For our 100th episode, host Shmuel Rosner chats with a special guest – JPPI’s new president, Prof. Yedidia Z. Stern. They chat about the IDI`s 2020 Israeli Democracy Index, its findings and more.
Professor Yedidia Stern is renowned in Israel and around the world as a jurist and researcher of society and state, who has authored books and policy studies in these fields. He serves as a Professor in the Faculty of Law at Bar Ilan University where he also previously served as Dean and holds a Doctorate in Law from Harvard University. Professor Stern served as a Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute and has a record of civic and professional activity impacting key issues for the Jewish people and Israeli society, including issues of religion and state, as well as Judaism and democracy.
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- Season 1
- Dr. Shlomo Fischer: The Real Reasons why Israeli Haredis don’t serve in the IDF
- Dan Feferman: The Rise of Reform and Conservative Judaism in Israel
- Einat Wilf and Adi Schwartz: Is UNRWA damaging the Palestinians?
- Yaacov Lozowick: Is America getting more anti-Semitic?
- Dr. Nachman Shai: What needs to change in the diaspora Israeli relations
- Nir Hasson: What will the future of Jerusalem look like?
- Moshe Koppel: The key for keeping Jewish tradition alive
- Dan Ben-David: Are Israelis having too many children?
- Uzi Leibner: Is Hanukkah a religious holiday or a national one?
- Hana Bendcowsky: Who are the Israeli Christians?
- Avi Gil: Concluding 2018
- Special Crossover Episode – Two Nice Jewish Boys
- Dennis Ross: Geo-Political Predictions for 2019
- Yaron Dekel: Understanding the Israeli Elections
- Noah Slepkov: Who are the Jewish Israelis?
- Avi Buskila: Is there a future for the Israeli Left?
- Dana Weiss: How Will We Remember Benjamin Netanyahu
- Jonathan de Shalit: Israeli Spy Turned Mystery Author
- Dr. Shalom Salomon Wald: Is There Such a Thing As a Jewish Gene?
- Brigadier General (Res.) Michael Herzog: Israel’s upcoming security challenges
- Dr. Yizhar Hess: The future of the Conservative Judaism movement in Israel
- Special Election Panel: Knesset member Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin and Professor Yossi Shain
- Rabbi Mishael Zion: A Special Purim Episode
- Special Election Panel: Knesset Member Meirav Ben-Ari and Amnon Lord
- Special Election Panel 3: Knesset Member Avraham Neguise and Gil Hoffman
- Ambassador Avi Gil and Dr. Shlomo Fischer: Israeli Elections Aftermath
- Nir Braudo: A Secular Passover
- Dr. Amir Teicher: The scientific darkness behind The Holocaust
- Dr. Joel Rappel: Is the Israeli Independence day a religious holiday?
- Daniel Dunkelman: Celebrating Eurovision in Israel
- Roberta R. Kwall: Can you “remix” Judaism?
- Yaakov Katz: The story behind Israel’s 2007 attack on Syria’s nuclear reactor
- Dr. Gila Vachman: Celebrating Shavuot
- Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman: Is Israel a part of the Mediterranean region?
- Dr. Liran Harsgor: Understanding the Israeli voting system
- Amos Harel: A defense analyst’s look at Israel’s current situation
- Noya Rimalt: Gender based segregation in Haredi higher education
- Historian Avi Shilon: What it takes to be a good Israeli leader
- Arieh Eldad: Is Israel fulfilling its promise?
- Ze’ev Orenstein: Commemorating Tisha B’av
- Ronia Victor: Celebrating Tu B’Av
- Sammy Smooha: Understanding the Ashkenazi and Mizrahi divide
- Dana Weiss: Who will form the new Israeli government?
- Yaron Dekel: Understanding the upcoming elections results
- Dr. Ido Baum: Understanding the cases against Netanyahu
- Danny Ayalon: The future of the relationship between Israel and American Jewry
- Irina Nevzlin: The importance of identity
- Season 2
- Special Crossover episode – Makom Israel Teachers Lounge
- Eyal Zisser: The Middle East without America
- Zvika Klein: Should we care about the World Zionist Organization elections?
- Yair Ettinger and Shlomo Fischer: The unraveling of the national religious society
- Uri Bar-Joseph: How to prepare for a surprise war with Iran
- Meital Lehavi: Israel’s bussing revolution
- Amos Gilad: Israel’s Military and Political Challenges
- Uri Keider: The fight for Israel’s freedom
- Joel Kotkin: Why American Jews Are Looking to Israel
- Menachem Lazar: A pollster’s view on the upcoming Israeli elections
- Boris Dolin: The secret war between Israel and the Soviet Union
- Simcha Rothman: How Israel became a legalocracy
- Dana Weiss: Will anything change in Israel’s third elections?
- Dr. Thamar Eilam Gindin: The history of the Book of Esther
- Noah Slepkov: Data analysis the election results
- Professor Laura Rosen: How Israel is handling the Coronavirus crisis
- Amotz Asa-El: The Jewish March of Folly
- Prof. Yair Zakovitch and Prof. Avigdor Shinan: The Song of Songs Scroll
- Dr. Shlomo Fischer and Dr. John Ruskay: JPPI’s 2019 dialogue
- Hizky Shoham: How Israel celebrates
- Dr. Einat Wilf and Adi Shwartz – The War for the Palestinian Right of Return.
- Tal Schneider: Israel’s New Government
- Akiva Bigman: The Netanyahu Doctrine
- Yossi Shain: The Israeli Century
- Michael Herzog: Will Israel annex the west bank this summer?
- Matti Friedman: Israel’s forgotten war
- Moav Vardi: Israel and the world
- Yoav Gelber: Is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict insolvable?
- Emi Palmor: On the Ethiopian Israeli’s struggle for equality
- Oded Revivi: Why would a settler oppose the annexation?
- Jonathan Rynhold: US-Israel relations in the age of Trump
- Alon Aranya: Introducing the show “Tehran”
- Sharren Haskel: On the Israeli Lobby to Promote Relations With Christian Communities Worldwide
- Gil Samsonov: Who are the Israeli princes?
- Shlomo Fischer: On The Jerusalem ProtestsShlomo Fischer: On The Jerusalem Protests
- Jacob Poushter: On The Global God Divide
- John Ruskay and Irwin J. Mansdorf: What does it mean to be pro Israel?
- Michael Herzog: Israel’s Treaty With the United Arab Emirates
- Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy: ‘Never Alone’
- John Ruskay and Irwin J. Mansdorf: What does it mean to be Anti Israel?
- A guide to Social change in Israel
- Rabbi Uri Regev: The 2020 Israeli State and Religion Index
- Aviram Halevi: On the IDF’s Top Secret Unit
- Jacob Dayan: Will Biden be good for Israel?
- Chuck Freilich: The future of the US Israel connection
- Dr. Nurit Cohen-Levinovsky: The Rabin Legacy
- Professor Eytan Gilboa: The American Public and Israel in the Twenty-First Century
- Dan Ornstein: Cain v. Abel
- David L. Graizbord: The New Zionists
- Emmanuel Navon: A Diplomatic History of Israel
- Avi Gil: An Insider’s Look on the Life of Shimon Peres
- Jeremy England: Every Life Is on Fire
- Ohad Hemo: The future of the Palestinian’s struggle
- Ephraim Shoham-Steiner: Jews and Crime in Medieval Europe
- Ksenia Svetlova: On high heels in the Middle East
- Yedidia Z. Stern: A battle for the soul of Israel
- Nadav Eyal: The Worldwide Uprising Against Globalization
- Leon Kass: Reading Exodus
- Gershom Gorenberg: War of Shadows
- Marc Rosenstein: Contested Utopia
- Natan Slifkin: Rationalist Judaism
- Dr. Rabbi Wayne Allen: Thinking about Good and Evil
- Rabbi Ilay Ofran: The Torah – A Psychic Turn
- Gayil Talshir: Understanding Israel’s Fourth Election Results
- Gadi Taub: Global Elites and National Citizens
- Einat Nathan: My Everything
- Ryan P. Burge: The Nones
- Daniel Levin: Proof of Life
- Hanan Amiur: Guide to Manipulate Public Opinion
- Season 3
- Discussing the Gaza Dilemma with Military Expert Michael Herzog
- Dr. Shlomo Fischer: Discussing the 2020 Pew Report
- Sergio Della Pergola: A Demographer’s Take on the 2020 Pew Research
- Adam Kirsch: Israeli Book week Special
- Tal Shalev: Israel’s New Government
- Ofer Kenig: Understanding Israel’s New Government
- Michael Caspe and Nathaniel Deutsch: A fortress in Brooklyn
- Noam Gidron: Exploring the Differences Between the Israeli and American Political Systems
- Joel Kotkin: Why American Jews Are Looking to Israel
- Andrew Porwancher: The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton
- Uri Zvi Shachar: A Pious Belligerence
- Rabbi Joseph Meszler: A Special Rosh Hashana Episode
- Donald M. Lewis: A Short History of Christian Zionism
- Shaul Magid: Inside the life on Meir Kahane
- Andrew Pessin: Nevergreen
- Sarah Stroumsa: Maimonides in His World
- James Traub: On Judah Benjamin
- David Sorkin: Jewish Emancipation
- Peter Fritzsche: Hitler’s First Hundred Days
- Mark Oppenheimer: Squirrel Hill
- Maya Sarfaty: Love It Was Not
- Eliezer Tauber: The Massacre That Never Was
- Andrew Lawler: Under Jerusalem
- Hal Taussig and Brandon Scott: After Jesus Before Christianity
- Julian E. Zelizer: Abraham Joshua Heschel
- Leah and Menachem Gottesman: Not At Risk
- Ori Z. Soltes: Growing Up Jewish in India
- Prof. Abraham Sion: To Whom Was The Promised Land Promised?
- Carolina Lopez-Ruiz: Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean
- Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg: The Book of Leviticus
- Jeffrey Bloom and Rabbi Gil Student: Orthodox Judaism and Modern Questions of Faith
- Ohad Leslau: Operation Defensive Shield
- Maren Niehoff: Philo of Alexandria
- Sarah Ifft Decker: Jewish Women in the Medieval World
- Catherine Wolff: Beyond
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