The Yishai Fleisher Show - Israel Podcast

Go Home Jew

Abraham is the first Jew to go home, when God tells him to lech lecha - go to yourself. Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yisha to follow Abraham's journey through the Middle East and through a life walking with God. Do you hear the call to lech lecha?

Dichotomies of the Deluge

This weeks Torah portion has many dichotomies: it starts with a great flood and ends with a great city, Noah is a righteous man yet somehow in the end he's debased, and is the Tzohar a light source from within or from without? Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai at the Begin Center to discuss, debate, and discover the dichotomies in the story of Noah.

Yom Kippur Keeper

The Day of Atonement is a mystery! What is the Scapegoat all about, and how does expiation even work? Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai on an exploration of the deepest day of the year.

Merge or Emerge

Israelis are good at many things - but merging is not one of them. Indeed its hard to merge when our nation is finally emerging! Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai in getting ready for the new year, emerging as a reborn nation, and merging with God's will in joy.

From Ecstasy to Holocaust

This week's Torah portion deals in extremes: from the ecstasy of recognizing God in the tiniest minutia of life, to seeing heaven's hand in the horrors of the Holocaust. Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai at Beit Midrash Sulam Yaakov to discuss the Torah portion and to mark the passing of the great Rabbi Sholom Brodt.

Super Target

Yishai explores how to walk into a Super Target with warrior eyes and find sparks of holiness in all that materialism. Also, how to liberate oneself through driving away the mother bird, and how to counteract the effects of Deep Amalek in our world. Plus: lawyer Marc Zell fights anti-Israel lawfare which seeks to undermine the Jewish narrative.

Real Liberalism

First, Yishai speaks with author, law professor, and human rights activist, Thane Rosenbaum about the anti-Israelism that has infected liberalism. Then, freshman US congressman Brian Mast on how the loss of his legs in Afghanistan led him up to climb the steps of the Capital. Finally, Dr. Owen is a top oncologist on sabbatical in Israel and Noahide who follows a life of Torah.

True Blue Jews

On the one hand, the Land of Israel is described as a Good Land where the Jewish people do not lack for anything. On the other hand, we must bless God and not think that our strength created all this success. Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai to discuss the magic of blessing God, and even blessing Israel's leaders.

Hashem or the Hashemites

He who controls the Temple Mount is he who controls the whole Land of Israel! Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai to discuss the problem with the King of Jordan -- the "custodian of Jerusalem's holy places" -- and a new generation that yearns for the Temple Mount. Also, the holiday of Tu B'Av, which is all about two-in-love.

Jewish Rage?

As Israel braces for yet another day of Palestinian rage, Yishai and Malkah ask where is the Jewish rage? Was it not Israeli police and an Israeli family who were murdered in this latest round of tension? And why is Jordan fanning the flames of hate? The Nine Days are indeed upon us...