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Unholy: Two Jews on the News

Orthodox 2.0 - with Eli Paley

Unholy: Two Jews on the News

Unholy Media

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

4.7680 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

What do British people bring up in a conversation when they need to change the subject? The weather, of course. The rare occurrence of heavy snowfall this week provided not only a means of alternate topic for our co-host’s nation - but rather headlined UK news, with many unable to afford to heat their home due to the soaring prices caused by Europe’s energy crisis. Israel, on the other hand, has been enjoying a rather warm December, but it seems the excitement from last month’s election night has cooled down, with negotiations taking a little longer than expected. Netanyahu and his partners need to get through a few more legislation rounds and coalition agreements before they can form a government - moves which are already creating friction. We are joined by Eli Paley, publisher of the Haredi Mishpaca magazine, to discuss one of the most debated issues this week - the potential deal with Yahadut HaTorah, which includes a clause banning electricity production on Shabbat - and what the backlash has to do with the integration of Haredim in Israeli society over the next few years.  Plus, the FBI’s data on antisemitism showed a decline in antisemitic cases in the US - which is pretty great, until you realize they didn't take into account the two largest Jewish epicenters in the US.  -- Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unholypodcast/and X: https://x.com/2jewsonthenewsJoin our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1150578065793142 Subscribe to our blog: https://unholypodcast.substack.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

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0:09.6

As Israel's government takes shape, what exactly is the place of the ultra-Orthodox Haredi parties in Israeli politics?

0:18.6

We'll be talking about that. The fact that it's very cold and a certain

0:22.5

person marks a big anniversary. It's unholy. I'm Jonathan Friedland of The Guardian in London.

0:29.3

And I'm Unit Levy of Channel 12 in Tel Aviv. Two Jews on the news from Keshet podcast, and one of those Jews has marked a big landmark milestone moment.

0:49.8

She, of course, left her own devices, would say nothing about this because modesty becomes her.

0:55.4

But how many years exactly is it?

0:57.9

Yoni Levy, you have sat in the most watched chair in Israeli broadcasting,

1:02.7

namely as anchor of Israel's Channel 12 News.

1:06.6

A little Hebrew speaking bird tells me it is 20 years to the day, as you and I speak.

1:12.9

Huge event in national news in Israel, surely.

1:17.0

My son described it to me this morning, Jonathan.

1:20.1

He said, mommy's having a birthday at work.

1:24.1

It's a work birthday.

1:25.7

He's right.

1:26.0

Exactly.

1:26.5

So that's what it feels like.

1:27.3

Yes, 20 years ago today,

1:28.9

December 15th, 2002 is when I started anchoring the evening news. It was then Channel 2.

1:36.4

I did it for five years with a co-anchor who is a man. He left. And then my boss in a pretty

1:43.8

unprecedented moment decided that I should just anchor the news by myself.

1:48.8

So that was when I became the sole anchor of, for the first time in this country, actually, and before the United States of the evening news on the commercial channel.

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