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Podcast: Will the Jewish Civilization survive?

Matan Hasidim engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Dr. Shalom Salomon Wald—historian, Holocaust survivor, and author of The Rise and Decline of Civilizations: Lessons for the Jewish People—to confront a profound question: Are Israel and the Jewish people destined to follow the path of fallen civilizations?

From the fall of Athens to the warnings of Toynbee and the vision of the prophets, Dr. Wald traces 2,400 years of civilizational thought to explore what history can teach the Jewish people—before it’s too late.

Settler-colonialism with Adam Kirsch

In the latest episode of Jewish Crossroads, Tamar sits down with acclaimed writer Adam Kirsch to unpack the most important concept you’ve probably never fully understood: settler colonialism.

From campus encampments to the terror attack on embassy staff in D.C., and even the shocking celebration of October 7th by some academics — this is the lens that explains it all. Kirsch offers one of the clearest, most incisive explanations of the ideology fueling today’s most alarming movements. If you want to make sense of this moment, don’t miss this essential conversation.

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Newsletter 12.6.25

Consider the following: the failures of October 7 and the resulting loss and national humiliation; the quagmire of the longest war in Israeli history; the tragedy of the hostages; the judicial reform/revolution; the diplomatic tsunami; the widespread public distrust in the prime minister – none of these has shaken the current government’s survival. Now, however, it may be undone by the dispute over ultra-Orthodox (non-)conscription into the IDF. What does this say about us, the Israelis?