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Unholy: Two Jews on the News
Yonit Levi of Israel's Channel 12 News and Jonathan Freedland of The Guardian are two of the most prominent journalists in the world today. They are also Jews. Each week, join what MSNBC's Rachel Maddow calls "two great, smart smart smart hosts" as they dissect and debate current events shaping Israel, Jewish life - and the wider world. Their blend of nuanced discussion and sparkling conversation, featuring a dazzling range of guests, is why New Yorker editor David Remnick calls himself a…
Episodes
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Split decision — reflections on Israel’s verdict
Two days after Israel voted, Yonit and Jonathan are in the same room in Tel Aviv, working out an election Jonathan calls a win within a loss for Netanyahu and…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsIsraeli election results: what just happened and what happens next
Israel voted on 27 October — and by Wednesday afternoon, with 85 percent of the ballots counted, Benjamin Netanyahu had lost his majority and nobody could…
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Decision Day - and the General aiming to topple Netanyahu, with David Remnick
Join us on Unholy Live on YouTube the moment the polls close: https://youtube.com/live/EUhNvryZQSo?feature=share After a dizzying final weekend of campaigning…
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The Final Sprint and What to Watch for on Election Night
Reunited in the same studio in Tel Aviv just five days before Israelis head to the polls, Yonit and Jonathan dive into the high-stakes homestretch of an…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsWhy one word blew up the Israeli election campaign – with Matti Friedman
With just a week to go, Israel’s election campaign caught fire at the weekend, thanks to an incendiary intervention by one of Benjamin Netanyahu’s most ardent…
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Netanyahu, Eisenkot and the 61 Problem
Twelve days before Israel votes, Yonit observes that the national mood is neither Britain in 1997 nor America in 2008 - a nation certain that it’s on the brink…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsCan you trust the polls? with Dahlia Scheindlin
Two weeks before Israel votes, the polls seem to be telling two different stories — Channel 14 has the Netanyahu bloc at 63 seats, Channel 12 has it at 49…
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The Ghost of October 7th, Wild Polling — and a Response to Mamdani
Three years after October 7th, and eighteen days before Israel votes, this third anniversary felt different from the first two — and yet it may not move a…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsAmir Tibon on October 7, three years on - and Israel's election
Three years ago this week, Amir Tibon spent ten hours in a safe room in Kibbutz Nahal Oz with his wife and daughters while Hamas gunmen moved from house to…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsYuval Raphael on Nova, healing and Eurovision
A note to listeners: This episode includes a Nova survivor’s account of October 7, including descriptions of traumatic events that some listeners may find…
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Drama in the skies - politics on the ground
As a wave of euphoria and relief sweeps Israel, following the attempted - and foiled - hijacking of Flight FZ1073, Yonit and Jonathan delve deep into the story…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsMansour Abbas: The Man who would be Kingmaker
Watch this interview in Hebrew and English subtitles: https://youtu.be/zh-KenD4s5w Ra'am has done something no Arab party in Israel has tried before—put a…
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The Disqualification Games, German angst — and Wayne Rooney’s Bubbe
Decision day approaches for the judges who will determine who is - and who is not - allowed to stand in the Israeli elections on 27 October. The supreme court…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsThe Haredi Playbook: MK Yitzhak Pindrus on the Draft, Coalition Red Lines, and the Future of the Community
With Israel deep in an election campaign and the country still grappling with the strains of a multi-front war, the fiercely contested exemption of…
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Polls, Naza, Macklemore
With Yonit feeling a little under the weather, Jonathan is joined by friend of the podcast, Haaretz military affairs analyst Amos Harel (also, author of 6:29)…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsIlana Dayan on Israel's Most Crucial Choice
As Israel heads into what may be the most consequential election of its history, the country is still arguing less about where it's going than about how it got…
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The Lists, the Sanctions, and six weeks to go
September 8th was the deadline for Israeli parties to file their lists — and Netanyahu reached it less organised than he'd have liked, with a rival on the…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsRabbi Angela Buchdahl on forgiveness, Zionism and Mamdani
The Jewish new year arrives with the word ‘Zionist’ deemed an insult and a technology that never forgets anything that anyone has ever said or done. Following…
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Rock Bottom Politics and the Art of the If-Pology
Seven weeks out from an election that in many ways is a referendum on culpability for October 7th, Benjamin Netanyahu tells Channel 14 that if only they had…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsGordon Brown on Nationalist Populism, Israel and Hope
The former UK Prime Minister and Chancellor joins Yonit and Jonathan for the latest of our Unholy Conversations — on the void populist nationalists have moved…
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The 60-Day Countdown, Sledgehammer Politics -- and Dolly Parton
Join as Friend of the pod: https://www.patreon.com/cw/Unholypod With sixty days to go until the Israeli elections, the political jockeying enters into…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsAndy Nyman on saying "F-You" to Hitler on stage
It's the end of summer, and Yonit and Jonathan are taking a break from the news with a nugget of pure Jewish joy. Andy Nyman — the West End actor, writer…
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Bibi's Primary Battles, Gaza Deadlines, and the Plus-sign "Plot"
Send us your questions at: https://www.speakpipe.com/Unholy Visit our website to learn more about Unholy and become a friend of the pod: www.unholy-podcast.com…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsThe Middle East Cauldron - with Simon Sebag Montefiore
Acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore returns to Unholy to discuss his sweeping new book, The Cauldron: A History of the Middle East between 1900 and…
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Clash with the White House, clash on the West Bank
Benjamin Netanyahu has said no to Donald Trump's 15-point Gaza plan, and the refusal is flat rather than fudged. In the West Bank, extremist settlers have…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsThe mediaeval image of the Jew - and why it’s lasted. With Miri Rubin
Three of the oldest myths about Jews — relating to money, blood and the way they look — were forged in medieval Christian Europe, mostly in places where there…
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Trump moves on Gaza, Netanyahu moves on his opponents
With Yonit away, Jonathan is joined by Anshel Pfeffer, Israel correspondent of the Economist, as they discuss the muted reaction to the announcement made by…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsHeather Reisman on How Canada's Jews Became a Target
Just over 400,000 Jews call the country home, a community that lived through what many call a golden age of acceptance before watching it fracture. Jewish…
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Likud against the world, Democrats against each other
Ninety days before Israel votes, the campaign is revealing much about both the candidates and the country. The defense minister boasts about applying different…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsRahm Emanuel
Fresh off his tour of Israel and Europe, this week on Unholy Conversations, Yonit and Jonathan speak to Rahm Emanuel—former Chief of Staff, Congressman…
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Trump’s Saudi nuclear deal, Israeli elections get real
A nuclear deal between Washington and Riyadh breaks overnight — and Israel learns the terms from the same press release as everyone else. This week, Yonit and…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsFirst Time Voters in Israel
This week, Yonit and Jonathan sit down with three first-time voters — Aviv, Yael and Dror — to talk about the topics that will shape these election - the…
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Espionage in Iran, election manoeuvres in Israel - and unlikely football glory
The US-Iran war is back on. The ceasefire has collapsed, the naval blockade is reimposed, and Israel is asking if a moment is coming when the missiles turn its…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsJews and Football: a forgotten story - with David Bolchover
As football fans across the globe gear up for the World Cup final on Sunday, Jonathan talks to the author of a new book that uncovers a hidden story: the…
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Bibi’s dash to remake Israel, Rahm Emanuel’s warning and a wedding to beat the odds
Donald Trump declares the Iran ceasefire dead, while a new poll has alarming news for Benjamin Netanyahu: New York's trenchantly anti-Israel mayor, Zohran…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsDanielle Haas on NGOs, Antisemitism & Institutional Bias
A new report accuses the world's most trusted human rights organizations of a problem that goes far beyond anti-Israel bias: antisemitism, and a culture that…
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1,000 Days, Election Maneuvers & America at 250
A thousand days after October 7th — and Benjamin Netanyahu wants to talk about unity. This week, as Israel edges closer toward elections, Yonit and Jonathan…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsJason Burke on Iran, Entebbe - and how to fight global terror
A wave of antisemitic terror swept across Western Europe this spring — and one man appears to have been behind it all. This week, Yonit and Jonathan hear the…
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Reality bites: Trump, Bibi and the Mamdani Effect
The new reality of Washington’s relationship with Israel is slowly sinking in — and it’s not pretty. As JD Vance grows visibly chummier with Qatar and Pakistan…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsNaftali Bennett
Israel just learned that the US and Iran have agreed to a deconfliction cell with Lebanon — and Israel wasn't in the room. As the dust settles on a war whose…
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E-Signed, Sealed, Delivered
As the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding is signed in Versailles — covering a ceasefire, sanctions relief, and billions in unfrozen assets, but saying…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsNir Bar Dea on the New World Order, AI, and Israel's Risks
This week’s Unholy conversations is a rare interview with Nir Bar Dea, CEO of Bridgewater—the world's largest hedge fund. Bar Dea moves beyond market trends…
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Bibi’s Tightrope, Eisenkot’s Rise, Iran’s Shadow, and the U.S. Primary Wars
Yonit is joined by Yaakov Katz, author, columnist and former editor of the Jerusalem Post, and together they try to make sense of a week that had it all: a…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsDr. Galit Atlas on Trauma and Emotional Inheritance
Israeli children are still running to shelters. The hostages are home, but the wars keep coming. And somewhere underneath it all — the October 7th trauma, the…
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Special Update - Iran and Israel Clash, Trump says 'Stop'
Iran broke a two-month ceasefire on Sunday night, launching missiles at Israel after Netanyahu struck Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut. By Monday, Trump…
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Bombs and F-bombs: Trump, Netanyahu and ceasefire talks
The fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese government is overshadowed by an already notorious phone call where Donald Trump reportedly…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsAmos Harel on the Anatomy of a Failure - how October 7 happened
This week, Yonit and Jonathan sit down with acclaimed military and intelligence analyst Amos Harel to discuss his new book 6:29 -Anatomy of a Failure — a…
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Ceasefire talk, hostage politics and Logan Roy
A US-Iran deal appears to be taking shape — and Israel isn't in the room. As diplomatic back-channels buzz and American strikes on Iran continue under a…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsFranklin Foer on why fatalism isn't a strategy for American Jews
Franklin Foer is the man who declared that the golden age of American Jewry is over - or at least ending. Two years on — in the aftermath of October 7th and…
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Flotilla Disgrace, Election Fever and Football Joy
This week Jonathan is in celebratory mode—and no, it's not only because it’s the festival of Shavuot, but because his beloved Arsenal finally won the Premier…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsDr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy On the sexual violence of October 7
Two and a half years after October 7th, the Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas Against Women and Children has published its comprehensive report —…
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Bibi's secret visit, Israeli election timetable - and a veteran mensch
Yonit and Jonathan discuss a week brimming with unresolved questions. Did Benjamin Netanyahu really travel to the UAE during the war with Iran? Why would he…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsThe Future is Peace - with Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah
Maoz Inon lost his parents on October 7th. They were in their safe room, 200 meters from the Gaza border wall, when Hamas came. Aziz Abu Sarah lost his brother…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsIsrael Election whispers, Iran Negotiations and "Lashon Hara, Babe"
The Iran war may be over — or it may not. In the space of a few hours this week, Washington ordered warships into the Strait of Hormuz, paused the operation…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsIran War: What Comes Next - with Dr Suzanne Maloney
Forty days of war with Iran. Four weeks of an uneasy ceasefire. And one verdict that nobody in Washington wants to say out loud: the Islamic Republic came out…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsStabbings in London, a political marriage in Israel
As stabbing against Jews in Golders Green rises up, again, the question of security of Jewish communities around the world, Israel starts the countdown: 6…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsHoward Jacobson - Unholy Conversations
Howard Jacobson has screamed "liar" at the BBC, lost friends over a newspaper article, and started asking his wife whether it's still safe to live in London…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsIndependence, food and a response to Ezra Klein - with special guest Adeena Sussman
Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1RBYWVXGom0 Follow Unholy and learn more about the pod: https://unholy-podcast.lovable.app/ Join our Patreon community to…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsRachel Goldberg-Polin - Unholy Conversations
Watch us on Youtube: https://youtu.be/HFowIpBxqKs Rachel Goldberg-Polin has stood before the UN, met with presidents, and worn a number on her chest every…
Unholy: Two Jews on the NewsLebanon ceasefire, Senate Showdown, Orban out
Watch us on Youtube: https://youtu.be/1GIuMFYYX1E Get more Unholy content: https://unholy-podcast.lovable.app/ As Israel marks one week out of 40 days of…