Are Israel and the Jews Facing the Fate of Fallen Civilizations? | With Dr. Shalom Salomon Wald

Is the Jewish people’s golden age already behind us?

What can the Jewish people learn—before history repeats itself?

Can Israel avoid the fate that befell so many great civilizations?

I’m Matan Hasidim, an Israeli journalist—and this conversation was recorded in Jerusalem on Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 24, 2025.

As part of a special series for Israel’s 77th Independence Day, I sat down with Dr. Shalom Salomon Wald—historian, Holocaust survivor, and author of "The Rise and Decline of Civilizations: Lessons for the Jewish People"—to ask a difficult question:

Are Israel and the Jews facing the fate of fallen civilizations?

From the fall of Athens to the warnings of Toynbee and the vision of the prophets, Dr. Wald traces 2,400 years of civilizational thought to explore what history can teach the Jewish people—before it’s too late.

We talk about Israel's role in the West and the East, the threats Jews face from within and without, and whether the Jewish people still carry a message the world needs to hear.

A conversation about memory, destiny, and survival.

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