We spoke about the suburbs and the shadows, now it is time to talk about Zionism. The ‘Golden decade’ was a time of reorganization in general, and particularly in relation to the newborn...
Author - Rav Mike Feuer
TJS S3E10 1945-55 part II Shadows on the Golden Decade
The decade after World War Two was a Jewish decade for America. Not only did the Jews achieve the suburban dream, but their culture stepped right into the middle of the American mainstream...
TJS S3E9 1945-55 part I Did suburbia make the Jews white?
1945 to 1955 is known as the ‘Golden Decade’ of American Jewry. Here is the first of three episodes which aims to fill in the Jewish Story on the western side of the Atlantic. The...
TJS S3E8 Seventy years of constitutional crisis part II – 1992
In part two of this exploration of Israel’s seventy year constitutional crisis we take a look at the revolution of 1992 and how it contributed to today’s battles. As a special bonus I...
TJS S3E7 Seventy years of constitutional crisis part I – 1949
If I asked you whether Israel has a constitution are you sure that you would know the answer? This episode is the first half of answering the question by delving into the history of Israel’s...
Jerusalem Day 5779 The Once and Future City
Every once in a while you have to get out of the house, and even out of the box. Where better to do that than Jerusalem, and who is a better partner than Yehudah Hakohen. Here is a free-flowing...
TJS S3E^ The limits of retaliation
Every value has a boundary and every state a border, which means that often we have to fight to maintain them. Here is the story of Israel’s struggle against infiltration in the 1950’s...
TJS S3 Yom Ha’atzmaut: Independence or self-actualization?
There is no word for independence in Biblical Hebrew, and the roots of the modern word can teach us much. This might right be called the day when we celebrate ‘self-actualization,’ but...