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How to Help Israel, Which Is Helping Itself Oct 17, 2023

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We are joined today by the American-Israeli tech entrepreneur Michael Granoff, who is organizing an unprecedented effort to provide Israel with a supply chain from the United States. It's called Operation Falcon, and you can find out more at tinyurl.com/operationfalcon. We talk about the mood in Israel, the mood in America, and why Israel will not be easily buffeted by the inconstancy of American and American-Jewish public opinion. And we make some announcements about changes at the magazine and the website. Today's recommendation: the seminal 1968 COMMENTARY article, "Jewish Faith and the Holocaust: A Fragment." Give a listen.

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Trauma vs. Toughness: War Responses Oct 16, 2023

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Today's podcast raises the question: Are we dwelling too much on the trauma being suffered in the wake of the Hamas slaughters and on the humanitarian-crisis nature of war in general rather than stiffening our resolve and readying ourselves for a long and necessary conflict? Give a listen.

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Can We Bear to Listen to the Testimonies? Oct 13, 2023

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Noam Blum of Tablet joins us to discuss Tablet's effort to collect the testimonies relating to the massacre of Jews on October 7. Can we bear to listen? Can we bear not to? (Warning: We use some explicit language on this one.) Give a listen.

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The Cotton-Eyed View Oct 12, 2023

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Sen. Tom Cotton joins the podcast today to discuss Israel's path going forward, the potential inconstancy of the Biden administration in supporting Israel's prosecution of the war, the president's fecklessness toward Iran, and other cheerful items. Give a listen.

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As Biden Calls Out Evil, the Left Celebrates Oct 11, 2023

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Today's podcast commends Joe Biden's speech about Israel and Hamas, worries over the durability of his commitment, and cites the astonishing level of pro-Hamas support from places like...MSNBC, owned by Comcast, a multibillion-dollar cable company that seems to be OK with a network it owns providing propagandistic emotional support for Jew-killers. Give a listen.

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The Wobbly Clock is Ticking Oct 10, 2023

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Eli Lake joins the podcast to talk about the fecklessness of the Biden administration and how that may have given Iran a sense it could act with impunity—and whether, once again, America will go wobbly when it comes to Israel defending itself. Only this time, will Bibi Netanyahu's country allow its leaders to go wobbly in response? Give a listen.

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The Monsters Must Pay Oct 09, 2023

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Dan Senor joins today's podcast to mourn with us at the horrors in Israel, to reflect on the burdens and the courage of Israeli people, and worry about the world's inconstancy in the face of a long and possibly brutal war Israel must win. You will note there is no intro music and no outro music, and no ads. This is a grim day. Give a listen.

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The Return of the 'Dang Fence' Oct 06, 2023

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Today's podcast dives deeply into the change in Joe Biden's attitude toward the border wall, noting a promise he made in August 2020 that his administration would not add "a foot of wall" to Trump's barrier. Well, here we are, and many feet of wall are about to be added. What gives? Give a listen.

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Biden's Building a Wall, It's Gonna Be Huge Oct 05, 2023

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Today's podcast scratches its head at the news that Joe Biden is...building a border wall? And throwing $9 billion in debt-relief aid at student loans even though the Supreme Court said his last plan was unconstitutional? Meanwhile, in New York, Trump's argument that the fraud case against him is "election interference" is getting pretty good support from...the judge in the case? And the state attorney general? Give a listen.

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To The Gaetz of Hell Oct 04, 2023

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Josh Kraushaar of Jewish Insider joins the podcast today to survey the wreckage of the House Republicans in the wake of the defenestration of the Speaker, Kevin McCarthy, and the triumph of his adversary, Matt Gaetz. Give a listen.

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