On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, an interview with author Jodi Samuels upon the release of her new book Chutzpah, Wisdom, and Wine. In the book Samuels shares her journey from Johannesburg to Jerusalem via New York, as a community leader, world traveler, special needs advocate, outreach initiator – hosting hundreds of people in her home for events and Shabbat meals, and much more!
On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, a very special interview with Ashager Araro, the founder of Battae (“my house” in Amaharic), the Ethiopian Israeli Heritage Center in Tel Aviv. Araro, who was born in the desert as her parents literally walked to Israel on foot from Ethiopia, with her mom being nine months pregnant, shares her family’s heroic personal story of Zionism. Like many new ventures Battae, which opened in 2019, is suffering the pinch caused by the Coronavirus, and as a result Araro has founded a campaign in order to continue her mission to educate about Ethiopian Israeli heritage.
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On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, an interview with Joseph Gitler, Founder and Chairman of Leket, Israel’s National Food Bank. During the Corona crisis, the organization had to adjust its model in order to provide thousands of prepared meals for those in need, including those vulnerable populations who couldn’t leave their homes. For the past 17 years Leket has rescued immeasurable amounts of food to assist the hungry throughout the country.
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On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, a very special interview with David Angel, Director of Strategic Partnerships for Ogen, an Israeli non-profit which lends money to those in need through donations and impact investments. The organization has raised over $30 million to help small businesses and others struggling under the Coronavirus pandemic. Plus in the second half of the show – all the latest news from Israel. Will Israel apply sovereignty to Judea and Samaria on July 1? The verdict is still out.
n today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, an interview with Daniel Gindis one of the founders of Tel Aviv’s Kerem House – a unique facility for immigrants and native-born Israelis to gather for social events, shabbatot, or to launch their careers using space provided by the facility. The Kerem House serves as a unifying social initiative which brings Tel Avivians together from all religious or cultural backgrounds. Also on the show, the latest news from Israel including how the one well-known Israeli used his influence to help the UAE pen an op-ed against Israeli policy. No, that’s not a Purim Shpiel.
On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten an interview with well-known educator Rabbi Uri Pilichowski from Mitzpe Yericho. Pilichowski and a group of leaders from Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria released a statement this week encouraging Israel to move forward with the application of sovereignty despite reservations about the Trump administration’s “deal of the century.” The group stressed that they feel President Trump and his team are the best friends Israel has ever had in the White House, and therefore Israelis should be grateful for their support.
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With US cities on fire as a result of rioting and looting following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, anti-Israel groups are doing their best to compare or even blame the Jewish State for Floyd’s death and the state of race relations in the US. At the same time, Jewish stores and businesses were ransacked in Los Angeles, along with graffiti calling on Americans to “kill the Jews.” The events of the past few days show that the phenomena of the Jewish scapegoat is alive and well. All of this and the latest news from Israel on this week’s edition of Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten.
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On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, in addition to the Netanyahu trial, talk of annexation, and everything else making news in Israel, Josh offers a personal reflection on the Coronavirus pandemic as the country has rapidly been opening up following months of quarantine.
On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten an interview with Natalie Sopinsky, Director of Development for the Rescuers Without Borders emergency first response organization. Sopinsky says that her org. has been on the front lines as Corona testers over the last few months, in addition to their regular duties of saving lives of those in terror attacks and car accidents etc. The organization also devoted countless hours to delivering essentials to those at-risk under quarantine. Sopinsky is proud of the way Israel handled the crisis and is optimistic as the country has started opening up, after being on lockdown for several months.
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On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, an interview with Maurice Hirsch, Head of legal strategies at Palestinian Media Watch, who is outraged at Israel’s decision to “loan” the PA $800 million due to their claim that as a result of Corona, they are on the verge of collapse. Hirsch says that the payment fundamentally undermines the war on terror, as the PA has shown time and time again, that the funding they receive from international sources is diverted towards their “pay to slay” program, which awards terrorists and their families for carrying out attacks against Israelis.
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