Eric is joined by Israeli-American writer, producer, director, and reserve duty captain in the IDF Dan Gordon, who wrote the Broadway play and now the film “Irena’s Vow,” the unbelievable true story of Irena Gut-Updike who hid twelve Jews in a cellar below the quarters of a Nazi officer during World War II.

Abby sits with Haaretz reporter Lee Yaron to discuss her book "10/7: 100 Human Stories," the 2024 National Jewish Book Award winner, which recounts the massacre through victims’ stories and its impact on Israeli society and the Middle East.

JBS Journalist Micah Halpern extols the virtues of President Trump's bold new "plan" for the Gaza Strip, and chastises the haters in the media who can't understand its brilliance—this and more on this episode of "Thinking Out Loud" on JBS.

ISGAP Director Dr. Charles Asher Small leads a symposium on the influence of foreign funding and ideological forces on academic culture in the UK, exploring whether these factors contribute to the persistence of antisemitic attitudes in higher education.

David Harris speaks with Tal Becker, legal expert, peace negotiator, and newly appointed Vice President at the Kogod Research Center of the Shalom Hartman Institute, about his pivotal role in advancing educational initiatives on Israel and the Jewish world.

Two weeks into Donald Trump’s second term, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch speaks to his congregation about three core Jewish principles and the religious and moral values that should guide the pursuit of national policies.

Robert Siegel returns with his annual discussion on the latest political trends in Washington, D.C., and what lies ahead for the year, with panelists Tamara Keith (NPR), E.J. Dionne, Jr. (Brookings Institution), and Evan Osnos (The New Yorker). A program of the American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC).

Abby Pogrebin sits with Rabbi Marc Katz to discuss Yochanan's Gamble, his book that explores how the pragmatic choices of ancient rabbis offer a framework for navigating modern moral dilemmas with nuance and compromise.

JBS Journalist Micah Halpern continues exploring the ethics of releasing convicted terrorists from Israeli prisons, drawing parallels to the 1286 kidnapping and ransom of Rabbi Meir of Rothenberg—this and more on this episode of "Thinking Out Loud" on JBS.

In a discussion of forgotten refugees of the Arab-Israeli conflict, ISGAP Vice Chair David Harris is joined by his wife Giulietta Boukhobza (scholar and author), who shares more about her family’s story of their harrowing escape from Libya, as well as how the events of October 7th and the subsequent war have changed her outlook.