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The Evacuation of Neve Dekalim. Photo:  Israel Defense Forces A Decade Since Disengagement (14:33)
The Evacuation of Neve Dekalim. Photo:  Israel Defense Forces
A Decade Since Disengagement (14:33)
The Live@5 panel bemoans the continuing effects of the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
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The Great VOI Debate: Lapid vs Hanegbi on Iran (9:50)
The Great VOI Debate: Lapid vs Hanegbi on Iran (9:50)
VOI's Gil Hoffman broadcasts interviews conducted by political correspondent Raoul Wootliff with MKs Yair Lapid and Tzachi Hanegbi.
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Gathering for Jewish Genealogy (11:31)
Gathering for Jewish Genealogy (11:31)
VOI's Judy Lash Balint hears about the breadth of activities taking place at this week's 35th International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.
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Yair Lapid: Netanyahu Is to Blame for the Iran Deal (1:43)
Yair Lapid: Netanyahu Is to Blame for the Iran Deal (1:43)
In interviews at the Knesset with VOI's Raoul Wootliff, MK Yair Lapid and MK Tzachi Hanegbi have very different things to say about the nuclear talks.
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Leviathan-Size Pressure (25:13)
Leviathan-Size Pressure (25:13)
Political correspondent Raoul Wootliff and Tamir Druz, director of Capra Energy, join Yishai Fleisher to diagnose Israeli's natural gas controversy.
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Greek Anti-Semites: ‘Jews Caused the Collapse’ (12:14)
Greek Anti-Semites: ‘Jews Caused the Collapse’ (12:14)
Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Weisenthal Center tells Josh Hasten about one pernicious view of the culprit behind the economic crisis in Greece.
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Suffering Another Slanted Condemnation (10:47)
Suffering Another Slanted Condemnation (10:47)
The Live@5 panel criticizes the hypocrisy of the UNHRC's biased treatment of Israel.
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Converting Coalition Deals into Court Decisions (9:43)
Converting Coalition Deals into Court Decisions (9:43)
VOI's Raoul Wootliff joins Josh Hasten from the Knesset, to receive an update on the repealing of the conversion reform law.
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MK Yair Lapid: A Bad Nuke Deal Will Be Bibi’s Fault (14:08)
MK Yair Lapid: A Bad Nuke Deal Will Be Bibi’s Fault (14:08)
The Live@5 panel takes issue with Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid's assessment about the imminent agreement between the P5+1 and Iran.
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The Lost Tribes of Israel Are Legit (2:04)
The Lost Tribes of Israel Are Legit (2:04)
Shavei Israel founder Michael Freund offers proof to Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel that the Jews he finds in the world are indeed Jews.
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For Some, Beating Bibi Is ‘a Gas’(25:08)
Leader of the Zionist Camp political party Isaac Herzog and MK Merav Michaeli oat a party meeting at the Knesset on June 29, 2015. Photo: Miriam Alster/Flash90
VOI's Gil Hoffman discusses the vote that didn't take place on the gas deal.

He talks to MK Merav Michaeli, head of the Zionist Union faction in the Knesset, who is celebrating her defeat of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a fight over the controversial gas deal. She calls for term limits for prime ministers and explains why she proposed a bill requiring the appointment of a vice PM.

Then, Gil completes the show with his weekly round-up of what Israelis are laughing at.

 

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Why There’s Still Hope Israel Can Woo Democrats (14:32)
Why There’s Still Hope Israel Can Woo Democrats (14:32)
Responding to bleak poll numbers from US public opinion guru Frank Luntz, Gil Hoffman hears some optimism from Israel polling expert Jeremy Saltan.
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Not All Is Bleak for Israel (25:06)
Not All Is Bleak for Israel (25:06)
VOI's Gil Hoffman is joined by Knesset insider Jeremy Saltan, who finds a silver lining in the clouds surrounding the Jewish state.
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Monday, Monday (25:04)
Monday, Monday (25:04)
Mottle Wolfe and Mordechai Twersky review the news of the weekend and predict what to expect in the coming days.
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How Israel Can Win Back US Democrats (12:13)
How Israel Can Win Back US Democrats (12:13)
American public opinion expert Frank Luntz reveals disturbing poll numbers about how poorly US Democratic elites view Israel.
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How Israel Should Persuade the US to Nix the Iran Deal (12:25)
How Israel Should Persuade the US to Nix the Iran Deal (12:25)
US pollster Frank Luntz tells Gil Hoffman about his trip to Israel to explain to Israeli leaders how to advocate against the prospective nuclear deal.
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Israel Needs the Right Messaging (25:10)
Israel Needs the Right Messaging (25:10)
VOI's Gil Hoffman is joined in-studio by American public opinion expert Frank Luntz to talk about Israel's declining image.
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The US Administration Giveth and Taketh Away (13:13)
The US Administration Giveth and Taketh Away (13:13)
The Live@5 panel wants to know why the State Department just backtracked on a bill President Obama signed thought to oppose anti-Israel boycotts.
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The Tentacles of Terror (50:34)
The Tentacles of Terror (50:34)
The Live@5 panel analyzes ISIS terrorists in the Sinai, glorifying terrorists in Haifa, deterring terrorists in Jerusalem and fending off financial 'terrorists' of BDS.
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Amb. Stuart Eizenstat Analyzes the State of the Jewish People (25:11)
Amb. Stuart Eizenstat Analyzes the State of the Jewish People (25:11)
VOI's Judy Lash Balint and Gil Hoffman are joined in-studio by Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, co-chair of the Jewish People Policy Institute.
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Yishai Reads Your Mail (25:16)
Yishai Reads Your Mail (25:16)
VOI's Yishai Fleisher reads and responds to e-mails from listeners.
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Suffering Another Slanted Condemnation (10:47)
Suffering Another Slanted Condemnation (10:47)
The Live@5 panel criticizes the hypocrisy of the UNHRC's biased treatment of Israel.
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‘Peace Is the Best Revenge’ (2:09)
‘Peace Is the Best Revenge’ (2:09)
Director of Jerusalem Peacemakers Eliyahu McLean tells Molly Livingstone about his interfaith movement to bring Jews, Christians and Muslims together.
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Bringing the Faiths Together for Faith in Peace (25:12)
Bringing the Faiths Together for Faith in Peace (25:12)
VOI's Molly Livingstone is joined by two Jerusalemites, a Jew and a Muslim, to hear about their grassroots efforts at coexistence through religion.
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‘We Are Fighting the Same Enemy’ (1:12)
‘We Are Fighting the Same Enemy’ (1:12)
British military expert Col. Richard Kemp tells Daniel Seaman and Daniela Traub that Israel, the US and the UK are in the same battle.
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True Blue Human Rights (12:01)
True Blue Human Rights (12:01)
Nave Dromi joins Daniel Seaman and Daniela Traub in-studio to talk about her alternative to the false agendas of current human rights groups.
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Bringing Truth and Rationality to the UNHRC Farce (12:25)
Bringing Truth and Rationality to the UNHRC Farce (12:25)
Col. Richard Kemp, who joins Daniel Seaman and Daniela Traub after addressing the Human Rights Council, speaks with moral clarity about Israel.
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Pandering to Palestinian Violence (12:12)
Pandering to Palestinian Violence (12:12)
39 Years after the heroic Entebbe Raid rescue operation against Palestinian terrorists 4000 km away, Israel can’t seem to address the problem at home.
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A Modest Mideast Warrior from Sweden (25:12)
A Modest Mideast Warrior from Sweden (25:12)
Swedish-Jewish journalist Annika Hernroth-Rothstein joins Eve Harow to discuss her love for Israel and her newfound spirituality.
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CAMERA on Campus: Letting Israel Speak for Itself (25:11)
CAMERA on Campus: Letting Israel Speak for Itself (25:11)
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America is sponsoring a student leadership and advocacy training mission in Israel.
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Urging the ‘Weak’ Government to Get Strong (3:27)
Urging the ‘Weak’ Government to Get Strong (3:27)
With six attacks against Israelis in 11 days, the government faced opposition this week to its mild response.
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A Modest Mideast Warrior from Sweden (25:12)
A Modest Mideast Warrior from Sweden (25:12)
Swedish-Jewish journalist Annika Hernroth-Rothstein joins Eve Harow to discuss her love for Israel and her newfound spirituality.
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Stop Wailing and Start Building (12:06)
Stop Wailing and Start Building (12:06)
On the 17th of Tammuz, Temple Institute director Rabbi Chaim Richman joins Eve Harow to provide an uplifting perspective on this difficult period.
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God, the Temple and Ramadan (12:20)
God, the Temple and Ramadan (12:20)
VOI's Eve Harow contemplates the mourning period for Judaism's holy Temples, rants about Ramadan and talks about bringing God into our lives.
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Turning Sorrow into Hope, and a Woman Orthodox Rabbi (50:32)
Turning Sorrow into Hope, and a Woman Orthodox Rabbi (50:32)
Mourning lost temples and the ramifications of ordaining a woman Orthodox rabbi are the topics of this show.
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Remembering Malachi Rosenfeld (14:23)
Remembering Malachi Rosenfeld (14:23)
Gershon Schneider, a friend of the young man killed last week by a terrorist, tells Dov Lipman how the family and community are coping with the loss.
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The Fast of the 17th of Tammuz (12:46)
The Fast of the 17th of Tammuz (12:46)
VOI's Rabbi Dov Lipman explains the significance of today's fast.
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Somber Commemorations and a Soccer Championship (50:43)
Somber Commemorations and a Soccer Championship (50:43)
A year after the Gaza war, a fast day, a friend's fond memories of a slain civilian and a girls' soccer championship are the topics of Dov Lipman's show.
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Swiping Out Hunger (13:27)
Swiping Out Hunger (13:27)
'Return on Investment' summit participant Rachel Sumekh tells VOI's Simcha Gluck about social entrepreneurship.
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Justin Korda on the ROI Summit (12:20)
Justin Korda on the ROI Summit (12:20)
The director of last month's 'Return on Investment' gathering tells Simcha Gluck about the Schusterman Foundation initiative for Jewish networking.
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Spiritual Cafe: How Not to Curse the Jewish People (25:21)
Spiritual Cafe: How Not to Curse the Jewish People (25:21)
Rabbi Mike Feuer and VOI's Yishai Fleisher review this week's Torah portion, Balak, and how it is relevant today.
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The Politics of Religion (10:24)
The Politics of Religion (10:24)
The Live@5 panel discusses the grab for power by the religious parties, which led to yesterday's repeal of the conversion reform law.
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Countdown, Condemnation, Commemoration and Conversion (50:31)
Countdown, Condemnation, Commemoration and Conversion (50:31)
The Live@5 panel discusses the Iran deal, the UNHRC report, the anniversary of the disengagement from Gaza and the repealing of conversion reform.
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The Lost Tribes of Israel Are Legit (2:04)
The Lost Tribes of Israel Are Legit (2:04)
Shavei Israel founder Michael Freund offers proof to Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel that the Jews he finds in the world are indeed Jews.
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Jews, Lost and Found (50:32)
Jews, Lost and Found (50:32)
Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel learn about two opposite Jewish phenomena from Shavei Israel founder Michael Freund and author Faranak Margolese.
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Miraculous Revival at Farewell Gig (2:07)
Miraculous Revival at Farewell Gig (2:07)
VOI's Mottle Wolfe shares a story of a life saved at a Grateful Dead concert in Chicago this weekend.
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Bringing the Faiths Together for Faith in Peace (25:12)
Bringing the Faiths Together for Faith in Peace (25:12)
VOI's Molly Livingstone is joined by two Jerusalemites, a Jew and a Muslim, to hear about their grassroots efforts at coexistence through religion.
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Meet the Newly Ordained Female Orthodox Rabbi (25:05)
Meet the Newly Ordained Female Orthodox Rabbi (25:05)
Rabbi Rahel Berkovits joins Eve Harow in-studio with her own rabbi, Herzl Hefter, to discuss whether the time has come to make this mainstream.
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Stop Wailing and Start Building (12:06)
Stop Wailing and Start Building (12:06)
On the 17th of Tammuz, Temple Institute director Rabbi Chaim Richman joins Eve Harow to provide an uplifting perspective on this difficult period.
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God, the Temple and Ramadan (12:20)
God, the Temple and Ramadan (12:20)
VOI's Eve Harow contemplates the mourning period for Judaism's holy Temples, rants about Ramadan and talks about bringing God into our lives.
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Turning Sorrow into Hope, and a Woman Orthodox Rabbi (50:32)
Turning Sorrow into Hope, and a Woman Orthodox Rabbi (50:32)
Mourning lost temples and the ramifications of ordaining a woman Orthodox rabbi are the topics of this show.
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How Netanyahu Was Defeated (12:52)
How Netanyahu Was Defeated (12:52)
MK Merav Michaeli, head of the Zionist Union faction in the Knesset, joins VOI's Gil Hoffman.
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For Some, Beating Bibi Is ‘a Gas’ (25:08)
For Some, Beating Bibi Is ‘a Gas’ (25:08)
VOI's Gil Hoffman discusses the vote that didn't take place on the gas deal.
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Urban Environmentalism, Jerusalem-Style (25:11)
Urban Environmentalism, Jerusalem-Style (25:11)
Jerusalem environmentalist Naomi Tsur joins VOI's Yishai Fleisher.
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Urban Environmentalism and Holocaust Restitution (50:33)
Urban Environmentalism and Holocaust Restitution (50:33)
VOI's Yishai Fleisher is joined by Jerusalem environmentalist Naomi Tsur and LA attorney E. Randol Schoenberg.
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Israel Trail’s Going Google (25:11)
Israel Trail’s Going Google (25:11)
Google is currently photographing all 684 miles of the Israel National Trail for its street-view technology.
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Innovation: Africa’s ‘Electrifying’ Efforts (12:57)
Innovation: Africa’s ‘Electrifying’ Efforts (12:57)
Bringing Israeli technology and know-how, as well as water and electricity, to Africa.
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Atmospheric Scientist Says Prepare for Radical Change (17:01)
Atmospheric Scientist Says Prepare for Radical Change (17:01)
Prof. Yoav Yair tells VOI's Yishai Fleisher that leaders must be on the ready for stormy Mideast weather.
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Fighting EU-Funded ‘Land Theft’ in Israel (14:08)
Fighting EU-Funded ‘Land Theft’ in Israel (14:08)
Regavim international relations director Ari Briggs joins VOI's Daniel Seaman and Daniela Traub to discuss foreign appropriation of Israeli land.
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