Hello everyone and welcome to the focus group podcast I'm Sarah

Longwell publisher of the bulwark and this week we're going to talk about another tough

issue just last week we did abortion but I want to talk about the horrible

situation in the Middle East and how it is reverberating here in America.

I've avoided talking about this in the show since October 7th because I didn't want to jump right into the political implications of such a large scale tragedy.

But we've learned a lot in recent weeks

about how the situation is making Americans,

particularly Jewish Americans feel,

both about their fellow Americans

and about America's role in the world.

We thought it would make sense to talk to a group of Jewish American voters who voted for

Donald Trump twice in both 2016 and 2020.

I was super interested in how they were thinking

about the job that Biden was doing.

And my guest today is my great friend and notable Jew, Bill Crystal.

Bill, thanks for being here.

I like being introduced as a notable Jew.

It's unusual for me, you know?

Remember when somebody called you a

Renegade Jew? It was like the Federalist or something that was there? That's fine.

Notable, Renegade, whatever, you know. Yeah, yeah. So what do you think's going on in the country right now regarding Israel?

And what do you think just our political discourse is missing?

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