TOI talks: The manhunt for Milhem
On this week's episode: End of the hunt for the Tel Aviv shooter; a voice for Gafni's victims; France a year after Hyper Cacher; and finding family at Limmud
The past week was bookended by two shootings — a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv and a police encounter with the perpetrator eight days later. The panel discusses the manhunt for Nashat Milhem, who evaded police capture for a full week after killing three people in central Tel Aviv.
Then, a look at coverage of the allegations against ex-rabbi Marc Gafni and how The Times of Israel contributed to the discourse.
One year on from the deadly attacks on the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in Paris, the panel asks why French Jews have not heeded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call to flock to Israel in droves.
Plus, a look at the world’s largest Jewish learning conference with a report by Jewish World editor Amanda Borschel-Dan from Limmud UK, where 3,000 Jews spend an “alternative Christmas” with family they never knew they had.
Stories discussed in this week’s podcast:
– Tel Aviv gunman shot and killed in northern Israel
– TA killer Milhem was tracked to home village via his excrement
– Nashat Milhem: An aberration or the first of a new and terrible trend?
– Controversial ex-rabbi Gafni and an alleged victim square off
– A voice for Gafni’s victims, from one who was there
– Limmud UK: An island in time in a sea of Christmas
– One year on, France remembers victims of kosher store massacre
– Year after attack, France’s Jews learn to live under armed guard
On this week’s panel:
Founding Editor David Horovitz
Ops and Blogs Editor Miriam Hershlag
Jewish World Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan
Host and producer: Raoul Wootliff
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