The Yishai Fleisher Israel Podcast

Do the Israeli holidays, created by the secular state, have as much meaning and importance as the Torah holiday's? Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Yishai on Spiritual Cafe to give meaning to remember on Memorial Day and usher in Israeli Independence Day. Then, the Lone Soldiers Center hosts a very special English-speaking memorial for fallen IDF soldiers and Yishai was there.Support the show

First, Spiritual Cafe is back!! Yishai is reunited with Rabbi Mike Feuer to talk about the most central of all the Bible's commandments: "Love thy fellow person as you would yourself." Then, the Tombs of the Biblical hereos Joshua and Caleb (and Joshua's father Nun) are found in the middle of an Arab village. Join Yishai and thousands of Jews as the Israeli army provides security under cover of darkness for pilgrims to visit the graves of their fathers.Support the show

Get ready for Passover with Spiritual Cafe as Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Yishai to talk about the power of Matza to transfer national-spiritual data from one generation to the next, and the power of the Exodus to help us break out of our own self-imposed slaveries and limitations.Support the show

First: Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Patterson was a WWI British soldier, hunter, author and Christian Zionist. He became a major figure in Zionism as the commander of both the Zion Mule Corps and the 38th Battalion Jewish Legion, "the first Jewish fighting force in nearly two millennia" - which served as the foundation of the Israeli Defense Force decades later. Myrna Strapp is the civil litigator who helped bring Patterson's remains to the land of Israel 67 years after his death in a moving ceremony in which Prime Minster Netanyahu spoke of his family's connection to the British general. She joins Yishai to tell the incredible tale.Then, get ready for Passover with Spiritual Cafe as Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Yishai to talk about the power of Matza to transfer national-spiritual data from one generation to the next, and the power of the Exodus to help us break out of our own self-imposed slaveries and limitations.Support the show

When God punishes us, is that a show of anger or of love? On Spiritual Cafe, Rabbi Mike Feuer explains the Torah's gift of spiritual blemishes, slaps from God, that are meant to make us better.Support the show

First: When God punishes us, is that a show of anger or of love? On Spiritual Cafe, Rabbi Mike Feuer explains the Torah's gift of spiritual blemishes, slaps from God, that are meant to make us better. Then, Yishai visits the Israel Video Network's award ceremony for most inspiring pro-Israel video. Yishai speaks with award winner (and brother) Josh Fleisher who made the viral hit "The Shuk Gallery", high tech mogul Hillel Fuld, popular Jerusalemite Periscoper Solonge, and more!Support the show

In Hebron an Israeli soldier was arrested by the IDF after he shot a terrorist who apparently, but not certainly, was down. The arrest, and images of the soldier in handcuffs, sparked angry protests in Israel and a heated debate about rules of engagement and morality in war. Listen to Hebron's International Spokesman Yishai Fleisher debate the issue with Israeli show host Reb Mottle Wolfe.Support the show

Does God care about what we eat? Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Yishai on Spiritual Cafe to discuss why the Bible prescribes such demanding dietary laws - Kosher eating! The secret is in the concept of Devotion.Support the show

First: Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Yishai on Spiritual Cafe to discuss why the Bible prescribes such demanding dietary laws - Kosher eating! Then, how about a Kosher trip around the world, like a Kosher Scotch tour in Scotland, and then to the homeland on the Pilgrimage Festivals? David Walles of Eddie's Kosher Travel will get you there. Finally, when is it Kosher to shoot dead a downed terrorist? What does morality call for? Yishai and Mottle Wolfe duke it out!Support the show

Yishai Fleisher joins twenty thousand pro-Israel Jews and gentiles in Washington DC to show support for the Jewish State, to lobby for its interests, and to keep the US-Israel connection strong. Avi Zimmerman, Executive Director of Friends of Ariel, and former MK and now Director of Public Diplomacy at the World Zionist Organization Rabbi Dov Lipman, join Yishai in the airport and airplane to review the mega-gathering and the incredible speeches by Presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and John Kasich.Support the show