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        <title>A Mandatory Listen &#8211; Yossi Klein Halevi: Spiritually coping with this Israeli election</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the fifth episode of our new podcast series, we go deep into faith and equilibrium even as the eternal people stands at a crossroad<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/10/16_10-2-1024x640.jpg" title="A Mandatory Listen &#8211; Yossi Klein Halevi: Spiritually coping with this Israeli election" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With 12 days to Israel's election, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi discuss how world Jewry views the vote and whether Israel still values diaspora Jews as part of its future.<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/10/AP26287396799736-e1791975878302-1024x640.jpg" title="Israel Votes: World Jewry – The Invisible Stakeholders" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can a society battered by years of political polarization and existential war survive an election cycle where no political faction can achieve instant victory?<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/maxresdefault-4-1-1024x640.jpg" title="Israel Votes: And what if it’s deadlocked?" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can a provocative film transform into an unshakeable weapon in the global battle over Israel’s moral legitimacy?
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why does Israeli political life appear hopelessly frozen at the top even as tectonic shifts stir beneath the surface? 

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        <title>Why are young Jews turning against Israel? - Sponsored Content</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yossi Klein Halevi joins Sara Labaton to reflect on power, victimhood, and what we owe the next generation of Jewish learners.<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/05/AP26103721234779-1024x640.jpg" title="Why are young Jews turning against Israel?" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The author of 'Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist' plumbs his personal experiences to share insight into the psyche of those fringe settlers who are lighting up the West Bank<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/2-2-1024x640.jpg" title="Yossi Klein Halevi: Why Jewish extremism is so seductive &#8211; and dangerous" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Donniel Hartman dissects the Jewish tradition's ambivalent view of human nature, mitzvah as training for decency, and the IDF Code of Ethics now under pressure after Oct 7. <figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/F260806CG33-1024x640.jpg" title="Humanness: from mensch to warrior" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>The Post Oct 7 Jew &#8211; with Sarah Hurwitz - Sponsored Content</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do the Jewish people reclaim our story when our very right to self-defense is under assault? Yossi Klein Halevi sits down with the author and former White House speechwriter.<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/01/518047437_10165809398454778_997182960031496897_n-1024x640.jpg" title="The Post Oct 7 Jew &#8211; with Sarah Hurwitz" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Israel&#8217;s Elections: Judaism on the Ballot - Sponsored Content</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How does a Jewish state navigate its future when the most fiercely contested issue at the ballot box is the definition of Judaism itself?
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 06:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What happens to a nation's psyche when the basic need to breathe is blocked by the geopolitical reality of an endless war?
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it possible to rebuild a shared national vision when a society remains deeply traumatized and divided over its own moral obligations?<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/06/F191218HP22-1024x640.jpg" title="Israel Election: the change we hope for" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do 4 political earthquakes in a single week – as the Knesset is on the brink of dissolving – reveal about the election that will define Israel’s future?
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Israel’s social contract breaking under the weight of the ultra-Orthodox draft exemption?

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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do American Jews owe Israel when their own political and moral worlds feel under threat?
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