Recordings

In this episode, SAPIR Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens interviews Ambassador Dore Gold about his article, the power and limits of diplomacy, and new opportunities for Israel in the Middle East.

In this episode, SAPIR Editor-in-Chief, Bret Stephens interviews Harvard Professor Ruth Wisse about her contribution to SAPIR’s second issue, “The Allure of Powerlessness.” Prof. Wisse’s memoir, FREE AS A JEW: A Personal Memoir of National Liberation, was released in September 2021.

In this episode, SAPIR Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens interviews James Kirchick about his article from Issue 1 of SAPIR.

In this episode, SAPIR Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens and NYU professor and author of Coddling of the American Mind Jonathan Haidt interview psychologist and writer Pamela Paresky about her article, debate about the role of critical race theory, and the implications for Jews and antisemitism.

In this episode, SAPIR Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens interviews Rabbi David Wolpe about his article, recent events in Israel, our current discourse on social media and elsewhere, and what it portends for the future.

In this episode, SAPIR Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens interviews Matti Friedman about his article and and how we can consume news about Israel critically.

In this episode, SAPIR Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens interviews Dr. Einat Wilf about her article and the dangers of mapping our own analogies onto Israelis and Palestinians.

Matti Friedman, Israeli journalist and author of the SAPIR article, “Eight Tips for Reading About Israel,” highlights the gap between the outward narrative of conflict and the more cohesive day-to-day reality on the ground in Jerusalem on Tablet’s Unorthodox podcast.

Rabbi Shlomo Brody discusses his SAPIR article “Reclaiming Biblical Social Justice,” joining Mosaic editor Jonathan Silver to enumerate the principles of Jewish social justice, and to explain how you can differentiate between your own views and those of the Hebrew Bible.