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The Tikvah Podcast

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The Tikvah Fund is a philanthropic foundation and ideas institution committed to supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish State. Tikvah runs and invests in a wide range of initiatives in Israel, the United States, and around the world, including educational programs, publications, and fellowships. Our animating mission and guiding spirit is ... more

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Recent Guests

Yehoshua Pfeffer
Leads the Iyun Institute and chairs the rabbinic committee of Hatzibur HaHaredi
Iyun Institute
Episode: Yehoshua Pfeffer on Haredim in the Israeli Election
Yonah Jeremy Bob
Senior military correspondent and intelligence analyst at The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post
Episode: Yonah Jeremy Bob and Elliot Kaufman on Israel's Wartime Decisions
Elliot Kaufman
Writer for The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
Episode: Yonah Jeremy Bob and Elliot Kaufman on Israel's Wartime Decisions
Simone Rodan-Benzaquen
Senior Envoy for Europe at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies; former leader at the American Jewish Committee in Europe
Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Episode: Simone Rodan-Benzaquen on Why French Protesters Are Waving Palestinian Flags
Rabbi Meir Soloveichik
Rabbi, commentator; author of This Is Not Fauda, This Is Real Life
Commentary Magazine
Episode: Rabbi Meir Soloveichik on "Fauda" and the Jewish Return to History
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
Scholar and Mosaic columnist, Gemunder Center fellow
Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) / Mosaic / Abrahamic Metacritique
Episode: Hussein Aboubakr Mansour on September 11 and October 7
Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak
Israeli-Turkish writer and scholar, Mosaic essay author
Mosaic/Mosaic Magazine
Episode: Is Turkey the New Iran?
Dan Schueftan
Israeli strategist and academic
University of Haifa
Episode: Is Turkey the New Iran?
Michael Doran
Hudson Institute senior fellow
Hudson Institute
Episode: Is Turkey the New Iran?

Host

Jonathan Silver
Host of the program focused on Jewish thought, policy, and leadership; engages guests in high-level dialogue.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 958 ratings
  • Fascinating and always well done

    Podcast Addict
    5
    JLM
    2 months ago
  • Wonderful!

    Tikvah podcast is a wonderful project. I love it!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    MarcNYC18
    United States5 months ago
  • Some good guests but …

    There are some good guests on this show but it often seems to miss the big picture. The discussion of the Iran War was extremely naive and somehow missed the likelihood that Iran would stop traffic in the Persian Gulf, or what it would means if Israel was associated, whether fairly or not, with bringing the U.S. into a war unpopular with the U.S. public. The treatment of Netanyahu is generally fawning and ignores how he has undermined Israeli democracy.

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    dextex xuxu
    United States6 months ago
  • Beat the drums

    This Jew finds no tikva here, neither for diaspora nor Israel nor for a remoralized Judaism. The pious self-congratulation and absence of critical reflection -- celebrating "the glories of Western civilization" -- fits 2026 well but represents Jewish intellectual and ethical tradition poorly

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    neworleansditty
    United States6 months ago
  • The Best Jewish Podcast. Period.

    By far the best Jewish Podcast today. The interviewer is knowledgeable, prepared, and asks insightful questions. Please give us more.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    חנהל
    United States6 months ago

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Guests are consistently high-caliber and diverse across Jewish thought and public policy.
Questions are thoughtful and well-prepared, inviting deep dives into complex topics.
Content is rigorous and informative, though some episodes polarize opinions.

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Yehoshua Pfeffer on Haredim in the Israeli Election
Q: Where did Shas voters go?
Pfeffer says some traditional Sephardi voters were alienated by Shas's narrower Haredi focus, and that voters shifted to Likud, Otzma Yehudit, the Religious Zionist Party, and other parties, mostly within the right-wing bloc.
Yehoshua Pfeffer on Haredim in the Israeli Election
Q: What explains the Haredi parties' performance in this election?
Pfeffer points to disappointment over the failed effort to resolve conscription and protect yeshiva students, related funding pressures, and damaging internal conflicts that became visible to voters.
Yonah Jeremy Bob and Elliot Kaufman on Israel's Wartime Decisions
Q: What were the arguments, what did they know at the time, and how did they dimension the risks around the pager mission?
The guests describe competing proposals to act in June, September or October 2024. Netanyahu waited until Israel had greater confidence in its ability to suppress Hizballah's response, while the Mossad and IDF disagreed over timing and how to coordinate the pager blasts with subsequent strikes.
Yonah Jeremy Bob and Elliot Kaufman on Israel's Wartime Decisions
Q: Did you learn anything that surprised you about Prime Minister Netanyahu in the course of research for this book?
The guests say Netanyahu began the war cautious, requiring persuasion and assurances before invading Gaza. His confidence in the IDF grew after its operations there, and by 2024 he backed bolder campaigns against Hizballah and Iran.
Simone Rodan-Benzaquen on Why French Protesters Are Waving Palestinian Flags
Q: How does immigration and identity intersect with these protests, and what does that mean for French society and Jews in France?
Immigration and identity are reframed as intertwined crises—integration, cultural memory, and perceived threats—leading to a polarized civic space where Jewish communities feel increasingly targeted as political football, and a new French national identity is being negotiated.

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4. Simone Rodan-Benzaquen
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6. Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
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