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S2 E26. Part 1 - Professor Shai Davidai: The Reluctant Activist Waking Up America
On April 5th State of Tel Aviv spoke at length with Columbia University Professor Shai Davidai about his overnight evolution from low-key academic to…
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Vivian Bercovici
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A Passover Greeting and Hostage Prayer
Editor’s Note: This short dispatch is intended to share brief thoughts of mine and a special prayer from the Hostage Family Forum. During this “holiday…
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Vivian Bercovici
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S2 E25. Passover 2024: How One Hostage Family Will Mark the “Holiday”
“We face the abyss and we stand tall. I don’t know how I will sit at the Passover table this year.” Sharone Lifschitz made those comments when we met…
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Vivian Bercovici
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S2 E24. Sundays with Ya’akov: USA Slapping Sanctions on the IDF? Iran’s Retreat. Passover with Hostages.
Listen now | Believe me, our heads are spinning. Each week becomes more intense than the last. And there is a general feeling in Israel that rage is on…
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Vivian Bercovici
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Reimagining Mid-East Regional Security After April 13
By Maayan Hoffman | This past week in Israel has been, well, off the charts. Indescribable. On the one hand, the night of the Iran attack was…
S2. E23. We Are Not OK: Five for Fighting in Israel.
Five for Fighting, the stage name of singer/singwriter John Ondrasik, has some crazy timing. He popped over to Israel for a five day immersion in the…
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Vivian Bercovici
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S2 E22. Sundays with Ya’akov Katz: Iran Attacks Israel
Saturday night and Sunday morning were harrowing. For almost two weeks Israelis have been waiting for Iran to attack. A few days ago, the Supreme Leader…
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Vivian Bercovici
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Day 187. Iran Threatens. Released Hostages Speak Out. (In Video Clips)
Editor's Note: The article below contains written and audio visual content that is graphic and should be viewed with that in mind and not by young…
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Vivian Bercovici
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S2 E21. Sundays with Ya’akov: Six Months On. Still at War. 133 Hostages Still in Captivity
It was great to have Ya’akov Katz back for our regular Sunday riff and we had a lot on our plates today. We spoke about how Israel seemed stuck in Gaza…
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Vivian Bercovici
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March 2024

S2 E20. Sunday Special with Jonathan Conricus: Bringing Hostages Home, Winning, Rebuilding
Late-breaking circumstances made it impossible for Ya’akov to do his weekly gig with State of Tel Aviv today but we were fortunate to find the amazing…
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Vivian Bercovici
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"Confirm receipt!": A Soldier’s Unanswered Pleas on October 7th
In a moment you will hear the voice of 19-year-old Sargeant Roni Eshel. On the morning of October 7th, Hamas terrorists blew up the border fence and…
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Vivian Bercovici
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S2 E19.Batya Ungar-Sargon on October 7th Denialism and Debunking Woke Antisemitism
One of the most interesting thinkers and writers out there, Batya Ungar-Sargon gets into the moral fecklessness of the “progressive” woke left. What’s…
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Vivian Bercovici
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