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The Fifth Question

My name is Daniel Levine and I am a Rabbi and Jewish History Lecturer at UC Irvine! I have conversations about the most pressing issues facing the Jewish community with professors, Rabbis, and politicians with a wide range of views. Hope you enjoy :)

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00:34:28

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt

The Fifth Question ·

2026/03/17

Jonathan Greenblatt joins the podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on the ADL, rising antisemitism after October 7, Jewish security, coalition-building, campus hate, the political right and left, and what actually works in fighting anti-Jewish bigotry. We discuss whether “anti-antisemitism” works, why Jews need both security and identity, how the ADL is changing strategy, and what the current moment means for the future of American Jewry.We discussed: Whether fighting antisemitism actually works

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01:14:35

Brianna Wu on Israel, Transgender Identity, and the...

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2026/03/13

In this episode, I sit down with Brianna Wu for a wide-ranging and candid conversation on antisemitism, Israel, progressivism, trans politics, Gamergate, the Democratic Party, and the collapse of the political center in America.Brianna has become one of the most outspoken and unexpected public voices defending Israel and the Jewish community in the wake of October 7, especially within spaces where that has come at real personal and professional cost. We discuss what drew her into this fight, why so

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00:57:22

A Conservative Professor Talks Trump's Impact on Campus

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2026/03/10

Have the policies of the Trump admin helped reformed the Humanities?Do Jews feel safer on college campuses?Why has antisemitism exploded on American college campuses?Did the Trump administration actually change universities?How will the War in Iran end up?What should we make of the internal schism within the Republican party?How will AI and technology effect the economy?#iran #ubi #congress #israel #trump #rabbi #davidpan #gaza #palestine #rabbi #idf #tuckercarlson #bibi I discuss all of these

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00:53:58

Should Reform Judaism Remain Zionist? w/ Rabbi Sam Stern

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2026/03/06

For my last conversation with Sam see here: https://youtu.be/Q06L7Uxq4PY?si=su6O18LIw3fF_JKfRabbi Sam Stern returns to The Fifth Question for a wide-ranging conversation on Reform Judaism, Zionism, anti-Zionism, and the future of American Jewish institutions. We start with Stern’s recent op-ed—“Reform Judaism chose Zionism. That was not a mistake.”—and trace the Reform movement’s historical arc from the 1885 Pittsburgh Platform to the 1937 Columbus Platform, and into today’s post–October 7

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00:59:58

Will AI Replace Artists and Rabbis?

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2026/02/24

Welcome back to the Fifth Question Podcast — I’m your host, Rabbi Daniel Levine.In this episode, I sit down with Professor Mike Wirth (Queens University of Charlotte): artist, educator, and futurist. We start with a deceptively simple question—what is a futurist?—and end up in a wide-ranging conversation on Jewish futurism, story-space, Chassidic imagination, and what it means to “shape the future” by being fully present.Mike shares how Jewish time itself is a kind of futurist technology: Shabbat as

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00:55:23

Why The Jews Rejected Jesus

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2026/02/12

he second part of my conversation with @DavidWilberBlog about why Jews Do Not Accept Jesus.In this episode of The Fifth Question, we dive into one of the most sensitive and fascinating topics in Jewish–Christian dialogue: Jews for Jesus, Messianic Judaism, and why these movements are generally not accepted as part of the Jewish community.I sit down with Christian author and teacher David Wilber for a thoughtful, respectful conversation about:What Messianic Judaism claims and how the Jewish

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00:57:51

Meet The Christian Who Keeps Jewish Law

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2026/02/09

Welcome back to The Fifth Question Podcast — I’m your host, Daniel Levine. In today’s wildly unexpected episode, I sit down with ‪@DavidWilberBlog‬ — a popular Christian writer, teacher, and theologian — who makes a provocative case: Christians should be keeping Jewish (biblical/Mosaic) law.This is Part 1 of a longer conversation, and it focuses on David’s framework as a Christian who practices Torah observance through Messianic Judaism — what he describes as a “Jewish form of Christianity” rooted

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01:02:13

What Do I Think of Intermarriage? and Other Jewish Q's

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2026/02/05

I recently appeared on the Rabbi Avi Show to unpack my views on a variety of hot topics including:Zionism, intermarriage, antisemitism, campus life, American politics, and much more!#interfaithlove #campus #trump #gaza #interfaith Please Like, comment, and subscribe :)

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01:15:19

Everything You Need to Know about Jew Hatred w/...

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2026/02/03

Andrew Pessin joins me again to trace the 19th-century ideas that made political Zionism feel almost inevitable—emancipation, nationalism, Marxism, Darwinism, and the rise of modern racial antisemitism. From there we unpack The Protocols of the Elders of Zion: what it claimed, where it came from, why it spread, and how conspiratorial antisemitism still echoes in the way Israel and Jews are talked about today.We also discuss why it was so hard for many Jews to “see the writing on the wall” in real

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00:49:25

Has Trump Made Things Safer or Worse for Jews? w/...

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2026/01/30

In this wide-ranging conversation, I’m joined by former Congressman Reid Ribble (Wisconsin’s 8th District) to unpack the biggest political questions shaping America right now: the rise of antisemitism across the political spectrum, Trump’s political impact (and contradictions), Israel/Ukraine and U.S. foreign policy, the national debt, entitlement reform, immigration, and why Congress feels increasingly broken.We begin with headlines and lived realities—from antisemitic violence and campus

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01:10:21

Why I Hold Israel to a Double Standard

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2026/01/20

I recently appeared on the Don't Know Much About podcast with Naya Lekht to discuss my philosophy of Israel and Jewish Education.To listen to the last episode I did with Naya see here: https://youtu.be/bsodVJMFX-U?si=0PpJzK31WNX9Kb1V#holocaustremembrance #israel #orthodoxjudaism #reformjudaism #jewishidentity Jewish History, Politics, Israel, Antisemitism, and Zionism - I cover it all.If you appreciate these episodes please like, comment, and subscribe!Facebook:

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00:09:26

Martin Luther King Jr. Was a Zionist: Here’s Why That...

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2026/01/17

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is often used to project modern political causes onto a man who can no longer speak for himself. In this episode, I take a closer look at how MLK’s legacy—particularly his clear support for the Jewish community and Zionism—has been reinterpreted, distorted, and in some cases erased by today’s activist movements.We talk about the growing trend of folding anti-Israel ideology into social justice spaces, the attempt to cast MLK as an anti-Zionist figure despite his own words,

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00:53:38

The Iranian Uprising w/ Tarlan Rabizadeh

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2026/01/15

For my first conversation with Rabbi Tarlan see here: https://youtu.be/g3Nnmh85gRg?si=VLydkG2nV6GuV8EcThere’s been a major communications blackout in Iran — and while most people in the West barely saw it on the front page (if at all), people on the ground and their families abroad are living it in real time.Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh joins me to talk about what she’s hearing from friends and community members, how people are getting information out (VPNs, Starlink, scraps of footage), and why the story

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00:44:50

One Joint Led to Years in Prison and Homelessness —...

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2026/01/08

In this episode, I’m joined by Daniel Buchierz — a Republican congressional candidate with an extraordinary, hard-earned perspective on the criminal justice system, homelessness, addiction, and public safety.Daniel shares a visceral story from 1991: how a minor marijuana charge escalated into a jury trial and years in maximum security, despite having no prior record — and how he spent decades fighting what he says was a due process failure and a conviction that never should have stood. He talks

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00:44:05

Meet Trump’s Pick for Labor Inspector General:...

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2025/12/30

In this episode, I sit down with former U.S. Congressman and former NYPD detective Anthony D’Esposito, who is also a Trump-appointed nominee for Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Labor. We cover the intersection of crime, policing, immigration, antisemitism (including on the right), congressional bipartisanship, and what he believes comes next for the Republican Party after Donald Trump.We begin with New York’s shifting political landscape and the policing debate—from cashless bail and

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00:57:29

Anti-Zionism Isn’t Political Debate — It’s a Modern...

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2025/12/19

In this episode, Adam Louis Klein explains why anti-Zionism is not simply criticism of Israel, but a modern ideological movement shaping campus activism, academia, and contemporary antisemitism.We explore how anti-Jewish hatred has evolved across history—from medieval anti-Judaism, to 19th-century racial antisemitism, to today’s anti-Zionism as a full-scale social and moral ideology. Adam argues that many debates within the Jewish community are fundamentally misframed, and that treating anti-Zionism

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00:52:35

From Satmar to Open Orthodoxy | Rabbi Ysoscher Katz

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2025/12/11

Rabbi Ysoscher Katz on Open Orthodoxy, Satmar Roots, Queer Inclusion, Mysticism vs. Maimonides, and the Haredi IDF Draft Crisis.In this episode, Daniel sits down with Rabbi Ysoscher Katz — a leading voice in Open Orthodoxy with deep Satmar Hasidic roots — to explore the future of Orthodox Judaism in the 21st century. They discuss why Rabbi Katz sees contemporary Orthodoxy as being in crisis, the obsession with labels (“ultra-Orthodox,” “modern Orthodox,” “open Orthodox”), and how to build a Judaism

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00:56:43

Soviet Refuseniks and Modern Zionism ft. Izabella...

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2025/12/07

In this episode, I sit down with Izabella Tabarovsky — senior scholar of Soviet and contemporary antisemitism and author of Be a Refusenik: A Jewish Student Survival Guide — for one of the most important conversations about Jewish identity, Zionism, and campus life after October 7.We cover:Why American Jews feel afraid and disoriented in the current climateHow antisemitism from the far left, far right, and Islamist movements has converged into a single narrativeWhat today’s students can learn from

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01:04:07

The Rise of Nick Fuentes — and What to Do About It

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2025/11/21

What’s going on inside the American right when open antisemitism, Holocaust revisionism, and “Groyper” culture are suddenly on center stage?In this episode, I sit down with Kimo Gandall — former chair of the California College Republicans and a Harvard Law–trained attorney active in GOP politics — to unpack the Nick Fuentes / Tucker Carlson moment, the Heritage Foundation backlash, and why some Republican leaders (like JD Vance and Trump) seem so reluctant to clearly draw red lines.We dig into the

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01:08:03

Leaving Anti-Zionism: Confronting the Ideology

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2025/11/18

In this episode, I sit down with Zahava Feldstein, creator of Rabbi’s Daughter Rebellion, who describes herself as a “reformed anti-Zionist Jew.” We trace her journey from growing up as a rabbi’s kid in the American South and thriving in feminist Jewish day school, to becoming a staunch anti-Zionist at Scripps College through SJP/JVP organizing, critical race theory and ethnic studies — and then the moment it all began to crack when she sat down with her dad and the Encyclopedia Judaica and

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