The Land of Israel

Are the “Lost Tribes” true Jewish Descendents?

Ari — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:21:54 +0000

Join Ari and Jeremy as they host Michael Freund on this week’s edition of Tuesday Night Live in Jerusalem. Freund is the Founder and Director of Shavei Israel - an organization dedicated to searching far-out crevices of the world for the “lost Jews of Israel” and bringing them home. On this week’s TNL, Freund and a member of the Bnei Menashe community tell the story of the search for the lost tribes and explain how it has been concluded that these people are really from the 10 lost tribes of Israel.

Exile and Ingathering: An Opportunity for Real Unity

Ari — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:26:58 +0000

This week’s edition of Tuesday Night Live in Jerusalem deals with the ingathering of Jews from all corners of the world – Jews who look different, sound different and act different from one another. Ari and Jeremy begin the show talking about the ingathering of the exiles as an opportunity to rectify for the social sins between people, sins that brought upon the destruction of the Second Temple.

This episode features the latest “Meet the Street” segment - the TNL duo take to the streets of Jerusalem to give the viewers a taste of the variety of faces and ethnic groups which can be encountered in the capital of the Jewish nation.

Lighting up the US!

Ari — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:15:46 +0000

Jeremy overcomes the ten hour time difference and joins Ari via the phone from Oregon. Rabbi Shalom Gold joins us to address the question of whether the Jewish people should teach, dialogue, or interact with the Non-Jewish world.

Standing Ovation for Haiti Rescuers

Ari — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:28:12 +0000

In a spontaneous explosion of Jewish pride, a theater full of Jerusalemites erupted into an emotional standing ovation while welcoming back the IDF and ZAKA medical and rescue missions from a harrowing and exhausting expedition to save the people of Haiti.

Hearing about their harrowing journey, fresh and firsthand, made this extraordinary mission tangible and personal. “I have never been so proud to be a Jew,” said Aryeh, an eighteen year old New Yorker here in Israel for his year abroad after high school. “It made me want to contribute and give of myself for Israel and the Jewish people.”

Watch this unforgettable episode and hear the firsthand account of Major Dr. Mitchell Schreiber of the IDF and Dovi Maizel of ZAKA search and rescue.

As Jeremy Embarks on His Speaking Tour…

Ari — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:43:58 +0000

Ari and Itamar Ben-Harav take over the show and invite Rabbi Moshe Geller who will bring you to tears with his inspirational tales of our times.

Tribute to the Israeli Heroes in Haiti

Ari — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:45:39 +0000

In one of the most powerful TNL’s ever, Ari and Jeremy introduce the world to the Jewish heroes from the IDF and the Israeli search and rescue teams who have just returned from Haiti. With will, skill, and ingenuity, these brave men and women worked tirelessly to pull of the worlds most advanced humanitarian mission. With a video tribute guaranteed to take your Jewish pride to a whole new level, Yoni Kempinski yet again weaves together pictures and footage from the field that will not soon be forgotten.

Jewish Perspective on Mideast Crisis

Ari — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:05:47 +0000

In this third installment of the season premier of “Tuesday Night Live in Jerusalem,” Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel treated the Jerusalem audience and viewers around the world to an inspiring encounter with the renowned Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo.

As the founder of the David Cardozo Academy in Jerusalem, Rabbi Cardozo has dedicated his life to reclaiming the study hall of Avraham Avinu and re-engaging the Jewish People around the world with a new approach to Jewish values and the Jewish mission. Rabbi Cardozo offers a fresh and exciting perspective on how the Nation of Israel should contend with Iran, Hamas, Hizbullah and the rest of the impressively long list of those who seek our destruction.

Also on this week’s show: Yishai Fleisher, Director of IsraelNationalRadio.com, speaks about the Jewish Nation and the Middle East crisis, and Yoni Kempinski meets John Nelson, lead singer of “Semantra” - the season premier’s musical guest. Watch this episode for an entertaining, articulate and eloquently conveyed message of elucidation and inspiration.

TNL Episode #2: Caroline Glick vs. ‘Biased’ Israeli Media

Ari — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:54:01 +0000

In this second episode of the Season Premier of “Tuesday Night Live in Jerusalem”, Ari and Jeremy welcome world famous journalist Caroline Glick.

“We wanted her to provide a breath of fresh air from the pollution that inundates media about Israel”, explains Ari. “Without employing the dogma and rhetoric which characterizes the disproportionately biased Israeli media, Caroline Glick has the unique ability to weave together world events to present an accurate and enlightening holistic understanding of Israel and the entire world with a very refreshing backdrop of Jewish pride, dignity and strength.”

Among many other prestigious accomplishments, Caroline Glick is the deputy managing editor of The Jerusalem Post, the chief diplomatic correspondent for the Hebrew-language Makor Rishon newspaper, a senior fellow for Middle East affairs at a Washington D.C.-based center for security policy, and the creator of the brilliant parody on Israeli politics, Latma.

Christians in the Knesset and Jews in the Media

Ari — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:37:20 +0000

The Rabbi Newsweek called “The Most Famous Rabbi in America” – Rabbi Shmuley Boteach – joins us to elucidate the question on everybody’s mind. What is the goal of the Jewish People vis-à-vis the Christian World? Is it even possible to give over real Judaism in the world media today? Why is Israel so isolated in the international community despite our humanitarianism and liberalism?

The Solution to the Crisis in the Middle East

Ari — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:09:47 +0000

In the particularly entertaining third season premier of Tuesday Night Live in Jerusalem, Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel provide a refreshing and enlightening perspective on what many consider a depressing and hopeless situation in the Middle East.

Ari and Jeremy engage people across the spectrum of nations and religions to hear their opinions on the problems and the solutions in this emotionally polarizing crisis. From yeshivas in the hills of Judea to the largely secular academia of Jerusalem’s Hebrew University, Ari and Jeremy delve to the depths of the crisis in the Middle East.