New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, two weeks ago, gave a speech about immigration. And he invoked the Hijra. The migration of Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina.

On the surface, it sounds like a beautiful story about welcoming immigrants. About compassion. About diversity.

But if you know what Hijra actually means in Islamic history and political Islam, Mamdani just told you exactly what his plan is for New York City.

And it's not multiculturalism. It's conquest.

#JewishPodcast #MiddleEast #Israel #Palestine #Antisemitism #IsraelPalestineConflict #NYC #ZohranMamdani #MuslimBrotherhood

00:00 - Intro

00:50 - What Mamdani Said

01:35 - The Rest of the Story

02:33 - What Hijra Actually Means

03:38 - Same Words, Different Destination

04:37 - Islam Is Also Politics

05:54 - Mamdani's Anti-Jewish Ideology

06:55 - The Destination: Look at the Middle East

08:00 - The Palestinian Exception

09:09 - What This Means for New York

10:32 - The Warning is Clear

11:14 - Final Thought

Recent developments in Israel regarding potential annexation of the West Bank and possible takeover of Gaza are sparking international outcry. People are screaming about legitimacy, about international law, about occupation.

But here’s what nobody wants to do: stop pretending this is happening in a vacuum.

If we’re going to talk about annexation, we need to talk about how these territories became “occupied” in the first place. We need to talk about what “occupation” actually means legally. And we need to talk about what Israel has offered and what has been rejected.

Because context isn’t optional. It’s essential.

#JewishPodcast #MiddleEast #Israel #Palestine #Antisemitism #IsraelPalestineConflict #WestBank #IllegalOccupation

00:00 - Intro

00:53 - What Are We Actually Talking About?

02:12 - How Israel Ended Up Controlling These Territories

03:24 - The Legal Status: Not as Clear as They Claim

05:13 - Land for Peace: The Offers Nobody Talks About

06:35 - Why the Goliath vs. David Narrative Doesn’t Change the Facts

07:49 - Why Annexation Talk Is Happening Now

08:52 - What Annexation Actually Means

10:01 - The Double Standard

11:02 - Final Thought

Here’s a comment I keep seeing: “Jews only like the UN when it suits them. You accepted the 1947 partition plan but reject everything else the UN does. Hypocrites.”

And here’s my response: You’re confusing two completely different things.

The UN recommending a partition in 1947 and the UN institutionalizing hereditary refugee status through UNRWA for 75 years are not the same policy. Not the same context. Not the same organization, really.

Accepting one UN proposal while criticizing another isn’t hypocrisy. It’s evaluating each on its merits.

So today, let’s talk about the UN’s two faces. How one resolution tried to solve a problem, and how another made sure that problem never gets solved.

#JewishPodcast #MiddleEast #Israel #Palestine #Antisemitism #IsraelPalestineConflict #UN #UnitedNations #Hypocricy #JewishState #PalestinianRejectionism #ArabRejectionism

00:00 - Intro

01:05 - 1947: The Partition Plan

02:55 - 1949: UNRWA Is Born

05:00 - Why UNRWA Is Different

06:09 - Two Completely Different Things

06:49 - The Hypocrisy Accusation

08:33 - Evaluating on Merits

09:36 - The Double Standard

11:07 - What UNRWA Actually Does

12:06 - The Real Hypocrisy

12:54 - Why This Matters

14:08 - Final Thought

I’m listening to Ronen Bergman’s “Rise and Kill First,” and there’s a line that stops me cold.

A Mossad operative, born in Canada, raised in the US, talking about Israel before the Six-Day War, says this: “Before the Six-Day War, Israel aroused in me the sympathy of an underdog.”

Before. Not after. Before.

That one word explains everything about how the world sees Israel today. Because in 1967, something changed. And it wasn’t just the map.

#JewishPodcast #MiddleEast #Israel #Palestine #Antisemitism #IsraelPalestineConflict #Victimhood #VictimhoodCard #PoliticalNarrative #SixDayWar

00:00 - Intro

00:45 - The Underdog Years

02:08 - The Narrative Flips

03:00 -Enter the Palestinians

04:30 - Why the West Loves Underdogs

05:59 - The Long-Term Consequences

06:50 - The Underdog Card Is Played Forever

07:47 - The Cruel Irony

08:38 - What the Sources Show

10:16 - Final Thought

After releasing the series on Marxism, relativism, CRT, and Islamism - go check out episodes 59, 60, and 61 - I got a lot of feedback claiming I got it wrong.

People say, "There's no connection between Marxism, relativism, Critical Race Theory, and Islamism. You're forcing it. You're projecting modern politics backward."

Okay. So let's do something radical.

Let's rewind to 1990. Before TikTok. Before social media. Before October 7. Before "from the river to the sea" was being chanted by people who couldn't find the river on a map.

And let's see what was already visible.

#JewishPodcast #MiddleEast #Israel #Palestine #Antisemitism #IsraelPalestineConflict #Marxism #Relativism #CRT #WhiteGuilt #WhiteCultureIrrelevance #Postcolonialism

00:00 - Intro

00:56 - A Scene from 1990 That Explains 2026

02:13 - This Is the First Shift

03:19 - From Scholarship to Performance

04:04 - This Is Where Relativism Enters

04:43 - Enter Marxism, Without the Factory

05:26 - CRT Was the Formalization, Not the Beginning

05:59 - So Where Does Islamism Come In?

06:45 - Why Byatt Matters Here

07:21 - This Is Why October 7 Was "Explained" Instead of Condemned

07:57 - Final Thought

Aren’t you tired of hearing the same: "Jews always play the Holocaust card. Always the victim. Get over it already.”? 

And here's something else I hear: "Palestinians are victims. Oppressed. Powerless. Everything they do is resistance."

So today, let's talk about cards. 

Real ones and fake ones. 

Let's talk about what the Holocaust actually means to Jews. 

And let's talk about what real victimhood looks like versus what weaponized victimhood looks like. Because there's a difference. And pretending there isn't gets people killed.

#JewishPodcast #MiddleEast #Israel #Palestine #Antisemitism #IsraelPalestineConflict #Victimhood #VictimhoodCard

00:00 - Intro

00:48 - Part One: The Holocaust Isn't a Card. It's a Scar

02:44 - What the Holocaust Means for Jews

03:49 - Centuries of Persecution Aren't a Card Either

05:18 - Part Two: The Palestinian Victimhood Card

06:44 - Responsibilities and Misconduct: The Double Standard

08:14 - The Attitude Toward Violence

09:27 - The Real Victimhood Card

10:27 - The Difference

11:10 - Comparing the Two

11:52 - Final Thought

Let me start with something simple and slightly uncomfortable.

If you ask ten people what Judaism is, nine of them will describe Christianity with Jewish characters, Islam with Hebrew fonts, or whatever TikTok told them last week about the Talmud.

And that tells you everything you need to know about how badly this topic is misunderstood.

Judaism is not Christianity without Jesus. It's not Islam without Muhammad. And it's definitely not a secret rulebook for controlling the world.

So today, I want to slow this down and do something radical: Explain what Judaism actually is, in plain language, without apologizing for it.

#JewishPodcast #MiddleEast #Israel #Palestine #Antisemitism #Judaism #Christianity #Islam #Talmud

00:00 - Intro

01:01 - First: Judaism Is Not Just a Religion

01:43 - Core Beliefs (And Yes, They're Simpler Than You Think)

02:36 - Core Values (This Is Where Judaism Actually Lives)

03:16 - Core Prohibitions (What Judaism Actually Forbids)

03:56 - The Structure: Torah, Prophets, Writings

04:50 - Then Judaism Evolves, Without Breaking

06:24 - Judaism vs Christianity vs Islam (The Real Differences)

07:09 - Why Debate Is Central in Judaism

07:40 - Why This Matters Right Now

08:14 - Final Thought

Can anyone tell me an answer to this following question: When was the last time "international law" actually stopped a war? Not slowed it down. Not condemned it after the fact. Actually stopped it.

I'll wait.

The truth is, we've been living in a fantasy. For maybe twenty, thirty years after the Cold War ended, we convinced ourselves that the world had changed. That international law mattered. That the UN meant something. That we'd evolved past conquest and power politics.

We were wrong. And now we're paying for that delusion.

#JewishPodcast #MiddleEast #Israel #Palestine #Antisemitism #Racism #Genocide #InternationalLaw #UnitedNations

00:00 - Intro

00:59 - The UN: Captured Since the 1960s

02:47 - Russia's Play: USSR 2.0

04:29 - The Thirty-Year Fantasy

05:31 - Back to Kings and Conquest

07:05 - The New Power Blocs

08:38 - Europe: The Toothless Barker

10:31 - What This Means Going Forward

12:58 - Final Thoughts

If I told you there's a movement that says one specific ethnic group doesn't deserve a homeland, that demands the dismantling of their one nation state, that justifies violence against them, and that makes members of that group afraid to identify themselves on college campuses... would you call that bigotry?

Of course you would.

Unless that group is Jews. Then it's called "anti-Zionism." And somehow, that makes it okay.

#JewishPodcast #MiddleEast #Israel #Palestine #Antisemitism #Racism #Genocide #Antisemitism #Bigotry

00:00 - Intro

00:58 - The Old Antisemitism Was Honest

02:06 - Enter Anti-Zionism: Antisemitism in a Suit

03:00 - The Double Standard Test

04:51 - The Language of Genocide Preparation

07:04 - When Criticism Becomes Antisemitism

09:27 - What Anti-Zionism Looks Like on the Ground

11:00 - The Plausible Deniability

12:51 - The Historical Pattern

14:33 - Why This Matters Beyond Jews

15:52 - What Needs to Happen

16:51 - Final Thoughts

What happens when you call everything racist?When every disagreement is fascism?

When every policy you don't like is genocide?Answer: The words stop working.

And when the words stop working, we can't identify the real thing anymore.#JewishPodcast #MiddleEast #Israel #Palestine #Antisemitism #Racism #Genocide

00:00 - Intro

00:36 - The Boy Who Cried Wolf, 2026 Edition

01:17 - Exhibit A: Racism

02:45 - Exhibit B: Fascism

03:51 - Exhibit C: Genocide

05:22 - Exhibit D: Antisemitism

07:28 - Exhibit E: Illegal Immigration

09:13 - The Neuroscience of Overuse

10:13 - What Happens Next

11:01 - How to Fix It

12:07 - Final Thoughts