Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.
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âDays of Repentance, This Time With Bombsâ
What are we to make of Israelâs weekend attack on Iran?
âAll We Knowâ
What Wikipedia has to say about Israel and Zionism is changing before our eyes, and not for the better.
âOther Peoples' Electionsâ
For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: Two of every three Israelis polled say theyâre pulling for Trump to win. Is this true and, if so, why?
All of that and more music of our times.
Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron discuss one topic of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.
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Making Sense of Sinwar, asking four questions:
âSimchat Tora One Hebrew Calendar Year After Oct. 7thâ
For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: One Hebrew calendar year after Hamasâ attack on Israel, our religious communities have thought long and hard about the appropriate way to celebrate Simchat Tora.
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and Tova Cohen discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.
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âBest Laid Schemes (Leaâe Us Nought but Grief Anâ Pain), With Apologies to Robert Burns (And to Mice)â
Bringing down the Azrieli Towers? Conquering Israel top-to-bottom by 2025? Minutes of Hamas meetings sets out the groups grim vision.
âWhatâs So Funny âBout Peace, Love and Understanding?â
Has âpeaceâ left the building?
âJed Bartlet Is in the Sukkah!â
For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: Who, this year, would be our âUshpizinâ in our (notional or real) Sukkah.
All of that and Sukkot suddenly turning up everywhere.
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.
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âRegional Inferno?â
Israelâs war with Gaza may soon become an all-out regional war. How do you say âYikes!â in Farsi?
âAccounting of the Soulâ
What should we have in mind, this Yom Kippur, when we thump our chests in repentance?
For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: Our hot take on last nightâs Supreme Court ruling regarding the legality of organized gender-separated public prayer in liberal Tel Aviv.
All of that and marking a year of the nightmare of October 7. Plus, music that moves us from the memorials.
A New Year and a year since. What are we remembering when we remember October 7?
Elul is here and people all over the country are keeping the before-the-high-holidays tradition of saying Selihot, asking for forgiveness and offering atonement. All this as rockets and planes fly, and bombs fall.
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.
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âMajor Pager Ragerâ
A stunning attack-by-pager left dozens of Hezbollah militiamen dead and thousands maimed and wounded. What are we to make of a thing like that?
âCommemoration Vexationâ
How do you memorialize October 7, when October 7 hasnât ended yet?
âTesticles in the Twitterverse?â
For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: Hezbollah pagers explode, social media memes erupt, but not all Israelis are laughing.
All this and the music from the remarkable new record ר×× ××× ××ר×× (Wind Comes from the South).
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.
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âNot Too Brotherly, Not Much Loveâ
How did the âPhiladelphi Corridorâ become a matter of life and death?
âErrors of Omission and Commissionâ
The government hasnât investigated itself, so a bunch of citizens took it on itself. Is that a good thing?
âMuch Ado About a Handful of Sandâ
For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: A 27-year-old Tel Aviv resident was arrested for allegedly tossing wet sand at National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. Was the minister being purposely provocative for personal political gain?
Songs
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For 331 days, Rachel Goldberg-Polin went everywhere, spoke to everyone and did everything to save her son, Hersh.
703 IDF soldiers have fallen since October 7th. Each was an entire world. This is a small bit of the story of one of them, Zachariah Haber.
Linda Gradstein, Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.
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âBennett, Done Thatâ
Israelâs next prime minister will be ⌠Naftali Bennett?
âJewish Life During Wartimeâ
Why does war make more-secular Israelis more secular, and less-secular Israelis less secular?
âOur Flights Are Cancelledâ
For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: What happens when every airline stops flying to Israel?
Plus, a reflection on how time itself has stopped working, and music by women weâve loved for decades, speaking now to our present moment.
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