
SAPIR Conversations
by SAPIR: Ideas for a Thriving Jewish Future
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The SAPIR Debates: Is the Administration's Campus Crackdown Good for America?
Aug 13, 2026
Unknown duration
Censorship Won't Help the Jews with Yascha Mounk
Jul 30, 2026
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The State of Jewish Books with Ruth Wisse and Adam Bellow
Jul 22, 2026
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Islam in America with Reihan Salam
Jul 14, 2026
58m 41s
“The Jewish Case for Public Service” with Anne Neuberger
Jun 30, 2026
52m 49s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/13/26 | The SAPIR Debates: Is the Administration's Campus Crackdown Good for America? | For many Jewish and Zionist students, faculty, and administrators, the tumultuous year following October 7 meant navigating campus life amid protests, encampments, lockdowns, and boycotts. What was once a familiar academic environment had become a place of sustained tension and, at times, outright hostility. Over the last 20 months, federal authorities have taken increasingly assertive action to address this collegiate climate, citing concerns about a rise in campus antisemitism. Lawsuits, congressional subpoenas, threats of funding cuts, and the detention of foreign students have been welcomed by some in the Jewish community as long overdue demonstrations of resolve. Others, however, warn that these measures risk undermining the pluralistic norms that have long sustained Jewish life in higher education – and, worse, might even breed resentment against Jews in the long-term. American Jews and friends of the community face a consequential question: do government crackdowns ultimately safeguard, or undermine, the interests of Jewish and Zionist students, faculty, and the broader academic community?This SAPIR Debate took place live at the Israel on Campus Coalition National Leadership Summit on August 4, 2026 in Washington D.C. It featured Noah Pollak and Jonathan Rauch, and was moderated by Aviva Klompas. | — | ||||||
| 7/30/26 | Censorship Won't Help the Jews with Yascha Mounk | Johns Hopkins political scientist Yascha Mounk joined Bret Stephens to discuss his new essay, “Censorship Won't Help the Jews,” in the (Fixing) America issue of SAPIR.Read Yascha’s essay here: https://sapirjournal.org/fixing-america/2026/censorship-wont-help-the-jews/Questions or comments? Send us a note at [email protected]Music from #Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/theo-gerard/monsieur-groove | — | ||||||
| 7/22/26 | The State of Jewish Books with Ruth Wisse and Adam Bellow | Literary scholar Ruth Wisse and publisher Adam Bellow join Rabbi David Wolpe for a lively discussion on American Jewish literature, 50 years on from the year Saul Bellow was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Questions or comments? Send us a note at [email protected]Music from #Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/theo-gerard/monsieur-groove | — | ||||||
| 7/14/26 | IslamAmerica+3 | Reihan Salam | Manhattan InstituteSAPIR+1 | — | IslamAmerica+5 | — | 58m 41s | ||
| 6/30/26 | public serviceJewish identity+3 | Anne Neuberger | SAPIRThe Jewish Case for Public Service | — | public serviceJewish case+5 | — | 52m 49s | ||
| 6/9/26 | American Jewish lifenational identity+4 | Rabbi David Wolpe | SAPIR | AmericaIsrael | SAPIRBret Stephens+6 | — | 32m 33s | ||
| 5/20/26 | Sephardic modelJewish flourishing+3 | Mijal Bitton | SAPIR | — | SephardicJewish future+3 | — | 39m 31s | ||
| 4/24/26 | Jewish communal lifebar mitzvah+5 | Adam Teitelbaum | SAPIRSAPIR journal+2 | — | Jewish lifecommunal disconnection+5 | — | 50m 30s | ||
| 4/6/26 | LGBTQ politicsIsrael+3 | Eve Barlow | SAPIRQueers for Palestine+2 | — | LGBTQIsrael+5 | — | 55m 14s | ||
| 3/26/26 | ExodusPassover+3 | Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman | Bar Ilan UniversitySAPIR Journal+1 | — | ExodusPassover+5 | — | 40m 58s | ||
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| 3/18/26 | antisemitismJewish identity+3 | Deborah LipstadtDara Horn | SAPIRDepartment of State+1 | — | antisemitismJewish education+3 | — | 1h 31m 08s | ||
| 3/10/26 | technologygeopolitics+4 | Yonatan Adiri | SAPIRSAPIR journal | Israel | Silicon DomeIsrael+6 | — | 42m 39s | ||
| 2/24/26 | Jewish aspirationantisemitism+4 | Rabbi David Wolpe | ADLSAPIR+1 | — | Jewish futureaspiration+5 | — | 25m 50s | ||
| 2/4/26 | entrepreneurshipimmigration+4 | Daniel Lubetzky | KIND SnacksShark Tank+2 | — | KIND SnacksDaniel Lubetzky+5 | — | 48m 51s | ||
| 1/21/26 | public serviceJewish identity+4 | Jack Lew | U.S. TreasuryU.S. Ambassador to Israel+3 | — | Jack LewRabbi David Wolpe+6 | — | 46m 28s | ||
| 12/30/25 | povertyJewish community+5 | Ilana Horwitz | Tulane UniversitySAPIR+2 | — | economic vulnerabilityAmerican Jews+5 | — | 51m 36s | ||
| 12/17/25 | Jewish communitysovereign wealth fund+3 | Jordan Chandler HirschRoger Zakheim | Palantir TechnologiesRonald Reagan Institute+2 | — | Jewish Sovereign Wealth FundAmerican Jewry+3 | — | 54m 40s | ||
| 12/10/25 | The SAPIR Debates: Is There a Realistic Future for the Two-State Solution? | The assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin 30 years ago, in November 1995, marked a major turning point in the prospects for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Now, three decades later, the likelihood of a safe and secure Israel coexisting alongside an independent Palestinian state appears increasingly more remote.Despite growing international pressure, Israeli support for a two state-solution continues to drop while skepticism that peace is achievable continues to grow. In the shadow of the October 7th attacks and a two-year long war in Gaza, is lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians possible? Is There a Realistic Future for the Two-State Solution?On November 17, SAPIR hosted a debate on this question on the plenary stage of the Jewish Federations of North America's General Assembly in Washington, D.C.Speakers:Tamar Ish-Shalom, Israeli journalist & host of Jewish CrossroadsDr. Michael Koplow, Chief Policy Officer, Israel Policy ForumJohn Podhoretz, Editor, Commentary MagazineMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/track/theo-gerard/monsieur-groove | — | ||||||
| 12/3/25 | S19E1: Building Israel's Trillion-Dollar Economy with Michael Eisenberg | Of Israel’s many achievements since October 7, none perhaps was as unforeseen as the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange reaching an all-time high two years since the start of the war. While this reflected the resilience and dynamism of the start-up nation, there are troubling signs ahead for Israel’s economy: the high cost of war; stagnant economic sectors; bureaucratic malaise; high population growth; and more. Can Israel make the adjustments and double its GDP over ten years? Can Jews in the Diaspora help it get there?Israeli venture capitalist Michael Eisenberg joined SAPIR Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens for a conversation about what it will take for Israel to become a trillion-dollar economy.Watch this SAPIR Conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S4BQEQynhM Read Michael Eisenberg’s essay: https://sapirjournal.org/money/2025/building-israels-trillion-dollar-economy/ Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/theo-gerard/monsieur-groove | — | ||||||
| 11/12/25 | On Money with Bret Stephens and Rabbi David Wolpe | Why does the stereotype about Jews and money endure? Is Judaism a contractual or covenantal religion? Is Jewish life today too expensive? Should the cost of Jewish education be offset by philanthropic giving or public funding? Join Bret and Rabbi Wolpe for a wide-ranging SAPIR Conversation on these questions and more, which are featured in the newly released issue of the journal on Money. Dive into the issue at sapirjournal.org/issues/money.Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/theo-gerard/monsieur-groove | — | ||||||
| 10/30/25 | The SAPIR Debates: Does Zionism Have a Future on the American Left? | In the shadow of the war in Gaza, shifting ideological fault lines and coalitions are redefining the boundaries of progressive politics nationwide. The normalization of rhetoric on the Left that questions Israel’s legitimacy has become a source of growing discomfort, if not concern, for Zionists across the political spectrum. Likewise, actions of the Israeli government – before and since the recent war – have prompted those on the Left to reevaluate their association with and support for Israel. Nowhere is this phenomenon more pressing than in New York City, home to more Jews than any city in the world. On both a local and national level, many are asking: can one be both proudly Zionist and firmly on the Left, or has the divide grown too wide to bridge?Moderated by SAPIR Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens, this second of the SAPIR Debates featured four distinguished voices:Kathy E. Manning, board chair of the Democratic Majority for Israel and former two-term member of the U.S. House of RepresentativesYehuda Kurtzer, president of the Shalom Hartman Institute and host of the Identity/Crisis podcastJames Kirchick, contributing opinion writer to the New York Times and best-selling author of two booksBatya Ungar-Sargon, author of three books, including the forthcoming The Left and the Jews, and host of Batya! on NewsNationThe SAPIR Debates is a new series that features a spirited but civil exchange of views on the most consequential issues facing the American Jewish community.Watch this SAPIR Debate on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g-ftd9gNjwRead SAPIR essays relevant to the Debate:To Err is Human; To Disagree, Jewish - by Rabbi David Wolpe: https://sapirjournal.org/cancellation/2022/to-err-is-human-to-disagree-jewish/Zionism and Liberalism in America - by Michael Koplow: https://sapirjournal.org/resilience/2024/zionism-and-liberalism-in-america/Pro-Israel Progressives with Rep Ritchie Torres: https://sapirjournal.org/friends-and-foes/2024/pro-israel-progressives/Saving Israel for Democrats - by Ronald Radosh: https://sapirjournal.org/zionism/2022/saving-israel-for-democrats/Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/theo-gerard/monsieur-groove | — | ||||||
| 10/21/25 | S18E3: A Catholic Response to Jewish Chosenness with Professor Robert P. George | Amid a troubling resurgence of antisemitism, Princeton scholar Robert P. George declared in his most recent SAPIR essay that “any attempt to deny or undermine God’s unique and mysterious bond with the Jewish people … is antithetical to Christianity.” At a moment when the concept of Jewish chosenness is increasingly uncomfortable to discuss, how should we approach it with honesty and integrity — especially across lines of faith? George recently joined SAPIR Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens for a virtual conversation.Read Robert P. George's piece, “An Unbreakable Covenant,” here: https://sapirjournal.org/chosenness/2025/an-unbreakable-covenant/Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/theo-gerard/monsieur-groove | — | ||||||
| 9/29/25 | S18E2: Choosing to be Chosen with Rabbis Noa Kushner and Adam Mintz | What does the process of conversion — joining the Jewish people— reveal about the meaning of chosenness? In his recent essay for SAPIR, Rabbi Adam Mintz writes that “we, Jews by birth and Jews by choice, are all destined for the same story.” Similarly, Rabbi Noa Kushner writes that “it is possible that to be chosen is not only a designation at birth or conversion.” They recently joined Rabbi David Wolpe for a conversation.Watch this SAPIR Conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JspDKWCYs7Q Read Adam Mintz’s essay: https://sapirjournal.org/chosenness/2025/the-paradoxes-of-conversion/ Read Noa Kushner’s essay: https://sapirjournal.org/chosenness/2025/american-sinai/ Music from #Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/theo-gerard/monsieur-groove | — | ||||||
| 9/22/25 | S18E1: Is Israel the Chosen Nation? with Michael Oren | “For many of its secular pioneers,” writes former Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren in his most recent SAPIR essay, “Zionism was a revolt against chosenness. It was an attempt to become a nation like every other.” Today, especially after October 7, many Israelis are reevaluating this very notion and wondering: is the Jewish state chosen, and if so, for what purpose?Ambassador Oren joined SAPIR Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens for a searching discussion on Israel’s identity and destiny in a post-October 7 world. This SAPIR Conversation was recorded live on Monday, September 8th. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/theo-gerard/monsieur-groove | — | ||||||
| 9/18/25 | Welcome Rabbi David Wolpe! Our New Podcast Host | Today marks a new chapter as we re-launch the podcast, SAPIR Conversations, with even more discussions and double the hosting power. Moving forward, Rabbi David Wolpe - scholar-in-residence at the Maimonides Fund, Max Webb Emeritus Rabbi of Sinai Temple, prolific author, writer, and longtime SAPIR contributor - will join Bret Stephens as co-host of SAPIR Conversations. Bret will continue to host live virtual conversations with SAPIR authors. Rabbi Wolpe will bring on different voices beyond the pages of SAPIR to explore some of the most pressing issues affecting the Jewish people.In today's episode, Stephens and Wolpe tackle the issue of Chosenness. How was the concept perceived throughout Jewish history and how is it interpreted in Jewish liturgy? Is chosenness a status or a calling? Does it create burdens or standards? And how how Bret Stephens respond to non-Jewish friends when asked for his understanding of chosenness?Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/theo-gerard/monsieur-groove | — | ||||||
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Chart history for SAPIR Conversations
Peaked at #2 in PE, top 10 in 4 of 22 tracked markets, currently #2 in PE.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| PE | — | #2 | #2 | — |
| CH | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| Denmark | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| Finland | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| Spain | — | #25 | #25 | — |
| United States | — | #34 | #34 | — |
| AT | — | #36 | #36 | — |
| Sweden | — | #37 | #37 | — |
| PT | — | #41 | #41 | — |
| Japan | — | #41 | #41 | — |
| Italy | — | #44 | #44 | — |
| Germany | — | #50 | #50 | — |
| Australia | — | #51 | #51 | — |
| Canada | — | #53 | #53 | — |
| Norway | — | #64 | #64 | — |
| France | — | #85 | #85 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #134 | #134 | — |
| Denmark | — | #148 | #148 | — |
| IL | — | #169 | #169 | — |
Chart Positions
22 placements across 20 markets.
Chart Positions
22 placements across 20 markets.