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Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Yaakov Katz and Diplomatic Correspondent Lahav Harkov sit down this week for a New Year's edition of The Jerusalem Post Podcast. Families around Israel are preparing for Rosh Hashanah. They speak to Religious Affairs Correspondent Jeremy Sharon to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has shaped religious life in Israel and how religious sects in Israel are coping with changes in tradition. They also touch on the Meron disaster, which occurred last Lag B’Omer, and discuss the investigation into the tragedy. Finally, the duo speaks with Jerusalem Report Editor-in-Chief Steve Linde, who was night editor on 9-11 20 years ago. He talks about how the paper got written and published on the night of the terror attack. Harkov also plays back her experience of taking the New York subway for the first time as a young girl, which happened to coincide with the day of the September 11 attacks, how her mom came to find her in the midst of the chaos and their journey out of the city. In this episode: > A discussion on all things Rosh Hashanah > How COVID-19 impacts religious life > September 11 through the eyes of the Jerusalem Post’s top personalities   Photo by David Holifield/Unsplash as seen on jpost.com

Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Yaakov Katz and Diplomatic Correspondent Lahav Harkov sit down this week for a New Year's edition of The Jerusalem Post Podcast.

Families around Israel are preparing for Rosh Hashanah.

They speak to Religious Affairs Correspondent Jeremy Sharon to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has shaped religious life in Israel and how religious sects in Israel are coping with changes in tradition.

They also touch on the Meron disaster, which occurred last Lag B’Omer, and discuss the investigation into the tragedy.

Finally, the duo speaks with Jerusalem Report Editor-in-Chief Steve Linde, who was night editor on 9-11 20 years ago. He talks about how the paper got written and published on the night of the terror attack.

Harkov also plays back her experience of taking the New York subway for the first time as a young girl, which happened to coincide with the day of the September 11 attacks, how her mom came to find her in the midst of the chaos and their journey out of the city.

In this episode:

> A discussion on all things Rosh Hashanah

> How COVID-19 impacts religious life

> September 11 through the eyes of the Jerusalem Post’s top personalities

 

Photo by David Holifield/Unsplash as seen on jpost.com

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 16 In the second part of their special series from Poland, Mark and David take you to some of the lesser-visited parts of the country. This time it's the Podkarpackie region on the edge of the Carpathian Mountains. We'll hear tales of sacrifice and bravery, visit living museums and go deep underground to uncover an amazing secret. In part two: Our favorite olde squares Jewish Rzeszow An abandoned nuclear shelter The Museum of Poles Saving Jews Some bells and pipes in a tower Welcome to the unpronounceable Przemysl A sporting hotel with a twist Sanok's museum of folk architecture A 600-year-old UNESCO wooden church Glassblowing in Krosno And wine-tasting in a family manor house  Listen to Part I >>

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 16

In the second part of their special series from Poland, Mark and David take you to some of the lesser-visited parts of the country. This time it's the Podkarpackie region on the edge of the Carpathian Mountains. We'll hear tales of sacrifice and bravery, visit living museums and go deep underground to uncover an amazing secret.

In part two:

Our favorite olde squares

Jewish Rzeszow

An abandoned nuclear shelter

The Museum of Poles Saving Jews

Some bells and pipes in a tower

Welcome to the unpronounceable Przemysl

A sporting hotel with a twist

Sanok's museum of folk architecture

A 600-year-old UNESCO wooden church

Glassblowing in Krosno

And wine-tasting in a family manor house 

Listen to Part I >>

Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Yaakov Katz and Diplomatic Correspondent Lahav Harkov discuss the first meeting between Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and US President Joe Biden. Harkov is on the ground in Washington. Later in the episode, Katz sits down with Israel's former ambassador to the United States Michael Oren to discuss the meeting, too. They talk about what it means for both Israel and the United States, and dive into plausible scenarios that could arise from the meeting - ones that could affect the world and not just Israel. Oren and Katz also discuss the significance behind Bennett's first steps within the Oval Office as head of the Jewish State. To wrap things up, the start of the school year is just around the corner. To discuss how Israel will address the year at hand, within the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Katz and Harkov spoke with the principal of Studio Ankori David Klahr and talked about the affects 2020 had on children both socially and mentally. How are parents preparing to send their children back to school with rising cases? And are teaching up for the task?  What you will get:- A discussion surrounding Biden and Bennett's meeting, as Harkov packs her bags and heads to Washington - the nation's capital- An overview from Oren, who breaks down the upcoming meeting, how exactly it will all go down and the possible scenarios that could arise from it.- How parents in Israel are preparing for the upcoming school year in the shadow of COVID

Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Yaakov Katz and Diplomatic Correspondent Lahav Harkov discuss the first meeting between Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and US President Joe Biden.

Harkov is on the ground in Washington.

Later in the episode, Katz sits down with Israel's former ambassador to the United States Michael Oren to discuss the meeting, too. They talk about what it means for both Israel and the United States, and dive into plausible scenarios that could arise from the meeting - ones that could affect the world and not just Israel. Oren and Katz also discuss the significance behind Bennett's first steps within the Oval Office as head of the Jewish State.

To wrap things up, the start of the school year is just around the corner. To discuss how Israel will address the year at hand, within the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Katz and Harkov spoke with the principal of Studio Ankori David Klahr and talked about the affects 2020 had on children both socially and mentally. How are parents preparing to send their children back to school with rising cases? And are teaching up for the task? 

What you will get:- A discussion surrounding Biden and Bennett's meeting, as Harkov packs her bags and heads to Washington - the nation's capital- An overview from Oren, who breaks down the upcoming meeting, how exactly it will all go down and the possible scenarios that could arise from it.- How parents in Israel are preparing for the upcoming school year in the shadow of COVID

Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Yaakov Katz and Diplomatic Correspondent Lahav Harkov sit down with Nazi hunter Ephraim Zuroff to discuss Poland's new anti-restitution law that sets limits on the ability of Jews to recover property seized by Nazi German occupiers and retained by post-war communist rulers. They discussed what it means with regard to the how the events of the Holocaust are projected to the masses and how it could negatively affect the stories of those who perished.  Then Katz and Harkov speak with The Jerusalem Post's military correspondent Anna Ahronheim to discuss the most recent events developments in Kabul, with the Taliban seizing power over Afghanistan, and what the change in authority holds for the country and the Middle East as a whole following the US withdrawal. What you will get:- A Holocaust history lesson and the events that followed through the eyes of Nazi hunter Ephraim Zuroff- An overview of the Poland anti-restitution law and what it means for the survivors of the Holocaust and their families, as well as the worldview of the World War II genocide- An in-depth discussion surrounding the activities of the Taliban in Afghanistan and how it managed to seize power with such little bloodshed- What the US withdrawal means for countries with US troops stationed in them around the world- How the US manages developing countries and how the government coup offers a window into Afghanistan's past preceding the events of September 11, 2001 Photo credit: Wikimedia

- A Holocaust history lesson and the events that followed through the eyes of Nazi hunter Ephraim Zuroff

- An overview of the Poland anti-restitution law and what it means for the survivors of the Holocaust and their families, as well as the worldview of the World War II genocide

- An in-depth discussion surrounding the activities of the Taliban in Afghanistan and how it managed to seize power with such little bloodshed

- What the US withdrawal means for countries with US troops stationed in them around the world

- How the US manages developing countries and how the government coup offers a window into Afghanistan's past preceding the events of September 11, 2001

In this week's episode:   A year after US president Donald Trump tweeted the announcement that Israel and the United Arab Emirates were making peace and establishing diplomatic relations, former assistant to the president and special representative for international negotiations Avi Berkowitz looks back with satisfaction of a job well done.   “I’m really, really proud of the Abraham Accords and the success of our team,” Berkowitz said. “As it relates to the Israeli-Arab conflict, I think that we’ve had just tremendous success. Of course, there are still a lot of significant countries that need to normalize relations with Israel, but we were making progress toward those, as well.”   Photo credit: REUTERS as seen on Jpost.com

In this week's episode:

 

A year after US president Donald Trump tweeted the announcement that Israel and the United Arab Emirates were making peace and establishing diplomatic relations, former assistant to the president and special representative for international negotiations Avi Berkowitz looks back with satisfaction of a job well done.

 

“I’m really, really proud of the Abraham Accords and the success of our team,” Berkowitz said. “As it relates to the Israeli-Arab conflict, I think that we’ve had just tremendous success. Of course, there are still a lot of significant countries that need to normalize relations with Israel, but we were making progress toward those, as well.”

 

Photo credit: REUTERS as seen on Jpost.com