JU:Israel Teachers Lounge
JU:Israel The Teachers Lounge brings you into our conversation. With analysis of big events, headlines and issues, Alan, Mike and their team zoom out for big picture. Join us to stay in the loop. Don’t feel disconnected from Israel. We've got your back.
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- http://juisrael.jerusalemu.org/podcasts
- Description
- JU:Israel The Teachers Lounge brings you into our conversation. With analysis of big events, headlines and issues, Alan, Mike and their team zoom out for big picture. Join us to stay in the loop. Don’t feel disconnected from Israel. We've got your back.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2025-02-19 23:27
- last episode published
- 2025-02-19 04:36
- publication frequency
- 6.55 days
- Contributors
- Alan Goldman& Michael Unterberg
- Owner Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 478
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- Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality Judaism News History
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| 2025-02-19 | 424 What is Wrong with Peter Beinart?It took a while for Peter Beinart to come out with his book blaming Israel for the post October 7th world. Its an impressively anti Jewish document, masquerading as a moral cri de cœur. How do we explain Jewish ant... |
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| 2025-02-06 | 424 Trump Statement on GazaWhat just happened? During the Netanyahu visit to The White House President Trump announced the residents of Gaza would willingly relocate to better places. America would then take over the region and turn the Gaza Strip int... |
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| 2025-01-31 | 423 TrumpWhat did the first Trump administration mean for Israel and the region? And what might his second term mean for the future?Calev hosts this discussion with Matt and Mike. Am Yisrael Chai! |
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| 2025-01-21 | 422 The Hostage DealWhat is the actual content of the deal? What is the pro and con debate? How are most Israelis processing these events? What will happen next? Join us for a complicated and difficult conversation. Calev hosts this discussion with Ma... |
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| 2024-12-23 | 421 The Fall of Assad and the New Syria What is going on in Syria? How did it happen? Who are the major players in these events? What does it mean for Iran? What does it mean for Israel? Our team takes you through this confusing revolution, and helps ... |
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| 2024-11-28 | Managing Mental Health in Difficult TimesBeing under stress isn’t a new condition for Jews. But with decades of Israeli power and relative diaspora security, our people have gotten used to a historically unusual state of calm. As the last few years hav... |
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| 2024-10-07 | A Visit to the Gaza BorderThis past June, Liel took Alan, Matt, Calev and Mike to the sites that were devastated by the October 7th invasion. As a licensed tour guide, Liel wanted to share insights with her colleagues about what happened in the “Gaza... |
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| 2024-09-27 | Is Israel Handling its Problems? Everyone agrees that Israel is beset with problems. Some of them can be managed, and many of them must be solved for Israel to survive and have a healthy future. Is there a danger of reaching a tipping point where Isr... |
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| 2024-09-20 | Are We in the 1920s or 1930s? It is always interesting and helpful to learn from history. And so it's very natural to look to our recent past to find parallels to our current era. With the astonishing global rise of antisemitism many are looking at the... |
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| 2024-09-06 | Mass ProtestsWe live in an era when mass protests are just a normal part of weekly life in Israel. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Do they even make a difference? What changes have occurred because of them? And overall, do they create a positive o... |
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