Future of Jewish
Future of Jewish
Our mission is simple, and hopefully worthwhile: to help everyone better understand and become smarter about Judaism, Israel, and the Jewish world. In addition to our podcast, you’re invited to check out our digital publication: www.futureofjewish.com
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Dec 19, 2025 • 13min
What a Time to Be a Jew
This is not the best time to be liked as a Jew, but it may be the best time to be one.
Dec 19, 2025 • 15min
The biggest myth about terrorism is that poverty causes it.
Terrorism is not a "weapon of the poor." If poverty causes terrorism, the evidence would look very different.
Dec 18, 2025 • 16min
Meet the Israelis who fear an October 7th attack from the West Bank.
An IDF general ranks towns near the West Bank as more dangerous than the Gaza border, and residents of the area continue to express urgent concern that they are increasingly vulnerable to terrorism.
Dec 17, 2025 • 26min
Jewish morality sabotages Jewish self-defense.
This is not to say that Jews should abandon ethics. On the contrary. But when one distorts “trying to be good” into a narcissistic pathology, one is in fact no longer being ethical.
Dec 17, 2025 • 15min
Is Australia lying about the Bondi Beach attack?
Officials are blaming ISIS, which seems like a convenient scapegoat that shields state actors from consequences which could result in another Middle East war.
Dec 16, 2025 • 14min
Most people don't understand Hanukkah's true meaning.
Hanukkah was never meant to be a comfortable holiday, because nothing terrifies the world more than dignified Jews who unapologetically defend themselves. All Jews today must prepare to do the same.
Dec 16, 2025 • 14min
Blaming Jews for the crimes of our enemies never gets old.
Because blaming Jews has always been easier than facing reality.
Dec 16, 2025 • 11min
Antisemitism isn't ignorance. Our enemies use it for control.
Too many people think antisemitism is a kind of social illness. In reality, both today and historically, it's an instrument of power, and Diaspora Jewry’s only real response is to reclaim it.
Dec 15, 2025 • 11min
The Jewish bargain with the West is collapsing quickly.
A Hanukkah massacre reveals the cost of trading Jewish power for acceptance, but Hanukkah reminds us: If we do not develop the habits of power, we will be left with the habits of fear.
Dec 15, 2025 • 13min
An Open Letter to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
Your woeful actions suggest a problem far greater than incompetence or cynical political expediency. These are the actions of someone who does not know right from wrong, or good from evil.
