The Israel Conversation

By Masa Israel Journey

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Welcome to The Israel Conversation by the Masa Leadership and Impact Center, the content engine behind Masa Israel Journey. We bring contemporary, challenging, and compelling Israel issues to light in ways that help us stay connected with what’s really going on, on the ground. Masa Israel Journey is dedicated to shaping a promising future for the young Jewish individual, the global Jewish community, and the connection to the State of Israel. Our hope with The Israel Conversation is to educate our Masa Fellows, alumni, parents, partners, and everyone in between about Israel from a local point of view while engaging multiple perspectives. The Israel Conversation - formerly known as the Makom Israel Teacher's Lounge - has been a lively discussion and debate on everything Israel since 2016.

Episode Date
409 Is Judicial Reform Dead?
May 17, 2024
Is it Time for Elections?
May 03, 2024
National Security and Arab Israelis
Apr 26, 2024
Can Hamas be Contained?
Apr 12, 2024
American Abstention
Apr 05, 2024
How will this war be seen by history?
Mar 31, 2024
Should Freeing Hostages Be the Priority?
Mar 22, 2024
When can we critique the government?
Mar 15, 2024
Proportionality and International Humanitarian Law (IHL)
Mar 08, 2024
Framing the Conflict Post October 7
Jan 05, 2024
Israel Citizens Filling the Breach When Government Fails
Dec 29, 2023
Are Shoah Analogies Appropriate?
Dec 22, 2023
Who should be hired to do the labor in Israel?
Dec 15, 2023
Should Israel Fight Hezbollah?
Dec 08, 2023
What will happen after the war?
Dec 01, 2023
What will winning the war look like?
Nov 24, 2023
How did we get here?
Nov 17, 2023
Crisis on Campus
Oct 23, 2023
Special: Israel at War - Episode 2
Oct 13, 2023
Special Israel at War - Episode 1
Oct 11, 2023
Are there boundaries to Jewish caricatures?
Sep 22, 2023
Should Israel Do More to Support Ukraine?
Sep 15, 2023
Drafting Haredim into the IDF
Sep 08, 2023
Can Israel Have a Constitution?
Sep 01, 2023
The Apartheid Accusation
Aug 25, 2023
Is There a Future for the Jewish Diaspora?
Aug 20, 2023
Herzl vs. Ahad Ha’am
Aug 11, 2023
Does Israel Need America?
Aug 04, 2023
Where are we now, after the "Reasonableness" vote?
Jul 28, 2023
Season 2 is Coming!
Jul 26, 2023
How Should Diaspora Jews Express their Ideas About Israeli Politics?
Apr 27, 2023
Should Israeli Reserve Soldiers Refuse to Serve, as a Form of Protest?
Apr 20, 2023
Israel's Nation State Law
Mar 30, 2023
Is Israeli Democracy in Existential Danger?
Mar 23, 2023
Do we wish for an Exceptional or a Normal state?
Mar 16, 2023
Should the IDF End the Draft?
Mar 09, 2023
Is there still a chance for a two-state solution?
Mar 02, 2023
Are Jews Indigenous to Israel?
Feb 23, 2023
The Judicial Reform Debate
Feb 16, 2023
Trailer: We're coming back with a new format!
Feb 16, 2023
266 Conversion in Modern Israel (Re-release)
Jul 22, 2022
265 Hillel Halkin on Herzl vs. Ahad Ha'am (re-release)
Jul 15, 2022
264 - The New Israeli Jews (Re-release)
Jul 07, 2022
263 Government Collapse and New Elections
Jun 22, 2022
262 Changing the West Bank Legal Status
Jun 08, 2022
261 The Israel Conversation on Social Media
Jun 02, 2022
260 Coalition Chaos
May 27, 2022
259 Civility in Israeli Politics - Can the Coalition Last?
May 19, 2022
258 Days of Remembrance and Celebration
May 04, 2022
257 Chametz in Israeli Institutions
Apr 21, 2022
256 Current Wave of Terrorism
Apr 14, 2022
255 The Coalition Earthquake
Apr 07, 2022
254 Ben-Gurion on the Negev Summit
Mar 30, 2022
253 Zelensky Address (also Bnei Brak, Be'er Sheva and Sharm-el-Sheikh updates)
Mar 23, 2022
252 Haviv Rettig Gur on Ukraine
Mar 14, 2022
251 The UK & Bezalel Smotrich
Mar 04, 2022
250 Israel and the War in Ukraine
Feb 24, 2022
249 Herzog World Tour, Amnesty Apartheid and Whoopi on Race
Feb 10, 2022
248 Who Can Play a Jew?
Feb 04, 2022
247 Protests in the Negev
Jan 31, 2022
246 Gush Katif Day
Jan 21, 2022
245 Jewish Life in India with Maayan Shapurkar
Jan 14, 2022
244 Hillel Halkin
Jan 06, 2022
243 Miri Eisen on Iran
Dec 31, 2021
242 Can you be a Zionist on Campus?
Dec 23, 2021
241 The Covid vs. Tourism Crisis
Dec 16, 2021
240 Diaspora Jews Confronting Israeli Policy
Dec 02, 2021
239 Jewish Life on Campus in 2021
Nov 25, 2021
238 Leket: the Leading Food Rescue Organization in Israel
Nov 19, 2021
237 Challenges Facing American Jewry
Nov 08, 2021
236 Israel Ministry of Defense Designates NGOs as Terror Organizations
Nov 01, 2021
235 Israel and Zionism in Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks' Life and Thought
Oct 25, 2021
234 Aliyah Update with Marc Rosenberg
Oct 19, 2021
233 Crime in Israeli Arab Cities
Oct 04, 2021
232 US Iron Dome Funding
Sep 24, 2021
231 Stories to watch for this year
Sep 15, 2021
230 Lazar Berman on Shabbat with the Israeli P.M.
Sep 01, 2021
229 Miri Eisen on Afghanistan (audio repaired)
Aug 26, 2021
228 Israel at the Olympics
Aug 16, 2021
227 Haviv Rettig Gur on Antisemitism
Jul 30, 2021
226 Women of the Wall
Jul 23, 2021
225 American Jews and Israel - A Conversation With Rabbi Bradley Artson
Jul 01, 2021
224 New Unity Government
Jun 17, 2021
223 Blake Flayton
Jun 11, 2021
222 The Change Coalition
Jun 03, 2021
221 Eylon Levy on the Israel Conversation
May 21, 2021
220 Rockets, Riots and Propaganda
May 14, 2021
219 Meron and Sheikh Jarrah
May 06, 2021
218 Coalition Stalemate Update
Apr 23, 2021
217 Explaining Jordan - With Dr. Eran Lerman
Apr 08, 2021
216 Shany Mor on the ICC
Apr 01, 2021
215 Israel's Tribal Democracy - Haviv Rettig Gur
Mar 21, 2021
214 The Rimon Movement
Mar 16, 2021
213 Conversion Controversy
Mar 05, 2021
212 SNL and Gentile Leg Bones
Feb 26, 2021
211 Why Is This Election Different?
Feb 18, 2021
210 The Quarantine of Haredim
Feb 04, 2021
209 Israeli and Palestinian Vaccinations
Jan 28, 2021
208 Miri Eisin Explains Iran
Jan 22, 2021
207 Sheldon Adelson
Jan 18, 2021
206 The Attack on the US Capitol
Jan 08, 2021
205 - Here Comes 2021!
Jan 01, 2021
204 Fourth Elections
Dec 25, 2020
202 Welcoming Converts as Citizens?
Dec 10, 2020
201 Engaging Iran
Dec 07, 2020
200 Urgent Ethiopian Aliya
Nov 26, 2020
199 News Roundup
Nov 20, 2020
198 Aaron David Miller
Nov 12, 2020
197 Israel After the American Elections
Nov 08, 2020
196 A Palestinian's Perspective on the Abraham Accords
Oct 29, 2020
195 Protests and Disruption
Oct 22, 2020
194 Corona Update with Nathan Jeffay
Oct 15, 2020
193 Miri Eisen on Armenia/Azerbaijan Crisis
Oct 07, 2020
192 Should Israeli Politics Follow Enlightenment Principles?
Sep 25, 2020
191 Haviv Rettig Gur on the UAE/Bahrain Deal
Sep 16, 2020
190 Corona Outbreak
Sep 11, 2020
189 Politics and Protests
Sep 03, 2020
188 Expats, Israel and US Politics
Aug 27, 2020
187 Dr Eran Lerman on the UAE Deal
Aug 19, 2020
186 Miri Eisen on Lebanon and its future
Aug 14, 2020
185 - Liel Zahavi-Asa
Aug 07, 2020
184 Coronavirus Cases Rise
Jul 29, 2020
148 - The New Israeli Jews (Rebroadcast)
Jul 24, 2020
183 Borders and Boundaries
Jul 16, 2020
182 Ben Katz of Shoval
Jul 09, 2020
181 Haviv Rettig Gur on Annexation
Jul 02, 2020
180 Can there be peace that is secure and just?
Jun 26, 2020
179 Three Lenses on Annexation
Jun 18, 2020
178 The Forgotten War
Jun 12, 2020
177 A Zionist Playbook for “Interesting Times”
Jun 04, 2020
176 The Annexation Dilemma
May 28, 2020
175 Our Really Big New Government
May 21, 2020
174 - So Close to a Government!
May 15, 2020
173 The Haredi Minority - Challenges and Possibilities (Re-posted)
May 03, 2020
172 Finally a New Government?
Apr 24, 2020
171 Facts and Truth in an Information Age
Apr 17, 2020
170 Why no government yet?
Apr 02, 2020
169 Breaking news: A New Government? What just happened?
Mar 26, 2020
168 Politics in a Time of Coronavirus
Mar 19, 2020
167 Coronavirus in Israel
Mar 12, 2020
166 3rd Election Results
Mar 05, 2020
165 Hosni Mubarak and the Trump Plan
Feb 27, 2020
164 - Third Elections
Feb 20, 2020
163 The West Bank Justice Systems
Feb 13, 2020
162 The Deal of Last Week
Feb 06, 2020
161 Deal of the Century
Jan 30, 2020
160 American and Israeli Jewish Differences
Jan 23, 2020
159 How to Make Israeli Politics More Civil
Jan 16, 2020
158 Killing Qassem Soleimani
Jan 09, 2020
157 International Criminal Court
Jan 02, 2020
156 - Challenging Israel education
Dec 26, 2019
155 - 3rd Elections and Executive Order Angst
Dec 19, 2019
154 - Kaptain Sunshine and a Greener Israel
Dec 12, 2019
153 - Antisemitism in the UK
Dec 05, 2019
152 - Prime Minister Facing Indictment
Nov 25, 2019
151.5 - Breaking update: Indictments, but no Coalition
Nov 22, 2019
151 - Jewish West Bank Settlements
Nov 21, 2019
150 - A Soldier on the Gaza Border
Nov 13, 2019
149 - Coalition Stalemate
Nov 07, 2019
148 - The New Israeli Jews
Oct 31, 2019
147 - BDS Primer
Oct 24, 2019
146 - The Kurds and Israel
Oct 17, 2019
145 - Domestic Violence and Foreign Chaos
Oct 10, 2019
144 - Torture for Security?
Oct 03, 2019
143 - Israeli Arabs in Today's Politics...
Sep 26, 2019
142 - First take on September 17th Elections...
Sep 19, 2019
141 - Haviv Rettig Gur on The Elections...
Sep 12, 2019
140 - Does Gap Year in Israel Work?
Sep 05, 2019
139 - Iran in the Region
Aug 29, 2019
138 - Israel in the American Political Crossfire
Aug 22, 2019
137 - The Ethiopian Israeli Community - An Interview with Pnina Agenyahu
Aug 15, 2019
136 - Meanwhile, on the Palestinian Front...
Aug 08, 2019
135 - The Parties Take Shape for September Elections
Aug 01, 2019
134 - The Israeli School System: What's working and what isn't?
Jul 25, 2019
133 - The Threat at the Northern Border
Jul 18, 2019
132 - The Refugee Problem
Jul 11, 2019
131 - Weapons for Tyrants?
Jul 04, 2019
130 - The Bahrain Conference
Jun 27, 2019
129 - Culture Wars
Jun 21, 2019
128 - The Right to Annex?
Jun 13, 2019
127 - Torah Law as Israeli Law?
Jun 06, 2019
126 - Back To New Elections!!!
May 30, 2019
125.5 - Breaking News! Coalition Crisis Mini-Episode!!!
May 27, 2019
125 - The Jewish Question Returns
May 23, 2019
124 - State of the State at 71
May 16, 2019
123 - Voices from the Gaza Border
May 06, 2019
122 - Israeli Holocaust Education
May 02, 2019
121 - Professor Benjamin Ish-Shalom
Apr 24, 2019
120 - Coalition Building
Apr 16, 2019
119 - Post Election
Apr 10, 2019
118 - Last Pre-Election Episode!
Apr 03, 2019
117 - Gaza and Golan: Breaking News
Mar 26, 2019
116 - Global Terrorism
Mar 21, 2019
115 - Conversion in Israel
Mar 14, 2019
114 - Understanding the Indictments
Mar 07, 2019
113 - Blue & White Changes the Race
Feb 25, 2019
112 - Warsaw and Racism
Feb 21, 2019
111 - The Murder of Ori Ansbacher
Feb 14, 2019
110 - Election Update
Feb 07, 2019
Ep. 109 - The Problems Facing Gen Z
Jan 31, 2019
Ep. 108 - Dr. Carra Glatt and the Use of Narratives
Jan 24, 2019
Ep. 107 - Eisenkot Exit and Zionist Identity
Jan 17, 2019
Ep. 106 - Life on Campus After Gap Year
Jan 10, 2019
Ep. 105 - Israeli Elections Primer
Jan 03, 2019
Ep. 104 - Natan Sharansky
Dec 27, 2018
Ep. 103 - Australian Embassy? Legalising Settlement Outposts? What is happening?
Dec 20, 2018
Ep. 102 - Dual Loyalty
Dec 13, 2018
Ep. 101 - Bibi Investigations and Northern Operations - Raoul Wootliff Explains the News
Dec 06, 2018
Ep. 100 - AirBNB Unlists West Bank Jews
Nov 29, 2018
Ep. 99 - Interview with Tani Frank of Ne’emanei Torah Va’Avodah
Nov 22, 2018
Ep. 98 - Gaza Violence Causes Political Shake Up
Nov 15, 2018
Ep. 97 - Discussing Israel Criticism on Campus
Nov 08, 2018
Ep. 96 - Pittsburgh Discussions With Students and Thoughts on Israeli Elections
Nov 01, 2018
Ep. 95 - Where has Oslo left us?
Oct 25, 2018
Ep. 94 - Gaza Border Clashes and Airport Detentions
Oct 18, 2018
Ep. 93 - The Camp David Peace Accords, and Why They're Relevant 40 Years later
Oct 11, 2018
Ep. 92 - The Yom Kippur War and Why its Relevant 45 Years later
Oct 04, 2018
Ep. 91 - Defunding UNRWA
Sep 06, 2018
Ep. 90 - Democratic AND Jewish
Aug 30, 2018
Ep. 89 - Back to School Advice
Aug 23, 2018
Ep. 88 - Nation State and the Lauder Letter
Aug 16, 2018
Ep. 87 - Thoughts of a Palestinian Israeli
Aug 09, 2018
Ep. 86 - An Age of Protest (with few solutions)
Aug 02, 2018
Ep. 85 - Understanding the Nation State Bill
Jul 19, 2018
Ep. 84 - Reflections on a Quiet Day in Hebron
Jul 12, 2018
Ep. 83 - INN vs. Birthright
Jul 05, 2018
Ep. 37 - Declare Independence! Part 1B (Re-release)
Jun 28, 2018
Ep. 36 - Declare Independence! Part 1A (Re-release)
Jun 28, 2018
Ep. 32 - People of the Book... Week. (Re-release)
Jun 21, 2018
Ep. 82 - Talking Politics in a Partisan Age
Jun 14, 2018
Ep. 81 - Trauma and Resilience Under Fire in Southern Israel
Jun 07, 2018
Ep. 80 - Missiles, Abu Mazen and Oligarchs
May 31, 2018
Ep. 79 - When will they give Israel a break?
May 24, 2018
Ep. 78 - Battle on the Border, and in the Media
May 17, 2018
Ep. 77 - Iran Deal: Before and After
May 10, 2018
Ep. 76 - Ambassador Dan Shapiro
May 02, 2018
Ep. 75 - Barnard Students Explain the BDS Vote
Apr 26, 2018
Ep. 74 - State of the State at 70
Apr 19, 2018
Ep. 73 - Clashes on the Borders
Apr 12, 2018
Ep. 72 - Bibi, Gaza, Russia & Refugees
Mar 29, 2018
Ep. 71 - Passover, Food and Israel
Mar 22, 2018
Ep. 70 - Israel Haredi Draft Law and Coalition Crisis
Mar 15, 2018
Ep. 69 - AIPAC Conference and Response to Farrakhan
Mar 08, 2018
Ep. 68 - Case 4000 and Embassy Update
Feb 28, 2018
Ep. 67 - News and Perspective
Feb 22, 2018
Ep. 66 - Behind Enemy (and Head) Lines
Feb 15, 2018
Ep. 65 - The Poland/Israel Death Camp Controversy
Feb 08, 2018
Ep. 64 - When a Stranger Resides With You...
Feb 01, 2018
Ep. 63 - Why We Need Journalism
Jan 25, 2018
Ep. 62 - What They Don't Know About Israel
Jan 18, 2018
Ep. 61 - TVA Recharge is Back!
Jan 11, 2018
Ep 60 - How to Pronounce "Goethe" (and being a Jewish History teacher)
Jan 04, 2018
Ep. 59 - Conflict and Mediation
Dec 28, 2017
Ep. 58 - A View from Academia
Dec 21, 2017
Ep. 57 - One Week in Jerusalem
Dec 14, 2017
Ep. 56 - The Jerusalem Declaration
Dec 06, 2017
Ep. 55 - Peace or Pessimism?
Nov 30, 2017
Ep. 54 - 242 and Sadat Too
Nov 23, 2017
Ep. 53 - The State of the Region
Nov 16, 2017
Ep. 52 - November 29th, 1947: The Gil Troy Perspective
Nov 09, 2017
Ep. 51 - The Jewish Renaissance Continues
Nov 02, 2017
Ep. 50 - The Balfour Century
Oct 23, 2017
Ep. 49 - Stop Pro-Israel Education!
Oct 20, 2017
Ep. 48 - Peel at 80
Oct 04, 2017
Ep. 47 - National Repentance
Sep 28, 2017
Ep. 46 - Advocacy or Education?
Sep 14, 2017
Ep. 45 - Hollywood and Holy Land
Sep 08, 2017
Ep. 44 - 120 Years of Zionism
Aug 31, 2017
Ep. 43 - The New Old Hate
Aug 24, 2017
Ep. 42 - Demystifying Antisemitism
Aug 17, 2017
Ep. 41 - Culture Clash
Aug 11, 2017
Ep. 40 - Those Who Do Not Remember...
Aug 03, 2017
Ep. 39 - Jerusalem Syndrome
Jul 27, 2017
Ep. 38 - Temple Mount: Beyond the Headlines
Jul 23, 2017
Ep. 37 - Declare Independence! Part 1B
Jul 13, 2017
Ep. 36 - Declare Independence! Part 1A
Jul 13, 2017
Ep. 35 - Manifest Destiny
Jul 06, 2017
Ep. 34 - Sharing Spaces
Jun 29, 2017
Ep. 33 - The Future is Back
Jun 22, 2017
Ep. 32 - People of the Book... Week.
Jun 16, 2017
Ep. 31 - Not About the Six Day War. Honest!
Jun 09, 2017
Ep. 30 - Midreshet HaRova Speaks!
Jun 02, 2017
Ep. 29 - Make the Middle East Great Again
May 25, 2017
Ep. 28 - Hummus: The Movie Premiere
May 18, 2017
Ep. 27 - What's So Funny About Ethno-National Democracies?
May 11, 2017
Ep. 26 - Meanwhile in Gaza...
May 05, 2017
Ep. 25 - One Nation, Many Identities
Apr 27, 2017
Ep. 24 - What's a Jew to You?
Apr 20, 2017
Ep. 23.5 - Bonus mini-episode for Yom Aliya
Apr 06, 2017
Ep. 23 - Who Knew? Aliya Updates
Apr 03, 2017
Ep. 22 - BBTV
Mar 23, 2017
Ep. 21 - How Quo is the Status?
Mar 01, 2017
Ep. 20 - Elor, Bibi, Donald & Nikki
Feb 22, 2017
Ep. 19 - Two States or what?
Feb 16, 2017
Ep. 18 - Occupied? Disputed? Confusing!
Jan 27, 2017
Ep. 17 - Media Meta-Musings
Jan 20, 2017
Ep. 16 - MTVA Speaks Out!
Jan 10, 2017
Ep. 15 - Really?! Again?!
Dec 29, 2016
Ep. 14 - New Year's Resolution?
Dec 26, 2016
Ep. 13 Ch-Ch-Changes
Dec 22, 2016