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Here is my call for a constructive alternative to the current mass protests against judicial reform being debated in Israel's Knesset. Along the way we touch some historical context about Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, Supreme Court Justice Aharon Barak, Meir Kahane's Kach party and what the Israeli Declaration of Independence actually says. On the way toward a new model of national covenant we need to learn to speak to one another again, and that also requires understanding how the Disengagement from Gaza and destruction of Gush Katif in 2005 affect our current political situation.

The final installment in the series on the tri-partite part nature of American antisemitism. This episode revisits all three forms of Jew-hatred characteristic of society in the United States and touches base with their manifestation in the new millennia. Along the way we identify the narrative endgame driving each of these stories of destruction and consider what the Jews ought to do about it. Learn about the 2001 Durban Conference, James Baldwin, the Oklahoma City Bombing, and Jewish students on college campus today. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode https://www.flickr.com/photos/ethnosax/15483604147

Just a little touch of pre-Purim madness! Rav Mike Feuer discusses the Jewish holiday of Purim, the Book of Esther(Megillah) and how it relates to us today Image created by Wolfgang Beyer with the program Ultra Fractal 3 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode

Part six of the series on Antisemitism takes a turn toward the manifestation of hate in the progressive culture of America. In addition to outlining some of the theory and history of hate on the American left, this episode also outlines the glory and complications of the rise of 'tikkun olam' as the civil religion of liberal Jews. image https://www.flickr.com/photos/elycefeliz/3833624039 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/legalcode

Is Judeophobia getting worse in the US? Kenneth Jacobson has worked for the Anti-Defamation League since 1971 and as deputy director, he shares his unique view on the history of Jew-hate in America.

This episode opens up our exploration of the third face of American antisemitism with the backstory of progressive Jew hate. Listen in to uncover the ongoing impact of Soviet era propaganda, and to learn what is "the socialism of fools."

When the cracks start to open up in American race relations, Jew-hate seeps into the mainstream. Here is an episode about Reverend Jesse Jackson, Minister Louis Farrakhan and the evolution of black antisemitism. image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gotovan/49958357796/ license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode

Sometimes you have to get out of your own head in order to know what you really think. Here is an episode where my good friend Eitan Ben Avraham interviews me on the fundamental tensions underlying the Israeli/American Jewish relationship and how they find expression in our present political challenges. Image by - https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/173110448 lic - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/legalcode

Jew hate has two fundamental elements no matter where it manifests - one connected to the role Jews play in society, the other the role we play in the mind of the hater. This episode opens a new facet of American antisemitism as we turn from white hate to black, and try to understand the roots of them both.

Part two of our exploration of the new face of the oldest hate focuses on the history of Jewish response to antisemitism through a look at the ADL. As a bonus you get a brief interview with my mom!

It's an old topic, but somehow seems to be making yet another comeback. Here is the introductory episode in my quest to understand the rebirth of humanity's oldest hatred in the United States today. Image attribution: Ted Eytan lic: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode

Here is my annual Hanukkah class in honor of my father, Charles Feuer/Betzalel ben Avraham ob'm. As the end of the Hasmonean kingdom that was established after the Hanukkah war, the Sages decreed "cursed by the man who teaches his son Greek wisdom." This talk explores what that wisdom might be, how to hold it off and why doing so is central to our national struggle for cultural sovereignty.

Here is an interview with my dear friend and co-author Dave Mason. In it we explore imagination as a tool of spirituality, the challenges of co-writing a novel and the idea of an Age of Prophecy. Join the Age of Prophecy 7-day challenge at https://theageofprophecy.com/self-fulfilling-prophecy/

Uzi Dayan was national security advisor to both Ehud Barak and Ariel Sharon, helping them navigate the stormy waters of the Camp David summit, the Oslo war and Operation Defensive Shield. Through it all, he labored to build his vision of a separation wall on a solid political foundation.

Though the first intifada paved the way for the wall, the second - known as the Oslo War - brought it into being. This episode makes a bridge between these two conflicts, tracing the arc from suppression to separation and asks the question -why not sovereignty?

Violence often has an arc, and in this episode we trace how the intifada progresses together with the Israeli policies of suppression and separation. Along the way we outline the birth of the Hamas terror organization and end on a childhood note from yours truly. image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/marypmadigan/3191791902 lic: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode

When the intifada erupted it caught the Israeli army and leadership unprepared. Part two of the series exploring the evolution of the separation barrier explores Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin's "iron-fist" policy response as part of arc of government decisions that move from suppression to separation - all in avoidance of sovereignty.

In this episode we take a break from tracking the evolution of Israel's separation wall to consider the deeper issues of violence on which it is built. Rav Yehuda Hakohen of the Vision Movement joins me for a conversation about Max Nordau, Zev Jabotinsky and Frantz Fanon. Along the way we consider issues of decolonization, settlement and the hope for a new Jewish consciousness that might soon emerge.

Almost two thousand years ago the Sages determined that Am Yisrael was bound in exile by an oath not to go up to the land "like a wall." Now two millena later there is a wall built by the Israeli government running through the heart of our biblical homeland. Here is the introductory episode to a new series that aims to break down the evolution of Israel's security wall. image license - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/legalcode from - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hjl/8504846235

The Zohar calls the Sukkah "the shade of faith." Here are some impromptu thoughts from me to you as I sit in the shade of my sukkah - inspired by these holy days, but relevant all year round.