![]() Russ Roberts on Israel and Life as an Immigrant (Ep.Simultaneous audio and video release at Tyler Cowen's website Tyler Cowen and Russ Roberts on Nation, Immigration, and Israel.In this sense the move Russ Roberts has made is courageous in that he has moved to a place of far greater danger with the intention of contributing to the well-being of Israeli society and a more humane world.ĮconTalk Extra, conversation starters for this podcast episode: Its existence is repeatedly threatened by Iran and its surrogates, including Hizbollah and Hamas. Israel as a nation which has been fighting for its existence since its beginning is now in one of its most dangerous periods. However conflicted and divided politically the United States is now, there is since the fall of the Soviet Union no immediate and palpable threat to its existence. Here I think there is one more important point to mention about the moving to Israel. The Islamic world and recently a good share of the United Nations have denied the well-proven role of the Jews in first consecrating this as a holy place. In another misunderstanding there is talk about the Western Wall, and the Temple Mount without any mention of what a source of conflict worship this is. The truth is the overwhelming majority of Israelis including many religious Israelis see the Ultra-Orthodox as an extremely problematic population who, not only refuse to participate in the Army and defense of the country but have had undue influence over the lives of not only other religious Jews but most ordinary Jewish Israelis. For instance, he raises a question about the ultra-orthodox role in Israel while mentioning their claim that they are the single authentic representative of Judaism and preservers of the Jewish tradition. This decision which can be seen as admirable and courageous is discussed by Roberts with a frequent interviewee of his Tyler Cowen of the Wall Street Journal.Ĭowen questions Roberts in a sympathetic but not overly informed- about Israel way. The background to this conversation is Russ Roberts decision to move over six months ago to Israel in order to serve as President of a small college, Shalem College, devoted to teaching primarily Humanities, and the Western tradition, to what is hoped will be future leaders of Israel.
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