Journalist and author Naomi Schaefer Riley joins JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin to discuss the damage that critical race theory is doing to children. The two discuss the impact radical and woke ideas about race are having on kids and how cancel culture works. They also explore what we’ve learned about the role that both intermarriage and the decline of faith are having on both society in general and the Jewish community.

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Washington Examiner magazine editor Seth Mandel joins JNS editor in chief Jonathan Tobin to talk about why the ADL is failing to confront anti-Semitism, polarization and home schooling.

The two discuss how the ADL is abandoning its role as an anti-Semitism watchdog in favor of partisan advocacy, the need to emphasize that anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism, whether the Democratic Party is being ‘Corbynized,’ the dangerous impact of polarization in American politics and why more people are turning to home schooling their children.

Ellie Cohanim interviews Erick Stakelbeck - journalist, author and host of TBN's, "The Watchman". Together, they discuss why Evangelical Christians support Israel, what the mainstream media gets wrong about the Middle East and the future of Christian/Jewish relations.

Author and commentator Liel Liebovitz joins JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin to talk about whether Jews are white, the right Jewish answer to anti-Semitism and the disconnect between Israelis and Americans.

The two discuss the impact of critical race theory and ideas about white privilege on the way Americans think about the Middle East. They also talk about the revival of Jewish traditions in unfamiliar settings, the essential Jewishness of Stan Lee and Leonard Cohen, the spiritual dimension of video games and what Israelis and Americans don’t understand about each other.

Ellie Cohanim interviews HE Dr. Rashid Ali Al Nuaimi, one of the brokers of the Abraham Accords normalization agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel. Together, they hold a groundbreaking conversation on Arab countries’ relations with Israel, corrupt Palestinian leadership, the Iranian role vis-à-vis Hamas in the Gaza Strip and what the West can do to combat radical Islamist extremism.

Historian and author Gil Troy joins JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin to talk about how toxic theories about the past are fueling anti-Semitism and undermining Jewish identity and support for Israel.

The two discuss how partisanship has given a pass to the spread of destructive ideas like critical race theory and intersectionality and how such ideologies give a permission slip to anti-Semitism. They also speak about how battles over history are impacting Jewish identity in the United States and ties with Israel and the role that Zionism and important stories – such as that of Natan Sharansky — should play in Jewish life.

In this week’s episode, the Tikvah Fund head and foreign-policy veteran of the Reagan, Bush and Trump administrations joins JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin to talk diplomacy, democracy and the future of American Jewry.

The two discuss President Joe Biden’s strategies and his attempt to get closer to Iran and the Palestinians, the foreign-policy establishment in the Trump administration and the greatest threats to the American Jewish community.

In the second episode of Global Perspectives, Ellie Cohanim speaks with Amit Deri and Dr. Majid Al Sarrah, the co-founders of Sharaka, The Gulf-Israel Center for Social Entrepreneurship. The normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates under the Abraham Accords opened the door to a possible new era of cooperation and friendship in the Middle East. Ellie speaks with two activists, an Israeli and Emirati, who are working to make that new peace a reality between ordinary people. Hear about how they met, their journeys to mutual understanding and their hopes to build a future together.

In this week’s episode of Top Story, Fox News contributor and former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer joins JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin to talk about the politics of support for Israel.

They analyze the way the two political parties have changed in their attitudes toward Israel and what, if anything, can be done to restore a bipartisan consensus on the Middle East. In addition, they delve into what's behind a surge in anti-Semitism and how to fix a dysfunctional American political culture. This is an episode you don't want to miss!

In this launch episode of Global Perspectives, Ellie Cohanim speaks with Ron Dermer, former Israeli Ambassador to America under both the Obama and Trump administrations. They talk about the recent war with Palestinian terrorists in Gaza, Iran's role in the Middle East and the nuclear deal, challenges of two very different administrations, the Abraham Accords and global anti-Semitism.