Call Me Back - with Dan Senor

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Subscribe to For Heaven's Sake : https://lnk.to/rfGlrA Support the Jewish Communal Fund: jcfny.org/ Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/?utm_source=shownotes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inside Gift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/gifts Listen to What’s Your Number: lnk.to/GsOESP Subscribe to Amit Segal’s newsletter ‘It’s Noon in Israel’: arkmedia.org/amitsegal/ Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast This morning I listened to the latest episode of For Heaven’s Sake —another Ark Media podcast co-hosted by Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi—and it immediately struck me as a must-listen for the Call me Back audience. In this episode, Donniel and Yossi offer a thoughtful reflection on the uncertain future of Diaspora Jewry at this moment. I found myself returning to this conversion, wrestling with the difficult questions it raised. I leave the rest to Yossi and Donniel, and please don’t forget to subscribe to For Heaven’s Sake at - https://lnk.to/rfGlrA CREDITS: ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer BRITTANY COHEN - Production Manager MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor MARIANGELES BURGOS AND PATTRICIO SPADAVECCIA - Additional Editing MAYA RACKOFF - Associate Producer GABE SILVERSTEIN - Community Management YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

4d ago

Support the Foundation of Jewish Camp: www.jewishcamp.org/callmeback Support American Friends of the Israeli Navy SEALs: AFINS.us/warriorcare Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/?utm_source=shownotes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inside Gift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/gifts Listen to What’s Your Number: lnk.to/GsOESP Subscribe to Amit Segal’s newsletter ‘It’s Noon in Israel’: arkmedia.org/amitsegal/ Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast Check out Ark Media’s other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA ‘What’s Your Number?’: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA For sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.org To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/ Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorg Dan on X: x.com/dansenor Dan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenor To order Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel : tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn Today’s Episode: On Sunday, two gunmen opened fire on a crowd of Jews gathered to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. As of now, there are 16 confirmed deaths, and roughly 40 wounded, with the victims ranging from ages 10 to 87. It’s one of the deadliest attacks on Jews in the diaspora over the past few decades. The perpetrators are believed to be a father and son of Muslim, Pakestani origin. One was neutralized on scene and the other was shot and is in critical condition. To discuss the antisemitic horror that unfolded in Sydney, Dan was joined by two members of the local Jewish community – Jeremy Leibler, President of the Zionist Federation of Australia, and Nomi Kaltmann, Australian lawyer and journalist for various Jewish and Israeli outlets, as well as Ark Media contributor Nadav Eyal. (00:00) Introduction (05:35) What we know about the Sydney massacre (10:18) Is antisemitic violence being fostered by hostile countries? (16:57) The character of Australian Jewry (22:59) What should Israel do to respond? (31:35) Has the Australian government failed its Jewish community? (43:19) Will we see a wave of Australian Jews making Aliyah? (47:17) How do Australian Jews feel toward their country? (52:05) The importance of Jewish diaspora communities (55:46) Qatar’s response to the massacre CREDITS: ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer BRITTANY COHEN - Production Manager MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor MARIANGELES BURGOS AND PATTRICIO SPADAVECCIA - Additional Editing MAYA RACKOFF - Associate Producer GABE SILVERSTEIN - Community Management YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

6d ago

Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/?utm_source=shownotes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inside Gift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/gifts Listen to What’s Your Number: lnk.to/GsOESP Subscribe to Amit Segal’s newsletter ‘It’s Noon in Israel’:arkmedia.org/amitsegal/ Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast Check out Ark Media’s other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA ‘What’s Your Number?’: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA For sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.org To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/ Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorg Dan on X: x.com/dansenor Dan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenor To order Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel: tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn Today’s Episode: On today’s episode, Dan shares a preview of a recent conversation from Inside Call Me Back, the members-only edition of the podcast. Dan is joined by Dr. Tal Becker to respond to listener questions on some of the most pressing issues facing Israel today. They discuss the dangers of internal Israeli divisions, whether Jewish education can build greater resilience, and how to think about the question of whether Israel has “won” the war against Hamas. To hear the full conversation, join INSIDE Call Me Back by following the link in the description or visiting ARKMEDIA.ORG. CREDITS: ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer BRITTANY COHEN - Production Manager MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor MARIANGELES BURGOS AND PATTRICIO SPADAVECCIA - Additional Editing MAYA RACKOFF - Associate Producer GABE SILVERSTEIN - Community Management YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

Dec 11

Support the Jewish Communal Fund: jcfny.org/ Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/?utm_source=shownotes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inside Gift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/gifts Listen to What’s Your Number: lnk.to/GsOESP Subscribe to Amit Segal’s newsletter ‘It’s Noon in Israel’: arkmedia.org/amitsegal/ Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast Check out Ark Media’s other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA ‘What’s Your Number?’: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA For sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.org To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/ Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorg Dan on X: x.com/dansenor Dan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenor To order Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel : tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn Today’s Episode: On today’s episode, Dan was joined by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who has served in office since 2021, and has overseen various national crises. They discussed the meaning of the Israeli presidency and how Herzog has navigated his leadership through the October 7th massacre and Israel’s following multi-front war. They also spoke about Prime Minister Netanyahu’s request of President Herzog for a pardon in his years-long corruption trial, touching on precedents in Israeli history of presidential pardons. (00:00) Introduction (04:55) The role of the Israeli president (10:04) Netanyahu’s request for a pardon, and precedents in Israeli history (14:27) Israel’s position in the Middle East (16:49) Addressing Mamdani and global antisemitism (20:26) The attempt to rename Herzog park in Ireland (22:03) How President Herzog wants to be remembered CREDITS: ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer BRITTANY COHEN - Production Manager MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor MARIANGELES BURGOS AND PATTRICIO SPADAVECCIA - Additional Editing MAYA RACKOFF - Associate Producer GABE SILVERSTEIN - Community Management YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

Dec 8

This episode was presented by UJA. Support UJA’s work at UJA.org Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/?utm_source=shownotes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inside Gift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/gifts Listen to What’s Your Number: lnk.to/GsOESP Subscribe to Amit Segal’s newsletter ‘It’s Noon in Israel’: arkmedia.org/amitsegal/ Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast Check out Ark Media’s other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA ‘What’s Your Number?’: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA For sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.org To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/ Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorg Dan on X: x.com/dansenor Dan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenor To order Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel : tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn Today’s Episode: We are less than a week away from the beginning of Hanukkah. Keeping with recent Call me Back tradition, Dan was joined by Rachel Goldberg-Polin to discuss the timeless meaning of the Hanukkah story. What does it say about the conflict Jews face today? Can the few really defeat the many? And why are Jews so obsessed with counting? (00:00) Introduction (04:20) Dedicating the episode to Ran Gvili (06:59) Setting the stage for the story of Hanukkah (15:17) How the Jews responded to Hellenization (19:00) Toga or Torah: the purest form of religion persecution (24:57) So what’s the real story… (27:57) Hanukkah is a time for Jewish PDA (33:24) Lighting the menorah throughout Jewish history (39:46) The message of Hanukkah: we have to draw a line (46:29) Jewish polarization and our obsession with counting CREDITS: ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer BRITTANY COHEN - Production Manager MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor MARIANGELES BURGOS AND PATTRICIO SPADAVECCIA - Additional Editing MAYA RACKOFF - Associate Producer GABE SILVERSTEIN - Community Management YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

Dec 7

Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/?utm_source=shownotes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inside Gift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/gifts Listen to What’s Your Number: lnk.to/GsOESP Seth Siegel in the Wall Street Journal: wsj.com/opinion/hatred-of-israel-caused-irans-water-crisis-4e566bac Subscribe to Amit Segal’s newsletter ‘It’s Noon in Israel’: arkmedia.org/amitsegal/ Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast Check out Ark Media’s other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA ‘What’s Your Number?’: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA For sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.org To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/ Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorg Dan on X: x.com/dansenor Dan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenor To order Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel : tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn Today’s episode: In a Call me Back bonus episode, we’re publishing this week’s episode of Ark Media podcast What’s Your Number, co-hosted by Yonatan Adiri and Michal Lev-Ram. This week, Yonatan and Michal were joined by Seth Siegel, a leading voice on water policy and innovation, to unpack the massive role that water plays in the Middle East’s economic trajectory. They also discussed how Iran’s hatred of Israel has exacerbated its escalating water crisis — which Seth wrote about in a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. CREDITS: ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer BRITTANY COHEN - Production Manager MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor MARIANGELES BURGOS AND PATTRICIO SPADAVECCIA - Additional Editing MAYA RACKOFF - Associate Producer GABE SILVERSTEIN - Community Management YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

Dec 4

Support the Jewish Communal Fund: jcfny.org/ Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/?utm_source=shownotes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inside Gift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/gifts To order Ari Shavit’s book, My Promised Land: tinyurl.com/5yfxtna9 Subscribe to Amit Segal’s newsletter ‘It’s Noon in Israel’: arkmedia.org/amitsegal/ Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast Check out Ark Media’s other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA ‘What’s Your Number?’: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA For sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.org To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/ Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorg Dan on X: x.com/dansenor Dan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenor To order Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel : tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn Today’s episode: Benjamin Netanyahu towers over Israeli politics like no other living leader. Everything about him – from his vision to his demeanor, from his entanglement with Israel’s legal system to his personal life – is a source for division. So much so that he became the litmus test by which Israel’s political tribes are divided. Dan was joined by Israeli journalist and author Ari Shavit to discuss how Netanyahu came to embody Israel’s political divide, what his pardon request from President Herzog means for his future, and whether Israelis can reach unity in a post-Netanyahu world. CREDITS: ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer BRITTANY COHEN - Production Manager MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor MARIANGELES BURGOS - Additional Editing MAYA RACKOFF - Operations Director GABE SILVERSTEIN - Research YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

Dec 1

Support the Foundation of Jewish Camp: www.jewishcamp.org/callmeback Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/?utm_source=shownotes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inside Gift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/gifts Subscribe to Amit Segal’s newsletter ‘It’s Noon in Israel’: arkmedia.org/amitsegal/ Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast Check out Ark Media’s other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA ‘What’s Your Number?’: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA For sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.org To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/ Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorg Dan on X: x.com/dansenor Dan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenor To order Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel : tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn (00:00) Introduction (02:25) First reactions to Netanyahu’s plea (07:00) Examining the precedents in Israeli presidential pardons (11:23) What does Netanyahu hope to achieve? (16:59) The case for pardoning Netanyahu (19:26) The cases against Netanyahu, and why the trial is taking so long (26:35) Does this all boil down to hatred of Netanyahu? (31:30) Is the widespread hatred of Netanyahu justified? (40:33) Unpacking the political landscape (45:59) Herzog’s options and his legacy Today’s episode: On Sunday, Prime Minister Netanyahu submitted a formal request to President Isaac Herzog for a pardon in Netanyahu’s years-long corruption trial. The documents included an 111-page letter written by Netanyahu’s lawyer Amit Hadad, in which he argued that a pardon would allow the Prime Minister to focus squarely on advancing Israel’s interest and would help heal divisions within Israeli society. Notably, Netanyahu’s letter does not include an apology or admission of guilt. President Herzog issued an official response, stating, “After receiving all of the relevant opinions, the president will responsibly and sincerely consider the request.” To unpack the details and implications of Netanyahu’s request for a pardon, Dan was joined by Ark Media contributors Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal. CREDITS: ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor MARIANGELES BURGOS - Additional Editing MAYA RACKOFF - Operations Director GABE SILVERSTEIN - Research YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer