Israel Radio Podcast with Yishai Fleisher

Show for December 23, 2014. Jeremy Saltan, our veteran “Knesset Insider,” plot-points the political spectrum heading into Israel’s upcoming elections. Today we focus on the “Left”: the Arab parties and their possible union; the liberal Meretz party; and the agreement...Download Audio

Show for December 18, 2014. Baruch Widen, interfaith “dialoguer,” artist, and a perennial student of American history, joins Yishai in the studio to discuss the “Israel Fatigue” phenomenon and how Israel is now perceived in America. Hint: Some people are...Download Audio

Show for December 17, 2014. Yishai rants hard on the latest New York Times column by Thomas Friedman, which posits that Israel’s nationalist parties are dominated by ‘West Bank settlers and scary religious-nationalist zealots.’ Sounds a little like anti-Semitic propaganda,...Download Audio

Show for December 15, 2014. William (Bill) Kristol is co-founder and editor of The Weekly Standard and a veteran political analyst and commentator. He joins Yishai in-studio to discuss the confluence of Israeli-American values as well as the tensions. Bill...Download Audio

Show for November 27, 2014. Amidst a period of brutal terror in Jerusalem, this week’s major winter rainstorm provides a sign of much needed blessing and healing. Yet, in this week’s Spiritual Cafe, Rabbi Mike Feuer asks whether it is...Download Audio

Show for November 26, 2014. Let it rain! Rain in Israel is a blessing and over the past few days Israel has been blessed with double the usual amount of rain. VOI’s Yishai Fleisher discusses the need for infrastructure to...Download Audio

Show for November 25, 2014. Though regularly working in dangerous disputed areas, photographer Yissachar Ruas lost his right to carry a pistol because he moved to area not deemed dangerous by Israel’s Ministry of the Interior. VOI’s Ari Abramowitz similarly...Download Audio

Show for November 24, 2014. VOI’s Political Corespondent, Raoul Wootliff explains the tension surrounding the Jewish Nation State. If passed the bill would incorporate the Jewish calendar, the Hebrew language, and the Hatikva as the official characteristics of the Jewish...Download Audio

Show for November 20, 2014. In this week’s installment of Spiritual Cafe, Rabbi Mike Feuer tells VOI’s Yishai Fleisher why is Esau so tired that he sells his birthright. Plus, how does Jacob know how to take a nap and...Download Audio

Show for November 19, 2014. On the day after the killing of four Rabbis and a Druze police officer, Raoul Wootlif brings the voices of Ultra-Orthodox community trying to put the pieces back together. Arab affairs correspondent Bassem Eid explains...Download Audio

Show for November 18, 2014. VOI’s Yishai Fleisher and Mottle Wolfe reach out to hear minority voices on a morning of terror, when four rabbis were murdered while praying in a Jerusalem Synagogue. MK Ibrahim Sarsur of the United Arab...Download Audio

Show for November 17, 2014. Pastor Dave McGarrah and Charlie Schiffman host a radio show on American FM called ‘The Teacher and the Preacher’. The two share a love of Israel, a love of Bible, and a love of mankind...Download Audio

Show for November 13, 2014. Itamar Marcus, Director of Palestinian Media Watch blows the lid off of the latest viral video rage in the Arab world: run over the Jew. Then, the Zoo Rabbi, Rabbi Natan Slifkin, roars with lions...Download Audio

Show for November 12, 2014. How does the Jihad operate when it comes to Narrative Warfare? Very well indeed! Yishai outlines their brilliant system to delegitimize Israel. Then, Professor Ron Schleifer on his new book detailing the Jihad’s techniques to...Download Audio

Show for November 11, 2014. First, Malkah Fleisher joins Yishai to talk about the terror and the lack of rage. Is it OK to feel fear? Malkah says that the terror in the streets is not a Pogrom or Intifada,...Download Audio