The Yoga of War Podcast: Fighting for Israel & The Jewish People

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Remember school? That place where you learned to ask questions and critically think?

That place is gone.

Gone and replaced with a new agenda not of teaching and learning, but of programming and indoctrination. Our American children are no longer encouraged to think for themselves, but to groupthink according to the intersectional ideology of an educational hierarchy that is largely controlled by the anti-American--and profoundly antisemitic--Red/Green Alliance.

In this LIVE conversation, Shana Meyerson of YOGAthletica and Di...

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It's October 7th, 2025.

Two years ago today, thousands of Hamas terrorists and “innocent Gazan civilians” flooded into Israel to bake babies, behead men, rape women, massacre Holocaust victims, and brutally kidnap children. Oh, and dismember kibbutzniks, declare open season on concert-goers, and burn down entire communities.

Today, 48 hostages, both alive & murdered, remain in Hamas captivity where they are starved, tortured and manipulated as pawns in a sick game of psychological terror levied on Israel & the Jewish world.

The world’s response: “Ho hum. Let...

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As the war in Gaza rages on after 725 brutal days, we find ourselves simultaneously in the midst of the most sacred period of the Jewish calendar, the Yamim Noraim the Days of Awe and Repentance.

Tragically, the Torah says a lot about religious war on the Jews. And the history books say even more.

What we are witnessing now from the Islamic terrorists is nothing new. It's nothing new from them and it's nothing new from the wo...

Tinashe Peter (the artist formerly known as Aquarius Waive) is a man of tremendous faith and moral conviction.

If you have followed him on social media the past two years, you have witnessed a radical transformation. Truly an awakening. A repudiation of the Woke. A return to God.

Sometimes names are Divine, and they define not just a person, but a purpose. Tinashe means God is With Us. And as his relationship with God has evolved, so has his perspective. Recently, Tinashe has become a staunch and vocal supporter of Israel, of the Jewish People...

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Impossible to imagine. But try.

Try to imagine being at Burning Man, or Coachella, or Glastonbury, or Tomorrowland. Thousands of people, celebrating music and life and love and nature and peace.

And then imagine bands of terrorists flooding the festival, both on the ground and from the air, and savagely massacring 365, kidnapping 44, and raping, terrorizing, brutalizing and torturing hundreds more, as the rest scrambled through the killing fields in a desperate attempt to save their lives.

I...

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Jewish Federation of Los Angeles hosts Nova Festival survivor, Eitan Halley, in a poignant conversation moderated by Yoga of War podcaster, Shana Meyerson. In this discussion, Eitan talks about the horror of October 7th, his inspiring story of survival, and the strength and purpose that carries him as he moves dee...

It's 9/11.

Twenty-four years ago today, Al-Qaeda exploded the Twin Towers in the worst terrorist attack to ever occur on US soil. The world was stunned and would never be the same.

Islamic terror became a prominent global threat but something remarkable happened. It was a slow creep, in response to a very carefully crafted propaganda campaign, but the West started rallying in the terrorists’ defense.

Decades later, as the world witnessed the savage, bestial Hamas atrocities perpetrated against Israel on October 7, 2023, it cheered. One month later, TikTok was flooded with celebrations of Osama Bi...

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Please join this LIVE conversation with the inspiring young leaders of Sharaka, working across religious beliefs from both Israel and across the Gulf to shape a new Middle East, built on dialogue, understanding, cooperation and friendship. Sharaka is the personal face of the spirit of the Abraham Accords, dedicated to create a world founded on peace, truth, and shared human morality.

Sharaka is a family of Israelis and Arabs, Jews, Muslims, Christians and Druze from across the Middle East, all workin...

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With the raging war in the Middle East, peace may seem impossible, but there are glimmers of hope, shining spirits who work relentlessly to fulfill a grand vision of goodwill and compassion between ancient cousins to build a better, kinder world for this generation and generations to come.

Soraya M. Deen is one of those visionaries. A Muslim activist who seeks to build bridges, fight hate, and foster understanding based on shared values of the Quran and the Torah. Values that h...

There is no Palestinian State. World leaders can say anything they want, but the fact is: you cannot have a state without borders or a government. And the other fact is, the Palestinians have neither.

And for good reason.

The Arabs were actually offered a state by the UN in 1947 and 1948 but they rejected the partition plan outright because they refused to recognize a Jewish State.

Later, this refusal would be codified in the Khartoum Declaration of 1967: No recognition of Israel. No peace with Israel. And no negotiations with Israel. AKA, The Jewish...

There is so much media attention on the war in Gaza and almost no context or reminders of how this war on Hamas started.

It was October 7, 2023, when the terrorists and civilians of Gaza flooded Israel and committed the most unmentionable, unfathomable, and inhuman atrocities to occur in the Western World since the Holocaust.

Out of that day came the most devastating of tragedies...but also the most powerful, incredible, selfless, and inspiring heroes.

Today, IDF Sergeant Major @chaimalespin returns to the Yoga of War Podcast to share some of the stories of...

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I know everyone listening has heard of Hollywood. And there is a pretty good chance you have heard of Bollywood. But have you heard of Pallywood?

You should. Because I 100% guarantee you have seen it—often in the past 22 months in particular—and probably don’t even know it.

Pallywood is a term coined by historian Richard Landes to describe the deliberate staging, fabrication, or manipulation of media—primarily visual, but also verbal—by Palestinian sources to falsely depict Israel as an aggressor and gain internat...

On July 15, rampaging Bedouins and Syrian forces invaded the Syrian Druze village of Suweida and massacred up to 2000 people, torturing, raping and kidnapping hundreds more in a viscous and barbaric terrorist raid disturbingly reminiscent of October 7th.

With fewer than a million Druze in the entire world—most of them concentrated in Syria, Israel, Lebanon and Jordan—this was a devastating tragedy of unimaginable proportions.

A unique characteristic of the Druze people is their fierce loyalty to and respect for whatever society they live in. In Israel, they are honored as perhaps the single most loya...

If you’re anything like me, there is a good chance you wake up every morning these days, wary of what the new day will bring and go to sleep each night wondering what the hell just happened.

It’s been 22 months of Orwellian insanity and, to be honest, sometimes I just think I am losing my mind. October 7, 2023 was the day that common decency went out the window and basic morality decided to take a paid leave of absence.

People think this phenomenon of thinly masked anti-Zionist-flavored antisemitism is something new. It’s nothing new. I...

The world changed on October 7, 2023.

It didn’t just change for Israel. It didn’t just change for the Jewish People. It changed for humanity.

On that dark day, some 6000 Gazans—both terrorists and thousands of civilians—invaded the Jewish State and committed the most unspeakable and unthinkable atrocities in modern history.

While most Muslims ran to defend the orgy of evil, Anila Ali ran the other way. Citing her belief in the goodness of the Quran, Anila has been unapologetically speaking out against both the rampage and the antisemitism that has exploded in its w...

The Yoga of War Podcast has been blessed with some truly incredible guests. A litany of the most important and influential pro-Israel voices on earth have graced the show with both their presence and their knowledge.

But today, I am joined by perhaps the wisest, most articulate and most intelligent of all the commentators. Barely ten years old, Ben Carasso is the coronated Spokeskid of Israel.

But perhaps Spokeskid is the wrong term. Yes, Ben is a very young man, but he’s also an incredibly old soul with a tremendous amount to teach the so...

Israel and the Jewish People have been absolutely blessed with some incredible, vocal, and powerful Christian Zionist allies who have proven to be absolute heroes since the Hamas terrorist massacre on October 7, 2023.

While so many people have lost sight of their Judeo-Christian values of condemning terror, defending justice, and loving one's neighbors, others have heard the call loud and clear.

Influencers like musician John Ondrasik (Five for Fighting), news commentator Erin Molan, Ambassador Mike Huckabee, and TV host Dr. Phil (to name a few) reach millions of people a day with their message of Christian...

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One year ago, I had an idea for a podcast: The Yoga of War: Important Conversations About Israel & Antisemitism.

By extraordinary luck, I found myself in a private chat with an absolute hero of truth and morality, urban warfare expert, John Spencer ( @johnspencer328 ). I have to be honest, when I asked if he would be the first guest on the show (well, I didn't exactly tell him he would be the first guest), I never thought he would actually say yes.<...

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At this point, anyone in the Israel game knows student Shabbos Kestenbaum and professor Shai Davidai. Pay attention a little closer, and you probably know Tessa Veksler and Eli Tsives, too. These pro-Israel campus activists have gotten a tremendous amount of media and social media attention, which helps to carry them and their cause even in the face of the most vile and relentless adversity and abuse.

But what happens when you are a lone soldier, fighting for Israel...

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@jewishnevada9194 hosts Yoga of War podcaster, Shana Meyerson, in a discussion about the State of Israel and the Jewish people, past, present, and future. As the world is being consumed with antisemitism and Jew Hatred, what does that mean for the Jews of Israel and the Diaspora? In this discussion we discuss the relationship between yoga theory and war, the importance and imperative of standing up for Am Yisrael, and how to be bold and empowere...

The Israel-Hamas War is now in Day 628. Certainly you have heard about Israel Defense Forces reservists who have served 300 days of active duty. IDF Sergeant Major @chaimalespin just completed 628.

That means for 628 consecutive days, Chaim has voluntarily put his family, his business, his life, and his personal safety on the back burner in order to defend his country. It's a kind of patriotic commitment that is hard to comprehend in most of the world. Not in Israel.

Israel is more than a country. Am Yisrael is a family. And family always stand together.

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Miri Gad Messika is a third-generation member of Kibbutz Be'eri and a graduate of the communal child-rearing system. Brought up in the idyllic Southern Israel community, directly on the border with Gaza, no one in her community ever could have imagined the horrors that unfolded on October 7, 2023.

On that horrifying and fateful day--like all 1200 members of Be'eri--Miri, her husband, and three children hid in their home's secure room as terrorists rampaged through their community.

Terrorists broke into their house and attempted to breach the door of the secure room. When they failed, they set the...

IT'S TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2025, AND IDF LT. COL. (RES.) IHAB SHLAYAN JOINS THE YOGA OF WAR PODCAST TO GIVE US A LIVE TACTICAL UPDATE ON THE WAR WITH IRAN, AS ISRAEL'S WAR RAGES WITH IRAN, HAMAS, AND THE HOUTHIS.

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Get the latest breaking news update from Israel to gain some insight into the historical war with Iran's IRGC. This is a very difficult and uncertain time for Israel and the Middle East, as Israel fights this war on terror, the Iranian Regime and its terror proxies in Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and...

IT'S SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2025, AND IDF SERGEANT MAJOR @chaimalespin JOINS THE YOGA OF WAR PODCAST TO GIVE US A LIVE TACTICAL UPDATE FROM GAZA, AS ISRAEL'S WAR RAGES WITH IRAN, HAMAS, AND THE HOUTHIS.

Get the latest from Israel to gain some insight into the new full-blown war with Iran's IRGC. This is a very difficult and uncertain time for Israel and the Middle East, as Israel fights this war on terror and the Iranian Ring of Fire. Now, as Israel goes after the "head of the octopus" (or "head of the snake"...pick your creature), everything is...

On October 7, 2023 Hamas terrorists launched a savage attack on southern Israel. 1200 were sadistically massacred, thousands more horrifically maimed, and 251 were viciously abducted as hostages back to Gaza.

Today, 615 days later, there remain 55 hostages in brutal captivity, 20 of whom are still assumed to be alive. Among them, 24-year-old Bipin Joshi, a Nepali agriculture student who risked his own life to save his friends from the terrorist onslaught on that Black Saturday.

A foreigner who had just arrived in Israel to learn agricultural techniques to bring home to Nepal, Bipin had absolutely nothing to do with the...

Everyone knows that Israel is engaged in a war in Gaza.

What most people don't know is that this isn't a war ON Gaza. But actually on a country 1500 miles away.

It is a war on the Iranian Regime.

Confused?

Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies is an expert on Iran and has been advising the White House all the way back to the (W) Bush Administration.

And one thing you need to know if nothing else: Khamenei's Iran & IRGC pose an existential threat not...

In Psalm 118 Verse 22, it is stated, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.”

That builder’s stone—the one in the corner, the base, the foundation—is so often forgotten and ignored, buried below the magnificent structure that towers above it.

But there’s only one problem: if you take away that stone, the entire edifice crumbles.

Today, that stone is our Judeo-Christian values, and the castle is Western Civilization. A once towering civilization of exquisite grandeur that is now crashing down upon itself.

Melanie Phillips’ book, The Builder’s St...

For many people around the globe—pro-Israel, anti-Israel, Jewish, non-Jewish—the 10/7 War is their first real awareness of the Israel-Gaza Conflict.

We are all being bombarded, day in & day out, with a surreal narrative wherein 97% of all articles about the war cite Hamas terrorist sources rather than those of the legitimate, democratic government of Israel.

Or should I say, the Jewish State?

Because, let’s be honest. This sickening and extremely detrimental bias is deeply antisemitic. People don’t want to say it. But it is.

Don’t believe me? How many times...

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Am Yisrael Chai!

The Nation of Israel Lives!

It's become an anthem, a greeting, a prayer, an affirmation, a war call. And it is all of that and none of that, at once. As Rabbi Leor Sinai says, "Am Yisrael Chai is not a slogan. It's a way of life."

So what does it really mean?

What is it about these three words that has stirred the soul of a nation?

Well, the an...

On October 5, 2023, international Ju-Jitsu champion & IDF elite special ops trainer Sagi Dovev launched SORTEAM, a resilience training program with a roster of lucrative contracts already in place. Decades of tireless work was about to pay off in tremendous dividends.

Two days later, the October 7 pogrom was unleashed on Israel and Sagi immediately packed his bag. Without a moment’s hesitation, he dropped everything and drove into the melee. A reservist in the IDF elite special forces, he went straight to Sheba Hospital to help the most severely injured soldiers. And he’s been there every day since.

Hours after the diabolical Hamas attacks on Israel, the morning of October 7, 2023, Retired Lieutenant Colonel, Jonathan Conricus reported as a civilian volunteer for reserve duty and was appointed as an IDF Reserve International Spokesperson.

After serving 24 years in the Israel Defense Forces, including four years as International Spokesperson from 2017-2021, he was just the right person for the job.

He remained in that distinguished position until the end of 2023 and in those grueling three months, he conducted a nonstop flurry of interviews, briefings, and events. Covering all time zones and media outlets, Jonathan conducted 30-40...

These days, bridges seem to be burnt with far more passion than they are being built. It is an unfortunate reality that, disappointingly, has often left the world Jewish community standing alone on one side.

But there is a whole cadre of truly progressive--meaning seeking actual social progress--leaders who are looking to shift that paradigm.

No man is an island. And neither is any nation. The world today is an interconnected super-society of friends, enemies, and a whole lot of frenemies. But no one stands alone.

Rabbi Erez Sherman has been a leader...

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It's Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2025. In the dark shadow of October 7th, and in the 18th month of the Israel-Hamas War, this day is wrought with profound significance & reflection.

The world has exploded in antisemitic convulsions that are startlingly reminiscent of Nazi Germany. And meanwhile in Berlin, one woman literally stands alone, strong, and unshakable in support of Israel, the Jewish People...and decency.

Neither Jewish nor Israeli, Karoline Preisler has...

Michael Berenbaum joined us on the Yoga of War Podcast a couple weeks ago to discuss some of the terminology that has been used to compare the Holocaust with the Gaza War. Today, we will explore the ideologies of Nazism and Radical Islam, how they tie in to each other and how they differ.

In this conversation, Shana Meyerson of YOGAthletica and Michael Berenbaum discuss Hamas and the Holocaust. The similarities, the differences, and why we need to know the difference. If you are a yogi or yogini who doesn't know the connection between Hamas's Gaza and...

Hillel Fuld ( @hilzfuld ) is nothing if not outspoken.

His tweets on X have had billions of views in the 18 months since October 7 and he has been extremely instrumental in informing and enlightening the world on the realities of the war in Gaza and the state of the Jewish State.

From the ceasefire and hostage deal to Benjamin Netanyahu and the future of democracy to the judicial reform protests and Deep State, Hillel is at the forefront of it all, deconstructing, elucidating, educating, commentating, and sometimes really pissing people off.

In this conversation, Shana...

On 10/7/23, the Western World was shocked and horrified by terror and brutality unleashed in the single largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. The parallels were undeniable and widely discussed.

The rapturous sadism with which the atrocities were executed, absolutely satanic.

The way that Hamas terrorists took over Gaza, so similar to Nazism and the rise of Hitler.

And, of course, the hostages, released in a perverse circus of depravity...the comparisons to survivors of the Nazi death camps were impossible to ignore.

In sickly ironic and very deliberate narratives, pro-Hamas...

Ethnic Studies sounds like such a warm, fuzzy concept. I learn about you, you learn about me. We foster mutual respect, tolerance, and appreciation for our cultures, traditions, and histories.

Unless you’re a Jew.

What masquerades as a well-intentioned effort to promote co-existence and understanding within the great melting pot we call America, happens to have a very dark underbelly that not only excludes, but demonizes, one minority group.

The one group, in fact, that is the target of more hate crimes than any other, despite comprising only 2% of the American population.

CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis shouldn't have to exist. Neither should a whole slew of watchdog organizations whose 24/7 mission is to monitor the relentless anti-Israel bias that plagues the media.

Once upon a time, media objectivity was the standard. Newspapers and broadcasts did something absolutely unheard of today: they just reported the news. Not from the perspective of the left, not from the right. No agenda. And with only one goal: to inform the public of facts.

Weird, right?

These days, every media outlet has an agenda...

The terrorists of Hamas have reportedly agreed to free all remaining Israeli-American hostages (Idan Alexander, Itay Chen, Omer Neutra, Gadi Haggai, and Judy Weinstein) in exchange for 30 more days of ceasefire and an undisclosed number of Hamas terrorists to be released from prison.

Obviously Donald Trump's threats are moving the needle on hostage negotiations. But is it moving enough???

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David Suissa is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Jewish Journal in Los Angeles. One of the most influential and widely read Jewish periodicals on earth today.

Suissa left a very successful career in advertising to focus exclusively on advocating for Israel and the world Jewish community. And the world Jewish community just LOVES him! His weekly columns are eagerly anticipated and, no pun intended, religiously read by a myriad devoted followers.

Commentating on the current war in Gaza and the viral antisemitism that has consumed the West since 10/7 isn't always simple or easy. But...