Rabbi’s Jeremy Gimpel and Ari Abramowitz take a sober look at the earthquake, tsunami, and historic hurricanes striking the US.

5% of world Jewry live in Southern Florida. The Jewish community in Houston has been devastated, what’s in store for the Jews in Florida?

Can we make sense of these natural disasters?

This week’s Torah portion deals in extremes: from the ecstasy of recognizing God in the tiniest minutia of life, to seeing heaven’s hand in the horrors of the Holocaust.

Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai at Beit Midrash Sulam Yaakov to discuss the Torah portion and to mark the passing of the great Rabbi Sholom Brodt.

The printing press helped spark a knowledge explosion which changed the world, and of course, less than fifty years after Gutenberg printed his Bible, Jewish presses were already transforming the face of the Hebrew book. As one good revolution deserves another – this episode also explores the role that text played in the dawn of the Protestant Reformation. Europe will never be the same, but is it good news for the Jews?

Gil Hoffman interviews intelligence expert and veteran journalist Yossi Melman about the 10 year anniversary of Olmert’s decision to bomb Syria’s nuclear reactor, which was located in an area now controlled by ISIS. Melman reveals new details about how Israel knew about the secret plutonium reactor and Hoffman about how Olmert and Netanyahu reacted to the successful strike.

Hoffman also speaks about whether Netanyahu is going to elections due to his corruption allegations.

The Israeli Men’s and Women’s flag football teams did their country proud – both winning silver medals respectively at the European Flag Football Championships over the weekend.  The second place finishes give both squads an automatic birth at next year’s World Championships. Hear from Israel Football League Commissioner Betzalel Friedman on what this success means. Friedman then previews the upcoming Israel tackle football league season, with games to be held at the new Kraft Family Sports Complex in Jerusalem. Then we go to Copenhagen to speak to Steve Leibowitz, Founder and Chairman of American Football in Israel, who attended the tournament and is coming back to Israel with trophies in hand.

In a very open interview with Eve Harow, Tuvia Tenenbom talks about his shocking discovery of how poorly the Uber-humanistic Germans are treating the over million Syrian refugees they’ve ‘welcomed’ into their country. His fourth book exposes realities that other journalists cover up, as have his other must-read works of the past few years such as ’The Lies They Tell’ about racism in the US. Although he long ago left the Israeli Ultra Orthodox world in which he was raised, Tuvia’s faith is at the core of his unending search for truth. An honest and frank talk with a fearless journalist who despite it all, loves people and despises labels.

One of the hallmarks of the early modern era is mobility, which means we will be jumping around a bit. This episode follows the story of the exiles upon their arrival in Italy. They take with them a messianic hope that the end is near, and they find their the spirit of Italian humanism. When the two unite, new horizons will open for Christian and Jew alike.

Rabbi’s Shlomo Katz and Ari Abramowitz reveal why the secret to waging war against the evil inclination in Elul lies in your hands.

How to walk into a Super Target with warrior eyes and find sparks of holiness in all that materialism – How to liberate oneself through driving away the mother bird – And how to counteract the effects of Deep Amalek in our world.

Plus: lawyer Marc Zell fights anti-Israel lawfare which seeks to undermine the Jewish narrative.