יום רביעי, ו׳ אלול תשפ״וWednesday, August 19, 2026
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We are in a situation which may change every thing we have known
In a time of controversy & bewilderment, we must take the time to reflect, and know where this world is headed.
The Coronavirus Pandemic has upset normal life, isolating and unnerving literally hundreds of millions in more than 192 countries. More than 378,342 cases of the COVID-19 virus have occurred with more than 16,872 fatalities. The epicenter has moved from Italy, Spain, France and the UK to the US. The latter with more than 52,215 cases of coronavirus confirmed by lab tests and 675 deaths.
Even more "Stay at Home" than before.
An 87-year-old Israeli man has become the third Israeli to die of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), according to the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.
The fear of Death. That's what everyone is afraid of, and why we are hiding out in our homes from this deadly pandemic. But besides being fearful for our lives, and the lives of our loved ones, we have another 'tikkun' or 'fixing' that we need to do. Internationally known lecturer on current events and the Bible, Rabbi Mendel Kessin, joins Tamar Yonah and talks about the meaning behind this worldwide pandemic, what we are supposed to learn, and DO, in order to merit seeing the coming of the Messiah.
What in the world is a slop bucket and how can it connect to a Crown? This week Rabbi Yitzchak and William speak about the elephant that's in the room, but the elephant that is everywhere. The Coronavirus is on everyone's mind and people are either connecting to physicality or spirituality. How do we focus when there are so many distractions?
Hear: How Covid 19 has Hijacked the world and why Israel is so far getting away fairly lightly compared to the US and Europe.
Tamar interviews INTR Show Host, Jono Vandor, as he talks about being stranded in the desert in the south of Israel, until he can get a flight back to Australia. What is it like to be a stranded tourist with the coronavirus all around you? Find out on this show!
What is it like to actually HAVE the coronavirus? Well for some, it kills and for others, it can be barely felt. However, those who are sick and do not dies, are extremely ill, and in terrible pain. Tamar plays a recording of a NY resident where he painfully describes what it is like to have the coronavirus, and it isn't pretty. WARNING: this audio is very dramatic and it may be disturbing for sensitive people. This program is a two hour specia
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Anyone who holds a valid visa to immigrate to Israel is entitled enter Israel under the Law of Return, even though the borders are currently closed to foreign nationals.
The Corona Virus makes all the news obsolete
Making quarantine meaningful: COVID-19 is virulent and deadly. So why are people - especially the young - behaving with impunity, risking the lives of others?
The Coronavirus Pandemic has disrupted but not stopped Iran’s proxy war machine. More than 14,000 have been infected and over 1,000 fatalities caused by the spread of the novel virus in Iran. Among those infected and fatalities were several IRGC senior officers, a Senior Ayatollah and a key adviser to Ayatollah Khamenei.
Orly talks to a scholar John Villanaueva about the impotence of cyber security during and after the corona outbreak. She also wishes the world a full and speedy recovery.
Israel has updated and clarified which non-citizens will and will not be allowed into Israel.
All around Israel, the country is being cleaned before the upcoming Passover holiday, like never before in history.
Where will the Economic Markets be after Corona? Who will survive the forced close down of businesses, and how will it effect us? How many will lose their jobs and livelihood? If the world's economy goes into a recession, and items, production and resources are scarce, could countries go to war?
How: Israel's ageist attitude wastes the valuable resource of the older generation.
The majority of the patients are in light condition, 10 are in moderate condition and five are in serious condition.
This fund will primarily support elderly Israelis, some of whom are Holocaust survivors, with packages of food and other essential items.
As 324 people in Israel have tested positive for Coronavirus, 11 Israelis have recovered.
PM Netanyahu opened his press conference with orders for a new way of living during this coronavirus outbreak: “We love to embrace. We love to shake hands. We love to kiss.... No more." On this two hour special show, we talk about the new government guidelines and orders due to the coronavirus outbreak. We explain WHY it is important for every citizen to abide by these new rules, and why people would describe you as a SELFISH person if you don't abide by them.
The world Corona epidemic is making us all nervous. It's making us all aware that we only have so much control of our lives and unsure about what tomorrow may bring. It's also stopping us in our tracks and giving us an opportunity to focus on our priorities and each other. How do we channel our fears and take this challenge to bring out its silver lining?
On Today’s episode of Leap of Faith, Penina will be speaking with Penina Twilley who shares her incredible journey from Christianity to Orthodox Judaism, and how her long wait felt like holding her breath. Another incredible episode you don’t want to miss!
Is the Messiah coming this year? Is the coronavirus which is shutting us indoors, and plunging the world's economy, all in preparing the world and Mankind for the redemption? Dov Bar Leib writes on news developments related to the Messianic era. He wrote sometime back about North Korea, and the Jewish sources which predicted future trouble between N. Korea against the West and Israel. He has also recently written about the coronavirus and what he believes is the connection to the coming of the Moshiach (the Messiah).
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
COGAT and the Israeli Ministry of Health will continue their efforts to assist the PA in curbing the spread of the virus.
The Israeli political system is like a not-so- hilarious Purim play
Concern re insidious Coronavirus is everywhere and no one is, apparently, immune from myriad aspects of the infection.The impact on daily routines previously taken for granted, is immeasurable. And the economic impact on a such small country as Israel, where the gross national product relies heavily on tourism is, in fact, astronomical.
All the major banks are offering generous deferrals on mortgage payments to help them get through this difficult period.
Howie looks at Purim and how it affects Jews today.
This week Rabbi Yitzchak is joined once again by his wife Leah. They discuss the Torah portion of Ki Tisa and connect some of the themes to the current Coronavirus Pandemic. Not only is there allusions to this virus in the Torah, but a connection is made to the Mishkan, the Half Shekel, the Golden Calf and to the holiday of Purim which we are celebrating today in most of Israel, and in walled cities like Jerusalem on Wednesday.
What is it like to be under quarantine? A community rabbi writes about his experiences, AND his also testing positive for the corona virus while under quarantine. Plus, an analysis of the election results
Rod Reuven Dovid Bryant and Jerry Gordon bring back a frequent guest, Dan Diker, Director of the Political Warfare Program at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA). They Diker's new book on "Israelophobia and the West" published by the JCPA that has caught a wave of attention in Washington and Jerusalem.
Orly talks about the situation in Israeli politics and forming of a new government. she interviews a new comer to Israel, Sean Gilberman. She also expresses her concerns over the corona virus.
It's not yet the last word on the election. The votes are in, but with the country split down the middle, who will form the government will not be known for another three weeks at the earliest, when President Reuven Rivlin decides.
As Jews all over the world are celebrating the Purim Holiday, we see headlines that are almost too unbelievable to be true! A virus that is forcing people all over the world to quarantine themselves, a government in Israel that may have to go to 4th elections, and then there is the build up of Turkish and Russian troops in Syria, just north of Israel.
Is Israel on the verge of either one?
Where is G-d in the day to day happenings of my life? To what extent do my choices really make a difference in the outcome of G-d's divine plan? The Purim story happened many years ago, yet its relevance rings strong today. G-d's name is absent from the Megillah, yet His presence is directing all aspects of the story and it's outcomes. Thus G-d is hidden within the natural realms of our life, and yet He is palpably there. What do we need to do to sense G-d's reality in our life?
Netanyahu: "With G-d's help and the cooperation of all of us, we will overcome this crisis."
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The government announced Sunday that anyone arriving in Israel from abroad will have to self-quarantine, and only foreigners who can prove they have a place to self-quarantine will be admitted into the country.
For the next 2 weeks, everyone entering Israel will be required to enter quarantine for 2 weeks.
Israel is probably the most vibrant democracy in the free world
Orly talks about the ever lasting cycle of elections while responding to Arab callers.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The sale is valued at around $2.4 billion. Congress has 15 days to consider the Israeli request.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Blue&White Party leader Benny Gantz must abandon plans to apply sovereignty in Judea and Samaria and reject the idea of a “Jewish majority” government, says Joint List's Ayman Odeh.
70,000 Israelis are currently quarantined with over 50,000 of those returning from trips to Europe.
It's after the elections, the votes are in. Now what?
How do Israelis feel going to vote in their THIRD elections inside of a year? Tamar speaks with 3 different Israeli voters to get their opinions on the absurdity of it all and finds out that some of them are even going to change their vote, and choose a different party in this 3rd round!
On this weeks program Rav Yitzchak and William discuss the chaos of both U.S. and Israeli politics, and then connect it with the Mishikan (Tabernacle) and it's vessels and furniture. Specifically, the seven branched Menorah (Lampstand) and how it is mirrored by the human head. Finally, we share a meditative technique meant to help anyone view themselves in a new light.
All over the West Liberalism is finished
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Israeli airliner has reported to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange that the epidemic could cost it $70 million in lost revenue from January to April.
The patient, a resident of Migdal Ha’Emek in the north, visited with his family in Milan last week, where he was infected.
Howie is sick of Jewish apathy and people like Bernie Sanders, who claim to be Jewish but works to destroy the State of Israel, Jews and the Jewish community.
Israeli Arabs are determined not to be moved to the Palestinian Authority
This week Rabbi Yitzchak and William discuss the weekly Torah portion of Terumah. This portion discusses the contributions requested of the children of Israel for the construction of the Mishkah (Tabernacle). This holy structure is often contrasted with the Golden Calf by the Sages of Judaism. So, our hosts ask themselves and the audience what type of structures are we really building? Is it a holy space for the Creator to dwell in our midst, or is it a structure related to the physical world, that only exists as a form with no holy inner space?
Orly talks about how our life is in danger over the corona virus. how is life affected by this worldwide
Investing more of ourselves into the betterment of society, one thing is certain: You can't get it wrong! The Torah agrees! Everyone wants to be thought of kindly and by exercising the art of giving - money, time, provisions - everyone wins.
The National Religious Broadcasters gathered in the final week of February 2020 at Gaylord Opryland in Nashville for their annual convention. It is an opportunity to address media issues and programming for the largely Christian Evangelical communicators who have had an outside influence on Trump Administration policy regarding Israel and increasingly on the rising Global Antisemitism in the West, particularly here in the US. Attending as major speakers are several figures in the Administration and of the President: Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Education Betsey DeVos and personal attorney to the President Jay Sekulow.
Hear About: 'The State Of The Nation'. The annual report by the prestigious Taub Centre. Israel's non-partisan socio-economic research institute.
Tamar Yonah is down south in Ashkelon, a city located just 6 miles north of the terrorists in Gaza. She talks about the three different rocket attacks she experienced in the last 24 hours. (Not her first ones, either.) What did she do when she was on the road and flying bombs explode above your head. What happened in a grocery store's bomb shelter filled with shoppers, including children? Tamar talks about this and other cowering Jews which she saw. Is it a desecration of G-d's Name? What is the answer?
Israel's politically correct, crippling neurosis
Can the EU survive BREXIT? (and why it matters to us outside of Europe?) Also, the World is edging closer to a coronavirus pandemic as the virus spreads. What does this mean to us? And finally, Israel inches closer to elections. Many here believe that nothing will be solved after the votes are counted.
Leap of Faith is now a little over one year old and to celebrate, Penina has put together a special 50th episode with excerpts from many of her guests from the past year. A wisdom-packed episode of Leap of Faith you don't want to miss!
Several polls published in the last 24 hours project that Likud is in the lead with 35 seats, and Blue and White is right behind with 34 seats.
Rod Reuven Dovid Bryant and Jerry Gordon bring back Dexter Van Zile, Christian Media Analyst of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) to address why anti- Zionism is the only unifying factor for the World Council of Churches (WCC). The umbrella world body was founded in 1948 with the mission of unifying Christian witness. However, with conflicting theologies, the only thing that it shares is political defamation of the Jewish state of Israel thus providing cover for the Palestinian Authority opposing efforts at normalization.
Orly talks about the Corona virus, Netflix, bringing cultures together, and then takes a call from two listeners who identify as a 'Democrats'. What did they tell her, and what was Orly's answer to them? Find out on this show!
We have a choice: Sovereignty or a Palestinian State? Why Israel needs sovereignty in its Biblical Heartland!
Walter describes his shows as informative and entertaining. Today, for the first and sofar only time and very exceptionally he calls this programme educational.
Something is wrong. Something just doesn't add up.
How American Jews don't know they've been duped.
Sheba is set to comfortably host the quarantined travelers, keeping both staff and other patients safe.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The new restriction will affect those who have traveled within the last two weeks to Thailand, Macau, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Life has it's ups and downs. As much as we'd like to always feel good, every person experiences time periods where feeling down is a reality. When we're feeling down, disappointed and even depressed, how do we make sure not to get stuck in a downward slump? How can we get out and move up into a place of joy?
A humongous rainfall in Israel as the show goes LIVE, excites Tamar and helps to further fill the Sea of Galilee! Also, more news coming out on the Coronavirus, which talks about people who speak out going 'missing', and worse. Also, the Israeli elections are coming up and there's a lot of mudslinging going back and forth. And last, an army is being formed in the European Union, as it's unity is starting to crumble!
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The terrorist had been hit by gunfire as he escapes, and died from his wounds.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The bomb, which was found attached to balloons in Moshav Shuva in southern Israel, is believed to be one of hundreds of such devices launched from the Hamas-controlled territory since 2018.
Bernie Sander is an elderly, socialist Jew who is a serious candidate to be a presidential contender
Helping Mom move to an independent-living residence has proved both challenging and cathartic. Still, saying good-bye to belongings doesn't mean saying good-bye to a lifetime of memories. Finding 'balance' in transition offers laughter, reflection and an eye on the future!
Thugs on Campus at UC Berkeley
Over 50,000 workers from the Palestinian Authority arrive in Israel every day for their jobs. If and when the devastating virus reaches the PA, Mahmoud Abbas's poorly run and trained health system will be incapable of adequately identifying, treating and isolating those infected and those at risk. Once the virus is here among us all ...and spreading, it will be of little use for PA Arabs to fall back on Israeli health facilities and services that would already be stretched to the limit.
Did you know that some Arabs serve in the IDF? Hear about 1st Global Week of 'Hakarat HaTov to the Druze', Defenders of Israel #ShukranDruze2020. Tamar Yonah's guest, Dr. Mike Cohen from MCohen.US, talks to her about the loyalty that the Druze community in Israel has for the Jewish Homeland. Druzevets.org
He tells of the loss of his family's lumber business through “aryanization” and betrayal by Christian friends in his community in Slovakia. The family escape in 1943 to a small village in Hungary in 1943 here they have relatives, while his parents move on to find work in Budapest. That haven ended in 1944, when the Horthy and Hungarian Nazi Arrow Cross party capitulated to German occupation and Eichmann began transports to Auschwitz – Birkenau.
Gratitude and kindness will take you a long way. Listen in as Orly remarks on the Academy Awards, and speaks with guest, Daniël Gerritsen from the Netherlands, and Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein, author of the book, "G-d Versus Gods: Judaism in the Age of Idolatry".
This week Rabbi Yitzchak is once again joined by his wife Leah. The discussion revolves around the most important Torah portion named after a Midianite Priest named Yitro. Not only that, but it is the Torah portion where we receive the Aseret HaDibrot (Ten Statements/Commandments) as well as the full 613 commandments of the Torah. What does this have to do with trees? This is also the week where we celebrated Tu B'Shevat the New Year of Trees. Learn how Yitro, Tu B'Shevat, and Trees can teach us about our relationship with the Creator.
Thugs on Campus at UC Berkeley
Another US university where Jewish students should not go.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Egyptians warned Hamas that the US will support a major Israeli action against Hamas, if quiet isn't restored.
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz congratulated Al-Jazeera presenter Faisal al-Qasim.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"If Israel’s government continues with steps to annex the West Bank, the U.S. should make clear that none of our aid should be used to support annexation," Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told the New York Times in a recent survey of candidates' policy positions.
Lots or reports and video footage are coming in from all over trying to tell us that the Chinese government is not giving out the true numbers of the dead and those infected with the Coronavirus. Videos of people dropping dead in the streets of China, claims that 50,000 people have already died with their bodies incinerated, and that over a million and a half more have contracted the virus. HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT IS TRUE? How do we discern what is fake news, and staged videos, and what is real, and how much of it is real?
Prayer is a powerful medium through which to connect to G-d and our higher self. Yet, there are times when we might find it difficult to feel connected to prayer or that our prayers are creating the relationship that we're trying achieve with G-d. How can we infuse our prayer with meaning and turn prayer into a trans-formative experience?
President Trump has changed the rules of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Last week, settlement leaders said Prime Minister Netanyahu told them there are some technical differences within the US administration.
In this week's show, Jono and Ross discuss a recent hate crime committed by a vile, pork chop flinging woman. This leads Jono to share his own personal experience with a nutty neighbor. They also discuss air travel and means of protection from the feared Coronavirus. These stories and MUCH more in Criminals, Crazy Neighbors, and the Coronavirus.
When leaders behave like brats and celebrity icons declare that "filth is fine," can parents take to regain control and impart values or should they throw in the towel and let MTV raise the kids? And does the Torah have anything to say about Super Bowl Sunday and other miracles?
Orly talks with her guest, Dr. Brandon Shapiro, about being resilient and that the key to fighting off sickness is to first start out with a healthy body and lifestyle.
The recent commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz - Birkenau death camp by Russian Forces on January 20, 1945 and the gathering of 50 world leaders at the World Holocaust Forum at Yad Va Shem in Jerusalem brought new focus on the question of why didn’t the allies Bomb Auschwitz? A BBC/PBS documentary, “Bombing Auschwitz” was accused of being a “whitewash” of FDR’s betrayal of the six million European Jewish men, woman and children murdered in unspeakable ways during the Holocaust. Those accusations and more were the comments of a frequent guest on Israel News Talk Radio – Beyond the Matrix, Dr. Rafael Medoff, executive director of the David S. Wyman, Institute of Holocaust Studies. Rod Bryant and Jerry Gordon discussed these issues with Dr. Medoff.
This week Rabbi Yitzchak and William look at two very interesting verses in the book of Exodus related to the pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire. Early on in chapter 13 we see that Hashem goes before the children of Israel in the pillar of cloud, however, in chapter 14 we see that the angel of Elokim is now moving from before the children of Israel in the pillar of cloud to behind the camp. The pillar of fire also moves and now these two pillars separate the camp of Israel from the camp of Egypt after the Egyptians change their minds and come after the children of Israel. Listen to the very interesting discussion from commentaries of the sages to bring light to these verses.
August 14, 2026 
