This Supreme Court's first term as a six-justice conservative majority has been really something, as least as it comes to religion. Uri and Rivky discuss, how do we feel about the SC becoming such a "pro-religion" court? Is this a good thing for all religious Americans - or just for Christians?

Adam Liptak: https://www.nytimes.com/by/adam-liptak

It's America's Independence Day, and we want to know how we should feel about that.  Are we proud to be Americans?  What does it mean to be patriotic?  Do we have a unique perspective on this as Jews?  How might other groups feel differently?  Rivky calls in from Israel for this international July 4th edition of Talking Tachlis.

NY Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/opinion/liberal-patriotism-july-fourth.html

Frederick Douglass Speech - What To The Save Is July 4th: https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/what-to-the-slave-is-the-fourth-of-july/

Grateful Dead - US Blues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr-iGxbALnc

Love Actually airport scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0fJSvGJOuI

Last week, the Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade, a momentous decision upending nearly 50 years of precedent on abortion. Uri and Rivky aren't legal scholars, or political savants. So instead, this week, they focus on their “unique” contribution, the question of how this relates to our community.

Uri and Rivky are back!! And just in time, too. Last week, the NY Supreme Court ruled that Yeshiva University must recognize the YU Pride Alliance, an LGBTQ student group on campus, as an officially sanctioned Yeshiva University club. Many students, and alumni, are seeing this as a victory. YU is appealing, so we don't know the final decision, but Uri and Rivky ask, who is right here? What could have happened differently? And what meaningful reactions have we seen about this ruling?

Did you watch the Oscars on Sunday night? Trick question, because whether it’s a yes or no, you know about this week’s topic. Uri and Rivky break down the Chris Rock-Will Smith slap heard ’round the world and ask, what the heck happened?

[Update: mid-recording, Will Smith issued a public apology to Chris Rock, but Rivky and Uri, the diligent hosts they are, weren't looking at their phones.]

YULA students last week were treated to a Purim spiel mocking Shalhevet, the other LA-based MO school, for its students’ progressive stances on racial justice and gender and sexual equality, displaying signs with slogans like, “Don’t Misgender Me,” “#BlackLivesMatter,” “#StopAsianHate” and “Free the gays.”

This week, Uri and Rivky ask, does this mean anything bigger about the state of modern Orthodoxy, and its education? Is this a Jewish thing? A frum thing? A high school boy thing?
Is this just representative of the country?

https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/lazar-berman/

Music:

Ukrainian folk song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5MyOZ4VQRk

Ukrainian national anthem 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDeQVaoTvJM

This week, Uri and Rivky speak to Lazar Berman, correspondent for Times of Israel, who is currently on the ground covering Ukraine. They discuss what's happening in the country, Israel's delicate tightrope, and what to expect in the coming days.

If you haven't yet seen The Tinder Swindler on Netflix, check out the wild story about Shimon Hayut, an Israeli con man, and the women he bilked for hundreds of thousands. In this episode, Uri and Rivky are joined by repeat guest Dr. Shayna Weiss, professor and expert in Israeli history, society, and media, to talk about Hayut's con, how his Israeli, Charedi, and Mizrahi identities come into play, and "gvir culture."