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Ask Haviv Anything

"Ask Haviv Anything" is a podcast about history, a podcast you, dear listener, will help to shape and direct, focusing not just on what I want to talk about but on what you want to learn and discuss. Nothing is off limits. We're going to talk about big and painful things, and also beautiful and fascinating things, wars and identities and painful history. And also more light-hearted things. Humor matters, especially when facing tough subjects. Join me on this journey. A podcast by Haviv Rettig Gur

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Episode 74: Why the global outrage at Israel's Somaliland recognition?

31 Dec 2025
13m
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In this monologue, the speaker discusses Israel's recognition of Somaliland as a separate country and the surprising negative response from the international community. The speaker argues that Somaliland, despite being similar to Somalia in ethnicity, religion, and clan structure, has achieved stability, freedom, and g...

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Episode 73: Is military aid to Israel a good deal for America?

30 Dec 2025
9m
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Episode 72: The women fighters behind the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, with Elizabeth R. Hyman

29 Dec 2025
1h 2m
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Episode 71: Why the heck does America support Israel?

25 Dec 2025
15m
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Episode 70: The warrior Jews who terrified Rome, with Barry Strauss

23 Dec 2025
52m
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Episode 69: Israel's great divide - An insider's look at the judicial reform, with Moshe Koppel

19 Dec 2025
1h 37m
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Episode 68: Antizionism is inherently violent, with Adam Louis-Klein

17 Dec 2025
1h 1m
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Episode 67: Miracles in the dark. A response to Bondi.

15 Dec 2025
48m
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Episode 66: Do BDS campaigns help Palestinians?

05 Dec 2025
12m
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Episode 65: The unseen editors rigging the information war, with Ashley Rindsberg

02 Dec 2025
1h 9m
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Episode 64: The Soviet roots of today's antizionism, with Izabella Tabarovsky

28 Nov 2025
1h 19m
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Episode 63: New York in the age of Tucker and Mamdani, with Noam Dworman

25 Nov 2025
55m
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Episode 62: Hard times make strong Jews. Live in London with Daniel Schwammenthal.

20 Nov 2025
1h 48m
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In this live recording of "Ask Haviv Anything" from Finchley United Synagogue's centenary event, Haviv and Daniel Schwammenthal address an audience of nearly 400, tackling complex questions about Israel, antisemitism, and global politics. Haviv shares insights on the Israel-Hamas conflict, the potential future of Gaza,...

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Episode 61: Is criticizing Israel antisemitic?

19 Nov 2025
10m
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Episode 60: Does it matter what the world thinks? A conversation with Dr. Tal Becker

16 Nov 2025
48m
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In this episode of "Ask Haviv Anything," host Haviv Rettig Gur interviews Dr. Tal Becker, a vice president at the Shalom Hartman Institute and former legal advisor to Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the current state of Israel in the context of rising antisemitism, regional power dynamics, and its rela...

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Episode 59: Are Jews indigenous to Israel?

13 Nov 2025
13m
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In this monologue, the speaker explores the complex relationship between Jewish identity, indigeneity, and the land of Israel. The speaker argues that Jews have historically been treated as a separate nation, not truly indigenous to the countries where they resided, and that this reality shifted when Jews began asserti...

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Episode 58: Rebuilding after disaster with ex-hostage Tal Shoham

09 Nov 2025
57m
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Episode 57: When human rights NGOs fail, with Daniel Balson and Danielle Haas

05 Nov 2025
1h 5m
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Episode 56: The industrial revolution of prehistoric Israel, with Tom Levy

02 Nov 2025
1h 7m
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In this episode of "Ask Haviv Anything," host Haviv Rettig Gur interviews Tom Levy, a distinguished archaeologist, about his life, career, and research, particularly focusing on his work in Jordan and the Southern Levant. Levy discusses his early interest in archaeology, his experiences working in Israel and Jordan, an...

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Episode 55: The real war is not in Gaza, with Dr. Einat Wilf

29 Oct 2025
1h 11m
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