Welcome to Shoulder to Shoulder, a podcast where a pastor and a rabbi get to the heart of issues that matter to people of faith.
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One minute of national security with Frank Gaffney
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Baseball is the perfect sport for conversation, and no one can converse about it better than the Baseball Rabbi, one of the world's greatest experts on advanced statistics, sabermetrics, and baseball history. Join Pesach Wolicki and Scott Kahn as they apply advanced metrics to the Major Leagues, reevaluate historical assumptions, and discover new baseball trends and theories that will leave you questioning everything you assumed you knew about the National Pastime.
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A no-holds-barred discussion about the ins and outs, and ups and downs, of building a life in Israel, with those who have been living in Israel long enough to have perspective. Follow Return Again on Twitter: @ReturnAgainPod Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/return-again/support
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CUP OF SALVATION: A BIBLE STUDY ON PSALMS by Jewish Coffee House in partnership with David Nekrutman and Rabbi Pesach Wolicki. Join them for an in-depth discussion of Psalms 113-118, known as Hallel. This series of psalms is used in Jewish worship during biblical feasts as well as other holidays on the Jewish calendar. Why were these psalms chosen for Jewish Holy Days? How are End Times prophecies fulfilled when we recite them? Uncover layers of meaning in Scripture you never knew existed. Y ...
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This podcast is an honest conversation about difficult aspects of the Bible to seek understanding that leads to enhanced faith and deepened discipleship. Cover art photo provided by JFL on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@wallsbyjfl
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Rabbi Pesach Wolicki, Co-Host of The Shoulder to Shoulder Podcast I spoke with Rabbi Pesach Wolicki about the Biden administration's decision to cut Israel off from resupplying war material if they were not satisfied that Israel was providing enough way of humanitarian assistance to Gaza.By Frank Gaffney
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Dede Laugesen, Executive Director at Save The Persecuted Christians & Suzanne Grishman, Executive Director at Mercury One Inc. We had a special, hour-long edition of “Securing America”powerfully addressing with Dede Laugesen and Suzanne Grishman the huge magnitude of the problem of persecution of Christians, abroad and increasingly here - and what …
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Israel Dodges One "Bullet" While Team Biden "Reloads"
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On Wednesday, the Biden administration vetoed a UN Security Council resolution designed to save the terrorist organization known as Hamas from utter – and possibly imminent – destruction at the hands of Israel. The Jewish State was thereby spared the strategic disaster of having to agree to an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaz…
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Last week, after Joe Biden met with Chinese Communist Emperor Xi Jinping, he ok’d Ukraine’s use of U.S.-supplied missiles to attack deep inside Russia. Why would Biden take this provocative – and potentially dangerously escalator – step now, having refused Ukrainian requests for the requisite permission for many months? One explanation is counter-i…
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With Dr. Simone Gold, Dan Flourette & Dr. David Wurmser
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Dr. Simone Gold, Author of "I Do Not Consent" I spoke with Dr. Simone Gold about the assault on children that the medical community, the hospitals, and the pharmaceutical industry are mounting. We also discussed her new film, which is entitled What is a Doctor? Dan Flourette, Rebels, Rogues, and Outlaws: A Pictorial History of WarRoom I had a wonde…
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The U.S. Must Veto the UN's Next Attack on Israel
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The UN Security Council is poised to cause real and lasting harm to Israel. Will Team Biden enable that to happen? An impending, binding resolution would impose on Israel an "immediate, unconditional, and permanent cease-fire" in Gaza. It would enable Hamas to survive and, effectively, to win the war it murderously launched on October 7th last year…
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Sarah Parshall Perry, Senior Legal Fellow at Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies I spoke at length with Sarah Perry about the cultural values in our country, the assault that they are under from Marxists, and the implications that that assault has, not just for the health and viability of our society and our people, of course, but…
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(157) Is Russia Helping Hezbollah? WAR UPDATE with Maj. Elliot Chodoff
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IDF Reserve Major and military and Mideast expert Elliot Chodoff joins Doug and Pesach for a comprehensive update on the progress of Israel's war with Hamas and Hezbollah. With the Biden administration winding down and Iran's proxies scrambling to survive, the Middle East is as fragile as ever. Elliot, Doug, and Pesach clear the fog and make sense …
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In two weeks, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about a Tennessee law that protects children in that state from the physical mutilation and psychological trauma associated with so-called “gender-affirming care.” To its eternal shame, the Biden administration has sided with parents who support such child abuse. Providentially, however, one …
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Rabbi Pesach Wolicki, Co-Host of The Shoulder to Shoulder Podcast I spoke with Rabbi Pesach Wolicki about the Biden administration's decision to cut Israel off from resupplying war material if they were not satisfied that Israel was providing enough way of humanitarian assistance to Gaza.By Frank Gaffney
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The professed commitment of the Biden-Harris administration to “democracy” always rang hollow. Notably, the total votes garnered by the Harris-Walz ticket roughly equaling the Democrats’ tallies in all recent presidential elections except for 2020’s suggests Biden’s victory that year was stolen, not free and fair. Now, after Donald Trump’s recent p…
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Chaim Rutenberg grew up in Muncie, New York, a follower of his heart from a very young age. He always tried to do the right thing, but not necessarily in a manner that his family and community expected. So when he heard a talk by Yaakov “Ketzaleh” Katz in Muncie, and Ketzaleh didn’t ask for money, but instead asked for Aliyah, Chaim was touched. An…
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Dr. Michael Tobin grew up on Long Island, in New York, a big baseball fan who looked up to Willie Mays more than anyone else. Suffice it to say, Israel was not on his radar screen at all. But Jewish and Israel-focused messages were reaching him whether he liked it or not (Wait until you hear about his 20-mile run on Yom Kippur in the 70s), and thin…
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Josh Wander grew up outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in a suburb called McKeesport. He grew up in a pretty seriously Zionistic home – as Zionism was defined back then – and the more Torah he learned, the more he felt pulled to Israel. Josh has led a colorful life that even included a run as candidate for Mayor of Pittsburgh – even as he was sure h…
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Ari Singer grew up in Manhattan, New York, a child of two Holocaust survivors - whose stories are amazing in their own right. While his upbringing in New York was going fine - he was a student at Manhattan Day School - his parents decided to end their family's exile in 1973, and Ari, then 13, made the big move to a 25-year old country that was just…
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Gordon Chang, Contributor, Gatestone Institute I had a fascinating conversation with Gordon Chang about the relative quiet that is now in evidence after the election of Donald Trump in the Western Pacific, whether it is likely to persist, whether it suggests that the Chinese leadership is so beset by problems at home that it is unwilling to risk co…
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To Make America Healthy Again, Reject WHO Power-grabs
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This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. The selection by Donald Trump of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be the Health and Human Services Secretary powerfully reinforces our next president’s stated determination to reject efforts to compound the damage done to our people and medical freedoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. On the advice of th…
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A.J. Rice Author of "The White Privilege Album: Bringing Racial Harmony to Very Fine Peoples" I spoke with A.J. Rice about one of the most toxic manifestations of cultural Marxism in the United States, namely the effort to divide us along racial lines and otherwise foster animosity between people of various racial groups. Clearly a feature of cultu…
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A laudable hallmark of Donald Trump’s first presidency was “Promises made, promises kept.” With his selection of my friend, Pete Hegseth, to be the next Secretary of Defense, he seems set to deliver on one of his most important pledges in the 2024 campaign. Think of it as “Make America’s Military Great Again.” While Pete is best known as a popular …
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Capt. James Fanell, Former Naval Intelligence Office In an extensive and informative conversation with Captain James Fanell, one of our country's premier retired naval officers and experts on China, on the Chinese Communist Party, about the threat it poses to us, as well as the hopeful indications that President Donald Trump is both seized with the…
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Senate Republicans will vote today to select their chamber’s next leader. Who they pick will have a profound effect on whether the mandate Donald Trump received – which, among other things resulted in the election of several new GOP Senators and the flipping of control of the Congress’ upper house – will translate into transformative legislative su…
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(156) Will Trump bring peace to the Middle East and end the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? A conversation with Ambassador Danny Ayalon
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Pesach and Doug sit down with former Israelil Ambassador to the United States Danny Ayalon to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. The ambassador takes us into the room and behind the scenes in Oslo, Norway as he was part of the peace negotiations in 1993 with Yassar Arafat, Yitzak Rabin, and Bill Clinton. He also played a role in the decision…
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President-elect Trump has begun putting into place his Cabinet and a common denominator is that the emerging national security team shares his longstanding conviction that the Chinese Communist Party is not a competitor. It is a determined and increasingly dangerous enemy. While nominees to some key positions remain to be formally announced, Mr. Tr…
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Grant Newsham, Senior Research Fellow, Japan Forum for Strategic Studies I spoke with Grant Newsham in a wide-ranging conversation about the challenges we face from the Chinese Communist Party, what specifically Donald Trump is going to have to do to defeat that mortal threat, and whether the people he is pulling in to work with him have a similar …
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Honor Our Veterans in the War Against World Government
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Today a grateful nation honors the service of its military veterans. While they all deserve our appreciation, I want to pay special tribute to some of our most unsung heroes. The Biden administration forced servicemen and women to submit to what turns out to have been an unapproved, experimental and dangerous COVID-19 gene therapy, not an authorize…
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Donald Trump's election has created an opportunity for the desperately needed reboot in foreign policies as well as domestic ones in order to take appropriate corrective action. Of course, it is essential to have an accurate understanding of the magnitude of the problems Mr. Trump is now confronting, as well as the options for fixing those problems…
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(155) Too Big to Rig: Donald J. Trump is the 47th President of the USA
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Pesach and Doug dive into a special election episode the day after Donald Trump won the presidency for the 2nd time. Despite all the odds, the mainstream media, Democrats swapping candidates, legal action against him, and assasination attempts, he won both the electoral college and the popular vote. Pesach and Doug examine the data and what they se…
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(154) Testimony of a Holocaust Victim and Survivor: The Story of Sami Steigmann, and Why It Still Matters
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Pesach and Doug have the honor of speaking with Sami Steigmann, a survivor of the Holocaust. Sami’s journey is quite unlike many other survivor stories; he was an infant during World War II, and has no direct memories of his time in the concentration camp. He recounts the personal history that he has been able to piece together over the years, shar…
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(153) Israel is Changing the Alliances of the Middle East
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Pesach and Doug sit down with Middle East Analyst Dr. David Wurmser, who served as a senior advisor in both the Bush and Trump administrations, to discuss Israel, Iran, the USA, the Abraham Accords, and the future of the Middle East.By Pesach Wolicki and Doug Reed
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(152) Doug and his Family Experience Israel
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Listen to this conversation as Doug, his wife (Sam), his mom (Sueann), and his 4 children (Charlotte, Graham, Benjamin, and Abraham) unpack their Israel experience on their last night in Israel. Sitting around the table in the air BnB in Tel Aviv they discuss some of their favorite moments, favorite foods, as well as answer some questions like, did…
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(151) One Year Since October 7th: A Report from Jerusalem
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Pesach and Doug sit down with Stephen & Veronica Jenks in person in Jerusalem. Stephen and Veronica recount the Jewish-Christian relationship from their vantage point with Eagles Wings, and the dynamic shift that has taken since October 7th. Veronica toured the carnage and results of the terrorist attack a year later at a kibbutz, the nova festival…
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Gary Epstein grew up in a strongly Jewish and Torah-observant home, but – as he says – Aliyah was nowhere near the forefront of his mind for many, many years. In the early 2000s, he saw that perhaps the Israeli business world could use the help of his law firm, so he began spending more time in Israel. And Aliyah was still not on his radar screen. …
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Hezy Bentzur has become somewhat of a celebrity in the world of Aliyah, since he’s the owner of iAnglo English-speaking new car lease and buying service, which is used by many Olim looking for their first car in Israel. But man, oh man, his story is so much more – so much cooler – than just coming here and building a successful business. Join Goel …
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After Doug gets the inside scoop on Pesach’s recent tour of the U.S., Elliot Chodoff joins us to break down everything happening in Israel's war against Hezbollah. The situation is fluid and there is a huge amount of disinformation; this is an opportunity to get authentic information and deep analysis from a true Israeli military expert. DO NOT MIS…
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(149) Taking your kids to Israel in the middle of a war?
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Doug sits down with his wife and kids as they are two weeks away from joining almost 100 pilgrims for Eagles Wings Solidarity Tour to Israel. This is the kids' first big international trip and comes at a crucial time in Israel’s history. Doug asks them a series of questions and they answer honestly around the dining room table. Listen in and find o…
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(148) The Story of One of Israel’s Heroes: Yosef Malachi Guedalia (of blessed memory)
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Pesach and Doug sit down with Asher Guedalia, as he shares the story of his brother Yosef’s heroism on October 7th. Just hours after Hamas rockets were launched and terrorists began infiltrating Israel on that fateful day, Yosef responded like so many reservists by reporting to his unit. He and his fellow soldiers rushed to one of the kibbutzim alo…
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(147) One State Solution: An Interview with Ambassador David Friedman
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Pesach and Doug sit down with the former United States Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, and get his thoughts about Israel, the future of the Abraham accords, and the role of scripture in geopolitics. He also talks about his just-released book, One Jewish State: The Last, Best Hope to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and the importance…
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(146) Is This the Biblical End Times War?
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Doug and Pesach host Rabbi Elie Mischel of Israel365, author of the new book "The War Against the Bible," where he explains that the current alliance between the atheist Left and Jihadist Islam is actually a fulfilment of Biblical prophecy. Who is Esau in the book of Obadiah? How does Daniel's vision describe what we see in the headlines? Rabbi Mis…
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(145) Israel is the Future: A Conversation with David P. Goldman
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Pesach and Doug sit down with economic strategist and author David P. Goldman. David shares his inspiring religious journey from his days as a non-practicing Jew from a liberal family, to his life today as an observant Modern Orthodox scholar with a special expertise in the works of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. The conversation pivots to his artic…
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(144) God's Throne: All Eyes on the Temple Mount
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Whether you're Jewish, Christian, or Muslim, the end of all things revolves around Jerusalem. Perhaps different people have different reasons, but all eyes remain on Jerusalem. Just before Tisha B’Av, Pesach and Doug sat down with John Enarson of Cry for Zion to discuss the importance of the rebuilding of the Temple... for Christians, as well as Je…
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(143) An Arms Race of Extremism: Troubling Trends in the Muslim and Woke Worlds, with Asra Nomani
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Doug and Pesach sit down with journalist, author, and activist Asra Nomani. Asra tells her story of growing up in a traditional Muslim family, becoming a renowned journalist, and experiencing the horrors of extremist Islam up close when her dear friend Daniel Pearl was murdered. We also discussed Asra's fearless work exposing the people and organiz…
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(142) 2000 Years Ago... Yet More Relevant Than Ever
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What happens when a commemoration of an event from thousands of years ago suddenly acquires new and immediate relevance? That was the experience of many Jews in Israel when they fasted last week on the 17th of Tammuz - the day that the Romans breached the walls of Jerusalem about 1950 years ago. Of course, after October 7th, "breaching the walls" h…
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(141) Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis, OH MY!: War Update with Maj. Elliot Chodoff
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With Pastor Doug unavailable this week, Pesach sits down with Maj Elliot Chodoff for an in-depth update on the progress of Israel’s war for survival. Is Hamas almost gone? How much damage has Israel caused to Hezbollah? What are the implications of the current US political chaos? All this and more on this timely episode.…
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(140) Is the GOP Moving Away from Israel? A Report from the Republican National Convention
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Pesach and Doug catch up on a busy news cycle as Pesach takes in the Republican Convention in Milwaukee. They begin with a discussion of the terrible assassination attempt on President Trump in Pennsylvania, and then offer their hot takes on Trump's selection for Vice President, Senator J.D. Vance. The conversation concludes with an in depth discus…
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(139) The Soviet Roots of Anti-Israel Propaganda
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Unfortunately, each of us is currently watching a very old story play out again in 2024: the worldwide rise in antisemitic propaganda, antisemitic beliefs, and antisemitic actions. Pesach and Doug sit down with Izabella Tabarovsky to discuss how the current wave has its origins as Soviet-backed antisemitism and Marxist-led antizionism. It's not eno…
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(138) “Actively Engaging in the Storyline of God”: The Israel Journey of Markus McFolling
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Doug and Pesach sit down with Markus McFolling to hear his Israel journey. Markus speaks to hundreds of thousands of Gen Z'ers every year as he crisscrosses the nation from high schools to camps to conferences. Israel was never a part of his theology or vocabulary until a trip to Israel in 2022 with Eagles Wings. On that trip he was touched deeply …
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(137) My Politics Made Me a Better Jew: A Conversation with Josh Hammer
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Pesach and Doug sit down with Josh Hammer, Senior Editor at Large at Newsweek and host of the Josh Hammer Show to discuss his faith and journey. As the conversation takes shape Josh explains that it was a trip to Israel and his politics that ultimately lead him to be more religiously observant after being raised in a Reform Jewish home. His unique …
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SHOULDER TO SHOULDER CLASSIC: Christianity is NOT the New Israel: Why Replacement Theology is Wrong
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In this episode, Pesach flies solo and has a conversation with one of America's leading academic theologians, Professor Gerald McDermott. The topic is the long-held Christian position that the church has replaced the Jewish people as God's covenant people. Prof. McDermott explains how this anti-Jewish theology began, why it is wrong, and how Christ…
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(136) Rescued hostages and turmoil in Israel’s government
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Pesach and Doug deal with a busy news cycle, first discussing the heroic hostage rescue by the IDF, and then analyzing what that operation might mean for future hostage operations. Afterwards they pivot to Benny Gantz’s withdrawal from the unity government. What are its ramifications? Will there be new elections anytime soon, and would that be good…
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Doug and Pesach are joined by our good friend, military analyst and res. Maj. Elliot Chodoff. As always, Elliot brings us up to date with the progress of Israel's war against the Hamas. What is the meaning of what we've learned about Egypt's complicity in arming Hamas? What effect is US pressure having on the war? And what about the escalation of h…
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