists? A Debate with Luke Rodriguez

94

Social Media, Liberalism, Free Speech and the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict w/ Prof. Vikki Katz

95

Musings on Maimonides, Medicine, and Modern Antisemitism

96

How to Save Judaism in America

97

Trump's Gaza Plan W/ Alon Burstein

98

Free Speech, Immigration, Trump’s Policies, and the Jews: A Legal Perspective with Julie Marzouk

99

Is Drinking a Jewish Value?

100

Is DEI Worth Saving? A Debate with April Powers

101

Therapy in the Orthodox Community

102

Mayor of an Israeli Settlement: Oded Revivi

103

Whistleblowing in the Israeli Government and IDF w/ Daphne Inbar

104

Shai Davidai on Campus, Antisemitism, Advocacy, and his Jewish Identity

105

Herbert Levine AKA My Dad

106

Marc Dollinger on Zionism, Jewish Whiteness, DEI and more

107

How Christmas Created Hanukkah in America

108

Can Math Help Prove God?

109

Was Jesus a Palestinian?

110

Palestinian Activist Samer Sinijlawi on Building a Palestinian State

111

Transgenderism, Sex, Antisemitism, and other Cancelable Topics

112

Kurdish-Jewish Relations

113

Dr. Yehudah Pryce

114

Mayim Bialik

115

Europe Against the Jews

116

Trump, The Election, and the Jews

117

Congressional Candidate Scott Baugh (CA 47) on Abortion, Israel, Education, and More

118

Jew Hatred at the Bookstore w/ Alan Rifkin

119

We Are All Banished from Eden

120

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

121

Iran, Israel, Hezbollah, and the Future of Lebanon

122

Former US Congressman and Presidential Candidate Joe Walsh on Trump, Harris, and Israel

123

Hillel Fuld Argues the Jewish Case for Trump

124

Jewish Jokes in Serious Times

125

A Female Persian Rabbi and her Advocacy for Iranian Female Equality

126

The Most Interesting Hebrew Professor in the Country

127

Frontline Reporting on Antisemitism: A Deep Dive with Zach Kessel

128

The Conservative UCI Humanities Professor Running for Congress (David Pan CA46)

129

The Jewish Food Episode W/ Boaz Avraham-Katz

130

Everything You Need to Know about the Temple Mount in Jerusalem

131

Irvine Mayoral Candidate Tammy Kim on Antisemitism, Israel, and Progressive Politics

132

Race, Whiteness, and the Jews w/ Prof. David Bernstein

133

The Inquisition and the Impossibility of Defining Jewishness w/ Prof. David Graizbord

134

Reflections on American Jewish Life, Antisemitism, and the 2024 Election

135

When Politics Become Holy (Zionism 4- Religious Zionism)

136

Should Jews Get Armed and Other Questions of Self Defense

137

Big Picture Israel Update w/ Alon Burstein

138

Revisionist Zionism and the Modern Israeli Right (Episode 3 - Zionism)

139

Congressional Candidate for CA 47: Scott Baugh (R)

140

God is Feminine? And Masculine? The Zohar with Professor Daniel Matt

141

My UCI Class and Campus Antisemitism

142

A State for the Jews or a Jewish State? (Episode 2 - Cultural Zionism))

143

What is Zionism? (Episode 1 - Political Zionism)

144

The Campus Protests

145

Iran, Israel, and Military Game Theory w/ Prof. Andrea Molle

146

Jewish Neoplatonism w/ Professor Sarah Pessin

147

Feminism, Exile, and Antisemitism in the Book of Esther w/ Channah Damatov

148

Jeffery Kopstein: Sleep-in Protest at UC Irvine and the Current Moment for Jews

149

The Deep Secrets of Purim

150

Israel, Campus Climate, and the Future of the University w/ Jeffrey Blutinger

151

Hassidism, Christianity, Diaspora, Zionism, and American Judaism w/ Shaul Magid

152

The Many Streams of Liberal Judaism w/ Jeremy Weisblatt

153

Jewish Philosophical Mysticism w/ Zevi Slavin

154

Krav Maga and the Making of Modern Israel w/ Professor Andrea Molle

155

Thoughts from a Jerusalem Hotel Room

156

The Hanukkah Story Your Rabbi Never Told You

157

The Antisemitic Roots of Anti-Zionism

158

Rising from the Ashes: Mysticism and Chassidism

159

Israel, Gaza, and Disinformation

160

Israel, Gaza, and the Ethics of War

161

Israel 10/07/2023

162

Rashi's Daughters and Medieval Jewish Women

163

Between Small Town and National Judaism

164

Liberal Zionism and Liberal Judaism

165

Fighting for Women's Rights in Israel

166

Israel in Crisis

167

Holocaust Distortion on Wikipedia: A Conversation with Professor Shira Klein

168

Israel at 75

169

Everything You Need to Know about Israel's Proposed Judicial Reform

170

California Jewish Political Advocacy

171

The Paradox of Finding Meaning

172

An Interview with Ehud Olmert

173

Who is Ben Gvir and Why Does He Matter?

174

The How, Why, and When of Antisemitism

175

From Prison to Judaism w/ Yehudah Pryce

176

What Should the Jews Be Thinking About? w/ Rabbi Nico Socolovsky

177

Addiction, Recovery, and the Jewish Community

178

Jewish-Christian Relations

179

The World of the Rabbis

180

The Recent Supreme Court Cases

181

Judaism, Pride Month, and the Trans Community

182

What's Been Happening in Israel?

183

Judaism and Abortion

184

The Past, Present, and Future of Reform Judaism

185

Israel and the Double Standard

186

Jewish Dating, Social Media, and the Future of Jewish Technology

187

Chabad and What it Can Teach Us

188

Colleyville, Antisemitism, and Where we go From Here

189

Zionism, Terrorism, and Israel's Future

190

Intro to the Podcast