The SAPIR Debates: Is the Administration's Campus Crackdown Good for America?
For many Jewish and Zionist students, faculty, and administrators, the tumultuous year following October 7 meant navigating campus life amid...
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SAPIR Conversations
SAPIR is a journal exploring the future of the American Jewish community and its intersection with cultural, social, and political issues. These podcasts are recordings of Zoom webinars we h...
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20 of 102 episodesCensorship Won't Help the Jews with Yascha Mounk
Johns Hopkins political scientist Yascha Mounk joined Bret Stephens to discuss his new essay, “Censorship Won't Help the Jews,” in the (Fixi...
The State of Jewish Books with Ruth Wisse and Adam Bellow
Literary scholar Ruth Wisse and publisher Adam Bellow join Rabbi David Wolpe for a lively discussion on American Jewish literature, 50 years...
Islam in America with Reihan Salam
Manhattan Institute president Reihan Salam joined Bret Stephens to discuss his new essay, “Islam in America,” in the (Fixing) America issue...
“The Jewish Case for Public Service” with Anne Neuberger
Anne Neuberger joined Bret Stephens to discuss her new essay, “The Jewish Case for Public Service,” in the (Fixing) America issue of SAPIR.R...
Sneak Peek of the (Fixing) America Issue – with Bret Stephens and Rabbi David Wolpe
Tomorrow, June 10, SAPIR launches its latest issue, on (Fixing) America . An exciting set of contributors including political scientist Yasc...
“The Future is Sephardic” with Mijal Bitton
Are we are venturing into the twilight of an American Jewish era? In a recent SAPIR essay, Dr. Mijal Bitton makes the case that it’s time to...
Boyz II Mensches with Adam Teitelbaum
Men are drifting, disconnected, and increasingly absent from communal life, argues longtime Jewish communal professional Adam Teitelbaum in...
Queers for Zion with Eve Barlow
Hatred of Israel has become a symptom of what plagues LGBTQ politics today, argues Eve Barlow in her SAPIR essay, Queers for Zion. What happ...
What Makes the Exodus True with Joshua Berman
Should it matter whether Yetziat Mitzrayim — the exodus of Israelites from Egypt, the defining story of the Passover seder that Jews around...
The SAPIR Debates: Is Fighting Antisemitism a Losing Battle?
The oldest hatred – an honorific given to anti-Jewish prejudice – never tires. If anything, it gathers force. According to many surveys, ani...
The Silicon Dome with Yonatan Adiri
In an age of geopolitical fragmentation, a nation’s strength is often defined by its technological indispensability. Israel’s success, argue...
Sneak Peak of the “Aspiration” Issue – with Bret Stephens and Rabbi David Wolpe
Tomorrow, we launch our second issue on Aspiration —devoted to audacious ideas for a thriving Jewish future. Four years ago, when we publish...
KIND Snacks founder Daniel Lubetzky
When KIND Snacks founder Daniel Lubetzky looks at a glass of water, he doesn’t see it as half empty or half full. He sees an opportunity to...
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew
Jack Lew was drawn to a mission of service well before becoming the 76th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. As a kid in Forest Hills, Queens, h...
S19E3: “Poverty and Jewish Community” with Ilana Horwitz
Economic vulnerability affects 1 in 4 American Jews, but it doesn’t affect all of them equally, writes Tulane University sociologist Ilana H...
S19E2: A Jewish Sovereign Wealth Fund — Yes or No?
American Jewry has long thrived in a society built on institutions. But today, we live in an anti-establishment age, where subtlety fuels su...
The SAPIR Debates: Is There a Realistic Future for the Two-State Solution?
The assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin 30 years ago, in November 1995, marked a major turning point in the prospects for peace be...
S19E1: Building Israel's Trillion-Dollar Economy with Michael Eisenberg
Of Israel’s many achievements since October 7, none perhaps was as unforeseen as the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange reaching an all-time high two y...
On Money with Bret Stephens and Rabbi David Wolpe
Why does the stereotype about Jews and money endure? Is Judaism a contractual or covenantal religion? Is Jewish life today too expensive? Sh...