Yehuda HaKohen is joined by Doreinu NY leader Ari Osher to discuss recent revelations by journalist Barak Ravid that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had actually spent years protecting Israel from US President Donald Trump's two-state agenda.

The two also talk about the broader decline of US global power and the deep divide between Jewish values and those of Lockean liberalism.

Dedicated to the speedy recovery of Reine bat Baile.

The seventh chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees.

Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

The sixth chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees.

Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

The fifth chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees.

Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

What's the hidden meaning of the Greek "defilement" of the Temple oils?

In an effort to go deeper into the Ḥanukah story, Yehuda HaKohen shares a class taught by his teacher, Rav Moshe Kaplan, on the ideological conflict in Judean society between the Maccabi underground and Seleucid Greek Empire (based on the teachings of HaRav Avraham Yitzḥak HaKohen Kook).

Maoz Tzur outro music by Yehonatan Roth.

The fourth chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees.

Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

The third chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees.

Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

The second chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees.

Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

The State of Israel has many structures, policies & even foundational ideas in need of repair. But are liberal western political framings helpful when trying to resolve Israeli society's contradictions?

Yehuda HaKohen is joined by Peter Beinart of Jewish Currents to discuss Beinart's journey from the two-state Liberal Zionist paradigm to his current one-state position.

The two also talk about correct versus incorrect framings for understanding Israeli society, Jerusalem's new governing coalition's attempt to revive Liberal Zionism and the positive reception it's been receiving in the West.

The first chapter of Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees.

Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_