On today’s show an interview with Gedaliah Blum, co-founder of the first ever Chamber of Commerce for Judea and Samaria. Hear how Blum and his team are enhancing local businesses and industry to allow residents of this area to thrive economically, while also sharing the beauty of Judea and Samaria to the world.

Also on the show, Josh discusses the situation in the Elazar, Gush Etzion neighborhood of Netiv Avot. The High Court is planning on demolishing 15 homes there this coming March, but is that ruling just? Does it make sense to tear down more Jewish homes? Josh explains.

He who controls the Temple Mount is he who controls the whole Land of Israel! Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai to discuss the problem with the King of Jordan — the “custodian of Jerusalem’s holy places” — and a new generation that yearns for the Temple Mount. Also, the holiday of Tu B’Av, which is all about two-in-love.

Season 2 of The Jewish Story:

You can tell a historian by where he begins and ends his story. Here is a prologue to season two, which begins at the Expulsion from Spain and ends at the rise of the State of Israel. The question is – why is this episode about the Third Temple?

On today’s show Josh Hasten talks to Rabbi Guy Avihod, founder of Jerusalem’s Haboydem clothing stores about Tisha B’av. Rabbi Avihod says that while Jews may fight regularly, in person, on social media etc. it really means that they care about each other, and the fact that they care is a step in the right direction.

But first, an interview with Marc Provisor, Head of Security Projects for the One Israel Fund which works to protect Jewish communities in Israel from the types of horrible attacks we saw in Halamish last week. The One Israel Fund is busy working to fill in the gaps and weak spots in and around Jewish communities throughout Israel in order to prevent further attacks. Their “No More Jewish Victims Campaign,” gives those who want to help protect Jews in Israel, the opportunity to do so from anywhere around the world.

Eve was in Aspen, Colorado with Itamar Marcus of Palestinian Media Watch for an evening of Truth on Israel.  They talk about his exhaustive work exposing the poisoning of children’s minds in the PA media and the direct connection to today’s terror.  Then she speaks with Dr. Alan Altman who brought them to Aspen, teaching that one person can make a difference.

Ari & Jeremy’s dramatic Temple Mount arrests this week have made headlines in Israel and around the world. In this episode, Ari shares the behind-the-scene story of how that fateful day unfolded as well as what may be in store for the days to come. Why is the Temple Mount taking center stage in the unfolding of world events?

Rabbis Shlomo Katz and Jeremy Gimpel delve into the soul of the Temple Mount during the Nine Days in preparation for Shabbat Chazon, the Shabbat before the 9th of Av. How does this period connect to the events happening in Jerusalem today?

On the day following the funeral for three Israelis from the same family murdered in a heinous Shabbat Jihadist attack in Halamish/Neve Tzuf, Josh reflects on the overall situation in Israel. He says that Israel must go on the offensive, unbridled to prevent further attacks, and once and for all undo the Oslo accords, which have brought only pain and suffering to the Jewish People. Josh adds that Israel mistakenly started on this path following the Six Day War victory when the paratroops who liberated Jerusalem were ordered to take the Israeli flag down from the Temple Mount, and instead went to give thanks to G-d at the Kotel (Western Wall) down below.