Yehuda HaKohen responds to the feature on him recently published by The Daily Beast calling him a "Prep-School Gangster turned enigmatic West Bank Rabbi" and takes the pro-Israel Diaspora Jewish community to task for its reaction to Jonathan Pollard's dramatic arrival in the State of Israel.

The second part of a 2016 series taught by Rav Gavriel Reiss on the concept of Mashiaḥ ben Yosef and how it manifests within the Children of Israel.

What is the force of Yosef in in the collective Hebrew identity and what is its relevance to identity crises in contemporary Israeli society?

What are the individual contributions of each Hebrew tribe to Israel's national collective?

Why does Israel sound so harsh in his final blessings to his three eldest sons?

What makes Yehuda the only son of Israel properly suited for national leadership?

In what way were each of Yaakov's sons unique prototypes for different kinds of Jews throughout history?

The first part of a 2016 series taught by Rav Gavriel Reiss on the concept of Mashiaḥ ben Yosef and how it manifests within the Children of Israel.

What is the force of Yosef in in the collective Hebrew identity and what is its relevance to identity crises in contemporary Israeli society?

How did Yehuda thwart Yosef's plan to realize his second dream?

How does the conflict between Yehuda and Yosef reverberate through history and play out in the State of Israel today?

What is the hidden value of the Diasporic Jewish identity expressed by Yaakov (as opposed to Israel)?

Did Yosef use the famine to bring his family down to Egypt in hopes of implementing an alternative Hebrew mission in the Diaspora?

Did Yosef import prophetic dreams to Egypt?

Were his intentions to correct or to abandon his father's family?

If all Egypt knew of Yosef's Hebrew (from Ever) identity, were his brothers aware of this too?

Yehuda HaKohen is joined by Aryeh Shapiro for a discussion applying Frantz Fanon's teachings on colonization and anti-colonial struggle to the Maccabean Revolt commemorated on Ḥanukah.

What did Yosef misunderstand about the Hebrew mission in his youth?

How did Tamar help Yehuda rediscover himself after decades of self-imposed exile from the Hebrew clan?

How do the forces of Yosef and Yehuda express themselves in the people of Israel today?

In what way did Leah help Yaakov learn to become Israel?

What challenge did Yaakov pose to Lavan's worldview?

What did Yaakov's fight with Esav's angel actually determine?

What caused Yaakov to believe he would find an appropriate husband for Dina in Shkhem?

Yehuda HaKohen is joined by Diaspora-based co-host Justin Ellis and political analyst Mordechai Taub for a discussion on upcoming Israeli elections, the Jonathan Pollard Affair and whether or not United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (the "partition plan") actually "gave" the Jewish people a nation-state.