My goal on Impacting Israel is to expose you -- my listeners -- to influential voices impacting Israel in so many different ways. You see, when I’m leading my delegations, I find that the most valuable element for me are the friendships I develop with incredible people. So, I started asking myself, how can I share these voices with others? Maybe I had never heard of these incredible individuals because they usually write or speak in Hebrew. But why not find a platform to introduce other Engl ...
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(9) with Dr. Noam Weissman, the Executive Vice President of OpenDor Media- Taking on the challenge of Educating the Next Generation of Americans About Israel
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On today’s episode we take a deep dive with Noam to hear how he and OpenDor Media and Unpacked are reaching the next generation where they are, through social media, podcasts and videos to educate them about Israel in a way that appeals to them. As he says, “there are so many people who are craving to learn about the Jewish story in a way that's no…
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(8) Integrating Israel's Charedi Community — A philanthropist’s perspective: with Leshem Founder and former Chairman of Gesher Daniel Goldman
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Today, I'm looking forward to speaking with our very special guest, Daniel Goldman, Founding Partner of Goldrock Capital, social activist, philanthropist, former Chairman of Gesher, and Founder of Leshem. Leshem sponsors Haredi High School Yeshivas to blend high level religious studies with general curriculum toward obtaining a matriculation diplom…
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(7) The Importance of Israeli Cinema and Streaming in Telling the Jewish Story with Film & TV Director Daniel Syrkin (Tehran, Out of Sight, Etc...)
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Welcome to another episode of Impacting Israel, where we hope to bring you – our English-speaking, Israel-engaged audience, a range of voices not regularly heard from in our circles. I am your host, JJ Sussman, and through my role as the International Director of Gesher, I am privileged to develop relationships with many of these important voices. …
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(6)The Resilience of Israel’s High Tech community with Arik Kleinstein, Founding Partner at Glilot Capital Partners
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On this episode, we spoke with Arik Kleinstein, the founding Managing Partner of Gliliot Capital one of Israel’s leading venture capital funds. Arik has been involved in Israel’s hi tech sector for over 25 years as both an operator and for the last 13 years as a successful investor. We spoke about how the hi tech community responded to the events o…
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(5) Running a medical center during October 7th; Driving global innovation in patient care and new technologies from Israel; Managing growth to become one of Israel’s largest medical centers; with Dr ...
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Welcome to another episode of Impacting Israel, where we hope to bring you – our English-speaking, Israel-engaged audience, a range of voices not regularly heard from in our circles. I am your host, JJ Sussman, and through my role as the International Director of Gesher, I am privileged to develop relationships with many of these important voices. …
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(4) Integrating the Haredi community into Israel’s economy & should the Haredim serve in the IDF with special guest Yitzik Crombie
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Welcome to another episode of Impacting Israel, where we hope to bring you – our English-speaking, Israel-engaged audience, a range of voices not regularly heard from in our circles. I am your host, JJ Sussman, and through my role as the International Director of Gesher, I am privileged to develop relationships with many of these important voices. …
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(3) The Israeli Electorate, Interpreting the Shift in US Rhetoric, and Why Independent Journalism Matters, with Tal Shalev
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Today we are joined by Tal Shalev, one of the leading journalists in Israel and chief political correspondent for Walla News, Israel’s largest independent, 24 hour news and analysis website. With years experience as an international reporter, Tal brings insight and nuance to explaining and understanding the political landscape in Israel in a global…
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(2) Online Hate, Racism in Israel, National Trauma, and Much More, with Emi Palmor
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On this episode we were joined by Emi Palmor. As a former Director General and career civil servant in the Israeli Ministry of Justice, Emi has been one of the leading voices in Israeli society fighting for the rights of minorities and for a more fair and balanced justice system for all Israelis. She serves on the Meta Oversight Board helping put i…
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(1) Israeli Unity and the Israel-Diaspora Relationship in a Post-October 7th Israel
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Just last week, Yisrael Hayom’s diplomatic correspondent Ariel Kahane wrote an article entitled “Never before has the gap between the anchors in the news studios and the soldiers on the front been so large." What can we do to improve the situation? What does unity look like? Hear what he believes to be some of the ways to answer that question. And,…
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My goal on Impacting Israel is to expose you -- my listeners -- to influential voices impacting Israel in so many different ways. You see, when I’m leading my delegations, I find that the most valuable element for me are the friendships I develop with incredible people. So, I started asking myself, how can I share these voices with others? Maybe I …
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