On Meaning

About the Meaning
"On Meaning" – Philosophical pollical podcast
Presentation
Hosted by	Tamir Dortal
Genre	Philosophical pollical podcast
Format	Audio video
Created by	Tamir Dortal
Language	Hebrew
Length	60 minutes
Production
Theme music composed by	sa-doc
Opening theme	Space Fiction
Video format	YouTube
Audio format	MP3
No. of episodes	143 (as of June 7, 2021)
Publication
Original release	April 7, 2019 (April 7, 2019)
Related
Website	mashmaut.wixsite.com/podcast

On meaning or About Meaning (Hebrew: על המשמעות, pronounced [al ha'mashmaut]) is a conservative Hebrew political philosophy podcast which examines ideas and philosophers shaping Israeli society today. The podcast was launched in April 2019 by Adv. Tamir Dortal.^[1] It has since accumulated over 400,000 downloads and made it to the finals in Geektime website's 2020 competition in the "interviews" category.^[2]

Background

Tamir Dortal was interested in Hebrew podcasts on the topics of conservatism, political philosophy, economics and civil liberties.^[3] He discovered there were few to none Hebrew podcasts on these topics, and decided to start his own.

Chapters

The podcast addresses issues on Israel's public agenda, including:^[4] Civil liberties, Jewish traditions in modern life, Jews and liberal conservatism, family, the welfare state, security, nationalism, Separation of religion and state, European migrant crisis, capitalism, governance, law and democracy, judicial activism, the Middle East and Islamic culture.^[5][6][7]

Guests have included people such as Ben Shapiro, Victor Davis Hanson and Dennis Prager.

Production

On Meaning's team produces other successful podcasts such as: Hashimua^[8] (Hebrew: השימוע – The Hearing), Al Hamilhama^[9] (Hebrew: על המלחמה – About the War) and HaMatzbee Menatzeah^[10] (Hebrew: המצביא מנצח – The warlord wins).

Host

Adv. Dortel received his law degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and interned at the Yehuda Raveh & Co. law firm. He is a social activist, lecturer/professor and civics teacher.^[11] Dortal is also a partner at the Tikvah Foundation and director of the Jerusalem-based Exodus Program. He currently teaches economics at the Shalom Hartman Institute.

See also

• Political podcast

External links

• Official website

References

1. "New wedding trend by Zionist settlers at Masjid al-Aqsa". November 14, 2019. Archived from the original on July 12, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
2. Inbar Patela, This Podcast will broaden your mind on Channel 20 Archived August 31, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, June 18, 2021
3. "תמיר דורטל, מחבר ב". מידה. October 24, 2019. Archived from the original on September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
4. "על המשמעות". ערוץ 7. Archived from the original on May 18, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
5. Eitan Levits, Even in the reality age there's a place for meaning and deep conversations Archived July 11, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, Arutz Sheva, July 7, 2021
6. ""אין בישראל ימין אמיתי": עו"ד תמיר דורטל משוחח עם יאיר קליינבאום". hebrewnews.com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
7. "על המשמעות: "אריה שיף הורשע לחינם בהריגה" • הקול היהודי". • הקול היהודי. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
8. "The hearing podcast on the Israeli forum for law and liberty website". Archived from the original on June 30, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
9. "על המלחמה". Buzzsprout. Archived from the original on May 29, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
10. "המצביא המנצח". Buzzsprout. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
11. "103FM – אראל סג"ל – "ראשי המכינות מודים שאינם עומדים במשימה"". 103FM – האזנה לרדיו און ליין. Archived from the original on September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.