Ep. 132: Celebrating Israel’s 70th birthday with chef Eyal Shani, singer Yael Deckelbaum, and writer and comedian Periel Aschenbrand

On Yom Ha’atzmaut, looking back at Habibi’s Adventures in the Land of Israel, from 1951

In this week’s ‘Daf Yomi’ Talmud study, the surprising origins of power’s responsibility to the governed. Plus: How the Kingdom of Judea became the Religion of Judaism.

Yom Ha’atzmaut: The benefits—and perils—of assimilation in the Jewish state

It’s the most extreme form of institutionalized violence against women on the planet

The conflict isn’t between two nations, but between two irreconcilable worldviews

Yom Ha’atzmaut: How Jewish mobsters helped Israel gain its independence

How Dutch colonial officials used anti-Semitism to fuel anti-Chinese hate

How I came to an intellectual and spiritual connection with Swami Chidananda Saraswati