Religion

VOI's Dov Lipman interviews Evan Muney, Udi Tzemach and Steve Leibowitz, and talks about the weekly Torah portion. Dov is joined by Evan Muney, director of the Citizens' Accord Forum between Jews and Arabs in Israel. Evan... (51:10) Listen now

Charleston Jewish Federation director Lori Hoch Stiefel, live from South Carolina, talks about the aftermath of the church massacre. "We are not going to be broken," she tells Gil Hoffman, describing emotions in the Jewish... (11:30) Listen now

Maryland Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt, whose father marched with Martin Luther King, talks to VOI's Gil Hoffman. He explains why, in the wake of a massacre at a Charleston, SC black church, he organized a Unity Shabbat that will be... (12:59) Listen now

Why has a massacre at a black church in South Carolina brought US Jews of all streams together? VOI's Gil Hoffman hears from the organizer of this weekend's Jewish Unity Shabbat and a Jewish professional in Charleston on... (25:14) Listen now

Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Yishai for another segment of 'Spiritual Cafe.' They discuss the biblical assertion that the ashes of a perfect red cow, blended with a few other ingredients, can create a mixture with the power to eviscerate... (25:22) Listen now

It's one thing to create anti-Israel art. It's another to receive taxpayers' money to do so. VOI's Yishai Fleisher is joined in-studio by Jerusalem Post op-ed editor Seth Frantzman to talk about Culture Minister Miri Regev's... (25:22) Listen now

Should the government fund anti-Israel art? Can Israel defeat death? Yishai is joined in-studio by Jerusalem Post op-ed editor Seth Frantzman to talk about Culture Minister Miri Regev's controversial move to block state... (51:04) Listen now

A Muslim and a Jew defy convention and define peace. Interfaith Encounter Association executive director Yehuda Stolov and assistant director Salah Alladin, who were just awarded the Institute of International Education's... (13:10) Listen now

Interfaith Encounter Association's Yehuda Stolov and Salah Alladin talk about Mideast coexistence. They join VOI's Molly Livingstone in-studio (with Victor Goldberg, who gave them the award, by phone)the day after receiving... (25:40) Listen now

This week's Torah portion, Chukat, is the basis for the show's contemporary political discussion. VOI's Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel examine how the ancient judge Yiftah responded to the very same demands for "land for... (12:53) Listen now