The introduction to Robert Goodman's series on the first Book of Maccabees.

Illustration by Moshe Katz @art_ofthe_covenant_

Sefer Maccabim 000: Introduction

Can the crises surrounding the current war with Hamas help Israel grow beyond Western ideological paradigms & realize our true potential on the world stage?

Yehuda HaKohen is joined by Rav Gavriel Reiss - a founder of the movement who created a farm in southern Judea to actualize Vision ideals.

The two discuss how this war exposed Western civilization's narrow conception of humanity as being largely irrelevant to most Israelis and Palestinians.

The Next Stage

TNS 107: Brotherhood & War (with Gavriel Reiss)

Is Washington's aggressive push for partition inadvertently strengthening Binyamin Netanyahu & increasing the Israeli public's desire for freedom?

Lizzy Oziel & Yehuda HaKohen discuss how the Biden administration's efforts to push Israel back to a two-state paradigm have actually backfired against American interests in the Semitic region.

The two also discuss socio-political transformations in Israeli society, the current state of Israeli-Palestinian peace work, and what line needs to be crossed for individual Jews to be seen as having turned against their people.

TNS 115: Biden's Tone-Deaf Two-State Rhetoric

If different societies have different concepts of freedom, what does freedom mean to Israel?

Ahead of the anniversary of Leḥi (Fighters for the Freedom of Israel) leader Natan Yellin-Mor's passing, Yehuda HaKohen is joined by a Vision affiliated "Anonymous Soldier" to discuss the need for political education within Israel's national-religious camp.

TNS 117: Political Intelligence & Concepts of Freedom (with an "Anonymous Soldier")

Here is a pre-Pesach conversation with R' Yehuda HaKohen of the Vision Movement where we explore the narrative arc of the Passover story and the nature of freedom. Along the way we touch on the State of Israel's struggle to be free of foreign influence, and how every Jew can become more of who they truly are.

Jewish Heroism Project

JHP S1 From servitude to service with R' Yehuda HaKohen

After years of branding Israel as a 'Western nation' closely allied to the United States, the campus-based pro-Israel advocacy organizations shouldn't be surprised when Israel is perceived by many students as a settler-colony.

Yehuda HaKohen is joined by Vision student organizer Sharon Levy to analyze why the mainstream pro-Israel advocacy organizations have failed so miserably on North American university campuses.

TNS 122: The Failure of the Hasbara Industry (with Sharon Levy)

How did Israel education in the Jewish Diaspora fail as abysmally as it did? Can it still be corrected?

In a special double episode, Yehuda HaKohen is joined by Joe Schwartz to discuss the state of Israel education for Diaspora Jews and his work in the field through the Makom organization.

In the course of their rich conversation, the two also reminisce about life in late 20th Century New York City and discuss Jewish identity, the pros and cons of liberal ideology, how to relate to Diaspora-based Jewish religious denominations, and the tribal socio-political tensions currently dividing Israeli society.

TNS 130: Rethinking Israel Education for Diaspora Jews (with Joe Schwartz)

On today's Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, an interview with Rabbi Yehuda HaKohen from the Brit Hazon - Vision Alliance Movement. His movement's goal is to re-instill a sense of Zionism for Jews in Israel and around the world, which he says perhaps has faded since Israel's miraculous victory in the 1967 Six Day War.  Hear how HaKohen and his colleagues are intellectually inspiring and shaping the next generation of Jewish thinkers and leaders.

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The Land of Israel Network

Israel Uncensored: Did Zionism Die in 1967?

It is a truism that struggle brings out unexpected powers from within us, and what's true in life is true in history as well. The struggle to liberate Soviet Jewry will be a formative element of our story for decades to come, so here is the first chapter.

TJS - Soviet Jewry

TJS S4E4 The early struggle for Soviet Jewry

One can look at life as one long string of decisions, whether for individuals or nations. Israel had a number of decisions to make in the wake of the Six Day War and none was more pressing than where to place the borders. Here is an episode about some of the factors in that decision - the Allon Plan and the return to Kfar Etzion - which helped shape the future.

TJS - Greater Israel

TJS S4E6 Israel post 1967 part II - A Greater Israel

How does Tu B'Shvat teach us to recognize the subtle stirrings of redemption taking place beneath the surface?

TNS 130: Rethinking Israel Education for Diaspora Jews (with Joe Schwartz)

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