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LISTEN: 2NJB podcast + Israel Monthly Recap: Is Donald Trump Hitler? Nope
2NJB Israel Monthly Recap: Naor and Eytan talk about everything that went down in Israel during the last month. Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Two Nice Jewish Boys · #214 – Monthly Recap: Is Donald Trump Hitler? Nope
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Two Rabbis Seem to Disagree – But Do They?
As the old joke goes, two Jews, three opinions. In the spirit of Tisha B’Av, which commemorates the destruction of the temple because of Jewish communal strife, two rabbis from vastly different backgrounds agreed to sit down and talk recently. The conversation was hosted by Our Common Destiny, a joint initiative of Israel’s Ministry of…
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Yom Kippur conversations feature NIH Director and best-selling authors
On Yom Kippur, September 28, you can enrich your holiday by watching four remarkable individuals in conversation with Rabbi Naomi Levy, founder of Nashuva. The virtual conversations are part of Nashuva’s OneYomKippur.com, an initiative to showcase the themes of Judaism’s most sacred holiday in a modern, soulful way that resonates with the entire family. The…
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Safety, not recklessness, must drive reopening of schools
Teachers want to get back to their classrooms with their students. We know the limits of remote instruction and the harm of prolonged isolation for students. We know that children connect, learn and thrive best when they’re in school in person, and that public schools feed 30 million kids a day, in normal times. In…
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LISTEN: 2NJB Podcast — The MK Who’s Fighting Facebook And Twitter
Israel recently went through a traumatic year of election cycles in which it seemed like there were no winners – only losers. But eventually, amidst all the political gunfire and smoke, a government was formed. One of the figures that emerged from that year is Michal Cotler-Wunsh. Michal joined the Knesset as a member of…
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LISTEN: 2NJB Podcast — BLMing The Jews
No matter where you’re from, it’s hard to ignore what’s going on in the United States as of May. The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer ignited massive protests and widespread riots across the country. 2NJB are joined by Ofir Dayan, the head of Students Supporting Israel at Columbia University in New…
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LISTEN: 2NJB Podcast — Europe’s Last Dictator
Alexander Lukashenko has been the president of Belarus since 1994 and today the country seems like it might be on the brink of a revolution. Shalom Boguslavsky organizes study tours in Eastern-Europe. He writes and lectures about both Eastern Europe and Israel with a focus on geopolitics and Jewish history. Two Nice Jewish Boys (Naor…
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LISTEN: Decision Points Podcast – Golda Meir and the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre
Raised in America before emigrating to Israel, Golda Meir was the country’s first and only female prime minister, and one of only two women to sign its declaration of independence. A study in contrasts, she was tough on terrorism but also a key player in securing the release of 200,000 Jews from the Soviet Union…
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‘I can’t breathe’
When a person gasps “I can’t breathe,” it is incomprehensible that there would not be a rush to help. Yet this was the lived experience of George Floyd, Eric Garner and so many Black men before them. Black people have endured unending grief, fear, anger and trauma caused by racism and racial violence. They are…
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Don’t forfeit the future
The American people have paid a heavy price for the unchecked spread of the coronavirus—at this writing, in the United States, 86,000 people have lost their lives, 36 million have lost their livelihoods, 1.4 million have contracted COVID-19 and 55 million students are not in school. President Trump has caused the country to lose ground…
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Heroes on the frontlines of COVID-19
This has been a month like no other in modern American history. We are in a war against an invisible virus that has required most people to stay home to fight it. With each day of the coronavirus pandemic, Americans have grown increasingly grateful for things we used to take for granted, like grocery workers,…
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