Why is the Knesset all of a sudden discussing a law that would declare Israel to be the nation state of the Jewish people? What does it have to do with the fact that Israel doesn't have a constitution? How might it affect American Jewry? and what are some of the pros and cons of the law?

Ever wondered why God isn't mentioned in the Israeli Declaration of Independence? Or how was the Israeli declaration inspired by the American one? Or who was the Conservative Rabbi that had a hand in making the first draft of Declaration? All of these questions and more get answered in a special episode of the podcast for Israel's 69th independence day.

People often wonder how come Israel's military as well as the rest of its security establishment, more moderate than its politicians. In this episode of The Israel Podcast I explore this question and some of the possible answers.

People often wonder how come Israel's military as well as the rest of its security establishment, more moderate than its politicians. In this episode of The Israel Podcast I explore this question and some of the possible answers.

In recent weeks we've been hearing talk of Netanyahu possibly calling early elections in Israel. In the first episode of the As-Yet Unnamed Israel Podcast, Avishay Ben Sasson-Gordis makes sense of the crisis and why it might be happening.