Call Me Back - with Dan Senor
Ark Media, Ilan Benatar
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Today’s Episode:
On today’s episode, Dan was joined by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who has served in office since 2021, and has overseen various national crises. They discussed the meaning of the Israeli presidency and how Herzog has navigated his leadership through the October 7th massacre and Israel’s following multi-front war. They also spoke about Prime Minister Netanyahu’s request of President Herzog for a pardon in his years-long corruption trial, touching on precedents in Israeli history of presidential pardons.
(00:00) Introduction
(04:55) The role of the Israeli president
(10:04) Netanyahu’s request for a pardon, and precedents in Israeli history
(14:27) Israel’s position in the Middle East
(16:49) Addressing Mamdani and global antisemitism
(20:26) The attempt to rename Herzog park in Ireland
(22:03) How President Herzog wants to be remembered
CREDITS:
ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor
ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer
BRITTANY COHEN - Production Manager
MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor
MARIANGELES BURGOS AND PATTRICIO SPADAVECCIA - Additional Editing
MAYA RACKOFF - Associate Producer
GABE SILVERSTEIN - Community Management
YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer
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Today’s Episode:
We are less than a week away from the beginning of Hanukkah. Keeping with recent Call me Back tradition, Dan was joined by Rachel Goldberg-Polin to discuss the timeless meaning of the Hanukkah story. What does it say about the conflict Jews face today? Can the few really defeat the many? And why are Jews so obsessed with counting?
(00:00) Introduction
(04:20) Dedicating the episode to Ran Gvili
(06:59) Setting the stage for the story of Hanukkah
(15:17) How the Jews responded to Hellenization
(19:00) Toga or Torah: the purest form of religion persecution
(24:57) So what’s the real story…
(27:57) Hanukkah is a time for Jewish PDA
(33:24) Lighting the menorah throughout Jewish history
(39:46) The message of Hanukkah: we have to draw a line
(46:29) Jewish polarization and our obsession with counting
CREDITS:
ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor
ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer
BRITTANY COHEN - Production Manager
MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor
MARIANGELES BURGOS AND PATTRICIO SPADAVECCIA - Additional Editing
MAYA RACKOFF - Associate Producer
GABE SILVERSTEIN - Community Management
YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer
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- For Heaven's Sake: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA
- ‘What’s Your Number?’: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA
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To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/
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Today’s episode:
In a Call me Back bonus episode, we’re publishing this week’s episode of Ark Media podcast What’s Your Number, co-hosted by Yonatan Adiri and Michal Lev-Ram. This week, Yonatan and Michal were joined by Seth Siegel, a leading voice on water policy and innovation, to unpack the massive role that water plays in the Middle East’s economic trajectory. They also discussed how Iran’s hatred of Israel has exacerbated its escalating water crisis — which Seth wrote about in a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal.
CREDITS:
ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor
ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer
BRITTANY COHEN - Production Manager
MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor
MARIANGELES BURGOS AND PATTRICIO SPADAVECCIA - Additional Editing
MAYA RACKOFF - Associate Producer
GABE SILVERSTEIN - Community Management
YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer
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Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/?utm_source=shownotes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inside
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To order Ari Shavit’s book, My Promised Land: tinyurl.com/5yfxtna9
Subscribe to Amit Segal’s newsletter ‘It’s Noon in Israel’:arkmedia.org/amitsegal/
Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast
Check out Ark Media’s other podcasts:
- For Heaven's Sake: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA
- ‘What’s Your Number?’: https://lnk.to/rfGlrA
For sponsorship inquiries, please contact: [email protected]
To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/
Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorg
Dan on X: x.com/dansenor
Dan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenor
To order Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel: tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn
Today’s episode:
Benjamin Netanyahu towers over Israeli politics like no other living leader. Everything about him – from his vision to his demeanor, from his entanglement with Israel’s legal system to his personal life – is a source for division. So much so that he became the litmus test by which Israel’s political tribes are divided.
Dan was joined by Israeli journalist and author Ari Shavit to discuss how Netanyahu came to embody Israel’s political divide, what his pardon request from President Herzog means for his future, and whether Israelis can reach unity in a post-Netanyahu world.
CREDITS:
ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor
ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer
BRITTANY COHEN - Production Manager
MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor
MARIANGELES BURGOS - Additional Editing
MAYA RACKOFF - Operations Director
GABE SILVERSTEIN - Research
YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer