Being Jew-ish

Tsahi Shemesh, founder and chief instructor of Krav Maga Experts in NYC, joins Seth and Dave. Tsahi shares his perspectives as an instructor and life-long practitioner of Israel’s unique self-defense system, Krav Maga (roughly translated as “close touch”).

We discuss Brett Stephen’s New York Times op-ed, “For America’s Jews, Every Day Must Be Oct. 8.” We cannot let our hearts soften and forget the way so many were silent in the face of the Jewish people’s murder at the hands of terrorists.

We hear from Mosab Hassan Yousef, the author of Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices

Israel has begun its ground operation in Gaza, and anti-Israel and Antisemitic activity is on the rise throughout the world, especially on college campuses.

This week, we meet with a former officer from Israel’s elite IDF search and rescue team, unit 669. We’re leaving his name out of the show for safety reasons.

Sadly, we are finding that there are a ton of people, many of whom we have called allies and friends, who have been silent or worse in the face of what’s going on. We have a strong message for them in this episode.

Israel is at war, attacked by Hamas at a scale and with an element of surprise not seen since 1973’s Yom Kippur War. We pray for strength, healing, and comfort. We pray that Israelis and all those in the Middle East will soon be able to live in security and […]

Dave had COVID-19 over Rosh Hashanah and Seth wants to know all about it. How does a rabbi get away with sitting the holiday out? We speak about the intensity of Yom Kippur — one day of the year to focus on fixing everything we’ve done wrong since the last […]

Rosh Hashanah is coming! First, Antisemitism at the US Open from a German speaker. Is hatred towards Jews on the rise among Germans or is this just one bad German apple? Then, Elon’s back, suing the Anti-Defamation League for, you guessed it, defamation!