World War J
Air Date: - Season 4 - Episode 38 | Israel is in an existential war, and that war is spreading across the Middle East. Jewish people are under attack everywhere, from San Francisco to London to Rome—in their communities and on campuses. World War J is upon us.Show Topics: Antisemitism
Yom HaGirush 2023: Where Next?
Air Date: - Season 4 - Episode 37 | After the establishment of Israel, Arab nations stripped their Jewish citizens of their property, funds, and citizenship, and expelled them. Will this happen next in Dagestan? Moscow? New York City? Rabbi Elie Abadie and ZOA-MI President Sheldon Freilich join Edwin for another look at the horrid possibilities, Rabbi Manes Kogan provides additional reporting, and Nathan Lewin updates us on the lawsuit recently filed by the Brandeis Center against UC Berkeley.Show Topics: Yom HaGirush, Israel-Hamas War
The Edwin Black Show is on hiatus for Thanksgiving (Nov 23)
Air Date: | We're on hiatus for Thanksgiving. Edwin, Carol, and Team Black wish everyone blessings and abundance on this day set aside for giving thanks. We'll be back on November 30 with our annual observation of Yom HaGirush. While we're away, please contemplate last year's observation.Show Topics: Hiatus
The AI Threat Part III: War
Air Date: - Season 4 - Episode 36 | AI is already reshaping how wars are fought. Foreign policy analyst Josh Block joins Edwin for an urgent look at the military impact of AI. How bad can it get? Rabbi Elie Abadie, Juda Engelmayer, David Suissa, and Zalmi Unsdorfer provide additional reporting.
World War I—Why?
Air Date: - Season 4 - Episode 35 | The Great War that changed the world forever. 8 million dead, 21 million wounded, 2 million missing in action, $180 billion spent—and no one knows why. But it seeded one more world war … and possibly two. Historians Chris Lovett and Sam Edelman join Edwin, with Juda Engelmayer and Zalmi Unsdorfer providing antisemitism and Hamas War reporting.Show Topics: War
Special Events: Leadership Briefings, Los Angeles
Air Date: | Edwin visits Los Angeles for briefings for leadership, November 7–15. By invitation only.Show Topics: Antisemitism
Kristallnacht 2.0: Part III
Air Date: - Season 4 - Episode 34 | Jewish people across the world have long wondered when and where the next Kishinev, Kristallnacht, or Farhud would occur. The answer (as we correctly speculated during our June 2023 Farhud Remembrance show) was Israel. It happened on October 7, 2023, as Israelis were wrapping up their Sukkot celebrations. Some 2,000 Hamas fighters attacked, killing and raping innocent civilians, kidnapping grandmothers and children, and live-streaming their barbarous acts. Violent pro-Palestinian—and outright pro-Hamas—demonstrations have erupted everywhere, from campuses to streets. Jews across America are beginning to ask the unthinkable question and ponder the unthinkable prospect: can it happen again—this time in America?Show Topics: Antisemitism, Holocaust, Israel, Hamas, Israel-Hamas War
Special Event: Solidarity Shabbat at USF Hillel
Air Date: | USF Hillel welcomes Edwin for a Solidarity Shabbat, at which he will answer any and all questions about Israel.
Special Event: Israel Update for USF Faculty
Air Date: | Edwin presents a lunchtime briefing to USF faculty on the Israel-Hamas War.Show Topics: Israel, Zionism, Hamas, Palestinians
