Mael Time With Daniel Mael

A quick note on the attempt to investigate 10/7.

In this episode of the Mael Time Podcast, Rabbi Yaakov Menken joins Daniel Mael for a wide-ranging and unflinching conversation about Jewish values, political power, and the limits of unity in an age of rising anti-Semitism. Menken explains the mission of the Coalition for Jewish Values, critiques the ideological drift of legacy Jewish institutions, and argues that communal solidarity built on distortion or silence is not unity at all. The discussion confronts anti-Semitism on both the right and the left, examines the risks of legitimizing extremist voices, and challenges the Jewish community to choose moral clarity over convenience. At a moment when politics increasingly demands loyalty over truth, this conversation insists that Jewish identity cannot survive without honesty, courage, and principled dissent.

Chesed Shel Emes should be private.

In this episode of the Mael Time Podcast, Noam Buskila reflects on his experience as an Israeli soldier and musician navigating war, loss, and recovery. He speaks candidly about bringing his guitar with him to the front lines, using music as a lifeline amid grief, trauma, and the lasting effects of PTSD. Buskila explores how community support, diaspora donations, and a shared Jewish identity help sustain soldiers long after the fighting pauses. More than a personal story, the conversation is a meditation on resilience, mental health, and Jewish pride, capturing how music can bind a wounded people together as one body, one soul.

Naomi Kahn and Meir Deutsch of Regavim join the Mael Time Podcast for a clear-eyed conversation about one of Israel’s most urgent and least discussed crises: the state’s refusal to enforce its own laws. Drawing on Regavim’s on-the-ground work, they explain how selective enforcement has eroded sovereignty, undermined the rule of law, and created facts on the ground that no government statement can undo. This is not an ideological debate but a warning about governance itself. A country that writes laws but declines to enforce them invites chaos, and Kahn and Deutsch lay out why restoring enforcement is not optional but foundational to Israel’s future.