It’s the season of Rosh Hashanah for the Jewish people. Today’s guest is a special podcast with Leonard Grunstein as a special guest. It’s a two-hour podcast, and we’ve discussed various topics in this episode.

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is starting in the evening of September 22nd, 2025. I invited Leonard Grunstein, who is the guest of today’s podcast. Leonard Grunstein is a retired lawyer and banker. He authored a book, “Because It’s Just And Right.” As you could see from the subtitle, you’ll be able to understand the unknown history of Jerusalem till the city was recognized as the capital of Israel by the U.S. President Donald J. Trump.

I have invited him to speak about Rosh Hashanah for the Israeli people, the Jewish people around the world. What is important about Rosh Hashanah, etc? I’ve also asked him to talk about Yom Kippur. It’s New Year’s season, and I do understand that every culture celebrates the New Year to some extent. Japanese culture did, too. However, every culture has special meanings and its roles in the New Year. I was interested in how Leonard Grunstein describes Jewish tradition or culture.

It has been a challenging time for many Jewish people, not only Israeli people, around the world since October 7th. There has been a war in Gaza since 2023. If you listen to this podcast, you’ll be able to understand why today’s topic, which I asked to speak about, is about Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

I later talked about the U.N. making, not just an Antisemitic decision, but I’ve told how disappointing it is that the U.N. became an organization that honors the intent of the nations which has a clear benefit by spreading rhetoric to “annihilate” the State of Israel.

At the same time, as I have said on the October 14th podcast, Israel has or had every right to strike Hamas in Qatar, where there are high-ranking Hamas members. I was wondering what people would take when they listen to “Nowhere in the Middle East is safe, because of Israel.” This is obviously full of ill intentions. The UN accusing Israel of its attacks against Hamas is like what I was discussing with Leonard Grunstein in this podcast content.

Lastly, I appreciate Leonard Grunstein for sharing his family story. This has a lot to do with why I hate another Antisemitic agenda these pro-Hamas mobs use to harass the actual Auschwitz survivors. He’s spoken words for these descendants of the Holocaust, who was directly impacted on October 7th.

The book “Because It’s Just And Right: The Untold Back-Story of the US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel and Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem”

Written by Leonard Grunstein, Farley Weiss

Purchase A Copy from Amazon.

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