The Jerusalem Post Podcast

Sub-Carpathia: Jewish History, Picturesque Towns and Much More

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 16

In the second part of their special series from Poland, Mark and David take you to some of the lesser-visited parts of the country. This time it's the Podkarpackie region on the edge of the Carpathian Mountains. We'll hear tales of sacrifice and bravery, visit living museums and go deep underground to uncover an amazing secret.

In part two:

• Our favorite olde squares
• Jewish Rzeszow
• An abandoned nuclear shelter
• The Museum of Poles Saving Jews
• Some bells and pipes in a tower
• Welcome to the unpronounceable Przemysl
• A sporting hotel with a twist
• Sanok's museum of folk architecture
• A 600-year-old UNESCO wooden church
• Glassblowing in Krosno
• And wine-tasting in a family manor house 

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Bennett & Biden's first meeting could impact the world - here's why

Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Yaakov Katz and Diplomatic Correspondent Lahav Harkov discuss the first meeting between Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and US President Joe Biden.

Harkov is on the ground in Washington.

Later in the episode, Katz sits down with Israel's former ambassador to the United States Michael Oren to discuss the meeting, too. They talk about what it means for both Israel and the United States, and dive into plausible scenarios that could arise from the meeting - ones that could affect the world and not just Israel. Oren and Katz also discuss the significance behind Bennett's first steps within the Oval Office as head of the Jewish State.

To wrap things up, the start of the school year is just around the corner. To discuss how Israel will address the year at hand, within the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Katz and Harkov spoke with the principal of Studio Ankori David Klahr and talked about the affects 2020 had on children both socially and mentally. How are parents preparing to send their children back to school with rising cases? And are teaching up for the task? 

What you will get:
- A discussion surrounding Biden and Bennett's meeting, as Harkov packs her bags and heads to Washington - the nation's capital
- An overview from Oren, who breaks down the upcoming meeting, how exactly it will all go down and the possible scenarios that could arise from it.
- How parents in Israel are preparing for the upcoming school year in the shadow of COVID

Sitting down with a hunter

Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Yaakov Katz and Diplomatic Correspondent Lahav Harkov sit down with Nazi hunter Ephraim Zuroff to discuss Poland's new anti-restitution law that sets limits on the ability of Jews to recover property seized by Nazi German occupiers and retained by post-war communist rulers. They discussed what it means with regard to the how the events of the Holocaust are projected to the masses and how it could negatively affect the stories of those who perished. 

Then Katz and Harkov speak with The Jerusalem Post's military correspondent Anna Ahronheim to discuss the most recent events developments in Kabul, with the Taliban seizing power over Afghanistan, and what the change in authority holds for the country and the Middle East as a whole following the US withdrawal.

What you will get:
- A Holocaust history lesson and the events that followed through the eyes of Nazi hunter Ephraim Zuroff

- An overview of the Poland anti-restitution law and what it means for the survivors of the Holocaust and their families, as well as the worldview of the World War II genocide

- An in-depth discussion surrounding the activities of the Taliban in Afghanistan and how it managed to seize power with such little bloodshed

- What the US withdrawal means for countries with US troops stationed in them around the world

- How the US manages developing countries and how the government coup offers a window into Afghanistan's past preceding the events of September 11, 2001

Photo credit: Wikimedia

'More peace deals for Israel to come'

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A year after US president Donald Trump tweeted the announcement that Israel and the United Arab Emirates were making peace and establishing diplomatic relations, former assistant to the president and special representative for international negotiations Avi Berkowitz looks back with satisfaction of a job well done.

 

“I’m really, really proud of the Abraham Accords and the success of our team,” Berkowitz said. “As it relates to the Israeli-Arab conflict, I think that we’ve had just tremendous success. Of course, there are still a lot of significant countries that need to normalize relations with Israel, but we were making progress toward those, as well.”

 

Photo credit: REUTERS as seen on Jpost.com

First-Ever Texas-Israel flights, plus historic Savannah, Jewish style

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 14

American Airlines is back in Israel with direct flights from New York and Miami already operational and the Dallas-Tel Aviv route about to launch. Mark and David find out more.

The boys also touch down in Savannah for a fascinating chat with the rabbi (and stand-up comedian) of Congregation Mickve Israel, one of the oldest synagogues in the New World.

 

Photo credit: American Airlines (courtesy)

Jewish law, the Olympics and COVID - what's the connection?

Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Yaakov Katz and Diplomatic Correspondent Lahav Harkov sit down for a discussion on all things coronavirus, Judaism and the Olympics, and how they interconnect in Israeli society as Israel stares down the barrel of a third lockdown amid the ongoing 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

What you'll get:

• Israeli artistic gymnast Artem Dolgopyat's gold medal routine at the Tokyo Olympics and why can't Dolgopyat's get married in Israel
• Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's tactics in his new role, including refusing to play into the hands of haredi parties and the formulation of Israel's new budget, as well as the implications of its allocation
• Coronavirus and the possibility of a third lockdown with Post Coronavirus Analyst Maayan Hoffman

What can Israelis do to stymie the spread of coronavirus?

For how long will this deadly disease be present in our lives?

How we can learn to live with the virus?

 

In this photo: Coronavirus tests being performed at Sonol gas stations | Credit: Courtesy as seen on jpost.com

From Jewish heritage to painted cottages: Tarnow & Lesser Poland

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 13

In the first part of a special series from Poland, Mark and David take you to some of the lesser visited parts of the country. From love stories and castles to tales of once great Jewish communities they'll take you on an unforgettable emotional journey.

In part one:

• Away from the tourists and into the marketplace
• How Polish Lords and Ladies once lived
• Memorializing the events of the 1930s-40s
• A trip through the historic Tarnow Jewish cemetery
• The cafe on the mikvah
• A side-trip to flowery Zalipie
• Meet the mayor
• A tour of once Jewish Tarnow
• Klezmer finale

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett preparing for trip to the United States

In this week's episode we talk:

> Olympics

> Bennett-Biden relations

> Iran

> and more!

 

Photo credit: Niv Beili as seen on jpost.com

Did Israel change the status quo on the Temple Mount?

In this week's episode, diplomatic correspondent Lahav Harkov talks:

>Temple Mount

> Ben & Jerry's ice cream

> Cannes Film Festival

> Cybersecurity and the NSO's Pegasus product

 

Photo credit: REUTERS, as seen on jpost.com

Stability in Jordan is key to Israel's defense - here's why

In this special episode in honor of the Tisha B'Av (the Ninth of Av), Lahav Harkov discusses the demolition of a Palestinian home against US wishes; a flurry of meeting between Jordanian and Israeli officials; and the meaning of the Temple Mount in honor of the Jewish day of mourning.

Special guests:

• Tovah Lazaroff, Deputy Managing Editor of the Jerusalem Post
• Ofir Dayan, head of Students for the Temple Mounts
• Joseph Gitler, Founder and Chairman of Leket Israel

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