The Benjamin Anthony Show from the MirYam Institute

In this episode of the podcast, I'm joined by Aviram Meir, uncle of Almog Meir-Jan. Almog was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7th. He's a 21 year old civilian. Aviram and I discuss how he sees the curr…

In this episode of the briefing, I'm joined by Avi Bell, professor of law at Bar Ilan University and University of San Diego, Yaakov Lappin, In-House Analyst at The MirYam Institute and David Hacham,…

In this episode, I'm joined by Yaakov Lappin, In-House Analyst at The MirYam Institute. 

He and I discuss the different visions for the day after the war, as outlined by the US President and Prime Min…

In this episode of the podcast, I sit down to interview Iris Haim, mother of Yotam Haim Z"L, who was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7th, 2023, and killed by IDF soldiers on December 15th, 2023, as the…

Amir Tibon moved with his wife Miri to the pastoral Kibbutz Nahal Oz, right on the Gaza border, after the 2014 Israel-Gaza war.

The couple, then without children, wanted to support the small community…

In this episode of the podcast, you'll hear my conversation with New York Times Opinion Columnist Bret Stephens. 

Recorded in front of a live audience in Manhattan on November 7th, 2023, to commemorat…

On November 20th, 2023, we brought Orit and Aviram Meir, mother and uncle of Almog Meir-Jan respectively, to the British House of Commons to tell their story. Almog was kidnapped by Hamas on October …

Israel is engaged in a war it doesn't want and not of its making.

A quiet Shabbat morning, also the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah where Jews celebrate finishing reading the Torah and then start to r…

MirYam Institute Co-Founder Benjamin Anthony is joined by former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor Chuck Freilich for an emergency briefing and analysis on the horrific attacks on Israel by Ha…

“Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum” (IDDF), Est. 2022 - A  Biweekly Podcast with Chuck Freilich and Benjamin Anthony

Episode 36 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Fre…

In this episode, Benjamin and Yaakov sat down to discuss a recent speech presented by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the annual ICT conference at Reichman University in which he outlined four natio…

“Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum” (IDDF), Est. 2022 - A  Biweekly Podcast with Chuck Freilich and Benjamin Anthony

Episode 35 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Fre…

In this episode, Benjamin Anthony sits down to talk with Former Deputy Head of Mossad, Naftali Granot to discuss the likelihood of a multi-front attack on The State of Israel.

They also briefly touch …

Episode 34 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Benjamin Anthony, Co-Founder & CEO of the Miryam Institut…

In this episode Benjamin and Yaakov begin with the heavy topic of recent terror attacks in Judea & Samaria, the latest of which was the murder of a mother of three children near the city of Hebron. T…

“Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum” (IDDF), Est. 2022 - A  Biweekly Podcast with Chuck Freilich and Benjamin Anthony

Episode 33 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Fre…

“Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum” (IDDF), Est. 2022 - A  Biweekly Podcast with Chuck Freilich and Benjamin Anthony

Episode 32 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Fre…

In this episode of the briefing, Yaakov Lappin and I sat down to discuss the impact of the ongoing effort to bring about judicial reform, with a particular focus upon the increasing declarations by s…

In June, 2023, The MirYam Institute brought close to fifty U.S. and Canadian Military Cadets to Poland and to Israel for the annual Israel Strategy & Policy Tour (I-SAP).


All of the participants will …

Episode 31 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Benjamin Anthony, Co-Founder of the Miryam Institute. 

In …