Rabbi Elchanan Poupko is an eleventh-generation rabbi, the founding editor of The Lamdan (which is the Wilf Campus Torah Journal) and he is the President of EITAN. Moreover, he is part of the American Israeli Jewish Network, and has been an outspoken supporter of bipartisanship and a strong supporter of the state of Israel. Rabbi Poupko has written dozens of publications on matters relating to politics, religion, and Israel. He holds Master’s degree in Jewish Education from Yeshiva University, and is also a member of the Rabbinical Council of America. His YouTube channel can be found here.
In this episode of the International Risk Podcast, Rabbi Poupko and Dominic get into a conversations regarding the recent escalation of the conflict between Lebanon and Israel. The Israeli Defense Forces launched a series of airstrikes on Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon, following what the military described as significant threats of missile and rocket attacks on Israel. This recent flare-up is part of a broader conflict that has been simmering since the outbreak of hostilities between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip in October 2023.