What are the historical, cultural, strategic, and values-based foundations that sustain the enduring US-Israel alliance? Host Gil Troy and historian and theologian R. Yitz Greenberg discuss the key factors that underpin, and the historic moments that have shaped the partnership between the United States and Israel.

R. Yitz Greenberg is an American historian, author, and theologian. Known for promoting understanding between Judaism and Christianity, he earned a PhD in American history from Harvard University, was an associate professor of history at Yeshiva University, and a founder, chairman, and professor in the Department of Jewish Studies of the City College of New York . He is currently the Senior Scholar in Residence at Yeshivat Hadar.

(0:00) Opening

(0:44) Introduction

(5:39) Truman Letter

(7:39) Ben-Gurion Letter

(9:13) Interview with Yitz Greenberg

(36:40) Summary

To read the texts and learn more about the manuscripts discussed in this episode, visit:

• President Harry Truman On The Situation In 1948 At The Outbreak Of The Arab-Israeli War https://www.shapell.org/manuscript/truman-israel-independence-war/
• David Ben-Gurion on President Dwight D. Eisenhower ⁠https://www.shapell.org/manuscript/david-ben-gurion-on-eisenhower/⁠

Check out Yitz Greenberg’s 5 favorite books:

1. Daniel Ross Goodman, Soloveitchik's Children
2. Jacob Milgrom, Leviticus, volume 1
3. Gil Troy, Why I Am a Zionist
4. Daniel Kahnemann,Thinking ,Fast and Slow
5. Daniel Gordis, Impossible Takes Longer…

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Music by Adam Weingrod

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