JBS: Jewish Broadcasting Service

Dr. Eric Mandel, founder of MEPIN, Middle East Political & Information Network & Senior Security Editor at the Jerusalem Report, shares his insights on the challenges facing Israel up north and the potential for the widening of the front against Israel. With Shahar Azani.

Reflecting on his congregation’s recent mission to Israel, Rabbi Hirsch recounts a morning spent picking strawberries that moved him profoundly and left him hopeful for the future of Israel. 

Former Israeli Ambassador to the US, Danny Ayalon, discusses the feeling in Israel 6 months after the devastating Hamas massacre, the hostages still in captivity in Gaza, the status of US-Israel ties and the surge of antisemitism in America. With Teisha Bader.

Robert Siegel explores the current status of the Israel-Hamas war and the political and diplomatic initiatives aimed at achieving either a cease-fire or a long-term resolution, with leading experts Dennis Ross (Washington Institute for Near East Policy), Ghaith Al-Omari (Gilbert Foundation Senior Fellow), and Natan Sachs (Center for Middle East Policy).

Natasha Hausdorff, specialist in international law and Director of UK Lawyers for Israel, joins David Harris to discuss her advocacy and concisely debunk egregious misconceptions about Israel.

Rabbi Hirsch offers his perspective on Israel five months after October 7th,  and asks his congregation to keep the faith for the long and difficult road ahead as they prepare to return on a mission.

What is the status of the war against Hamas in Gaza? And what are the chances for war with Hezbollah in the north? Shahar Azani speaks with Eric Mandel, founder and Director of MEPIN™, the Middle East Political Information Network,™ for an update on the war in Israel, upon his return from Israel.

Charles Asher Small, founder and executive director of ISGAP (the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism & Policy) leads a seminar with ISGAP senior research fellow Joel Kotek, in the premiere of a new series from ISGAP.

David Harris shares all about his fascinating Jewish journey - speaking from the heart about Israel, including his first transformative trip there, what shaped him and spoke to him as a Jew inspiring his interest, study and love for the Jewish state.

Author Meryl Ain reads excerpts from her novel “Shadows We Carry” and discusses themes of the book.  A series produced for Jewish Book Month by the Hampton Synagogue of Westhampton Beach, NY with Rabbi Avraham Bronstein.

Rabbi Sharon Brous, founder and senior rabbi of LA's IKAR community and a leading voice at the intersection of faith and justice, sits with Abigail Pogrebin to discuss her first book, The Amen Effect, about the power of community and showing up for each other.

JBS journalist Micah Halpern discusses the conclave between the leaders of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine that occurred in Beirut in September, and how this was the harbinger of the onslaught of terror that ensued—this and more on this episode of "Thinking Out Loud" on JBS.

 In a sermon to his congregation of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch cries out about the need for moral teachers, moral training, and constant moral discipline to counteract the failure of America’s top leaders and educators to respond to the evil of October 7th.

Robert Siegel looks at what constitutes living well in matters of happiness, health faith and service to others with David Brooks (NYT), Robert Waldinger (Harvard Medical School), and Rabbi David Wolpe (Visiting Scholar, Harvard Divinity School)

AJC CEO Ted Deutch speaks about AJC’s latest antisemitism report, which includes the impact of the October 7 Hamas massacre, in a JBS special with Teisha Bader.

Robert Siegel examines the implications of growing up with social media and ubiquitous screens, with experts Sherry Turkley (MIT), Brian Merchant (tech columnist and author), and Jean Twenge (San Diego State University). A program of the American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC).

Co-founder of Creative Community For Peace, David Renzer, discusses advocacy for Israel from the entertainment industry after the October 7th Hamas massacre, including the tribute Sunday night at the Grammy awards.

FIDF CEO Steve Weil speaks with 2nd Lt. Tammy Shur, Head of the International Digital Department in the IDF Spokesperson Unit,  about the responsibility and challenges of running social media across 10 digital platforms for the Israeli military

Hillel Fuld, a tech columnist and startup advisor who now focuses on Israel advocacy, describes his mission of fighting misinformation and providing real-time, accurate information, and offers an uplifting message of optimism.