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Unholy: Two Jews on the News

Mamdani Takes NYC and the Scandal of Israel's Chief Military Advocate - with Yair Rosenberg and Amos Harel

Unholy: Two Jews on the News

Unholy Media

Jonathan Freedland, Society & Culture, Israel, Jews, Documentary, Judaism, News, Middle East, Jewish, News Commentary, Religion & Spirituality, Israel Podcast, Yonit Levi

4.7770 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

A seismic week on both sides of the Atlantic: in New York, Zohran Mamdani was elected the city’s next mayor — a result that’s caused unease in parts of the city's Jewish community and beyond. Yonit and Jonathan are joined by The Atlantic’s Yair Rosenberg to unpack the reaction and what this political shift could mean for New York’s Jews. Meanwhile, in Israel, the week’s biggest story centres on the detention center at Sde Teiman — and on the extraordinary admission by the army’s chief military prosecutor that she was behind the leak of a brutal and disturbing video that sent shockwaves through the country. To help untangle this complex, troubling saga, Yonit and Jonathan speak with Haaretz military analyst Amos Harel. Plus: a nepo-baby earns our Chutzpah award, while there are some truly feelgood Mensches of the Week. Meanwhile, in Israel, the week’s biggest story returns to Sde Teiman — and to the extraordinary admission by the army’s chief military advocate that she was behind the leak of the video that sent shockwaves through Israel and beyond. To help untangle this tangled and troubling saga, Yonit and Jonathan speak with Haaretz military analyst Amos Harel. Plus, a bold nomination for Chutzpah and some truly feel-good Mensches of the Week.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Mamdani sweeps New York, a scandal involving Israel's top military advocate.

0:06.2

And we look into the assassination that changed Israel's history 30 years ago this week.

0:11.0

It's unholy. I'm Unlevy in Tel Aviv.

0:13.5

And I'm Jonathan Friedland, usually in London.

0:35.1

Thank you. It's unholy to Jews on the news. I'll come clean. I'm in Charleston, South Carolina,

0:39.4

which is a very beautiful place. It can feel a bit... I'm sorry, it sounds like you're running for something.

0:42.5

I have to say, like primaries of some sorts.

0:46.4

I'm getting in early for the 2028 presidential race.

0:49.2

I might be disqualified by not being born here.

0:51.4

But no, it's a beautiful place.

1:12.0

But I am still, as I was, in fact last week, in kind of book tour mode for the traitors circle. And I think you yourself are going to be on this caravan fairly soon. But, you know, a big... Don't feed the line coming out November 11th. I have to say that now. I automatically, I wake up and I say that. That's very good. That's very good. But it's a good time to be in the US because obviously huge amounts going on. Lots of elections this week. We're going

1:16.3

to talk about those, particularly the one in New York. We'll get into that. But it's been a fairly

1:21.5

dramatic week where you are too, Yonit. I mean, look, there's been this, I don't know, hope, expectation, right, that the war in Gaza

1:30.9

is basically over.

1:32.3

Hostages are home.

1:33.3

And perhaps, perhaps we could have a moment of respite from insane news that make you kind of

1:39.3

feel like you're sitting between Nurse Ratchett and Randall McMurphy and One Flew over a

1:43.7

cuckoo's nest every

1:44.5

evening, or to take the example of the Israeli politics, one flew over the cuckus kneset. In any case,

1:50.6

we thought perhaps there would be some sort of lull. And, you know, we could not talk about,

1:55.6

you and I could talk about the weather and how hot it is in November here in Israel. But really,

2:00.1

this Sunday, the rumors that started

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