Episode 11: Campus Intersectionality and the Jews
As Summer turns to Fall, Jewish students are arriving on college campuses across the United States. On this week's Kikar, Elliot Kaufman of...
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11 episodesEpisode 10: How Iran Threatens Israel Through Syria
"The conflict in the north is a matter of when, not if." That's what Federation for Defense of Democracies Senior Vice President Jonathan Sc...
Episode 9: The Jewish Troubles of Tikkun Olam
This week, we look at the intellectual foundations of Jewish social justice. Where did Tikkun Olam come from and how did this obscure Kabbal...
Episode 8: Zionism and Israel's Nation-State Law
On July 19, 2018, the Knesset amended the Basic Laws, Israel's fundamental law that serves as its de facto constitution. This addition stren...
Episode 7: Netanyahu and Tremors of Iranian Reform
There is no more dangerous military threat to the State of Israel than Iran, whose government regularly issues calls for Israel's destructio...
Episode 6: SCOTUS, Kavanaugh, and the Jews
On Monday, July 9, 2018, President Trump announced his selection of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to succeed retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony...
Episode 5: Israel's Haredim Look to the Future
The statistics are simply staggering. Numbering roughly 1 million citizens, the haredi—or ultra-Orthodox—population of Israel is the country...
Episode 4: The Jewish Army That Never Was
In 1940, the Zionist movement's three most prominent leaders each made independent journeys to America in the hopes of raising a Jewish army...
Episode 3: Dennis Prager on the Book of Exodus and America's Moral Challenge
Dennis Prager is one of the most prominent and influential Jewish conservatives in the world. In this episode, he joins Kikar to discuss his...
Episode 2: Masterpiece Cakeshop, Religious Freedom, and the Jews
On Monday, June 5, 2018, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission , a case that seeme...
Episode 1: Hamas, Gaza, and the Case for Jewish Power
As rockets again fly from Gaza into Israel, Jonathan Silver sits with Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Elliott Abrams to discuss t...