In this week’s episode of Inside Israel, titled “Skeleton,” we try something different: instead of saving them for the end, I address listener questions at the beginning – everything from how Israelis think about anti-Semitism in the US, to how pro-Israel Jews in America might think about the upcoming Presidential election and whether Israelis celebrate Halloween. 

In the news segment, I discuss Israel’s recent strategic success in Iran, which involved disabling key air defense systems and setting back missile production capabilities, sending a clear signal to Iran that we have the capacity to operate within Iranian airspace pretty much at will. I also reflect on the tragic ramming attack at Glilot Junction in Herzliya, as well as the deaths of five modern-Orthodox Reserve soldiers in Lebanon, one of whom was a Judaic studies teacher in my town, Ra’anana.

We close the pod by talking about the impact of these events on a personal level, including my wife Dorit’s latest project on behalf of IDF soldiers in Lebanon.  

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