Today, I am beyond honored to introduce someone who's not just a guest, but a beacon of light,

who's reshaped how I see the world, Rudy Rockman.

I won't bore you with the list of what he does.

You'll feel that through his words soon enough.

What matters is this.

Rudy has had a seismic impact on my life.

He's cracked open my perspective, not with anger or division, but with a rare kind of clarity,

one that cuts through the noise of hate and fear.

In a time when it's so easy to vilify the other side, Rudy does the opposite.

He humanizes, he sees the pain, the history, the

humanity in everyone, Israelis, Palestinians, all of us. And he dares to imagine a way forward

that doesn't leave anyone behind. His voice isn't just essential. It's a lifeline. Because he's not

here to widen the rift.

He's here to pull us together to remind us what's possible when we stop demonizing and

start listening.

Rudy Rockman, welcome to the podcast.

Thank you.

Pleasure to be here.

So before we dive in, can you just say, who are you? Just for any, imagine someone has no clue

who you are, what you do, they may or may not be Jewish, they may or may not be Palestinian,

who are you? I'm a descendant of a very ancient family called the Nation of Israel.

That family has 12 sections, 12 tribes. I'm from the tribe of Levi, from both sides of my family.

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