Most Israelis used to live in a very local narrative. It's us and the Palestinians. That's

where we used to live. It's the Israeli-Palestin conflict. In October 7th, it's just the last

episode of the Israeli-Palestin conflict. But critical mass of Israelis are migrating from

living in the Israeli-Palestin conflict to living in the Israeli-Iran war.

We're in the first episode of probably a 10-year Israeli-Iran war.

Now, that shift has a lot of implications.

It's 12.30 p.m. on October 31st here in New York City, it's 6.30 p.m. on October 31st in Israel, as Israelis are winding down their day. And for those in the crowdsourced, call me back, fact-checking community, who are always quick to let us know when we get a timestamp wrong this is one of those rare periods in the calendar when

Israel is only six hours ahead of the Eastern standard time in the US rather than seven hours

hence only 1230 and 630 I am pleased to welcome back to the podcast today. My long-time friend,

Mika Goodman. Mika is a leading public intellectual and the author of seven Israeli nonfiction books,

each one of which became a bestseller in Israel. His books spanned various topics, from classical

Jewish thought to Israeli philosophy to contemporary political issues.

And he also co-hosts the popular podcast, Mifleckit Ha-Shavut, with Afratt Shapiro Rosenberg,

on behalf of an organization called Bait Avichai.

There's a ton I want to talk to him about.

So, Mika, I'm thrilled you're here.

Thanks for coming back on. I'm glad to be here, Dan. We want to unpack a few topics as it relates to

Israel, Iran, and also the U.S. elections. But before we dive into those topics, I know this last

week has been particularly difficult in the war fighting. My last count was 23 soldiers

killed in action, most of which were miloim fighter, soldiers, reservists, meaning people living

lives outside of the military who've been called up and have now died, killed in action.

Last count I saw was 56 children lost their fathers last week. And, you know,

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