The Yishai Fleisher Israel Podcast

These are weird times - but we're making the best of it together!! First, Rav Mike Feuer on Moses' song in the Torah portion of Ha'azinu and the difference between Heaven and Earth - in mindset. Then, straight-talking Rabbi Steven Pruzansky on leaving his Teaneck synagogue of 26 years and finally making Aliyah - to a lockdown!!!Support the show

First, Malkah on getting ready for Rosh Hashanah, but dealing with the challenge of a Coronavirus resurgence in Israel. Then, Rav Mike Feuer on why Ishmael is featured so prominently in the Rosh Hashanah liturgy. And finally, US foreign policy expert, Matthew Brodsky, on why the United Arab Emirates wants sovereignty from the Palestinian issue.Support the show

Malkah joins Rabbi Yishai  to ask whether the achievement of the UAE-Israel Abraham Accords merits a Peace Prize. And Israel is number one again - in Corona sickness, that is. Then, Rav Mike Feuer joins to follow the command of Torah portion of Netzavim-Veyelech to stand together. And finally, Yishai's long-lost interview with the late-great Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz ZT"L.Support the show

Rabbi Yishai is joined by Malkah Fleisher to figure out whether flying to the UAE will be a norm in Israeli life and whether we should celebrate the start of school and the brace for Corona lockdown? Then, the Torah portion of Ki Tavo is about the highest highs (knowing God) and the lowest lows (Shoa). Finally, renowned geopolitical scholar and author Dr. Michael Doran joins to discuss the threat of China to the Middle East and to answer the question: What does China want with Israel?Support the show

A whole society can be healed by following the laws set out in the Torah portion of Ki Tetze. Rav Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai Fleisher to "shoo away the mother bird". Then, Rabbi Jeremy Gimpel, co-founder of the Land of Israel Network, hangs with Yishai on the Mediterranean beach.Support the show

First Malkah Fleisher joins Yishai to celebrate their son's birthday with adventures in bowling in Jerusalem. Then, Dr. Mordechai Kedar on what the folks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and especially Mohammed Bin Zayid (MBZ), think about Israel. And finally, Rav Mike Feuer on the Torah portion of Shoftim and how to build a Torah society without de-funding the police or the courts.Support the show

After a week of vacation Yishai and Malkah Fleisher chat with listeners about the Abrahamic Accords with the UAE, about the historic sea at Ashkelon, and about the Torah portion of Re'eh and the search for God's Holy Place.Support the show

Yishai and Malkah celebrate their 18th anniversary by singing "I just called to say I love you" in Jerusalem's Machane Yehuda Shuk! But what was that explosion in Beirut? And are Palestinians really Jordanians? Then, Rav Mike Feuer comes aboard to discuss building a Hindu shrine on the site of a Muslim mosque in India, and the Torah portion of "Ekev" where we learn how to love HaShem and why "Man shall not live by bread alone."Support the show

How sad should we be about the destruction of Jerusalem - when we live in the time of a rebuilt Jerusalem? Malkah Fleisher joins Yishai to talk about all the stuff that broke during the 9 Days, the Aliyah Revolution CD, and your Imagination Vacation. Then, Rav Mike Feuer on the Decalogue on Israeli trucks with stickers that read: Ein Od Milvado!Support the show

It's the new month of Av and the memorial day of Aaron the High Priest. Malkah Fleisher joins Yishai to talk about the love, or absence of it, in the discourse, to find new connections to Jerusalem, and to keep Israel from becoming a Beinartistan - a bi-national state. Then, Rav Mike Feuer on the second reading of the Torah and the real story of why Moses didn't enter the land.Support the show