Hear what Israel's top experts in the fields of intelligence, security, international relations and diplomacy have to say about Israel and the complexities of the Middle East in the 21st century.
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The Future of Modern Orthodoxy (pt. 1) - Rabbi Prof. Norman Lamm
January 14, 2014 00:00 - 25 minutes - 47.1 MBIn this briefing, Rabbi Lamm discusses the main characteristics that will determine the nature of Modern Orthodoxy and its place in the Jewish world.
Jews as Symbols and Reality in Multi-Cultural Canada - Julien Bauer
January 14, 2014 00:00 - 1 hour - 182 MBJews as Symbols and Reality in Multi-Cultural Canada - Julien Bauer
Israel's Current Problems with Norway (pt. 1) - Erez Uriely
January 14, 2014 00:00 - 34 minutes - 62.7 MBIsrael's Current Problems with Norway (pt. 1) - Erez Uriely
Future Trends in Anti-Semitism and How to Combat Them (pt. 1) - Manfred Gerstenfeld
January 13, 2014 00:00 - 32 minutes - 59 MBThe number and nature of anti-Semitic actors is increasing. In order to combat the further expansion of global anti-Semitism in its anti-Israeli, racist and religious forms, one must first understand what is happening. No appropriate monitoring system exists to identify, at an early stage, the most important developments of the spread of anti-Semitism. Counting incidents is a poor indicator. Without a clear strategy and a global approach, the problem will only get worse.
How Israeli Post-Zionists Manipulate the Holocaust (pt. 1) - Elhanan Yakira
January 13, 2014 00:00 - 33 minutes - 62.2 MBA number of Israeli intellectuals -- historians, philosophers and others -- use the Holocaust in a systematic way in order to raise anti-Zionist or post-Zionist claims. They use it for extreme criticism, reaching even delegitimization of a country, and its ideological basis.
How Israeli Post-Zionists Manipulate the Holocaust (pt. 2) - Elhanan Yakira
January 13, 2014 00:00 - 33 minutes - 62.2 MBA number of Israeli intellectuals -- historians, philosophers and others -- use the Holocaust in a systematic way in order to raise anti-Zionist or post-Zionist claims. They use it for extreme criticism, reaching even delegitimization of a country, and its ideological basis.
How Many American Jews are There? Does it Matter? (pt.1) - Ira M. Sheskin
January 13, 2014 00:00 - 33 minutes - 61.1 MBAfter two very expensive National Jewish Population Surveys (1990 and 2000) and more than 55 local Jewish community studies, the number of American Jews is still unknown, with estimates varying from 5.2 million to 6.4 million. Even the question of whether the number of American Jews is increasing, decreasing, or remaining the same is a controversial issue. The American Jewish Year Book estimates have shown a steady rise over the past decade, increasing from about 5.9 million to 6.4 million, w...
Beginnings of Anti-Semitism-First Pogrom in Alexandria(pt. 1)-Pieter W. van der Horst
January 13, 2014 00:00 - 34 minutes - 62.5 MBIn this lecture it is shown how already in pre-Christian times a virulent form of Greco-Roman anti-Semitism developed that culminated in the first anti-Jewish pogrom in Alexandria in the first century C.E.
Ahmadinejad and Holocaust Denial (pt.1) - Manfred Gerstenfeld
January 13, 2014 00:00 - 32 minutes - 59 MBHow does Holocaust denial and minimization fit the strategic aims of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and what are the methods used by him and his government? What were the reactions in the Muslim world and the West? An analysis of Ahmadinejad's statements, the Holocaust cartoon exhibition in Tehran, and the Holocaust denial and minimization conference there in December 2006 give us indications about Ahmadinejad's future intentions.
Beginnings of Anti-Semitism-First Pogrom in Alexandria(pt. 2)-Pieter W. van der Horst
January 13, 2014 00:00 - 33 minutes - 61.1 MBIn this lecture it is shown how already in pre-Christian times a virulent form of Greco-Roman anti-Semitism developed that culminated in the first anti-Jewish pogrom in Alexandria in the first century C.E.
The Jewish Community of Memphis, Tennessee (pt. 1) - Gerri Patterson
January 13, 2014 00:00 - 26 minutes - 48.1 MBThe Jewish Community of Memphis, Tennessee (pt. 1)
How Many American Jews are There? Does it Matter? (pt. 3) - Ira M. Sheskin
January 13, 2014 00:00 - 18 minutes - 33.1 MBAfter two very expensive National Jewish Population Surveys (1990 and 2000) and more than 55 local Jewish community studies, the number of American Jews is still unknown, with estimates varying from 5.2 million to 6.4 million. Even the question of whether the number of American Jews is increasing, decreasing, or remaining the same is a controversial issue. The American Jewish Year Book estimates have shown a steady rise over the past decade, increasing from about 5.9 million to 6.4 million, w...
The Demographic Scare - Myth and Reality (pt. 1) - Amb. Yoram Ettinger
January 13, 2014 00:00 - 24 minutes - 45.1 MBThe Demographic Scare - Myth and Reality (pt. 1) - Amb. Yoram Ettinger
Soviet Jews and Holocaust Survivors in Old Age: A Comparison (pt. 1) - Allen Glicksman
January 13, 2014 00:00 - 32 minutes - 60.2 MBDr. Glicksman discusses the impact of family and community on health and well-being, and focuses on the relation of these two groups in the United States to the formal Jewish community and its institutions. Dr. Glicksman, fellow of the JCPA, is Director of Research and Evaluation at the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging and Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania. His research is focused on the impact of religion, ethnicity/nationality, and imm...
Sheikh Raid Salah and the Islamic Movement in Israel (pt. 1) - Raphael Israeli
January 13, 2014 00:00 - 27 minutes - 50.2 MBSheikh Raid Salah and the Islamic Movement in Israel (pt. 1)
The Development of Dutch Anti-Semitism (pt. 1) - Meir Villegas Henriquez
January 13, 2014 00:00 - 29 minutes - 54.2 MBThe Development of Dutch Anti-Semitism (pt. 1) - Meir Villegas Henriquez
Future Trends in Anti-Semitism and How to Combat Them (pt. 2) - Manfred Gerstenfeld
January 13, 2014 00:00 - 32 minutes - 59 MBThe number and nature of anti-Semitic actors is increasing. In order to combat the further expansion of global anti-Semitism in its anti-Israeli, racist and religious forms, one must first understand what is happening. No appropriate monitoring system exists to identify, at an early stage, the most important developments of the spread of anti-Semitism. Counting incidents is a poor indicator. Without a clear strategy and a global approach, the problem will only get worse.
The Jewish Community of Sweden and its Challenges (pt. 1) - Rabbi Meir Horden
January 13, 2014 00:00 - 32 minutes - 59 MBThe Jewish Community of Sweden and its Challenges
From Integration to Fragmentation: The Current Dynamic of American Jewry (pt. 1) - Jack Wertheimer
January 13, 2014 00:00 - 24 minutes - 44.3 MBIn his classic work, Community and Polity, the late Daniel Elazar mapped the American Jewish community. Thirty years later the dynamic "from fragmentation to integration" have been reversed. This lecture will trace the key shifts and what accounts for the disorganization of American Jews. It will also sketch the emerging character of Public Jewish Life in a transformed community.
Ahmadinejad and Holocaust Denial (pt.2) - Manfred Gerstenfeld
January 13, 2014 00:00 - 33 minutes - 62.1 MBHow does Holocaust denial and minimization fit the strategic aims of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and what are the methods used by him and his government? What were the reactions in the Muslim world and the West? An analysis of Ahmadinejad's statements, the Holocaust cartoon exhibition in Tehran, and the Holocaust denial and minimization conference there in December 2006 give us indications about Ahmadinejad's future intentions.
Ahmadinejad and Holocaust Denial (pt. 3) - Manfred Gerstenfeld
January 13, 2014 00:00 - 3 minutes - 5.52 MBHow does Holocaust denial and minimization fit the strategic aims of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and what are the methods used by him and his government? What were the reactions in the Muslim world and the West? An analysis of Ahmadinejad's statements, the Holocaust cartoon exhibition in Tehran, and the Holocaust denial and minimization conference there in December 2006 give us indications about Ahmadinejad's future intentions.
Christian-Jewish Relations in the Netherlands (pt. 2) - Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Marx
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 32 minutes - 60.2 MBTzvi Marx, a French born American-Israeli, who lived in Israel for 20 years, has a Ph.D. from the Catholic University of Utrecht (1993); was ordained at Yeshiva University (NYC, 1970); and is the author of Jewish Law on Disability (2002). He currently lives in Holland lecturing on Judaism at the Radboud University of Nijmegen, serving as director of the Folkertsma Stichting, and co-editing their publication Tenachon. He is especially active in interfaith cooperation in the Dutch society both...
American Academics Against Israel on Campuses (pt. 1) - Mitchell Bard
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 29 minutes - 53.8 MB"American Academics Against Israel on American Campuses and How the Jewish Community Faces This Challenge"
American Academics Against Israel on Campuses (pt. 2) - Mitchell Bard
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 30 minutes - 56.4 MB"American Academics Against Israel on American Campuses and How the Jewish Community Faces This Challenge"
Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories & 21st Century Culture Wars (pt. 1)-Richard Landes
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 30 minutes - 55.7 MBHistorically speaking, there are close links between certain forms of apocalyptic belief and world conspiracies in which the Jews are Antichrist's puppet masters. These Judeophoic conspiracy theories mixed with anxieties about modernity at the dawn of the 20th century, to produce The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a text that haunted the catastrophic early 20th century in Europe, the late 20th century in the Muslim world, and now threatens, once again, and completely unexpectedly, to invade...
Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories & 21st Century Culture Wars (pt. 2)-Richard Landes
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 30 minutes - 54.9 MBHistorically speaking, there are close links between certain forms of apocalyptic belief and world conspiracies in which the Jews are Antichrist's puppet masters. These Judeophoic conspiracy theories mixed with anxieties about modernity at the dawn of the 20th century, to produce The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a text that haunted the catastrophic early 20th century in Europe, the late 20th century in the Muslim world, and now threatens, once again, and completely unexpectedly, to invade...
Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories & 21st Century Culture Wars (pt. 3)-Richard Landes
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 25 minutes - 45.8 MBHistorically speaking, there are close links between certain forms of apocalyptic belief and world conspiracies in which the Jews are Antichrist's puppet masters. These Judeophoic conspiracy theories mixed with anxieties about modernity at the dawn of the 20th century, to produce The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a text that haunted the catastrophic early 20th century in Europe, the late 20th century in the Muslim world, and now threatens, once again, and completely unexpectedly, to invade...
Behind The Humanitarian Mask The Nordic Countries, Israel, And The Jews (pt. 1)
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 25 minutes - 47.3 MBThis book, edited by Dr. Gerstenfeld analyzes the attitude of Nordic countries toward Israel and the Jews. In the past decades, many pioneering efforts to demonize Israel have come from elites of the Nordic countries. The motifs of this anti-Israelism are similar to those of classic anti-Semitism, of which it is a new mutation. Such highly discriminatory prejudices are in particular expressed in Norway and Sweden by leading socialist and extreme-leftist politicians as well as journalists, c...
Behind The Humanitarian Mask The Nordic Countries, Israel, And The Jews (pt. 2)
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 26 minutes - 48.9 MBThis book, edited by Dr. Gerstenfeld analyzes the attitude of Nordic countries toward Israel and the Jews. In the past decades, many pioneering efforts to demonize Israel have come from elites of the Nordic countries. The motifs of this anti-Israelism are similar to those of classic anti-Semitism, of which it is a new mutation. Such highly discriminatory prejudices are in particular expressed in Norway and Sweden by leading socialist and extreme-leftist politicians as well as journalists, c...
Behind the Humanitarian Mask: the Nordic Countries, Israel & Jews (pt. 3)
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 30 minutes - 56.4 MBPodcast Master List Explorer This book, edited by Dr. Gerstenfeld analyzes the attitude of Nordic countries toward Israel and the Jews. In the past decades, many pioneering efforts to demonize Israel have come from elites of the Nordic countries. The motifs of this anti-Israelism are similar to those of classic anti-Semitism, of which it is a new mutation. Such highly discriminatory prejudices are in particular expressed in Norway and Sweden by leading socialist and extreme-leftist politi...
Challenges of Modernity to Judaism (pt. 1) - Rabbi David Ellenson
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 33 minutes - 60.6 MBThe advent of modernity led to radical political and legal changes for Jewry, particularly in the West. Coercive belonging to a community was replaced by voluntary adherence to what might best be called a congregation. The political and legal changes also led to many religious, cultural, financial, and social developments. The initial changes about two hundred years ago laid the basis for the Jewish people's current characteristics. Understanding where Jewry is today and where it may go requi...
Challenges of Modernity to Judaism (pt. 2) - Rabbi David Ellenson
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 34 minutes - 63.3 MBThe advent of modernity led to radical political and legal changes for Jewry, particularly in the West. Coercive belonging to a community was replaced by voluntary adherence to what might best be called a congregation. The political and legal changes also led to many religious, cultural, financial, and social developments. The initial changes about two hundred years ago laid the basis for the Jewish people's current characteristics. Understanding where Jewry is today and where it may go requi...
Christian-Jewish Relations in the Netherlands (pt. 1) - Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Marx
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 30 minutes - 55.8 MBTzvi Marx, a French born American-Israeli, who lived in Israel for 20 years, has a Ph.D. from the Catholic University of Utrecht (1993); was ordained at Yeshiva University (NYC, 1970); and is the author of Jewish Law on Disability (2002). He currently lives in Holland lecturing on Judaism at the Radboud University of Nijmegen, serving as director of the Folkertsma Stichting, and co-editing their publication Tenachon. He is especially active in interfaith cooperation in the Dutch society both...
Controversy Over U.S. & Israeli Museums Portray America's Response to the Holocaust - Rafael Medoff
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 1 hour - 191 MB"When Museums Become Battlegrounds: The Controversy Over How U.S. and Israeli Museums Portray America's Response to the Holocaust"
Cyberhate, Terrorism & Anti-Semitism on the Internet(pt. 1) - Rabbi Abraham Cooper
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 29 minutes - 53.9 MBThe explosive rise in Internet usage over the past few years has brought with it a new way of transmitting a wide range of well-known anti-Semitic messages. Terrorist, racist, bigot and anti-Semitic sites have emerged in large numbers and are sometimes linked. Traditional hate groups, such as neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan and skinheads proliferate on the web. Very different activist groups have built coalitions in the name of anti-globalization, anti-Americanism and attacks on Israel. The Inter...
Cyberhate, Terrorism & Anti-Semitism on the Internet(pt. 3) - Rabbi Abraham Cooper
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 30 minutes - 55.8 MBThe explosive rise in Internet usage over the past few years has brought with it a new way of transmitting a wide range of well-known anti-Semitic messages. Terrorist, racist, bigot and anti-Semitic sites have emerged in large numbers and are sometimes linked. Traditional hate groups, such as neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan and skinheads proliferate on the web. Very different activist groups have built coalitions in the name of anti-globalization, anti-Americanism and attacks on Israel. The Inter...
Destruction of Holocaust Memorials in Successor Countries of Former Yugoslav Federation(pt. 2)
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 31 minutes - 58 MBThe memory of the large pre-war Jewish presence in Eastern Europe is increasingly being destroyed. Part of this process is intentional; part is because of neglect of Jewish sites, monuments, and memorials. The successor states of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia provide a good case study of many aspects of the process of memory destruction. This federation's breakup over the past two decades has accelerated processes that are slower elsewhere. This concerns both attempts to change the coll...
Destruction Of Holocaust Memorials In Successor Countries Of The Former Yugoslav Federation (pt. 1)
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 28 minutes - 51.4 MBThe memory of the large pre-war Jewish presence in Eastern Europe is increasingly being destroyed. Part of this process is intentional; part is because of neglect of Jewish sites, monuments, and memorials. The successor states of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia provide a good case study of many aspects of the process of memory destruction. This federation's breakup over the past two decades has accelerated processes that are slower elsewhere. This concerns both attempts to change the coll...
Mainline Protestant Churches and Israel: Their Problem and Ours (pt. 1) - Eugene Korn
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 34 minutes - 63.2 MBA number of mainline Protestant churches in the United States and Europe have heightened their rhetoric and hostility against Israel in recent years. Most famous is the 2004 Presbyterian Church USA resolution advocating divestment from specified companies doing business with Israel. This resolution was partly revoked last month, yet the strategic threat remains. Liberal churches in America and Europe promote the Palestinian narrative and some espouse implicit anti-Zionism. The economic and pu...
Mainline Protestant Churches and Israel: Their Problem and Ours (pt. 3) - Eugene Korn
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 20 minutes - 37.1 MBA number of mainline Protestant churches in the United States and Europe have heightened their rhetoric and hostility against Israel in recent years. Most famous is the 2004 Presbyterian Church USA resolution advocating divestment from specified companies doing business with Israel. This resolution was partly revoked last month, yet the strategic threat remains. Liberal churches in America and Europe promote the Palestinian narrative and some espouse implicit anti-Zionism. The economic and pu...
Polish Jewry Today (pt. 1) - Rabbi Michael Schudrich
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 33 minutes - 62.2 MBHow many Jews are left in Poland today ad why are they there? Who are the main local institutional and other actors? What challenges does the reemerging Jewish community of Poland have to confront? What is the interaction with the authorities? How do the various elements of the community relate to their societal environment? New York born Rabbi Schudrich served as Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Japan from 1983-89. He began working in Poland in 1990 on behalf of The Ronald S. Lauder Foundat...
Polish Jewry Today (pt. 2) - Rabbi Michael Schudrich
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 31 minutes - 57.1 MBHow many Jews are left in Poland today ad why are they there? Who are the main local institutional and other actors? What challenges does the reemerging Jewish community of Poland have to confront? What is the interaction with the authorities? How do the various elements of the community relate to their societal environment? New York born Rabbi Schudrich served as Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Japan from 1983-89. He began working in Poland in 1990 on behalf of The Ronald S. Lauder Foundat...
Polish Jewry Today (pt. 3) - Rabbi Michael Schudrich
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 33 minutes - 61.2 MBHow many Jews are left in Poland today ad why are they there? Who are the main local institutional and other actors? What challenges does the reemerging Jewish community of Poland have to confront? What is the interaction with the authorities? How do the various elements of the community relate to their societal environment? New York born Rabbi Schudrich served as Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Japan from 1983-89. He began working in Poland in 1990 on behalf of The Ronald S. Lauder Foundat...
Reform Jewry: The Challenges and How It Prepares to Meet Them (pt. 1) - Rabbi David Ellenson
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 30 minutes - 56.6 MBIn a general social context marked by intermarriage and cultural homogeneity among Jews, the Reform movement in the United States is growing rapidly, with almost nine hundred congregations having over 1.5 million members. In 2006, about fifty thousand new members joined Reform congregations. When American Jews under the age of forty affiliate, a large plurality join the Reform movement. The Reform movement is obliged to address the broad swath of Jews whose life is not halakhic. Its success w...
Reform Jewry: The Challenges and How It Prepares to Meet Them (pt. 2) - Rabbi David Ellenson
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 29 minutes - 53.9 MBIn a general social context marked by intermarriage and cultural homogeneity among Jews, the Reform movement in the United States is growing rapidly, with almost nine hundred congregations having over 1.5 million members. In 2006, about fifty thousand new members joined Reform congregations. When American Jews under the age of forty affiliate, a large plurality join the Reform movement. The Reform movement is obliged to address the broad swath of Jews whose life is not halakhic. Its success w...
Reform Jewry: The Challenges and How It Prepares to Meet Them (pt. 3) - Rabbi David Ellenson
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 34 minutes - 63.1 MBIn a general social context marked by intermarriage and cultural homogeneity among Jews, the Reform movement in the United States is growing rapidly, with almost nine hundred congregations having over 1.5 million members. In 2006, about fifty thousand new members joined Reform congregations. When American Jews under the age of forty affiliate, a large plurality join the Reform movement. The Reform movement is obliged to address the broad swath of Jews whose life is not halakhic. Its success w...
The Influence Of National Socialist Ideology On The Worldview Of Hamas (pt. 2)-David Patterson
January 12, 2014 00:00 - 28 minutes - 52.7 MBIn his presentation at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA), Professor Patterson discusses how the Nazi ideology of national socialism has influenced Islamic Jihadism, particularly Hamas. Even before World War II and the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, Nazi ideology was spreading to the Middle East. Major modern Jihadist ideologues are admirers of national socialism and the Nazis - swastikas and pictures of Hitler were seen throughout the Middle East, even in Jerusalem. P...
A New (or Perhaps Revived) "Uninhibitedness" Toward Jews in Germany (pt. 2) - Andrei S. Markovits
January 09, 2014 00:00 - 23 minutes - 42.1 MBThe post-Holocaust pattern of muted anti-Semitism in accepted European discourse has all but dissolved. For obvious reasons, this pattern probably remained most intact in Germany. But there, too a new "uninhibitedness" has emerged that fuses old tropes of antipathy toward Jews and Israel with the current Europe-wide hostilities toward America, Israel, and Jews. Although the situation for Jews in Germany and Europe is in no way comparable to that in the 1920s and 1930s, a new tone informs the ...
The Decline In American Jewish Attachment To Israel Politics Or Identity (pt. 1) - Steven M. Cohen
January 09, 2014 00:00 - 17 minutes - 31.2 MBA recently conducted survey of American Jews, focusing upon the non-Orthodox, shows dramatic differences in levels of Israel attachment between younger and older Jews. Why do younger Jews express less attachment than older Jews? What are the implications for the future, and for the Jewish communal policy? This briefing draws upon the recently published, Beyond Distancing: Young Adult American Jews and Their Alienation from Israel, Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies, 2007, by Steven Co...
A New (or Perhaps Revived) "Uninhibitedness" Toward Jews in Germany (pt. 1) - Andrei S. Markovits
January 09, 2014 00:00 - 25 minutes - 46.1 MBThe post-Holocaust pattern of muted anti-Semitism in accepted European discourse has all but dissolved. For obvious reasons, this pattern probably remained most intact in Germany. But there, too a new "uninhibitedness" has emerged that fuses old tropes of antipathy toward Jews and Israel with the current Europe-wide hostilities toward America, Israel, and Jews. Although the situation for Jews in Germany and Europe is in no way comparable to that in the 1920s and 1930s, a new tone informs the ...