With elections approaching in the United States and Israel, Canadian Jews seek insight into the political landscapes of these nations with significant Jewish populations.

Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Miriam Herschlag from Times of Israel discuss various topics including Israel's new government's relations with the U.S., questioning a late-grandfather's Zionist beliefs, and exploring the differences between Israeli and American Jews.

In this podcast episode, Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Miriam Herschlag discuss three topics.

"Sharansky's Exodus" is a memoir written by Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy, in which Sharansky recounts his personal journey from a Soviet refusenik to a leading advocate for human rights and Jewish identity.

Allan Arkush responded to Gil Troy's defense of his book, "The Zionist Ideas," in relation to Arkush's critique regarding Theodor Herzl's transformation into a Zionist and the expansion of the conversation from Melvin Hertzberg's work to Troy's.

Gil Troy responds to Allan Arkush's review of his book "The Zionist Ideas," emphasizing the mischaracterization of his interpretation of Theodor Herzl's Zionist evolution.

In this podcast episode, Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman delve into three key subjects: the potential lasting rift between American Jews and Israel following the Pittsburgh massacre, the left's militant stance on Rabin's assassination anniversary, and the surprising election of a feminist mayor in an ultra-Orthodox Israeli town.

The text discusses the intertwining of Jewish tradition and Zionist ideas within the context of Sukkot, emphasizing the construction of Sukkah as a symbol of the ephemeral nature of life.

On the second day of Sukkot, a discussion on Zionist ideas explores the tension between the temporary nature of life and the desire for lasting traditions.

In an exploration of Zionist ideas during Sukkot, the tension between tradition and change is discussed through an excerpt from Berl Katzenelson's Revolution and Tradition, an influential figure in Socialist Zionism.

The text discusses a special election panel featuring Noah Efron, Debra Kamin, and Gil Troy, focusing on the aftermath of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's narrow victory.

The release of the final set of Nixon tapes by the Nixon Presidential Library continues to reveal the extent of President Nixon's anti-Jewish sentiment, with recordings showing his negative and inflammatory remarks about Jews and African Americans.

In his book "Moynihans Moment: Americas Fight against Zionism as Racism," McGill University historian Gil Troy recounts the pivotal 1975 United Nations resolution declaring Zionism a form of racism.