Earlier this week, we heard a Palestinian perspective on the conflict. Today, I wanted to have on an Israeli perspective.
Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and the author, most recently, of “Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor.”
In this episode, we discuss Halevi’s unusual education as an Israeli Defense Forc ... Show More
Yesterday
This Is Why I Find Pema Chödrön So Essential
What do you do when you feel anxious or insecure? Many of us try to push the feeling away, or we ruminate on it, or try to solve it, or avoid the thought altogether. But what would happen if we did the exact opposite? The Buddhist nun and teacher Pema Chödrön is the author of man ... Show More
1h 13m
May 12
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California
On Friday, I moderated a forum with the top Democratic candidates for California governor, focusing on the state’s housing crisis. California’s current governor, Gavin Newsom, came into office in 2019 promising to build millions of homes. And in the years since, dozens of pro-hou ... Show More
1h 32m
Oct 2023
Special Episode: Roundtable on Israel-Palestine w/ Dana El Kurd, Orly Noy, and Yair Wallach
While the world is currently transfixed by what’s happening in Israel-Palestine, this story did not begin on October 7th. Elia Ayoub and Daniel Voskoboynik are joined by Dana El Kurd, Orly Noy, and Yair Wallach to think through this moment, process our grief together, and articul ... Show More
1h 31m
Apr 2024
4. The First Intifada with Islah Jad
In Late 1987 Palestine erupted. The Israeli occupation was closing in on 20 years and getting comfortable. But seemingly out of nowhere, a mass movement of protests, strikes and boycotts shook Israel and the world. For the first time, the West gained sympathy for Palestine, as im ... Show More
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