Josh Hasten

Apr

2020

Remembering Those who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice

On the eve of Israel’s Yom Ha’zikaron (Memorial Day) for Israeli soldiers and terror victims, Josh Hasten interviews Adena Mark Kapon, whose mother Sara Blaustein HY”D was murdered in a 2001, Gush Etzion terror attack. Hear how Adena, who says she remembers her mother each and every, drew inspiration from her mother’s memory and made Aliyah with her family to join the Zionist endeavor. She also shares how she personally commemorates Memorial Day each year, and how this year will be somewhat different as a result of Corona.

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Apr

2020

Schottensteins Dedicate Mayanot’s Main Entrance

David and Eda Schottenstein in 2010, dedicating the Holtzberg Administration Center

Following the successful sale of his Privé Revaux company last month, entrepreneur David Schottenstein and his wife Eda have dedicated the main entrance of the new Mayanot World Center in Jerusalem, Israel.

The Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies is overwhelmed with gratitude towards our great friends and partners Mr. David and Eda Schottenstein for their extreme generosity, in dedicating the main entrance of our new World Center in Jerusalem.

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Apr

2020

Mayanot Goes Viral With Global Learning During Covid-19

Mayanot Yeshiva in Jerusalem has not allowed coronavirus lockdown to stop the learning of Torah, moving its classes online for students.

We are truly living in unprecedented times. The Israeli Ministry of Health has placed the entire country on a near total lockdown. Schools, restaurants, malls, and places of entertainment, have all been closed. And as of this writing, the ministry is encouraging all Israelis to stay at home 24/7, besides for trips to the supermarket, pharmacy, or any other purposes which constitute an emergency. This is all the result of a tiny microbe, the COVID – 19 or Coronavirus, which has wreaked havoc on the world community.

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Apr

2020

Remembering the Holocaust – From Home

In the age of Corona, this year’s annual Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day in Israel will be commemorated at home through technology. To discuss this reality and to share his story of survival with Josh Hasten, is Walter Bingham, who at 96, is the world’s oldest radio talk-show host. Hear how he survived Kristallnacht as a young teen, and was fortunate to make it to England on a Kindertransport. Bingham eventually made Aliyah where he continues to this day, his career in journalism. Don’t miss the interview with Bingham – a truly inspiring Jewish treasure and hero.

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Apr

2020

Corona Passover is Not Unprecedented

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, an very special interview with Rabbi Guy Avihod, who runs the Haboydem second hand clothing stores in Jerusalem, which gives adults with mental illness in the community a springboard to return to work. Avihod says that while we are essentially at home and in quarantine with our nuclear families this Passover, this event is not unprecedented. He explains that on the first Passover in history, the Jews were also quarantined in their homes as G-d carried out the plague of the firstborn in Egypt, sparking the beginning of the Exodus.

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Apr

2020

As Corona Advances through Efrat, Residents Buckle Down on Individual Home Fronts

Efrat residents at home under quarantine due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), March 30, 2020. Photo by Josh Hasten.

Less than 20 kilometers south of Jerusalem in the Gush Etzion bloc, the community of Efrat and its 13,000 inhabitants made headlines this week as having one of the highest levels of coronavirus-infected residents percentage-wise in the country.

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Mar

2020

Just Stay Home

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh encourages his listeners to “just stay home,” in order to do their part in stopping the spread of the Coronavirus. While leaving home to shop for food or visit the pharmacy is a must, Josh insists that public gatherings in synagogues or elsewhere must be avoided at this time. Also on the show, Prime Minister Netanyahu pulls a political rabbit out of the hat, while Israel promises that despite the egg shortage, boats with eggs are on the way, just in time for Passover.

Mar

2020

Quarantined from Corona

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh shares what it’s like to be quarantined as Israeli health officials put a near closure on the entire country. Despite the crisis, Josh says that a lot of good is still happening here in Israel and all over the world. He says that together we can defeat the virus.

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Mar

2020

Israeli Parents Get a Crash Course in Homeschooling

Israeli youths during a remote learning session at their home in Moshav Yashresh on March 18, 2020. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shut down the country’s schools and universities until at least after Passover, Israeli parents, like their counterparts in other countries shut down by the COVID-19 virus, suddenly found themselves confronted with the task of overseeing their children’s education.

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Mar

2020

Living with Coronavirus while Focusing on the Positives

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, an interview with educator and lecturer Rabbi Zev Shandalov who says that despite a virtual country-wide quarantine as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak, the focus should not be on what we can’t do, but on what we can do. Namely the Rabbi says that we should use this opportunity to read more, get to know our families better, study more Torah, and other positive activities even while being on lock down.

Also on the show Josh discusses the current political reality as the country’s leaders try to put together a government, with Blue and White head Benny Gantz disappointingly accepting the endorsement of the Arab Balad Party – an extremist element whose goal is to destroy the State of Israel from within.

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