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The Yishai Fleisher show is a popular English-language podcast exploring Israeli life, politics, and Jewish thought. For over a decade Yishai has engaged listeners with passion and humor, drawing on years as a journalist, broadcaster, legal and biblical scholar, IDF soldier, and community leader working to build the modern state of Israel. Yishai sheds light on everything from global and Middle East news, to Bible/Torah study, health, family, and of course the amazing rebirth of Israel.
Episodes
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Donkey Talk, Surviving Terror, & Celebrating Sovereignty Day
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
First, Yishai is joined by Rav Mike Feuer to feel the burden of the Biblical she-donkey ridden by the evil wizard Balaam who wanted to curse the nation that God had blessed. Then, terror on the eighth night of Chanukah: Chaim Silberstein's daughter and son in lawn survived miraculously - but the baby, and other victims, did not make it. The Jihadist murderer now received four life sentences - but has justice been fully served? Finally, get ready to laugh with Malkah Fleisher: thumbs down on Boris Johnson, and the announcement of Sovereignty Day!
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Was King David Real? And Sovereignty Now!
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
A New Yorker article poo-pooing the veracity of King David sets Rabbi Yishai off on the full-court press of narrative attacks against Israel. Rav Mike Feuer joins to play defense and helps understand the place of the science "lens". Then, Yishai speaks at a Sovereignty Movement rally and addresses President Trump, Israeli leadership, and the Arab world.
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Have a Corona and a Flower!!
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
The world, and the Biblical Korach, are mad, but Rabbi Yishai and Rav Mike Feuer are calm because they behold the the flowering staff of the High Priest Aaron. Then, Malkah Fleisher on Yishai's birthday and on the Second Wave!
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
The Spin of the Spies and Subversion Narratives
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
12 reconnaissance spies enter the land of Israel - but only two come out with a good report and project courage! Rabbi Yishai and Rav Mike Feuer try to be like those two spies and to push back on subversion narratives. Then Malkah and Yishai on FB - answering your questions about fearless Israeli sovereignty.
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Riots, Sovereignty, Covid, and Quail!
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
In America - riots, protests, and a fight for the character of the nation. In Israel - the battle for sovereignty and the identity of the Jewish people. Will the chaos lead to destruction - or something else? Yishai is joined by Malkah Fleisher for a discussion of change and cherries, and Rav Mike Feuer on the Biblical riot against Moses and the resulting quail binge.
Thursday May 28, 2020
The Nazarite, the Priestly Blessings, and the 49ers
Thursday May 28, 2020
Thursday May 28, 2020
How does Jewish tradition deal with the narcissistic story of Narcissus? The Nazarite is the antidote! Rabbi Yishai is joined by Rav Mike Feuer for an unselfish perspective. Then, Malkah Fleisher on completing the last day of counting to Shavuot, and shares the US concerns about Chinese encroachment in Israel.
Thursday May 21, 2020
LECHAIM YERUSHALAYIM!
Thursday May 21, 2020
Thursday May 21, 2020
Join Rabbi Yishai to celebrate Jerusalem Liberation and Reunification Day. First, Rav Mike Feuer joins Yishai to talk about the Babylonian exile's "Jerusalem Day" and today's rectification of it. Then, Malkah Fleisher on EU's continued hostility towards a Jewish Jerusalem, and the tale of Yishai being thrown off the Temple Mount.
Thursday May 14, 2020
How to Stop the Land from Vomiting Us Out
Thursday May 14, 2020
Thursday May 14, 2020
Is the land of Israel sensitive to Jewish behavior? Rav Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai Fleisher to walk on the good side of the good land in the Torah portion of Behar-Bechukotai. Then, writer and scholar Dr. Sherry Sufi, on the simple question of whether the Jewish State is a European colonial enterprise as is often heard in anti-Israel circles.
Thursday May 07, 2020
Kill the Blasphemer, 2nd Passover, & City of David
Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
First, Rabbi Yishai is joined by Rav Mike Feuer for a discussion on the Torah's story of the Blasphemer - where we learn to watch our rage. Plus: the hidden power of Second Passover - a special holiday for those who ask God for more! Then, Yishai plays an installment of Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw's podcast "We Hold These Truths" - where he interviews Zeev Orenstein, Director of International Affairs at the City of David, about unearthing Biblical history in ancient Jerusalem.
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
The Trajectory of Israeli Independence with Glick, Hopkins & Horowitz
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Three top thinkers join Rabbi Yishai to discuss the rise of Israel and the challenges to freedom and nationalism around the world. With author and columnist Caroline Glick. Founder of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, David Horowitz. And UK talk show host and celebrity Katie Hopkins.