SAPIR Conversations
SAPIR: Ideas for a Thriving Jewish Future
SAPIR is a journal exploring the future of the American Jewish community and its intersection with cultural, social, and political issues. These podcasts are recordings of Zoom webinars we have held with our contributors (season numbers correspond with issue numbers). To find out more and join our next events live, visit www.sapirjournal.org.
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Episodes (94)
Queers for Zion with Eve Barlow
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What Makes the Exodus True with Joshua Berman
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The SAPIR Debates: Is Fighting Antisemitism a Losing Battle?
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The Silicon Dome with Yonatan Adiri
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Sneak Peak of the “Aspiration” Issue – with Bret Stephens and Rabbi David Wolpe
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KIND Snacks founder Daniel Lubetzky
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Treasury Secretary Jack Lew
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S19E3: “Poverty and Jewish Community” with Ilana Horwitz
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S19E2: A Jewish Sovereign Wealth Fund — Yes or No?
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The SAPIR Debates: Is There a Realistic Future for the Two-State Solution?
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S19E1: Building Israel's Trillion-Dollar Economy with Michael Eisenberg
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On Money with Bret Stephens and Rabbi David Wolpe
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The SAPIR Debates: Does Zionism Have a Future on the American Left?
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S18E3: A Catholic Response to Jewish Chosenness with Professor Robert P. George
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S18E2: Choosing to be Chosen with Rabbis Noa Kushner and Adam Mintz
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S18E1: Is Israel the Chosen Nation? with Michael Oren
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Welcome Rabbi David Wolpe! Our New Podcast Host
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Our Political Moment with Bret Stephens and Mijal Bitton
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Views from the Iranian Diaspora with Roya Hakakian and Mehdi Yahyanejad
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S17E3: Can the Media Keep Kosher? with Bret Stephens and Amit Segal
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Did Israel and the U.S. destroy or delay Iran's nuclear program? with Eyal Hulat...
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S17E2: Renewing Jewish Activism with Sara Forman and Mark B. Rotenberg
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U.S. Perspectives on the Israel-Iran War with Lieutenant General Joseph Guastell...
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S17E1: Building Alliances in a Post-10/7 World with David Hazony and Amy Spitaln...
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SAPIR Debates @ 92NY: Is Donald Trump Good for the Jews?
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S16E4: Jewish Identity vs. Identity Politics with Rabbi Meir Soloveichik
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S16E3: The Bounds of Jewish Disagreement
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S16E2: Pre-Passover Conversation with President Isaac Herzog
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S16E1: I Am Not a Jew of Color with Mijal Bitton
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S15E4: Dana W. White on Why HBCUs Are Key to Fighting Antisemitism
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S15E3: “Academia’s Palestine Exception” with Shaul Kelner
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First Principles for the University with Danielle Allen and Jonathan Haidt
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S15E2: The Purpose of the University with Ari Berman and Ron Liebowitz
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S15E1: The Rising Threat of Academic Boycotts with Netta Barak-Corren and Ronald...
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The Day After: One Year Later with Ambassador Michael Oren
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The Progressive Community: One Year Later with Sheila Katz
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Jewish Peoplehood: One Year Later with Mijal Bitton
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S14E3: The Draft Controversy and a New Haredi Outlook with Yehoshua Pfeffer
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S14E2: Faith in the Future of American Jewry with Pamela S. Nadell
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S14E1: The Trust Trap with Yuval Levin
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S13E3: Democracy's Pessimism Paradox with Bret Stephens
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S13E2: The Resilience of Israel's Intelligence Services with Chuck Freilich
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S13E1: The Courage to Be Uncool with Noa Tishby
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S12E3: The Roots of Black Antisemitism with Coleman Hughes
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S12E2: Gen Z and Zionism: Is There a Future? with Ammiel Hirsch and Noam Weissma...
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S12E1: An Insider’s Look: Israel and the Human-Rights Establishment
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S11E3: Jewish Life in Our Technological Future with Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter and...
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S11E2: Synagogue Leadership in Turbulent Times with Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove and...
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S11E1: The Digital Fog of War with Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler and Zvika Krieger
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The Israel–Hamas War and the Battle over Free Speech on Campus
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