Unholy: Two Jews on the News

Polls, Naza, Macklemore

With Yonit feeling a little under the weather, Jonathan is joined by friend of the podcast, Haaretz military affairs analyst Amos Harel (also, author of 6:29). They discu

Ilana Dayan on Israel's Most Crucial Choice

As Israel heads into what may be the most consequential election of its history, the country is still arguing less about where it's going than about how it got here. This

The Lists, the Sanctions, and six weeks to go

September 8th was the deadline for Israeli parties to file their lists — and Netanyahu reached it less organised than he'd have liked, with a rival on the right running a

Rabbi Angela Buchdahl on forgiveness, Zionism and Mamdani

The Jewish new year arrives with the word ‘Zionist’ deemed an insult and a technology that never forgets anything that anyone has ever said or done. Following Unholy trad

Rock Bottom Politics and the Art of the If-Pology

    Seven weeks out from an election that in many ways is a referendum on culpability for October 7th, Benjamin Netanyahu tells Channel 14 that if only they had woken h

Gordon Brown on Nationalist Populism, Israel and Hope

The former UK Prime Minister and Chancellor joins Yonit and Jonathan for the latest of our Unholy Conversations — on the void populist nationalists have moved into, on th

The 60-Day Countdown, Sledgehammer Politics -- and Dolly Parton

Join as Friend of the pod: https://www.patreon.com/cw/Unholypod   With sixty days to go until the Israeli elections, the political jockeying enters into overdrive. Yoni

Andy Nyman on saying "F-You" to Hitler on stage

It's the end of summer, and Yonit and Jonathan are taking a break from the news with a nugget of pure Jewish joy. Andy Nyman — the West End actor, writer, director and ma

Bibi's Primary Battles, Gaza Deadlines, and the Plus-sign "Plot"

Send us your questions at: https://www.speakpipe.com/Unholy Visit our website to learn more about Unholy and become a friend of the pod: www.unholy-podcast.com   Sixty

The Middle East Cauldron - with Simon Sebag Montefiore

Acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore returns to Unholy to discuss his sweeping new book, The Cauldron: A History of the Middle East between 1900 and 2026. He tells

Clash with the White House, clash on the West Bank

Benjamin Netanyahu has said no to Donald Trump's 15-point Gaza plan, and the refusal is flat rather than fudged. In the West Bank, extremist settlers have besieged two Pa

The mediaeval image of the Jew - and why it’s lasted. With Miri Rubin

Three of the oldest myths about Jews — relating to money, blood and the way they look — were forged in medieval Christian Europe, mostly in places where there were almost

Trump moves on Gaza, Netanyahu moves on his opponents

With Yonit away, Jonathan is joined by Anshel Pfeffer, Israel correspondent of the Economist, as they discuss the muted reaction to the announcement made by Donald Trump

Heather Reisman on How Canada's Jews Became a Target

Just over 400,000 Jews call the country home, a community that lived through what many call a golden age of acceptance before watching it fracture. Jewish Canadians, unde

Likud against the world, Democrats against each other

Ninety days before Israel votes, the campaign is revealing much about both the candidates and the country. The defense minister boasts about applying different detention

Rahm Emanuel

Fresh off his tour of Israel and Europe, this week on Unholy Conversations, Yonit and Jonathan speak to Rahm Emanuel—former Chief of Staff, Congressman, Chicago Mayor, Am

Trump’s Saudi nuclear deal, Israeli elections get real

A nuclear deal between Washington and Riyadh breaks overnight — and Israel learns the terms from the same press release as everyone else. This week, Yonit and Jonathan di

First Time Voters in Israel

This week, Yonit and Jonathan sit down with three first-time voters — Aviv, Yael and Dror — to talk about the topics that will shape these election - the judicial overhau

Espionage in Iran, election manoeuvres in Israel - and unlikely football glory

The US-Iran war is back on. The ceasefire has collapsed, the naval blockade is reimposed, and Israel is asking if a moment is coming when the missiles turn its way. With

Jews and Football: a forgotten story - with David Bolchover

As football fans across the globe gear up for the World Cup final on Sunday, Jonathan talks to the author of a new book that uncovers a hidden story: the Jewish players w