18 Questions, 40 Mystics
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18 Questions, 40 Mystics is a new podcast and video series by 18Forty and Share interviewing the leading rabbis, teachers, kabbalists, and artists immersed in the world of Jewish mysticism.
Join Rabbi Benji Levy as he asks 18 of the most existential questions to 40 mystics from around the world. If you are looking to dive into the world of spirituality, inspiration, and pnimiyut, then this is the podcast for you.
Have questions or comments? Shoot us an email at info@18forty.org.
Join Rabbi Benji Levy as he asks 18 of the most existential questions to 40 mystics from around the world. If you are looking to dive into the world of spirituality, inspiration, and pnimiyut, then this is the podcast for you.
Have questions or comments? Shoot us an email at info@18forty.org.
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Judah Mischel: 'I identify as somebody who is living in the days of redemption'
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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Elliot Wolfson: ‘Jewish mysticism is the garment that I wear in this world’
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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Efraim Palvanov: 'Every person can be the Messiah'
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Fruma Schapiro: 'The direct path of connection to Hashem is through the simple and the small'
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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YY Jacobson: 'Jews were chosen to hold onto the frequency of redemptive consciousness'
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Oshra Koren: 'If this is not redemption, I don't know what is'
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Jonnie Schnytzer: 'The world caught up with kabbalists'
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Dina Etigson: 'The point is not to transcend this world but to bring God here into it'
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Biti Roi: 'Every generation brings mysticism to a different stage'
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May 25, 2026 |
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Zvi Leshem: 'Modernity in general was a movement that was anti-mystical'
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May 18, 2026 |
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Devori Nussbaum: 'I see God as this one coherent frequency of truth'
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May 11, 2026 |
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Simon Jacobson: 'The music of Judaism is what I’m looking for, not just the mechanics'
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May 04, 2026 |
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Jeremy Tibbetts: 'Being a spiritual seeker is not in vogue'
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Yehudis Golshevsky: 'The root of all prophecy is spiritual imagination'
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Shlomo Katz: 'Today's idol worship is self-persecution'
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Tonia Chazanow: 'Every soul has a story'
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Daniel Rowe: 'It's very easy to either idolatrize God or just misuse mystical teachings'
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Shoshana Judelman: 'Our greatest challenge is as individuals facing our own demons'
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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David Aaron: 'I believe that the Divine is existence and infinitely more'
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Ora Wiskind: 'The presence of God is everywhere in every molecule'
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Moshe Idel: ‘The Jews are supposed to serve something’
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Chava Green: 'From God's perspective, men and women are exactly the same'
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Shais Taub: ‘God gave us an ego to protect us’
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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David Bashevkin: ‘We are meant to teach the world how to embrace unchosen identity’
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Shani Taragin: 'It's good that Judaism is hard'
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Moshe Gersht: ‘The world of mysticism begs for practicality’
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Suri Weingot: ‘The fellow Jew is as close to God as you'll get’
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Moshe Weinberger: ‘The Jewish People are God's shofar’
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Zevi Slavin: ‘To be a mystic is to be human at its most raw’
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Sarah Yehudit Schneider: ‘Jewish mysticism is not so different from any mysticism’
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Joey Rosenfeld: "All Jews by definition are mystics'
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Introducing 18 Questions, 40 Mystics with R' Benji Levy
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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'There is no hope—but there is faith': 5 Israeli Thinkers on the country's future
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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'The status quo cannot be maintained': 6 Israeli Thinkers on if Palestinian-Israeli peace is still possible
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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'The government doesn't make its case': 5 Israeli Thinkers on criticizing Israel
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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'Our reliance on power': 6 Israeli Thinkers on Israel's Greatest Success and Mistake in the Gaza War
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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'Still a deeply divided society': 5 Israeli Thinkers on how they feel today
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Michael Oren: 'We are living in biblical times'
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Micah Goodman: 'I don't want Gaza to become our Vietnam'
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Jonathan Rosenblum: 'Would you want to live in a country run by Haredim?'
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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'The head of the snake': 8 Israeli Thinkers on the threat of Iran
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Hanan Schlesinger: 'From the river to the sea is all Israel and all Palestine'
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Fleur Hassan-Nahoum: 'I am scared that in 20 years, Israel will be isolated completely'
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Malka Simkovich: When Did The Jewish Diaspora Begin? (18Forty Podcast Re-Release)
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May 26, 2025 |
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Elli Fischer: 'The Torah ideal is for Israel to be a religious state'
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May 19, 2025 |
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Yoav Heller: 'Israel will be in existential peril if society continues to fragment'
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May 12, 2025 |
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Mikhael Manekin: 'This is a land of two peoples, and I don't view that as a problem'
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May 05, 2025 |
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Einat Wilf: 'Jews are never allowed to win, and Arabs are never allowed to lose' (Re-Release)
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Anshel Pfeffer: 'The idea that you'll obliterate Hamas is as realistic as wanting to obliterate Chabad'
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Mosheh Lichtenstein: 'Jewish values don't celebrate might'
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Ruby Chen: My Son is Likely a Deceased Hostage. Don't Forget Him in Gaza.
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Jonathan Dekel-Chen: My Son was a Hostage in Gaza for 43 Million Seconds. He Felt Every One.
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Yossi Klein Halevi: What’s Next: The Future of Liberal Zionism (18Forty Podcast Re-Release)
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Yishai Fleisher: ‘Israel is not meant to be equal for all — it’s a nation-state’
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Nitsana Darshan-Leitner: 'Before Trump, I believed that Gaza had to be controlled by Israel'
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Shani Taragin: 'The ideal is for the Jewish People to live in the Land of Israel'
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Chuck Freilich: 'Netanyahu needs to step down or be voted out'
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Rula Daood: 'We are closest to peace at times of war'
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Natan Sharansky: 'If you don't have faith or Zionism, your grandchildren will not be Jewish'
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Shayna Goldberg: Inside Israel’s Religious Zionist Community (18Forty Podcast Re-Release)
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Jonathan Gribetz: Teaching the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (18Forty Podcast Re-Release)
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Michael Melchior: 'We can make peace with the whole of the Arab and Muslim world'
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Daniel Gordis: ‘The great failure of the hostages is enormous’
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Khitam Abu Bader: 'Violence is never the answer'
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Moshe Koppel: 'We won the war in Gaza'
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Einat Wilf: 'Jews are never allowed to win, and Arabs are never allowed to lose'
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Sivan Rahav-Meir: 'When it comes to terrorism, you can't compromise' (Re-Run)
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Yaakov Katz: 'The Israeli military has fought in probably the most humane way possible'
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Uri Zaki: 'The war has to end in Gaza'
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Nechumi Yaffe: 'I hate the idea that we are being killed and need to kill'
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Lahav Harkov: 'We are winning'
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Netta Barak-Corren: 'I hope that Gaza will see a day when it is no longer ruled by Hamas'
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Despondent, Unmoored, Hopeful: How Israeli Thinkers Feel After October 7
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Rivka Ravitz: 'Being separated is at the core of being Haredi'
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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David Stav: 'Israel as a state should not be a religious state'
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Haviv Rettig Gur: 'Hamas is upset that the death toll in Gaza isn't higher'
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Yossi Klein Halevi: 'Anti-Zionism is an existential threat to the Jewish People'
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Rachelle Fraenkel: 'I had expectations from humanity'
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Gadi Taub: 'We should annex the north third of the Gaza Strip'
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Efraim Inbar: 'Israel doesn't use enough force'
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Ronit Heyd: 'If Israel becomes less democratic, it will become less Jewish'
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Yehoshua Pfeffer: 'The army is not ready for real Haredi participation'
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Anita Shapira: 'You cannot wipe out Hamas'
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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David Horovitz: 'We need this state to survive'
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Sivan Rahav-Meir: 'When it comes to terrorism, you can't compromise'
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Yakov Nagen: 'Jewish Messianism is a vision for all of humanity'
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Benny Morris: 'We should have taken Rafah at the start'
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Coming Soon: 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers
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Jun 18, 2024 |