The Roar of Judah: Chronicles in the Storm

Moshe David - The Roar of Judah Foundation

There is a storm in every generation. This is where headlines, streets, and campuses are judged in the light of covenant and memory. Hosted by Moshe David, The Roar of Judah, Chronicles in the Storm weaves news, essays, and witness from Israel, America, and beyond, calling Jews and allies to stand, to remember, and to refuse silence in a trembling age, so that the Lion still roars over the noise of this world. For those who will not bow to terror or forget who we are, this is your watch and your warning, your call to stand.

Episodes

  1. 7H AGO

    Covenant First: When America First Becomes a Weapon

    In this episode of The Roar of Judah: Chronicles in the Storm, I speak as an American Jew who is covenant first, Hashem first, therefore Israel first. I served the United States as a United States Army officer, a medical platoon leader attached to an air and tank cavalry, and I put boots on the ground where duty is real and slogans are cheap. I have also served Americans for thirty years as a physician associate, caring for sick patients in the ICU, the emergency department, and medical wards, treating Jew, Christian, Muslim, white, Black, Hispanic, it does not matter, with equal dignity and profoundly excellent care. I confront how “America first” becomes a loyalty test aimed at Jews, an old antisemitic trope of Jewish disloyalty in modern clothing, and why it is painful from non Jews, and a knife in the heart when it comes from Jews. This is not about borders, it is about Hashem, Torah, covenant, and the duty of a people who refuse to be reordered by anyone’s slogan. Sources:  ADL, “Myth: Jews Are Disloyal,” https://antisemitism.adl.org/disloyalty/  Encyclopaedia Britannica, “America First Committee,” https://www.britannica.com/topic/America-First-Committee  United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, “The Text of Lindbergh’s Address in Des Moines Coliseum,” https://newspapers.ushmm.org/historical-article/1941-the-text-of-lindberghs-address-in-des-moines-coliseum-35757  Time, “The Long History Behind Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ Foreign Policy,” https://time.com/4273812/america-first-donald-trump-history/ . (ADL Anti-Semitism Resource Center)

    16 min
  2. 4D AGO

    The Turning Point Turned: AmericaFest, and the Squeeze on the Jews.

    AmericaFest 2025 just happened in Phoenix, and the backlash is not noise, it is a warning siren. This was Turning Point USA’s first AmericaFest since Charlie Kirk was killed, and it became a public stage for a widening fracture on the right over Israel, antisemitism, conspiracy culture, and whether moral boundaries still exist at all. I am speaking as an American Jew who feels the squeeze from both Democrats and Republicans, and I am saying this clearly, Jewish safety first, Israel’s right to exist first, and no party owns us. Credible sources are included at the end of this episode description, including direct livestreams and full speeches, so you can verify the factual references for yourself rather than relying on rumor. This episode names the moment as a fault line, Ben Shapiro’s address, the Tucker Carlson segment, the storm around Megyn Kelly’s “making antisemites” framing, the Fuentes shadow, and JD Vance refusing to draw red lines against bigotry. And I widen the lens because the squeeze is real, pressure from the left that excuses antisemitism in the language of justice, pressure from the right that launders old tropes through new slogans, and the demand that Jews keep proving our loyalty while our safety becomes negotiable. Not here. Not anymore. Sources and active links Official AmericaFest 2025 dates and venue, Phoenix Convention Center, Dec 18–21, 2025: https://www.amfest.com/home-4 TPUSA official Day 1 livestream, AmericaFest 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyv5pJSt62c Tucker Carlson full AmericaFest 2025 speech, Turning Point USA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrzdm0pBnTQ Ben Shapiro speech at AmericaFest 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mggImQx1NWY Associated Press on JD Vance declining to set red lines over bigotry at AmericaFest: https://apnews.com/article/turning-point-charlie-kirk-vance-republicans-2028-e28a332d7f55eb44346ef9d47e8906e4 ADL statement thread on “making antisemites,” “Israel first,” and the dual loyalty trope: https://x.com/ADL/status/2003486076850290792 Reuters on Nicki Minaj’s onstage appearance and the JD Vance “assassin” gaffe: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/charlie-kirks-widow-consoles-nicki-minaj-after-assassin-gaffe-2025-12-21/

    11 min
  3. DEC 16

    Hanukkah: A Window of Witness, A People of Promise

    In this episode of The Roar of Judah: Chronicles in the Storm, Moshe David takes you through the entire Hanukkah story as a full study, not a simplified tale. We begin with the historical foundations in 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, and Josephus, then we enter the rabbinic heart of Hanukkah through the Talmud, Megillat Ta’anit, Midrash, Rashi, Ramban, Rambam, Shulchan Aruch, and the prayer of Al Hanissim. This is a journey into dedication, identity, and the sacred audacity of a people who refused to let the world rename them, then carried the light from the Temple into every Jewish home. Sources and Further Study Source, Shabbat 21b, What is Hanukkah, Sefaria, https://www.sefaria.org/Shabbat.21b.10.   Source, Rashi on Numbers 8:2, Sefaria, https://www.sefaria.org/Rashi_on_Numbers.8.2.   Source, Ramban on Numbers 8:2, Sefaria, https://www.sefaria.org/ Ramban_on_Numbers.8.2.   Source, Mishneh Torah, Scroll of Esther and Hanukkah 4:12, Rambam on the beloved mitzvah of Hanukkah lights, Sefaria, https://www.sefaria.org/ Mishneh_Torah%2C_Scroll_of_Esther_and_Hanukkah.4.12.   Source, Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 671, laws of Hanukkah lights, Sefaria, https://www.sefaria.org/ Shulchan_Arukh%2C_Orach_Chayim.671.   Source, 1 Maccabees chapter 4, rededication and annual eight day commemoration, USCCB, https://bible.usccb.org/bible/1maccabees/4.   Source, 2 Maccabees chapter 10, eight days like Sukkot with branches and palms, USCCB, https://bible.usccb.org/bible/2maccabees/10.   Source, Josephus, Antiquities 12.325, festival called Lights, Lexundria, https://lexundria.com/j_aj/12.325/wst.   Source, Al Hanissim full text, My Jewish Learning, https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/full-text-of-al-hanisim-for-hanukkah/.   Source, V’al Hanissim text and translation, Chabad, https://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article_cdo/aid/597182/jewish/Val-Hanissim.htm.   Source, Daniel R. Schwartz, 1 Maccabees, Anchor Yale Bible, Yale University Press, https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300159936/1-maccabees/.   Source, Jonathan A. Goldstein, II Maccabees, Anchor Yale Bible, Yale University Press, https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300139976/ii-maccabees/.   Source, Shaye J. D. Cohen, From the Maccabees to the Mishnah, Third Edition, Westminster John Knox Press, https://www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/0664239048-from-the-maccabees-to-the-mishnah-third-edition/.   Source, The Roar of Judah: Chronicles in the Storm, Apple Podcasts page, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-roar-of-judah-chronicles-in-the-storm/id1858789294.   Source, The Roar of Judah: In the Name of I Am, Apple Podcasts page, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-roar-of-judah-in-the-name-of-i-am/id1830755194.   Source, The Day The Lion Wept, Apple Books page, https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-day-the-lion-wept/id6754013328.   Source, The Day The Lion Wept, Kindle listing, https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Marc-Davis-ebook/dp/B0FX56R2LV.

    13 min
  4. DEC 14

    The Blood Libel Reborn: Tucker Carlson, and the War on Jewish Reality

    In this episode of The Roar of Judah: Chronicles in the Storm, Moshe David speaks as an American Jew and former U.S. Army officer, standing in the blast wind where truth and propaganda collide. We confront Tucker Carlson’s recent claims about Israel, claims that Israel murders children on purpose, targets journalists to silence cameras, and engineers a campaign of deliberate cruelty. We answer those accusations with law, with evidence, with moral clarity, and with the aching knowledge of what happens when the world decides Jews are uniquely evil. We also confront the insinuations that Jews and Israel “control” America through dark influence, the call to strip citizenship from Americans who served in the IDF, and the reckless conspiracy insinuation that Jeffrey Epstein served Israeli intelligence. This is not a defense of war. This is a defense of reality, and of the Jewish right to be judged by facts instead of ancient libels dressed in modern clothing. Sources and Links https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd_LN4fDf6s https://singjupost.com/why-are-we-defending-mass-murder-in-gaza-tucker-carlson-show-transcript/ https://www.rev.com/transcripts/carlson-at-turning-point-usa https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/tucker-carlson-speaks-at-turning-point-usa-summit/662451 https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/Loss-US-Nationality-Service-in-Armed-Forces-of-a-Foreign-State.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship.html https://www.britannica.com/topic/blood-libel https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/blood-libel https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule1 https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule14 https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule15 https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule20 https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnspencer/2023/10/17/israel-is-implementing-unprecedented-measures-to-avoid-civilian-casualties/ https://www.reuters.com/graphics/ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/GAZA-TUNNELS/gkvldmzorvb/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-tunnel-city-beneath-gaza-hidden-frontline-israel-2023-10-26/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-calls-out-israel-hamas-after-gaza-aid-shipment-attacked-diverted-2024-05-02/ https://www.reuters.com/world/record-number-journalists-killed-2024-israel-mostly-responsible-cpj-says-2025-02-12/ https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-director-general-condemns-killing-journalists-anas-al-sharif-mohammed-qreiqeh-ibrahim-zaher https://rsf.org/en/rsf-files-third-complaint-icc-about-israeli-war-crimes-against-journalists-gaza https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-lawmakers-say-israel-hasnt-held-account-those-involved-2023-strike-that-2025-12-12/ https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/DT.ODA.ALLD.CD?locations=PS https://www.unrwa.org/our-partners/government-partners https://www.unrwa.org/how-you-can-help/how-we-are-funded https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/eu-humanitarian-support-to-palestinians/ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/attachment/881908/Factsheet%20-%20EU%20Support%20to%20Palestinians_EN.pdf https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-aid-watchdog-finds-no-evidence-systematic-hamas-theft-us-funded-gaza-aid-sources-say-2025-07-25/ https://time.com/7302177/epstein-mossad-israel-intelligence-naftali-bennett/ https://www.jta.org/2025/07/14/israel/former-israeli-pm-rebuts-tucker-carlsons-claim-that-jeffrey-epstein-worked-for-mossad https://www.justice.gov/nsd-fara https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF10499 https://forward.com/news/730423/tucker-carlson-ted-cruz-aipac-foreign-agent/

    21 min

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There is a storm in every generation. This is where headlines, streets, and campuses are judged in the light of covenant and memory. Hosted by Moshe David, The Roar of Judah, Chronicles in the Storm weaves news, essays, and witness from Israel, America, and beyond, calling Jews and allies to stand, to remember, and to refuse silence in a trembling age, so that the Lion still roars over the noise of this world. For those who will not bow to terror or forget who we are, this is your watch and your warning, your call to stand.