Of Trees and Forbidden Fruit

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Dr. Aryeh Tepper, Director of Publications for the American Sephardi Federation and author of "Progressive Minds, Conservative Politics," joins Yishai in-studio to discuss the origins of Tu Bishvat (the Jewish "new year for trees"); Israel's natural affiliation with the West; and why a Sephardi soccer player on the Jewish Home Party list might actually be a good idea.

Then, marriage and intimacy counselor Rabbi Gedalia Peterseil joins Yishai in-studio to discuss why contemporary sexuality has left society in a state of confusion, and to answer listeners' questions on topics such as attraction to forbidden partners and guilt.

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