Israel Independence Day—Yom Ha'atzmaut 2022/5782
Air Date: - Season 3 - Episode 16 | The observance of Yom Ha'atzmaut—Israeli Independence Day—began at sunset on May 4/4 Iyyar. Erick Stakelbeck, host of The Watchman, and JNS Jerusalem Bureau Chief Alex Traiman join Edwin to celebrate what the Jewish State has meant to the Jewish people and to all the world. Featuring special greetings from Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum.Show Topics: Israel, Jewish, Jewish History
The Shoah—Can It Happen Again?
Air Date: - Season 3 - Episode 15 | On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Edwin asks: Can it happen again? What would it take—and when? International Holocaust education leader Yossie Hollander, Wiesenthal Center Dean Rabbi Abraham Cooper, and civil rights attorney and Holocaust refugee Nathan Lewin join Edwin.Show Topics: Holocaust, Yom HaShoah, Antisemitism
The Edwin Black Show is on Hiatus for Passover
Air Date: | The Edwin Black Show is on hiatus on April 21 for Passover. Chag Pesach Sameach! from Edwin, Carol, and Team Black. We’ll be back on April 28 for the somber occasion of Yom HaShoah. While we’re on hiatus, please enjoy this encore presentation of “The UAE–Israel–Bahrain Treaty“ (S1 E27).
The Vintage Boys Are Back for Passover 2022
Air Date: - Season 3 - Episode 14 | The Vintage Boys are back for a special Passover edition. We’ll be debating the best whiskey and wine for the holiday as well as the usual holiday topics, while probing current events and history—both recent and ancient. BYOB. Next year in Jerusalem!Show Topics: Passover, Israel, Current Events, Whiskey & Wine
Identity Theft: How Arabs Appropriated Jewish Palestinian Identity
Air Date: - Season 3 - Episode 13 | For generations, the Arabs of Jewish Palestine denied they had any national identity and that any Palestinian people existed. They rejected the Peel Commission offer of two states. In 1948, the Arabs invaded. Jewish land was stolen—and Arabs voted at the Jericho Conference to be citizens of Jordan. In 1964, with help from the Soviet KGB and escaped Nazis, Arabs expropriated the Palestinian identity. They convinced a world. Middle East historian Mordechai Kedar and Israel historian Rabbi Yotav Eliach join Edwin.Show Topics: Israel, Palestinians
WWIII—How It Could Go Nuclear
Air Date: - Season 3 - Episode 12 | Strategic nuclear weapons are regulated by arms reduction agreements. Tactical nuclear weapons—meant for battlefield use, with yields of “only” 1–100 kT … are not. We are already engaged in WWIII. But the question is: what could trigger the nukes? Geopolitical strategist Josh Block joins Edwin.Show Topics: WW III, Ukraine, Russia, Nuclear War
We Need a New UN—for Democracies
Air Date: - Season 3 - Episode 11 | The existing United Nations, controlled by Russia and China, has been a cesspool of hate, inequities, and failures to promote peace. It is time to create a new world body limited to democracies for a new democratic world order committed to peace. NGO Monitor legal advisor Anne Herzberg joins Edwin.Show Topics: United Nations, Israel, WW III
WWIII—What Would It Mean?
Air Date: - Season 3 - Episode 10 | The most feared thought of our times is now front and center. Moscow says NATO weapons supplies to Ukraine and sanctions escalate and expand the war. Russian nuclear action is at hand. Edwin details … the unspeakable.Show Topics: WW III, Nuclear War
The Very Big Lawsuit Against Ben & Jerry's
Air Date: - Season 3 - Episode 9 | A major lawsuit against Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever for their anti-Jewish boycott has been filed by the Israeli franchisee. Ben & Jerry’s–Israel president Avi Zinger and his attorneys Marc Zell, Alyza Lewin, and Nathan Lewin join Edwin with exclusive details.Show Topics: BDS, Antisemitism, Israel
Special Event: Edwin Black for History Day at Brandeis
Air Date: | Student-Requested Topic: Antisemitism and the Holocaust’s Impact on the United Nations Vote for Israel’s Statehood. For junior high school students in Long Island, Nashville, and elsewhere. By school and parental invitation only.Show Topics: Jewish History