Year: 2014

The “Crucial, last-chance, decisive watershed” edition – The Promised Podcast

Are these the most important elections in Israel’s history? What makes Naftali Bennett tick? Plus our ‘Person, Place or Thing of the Year.’

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Shabbat Sha-shut-up!

Why did a campaign promoting Shabbat observance have everyone grousing and grumbling? Allison, Don, and Noah ask, what’s all the fuss about?

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From corporate lawyer to Israeli rock star — Kol Cambridge

Kol Cambridge is proud to welcome hot new talent Gad Johnson, here to talk about his fantastic debut album & share some of his favourite Israeli music.

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Ha’am (is seriously) Itanu?

Eli Yishai, the natty ex-Shas leader, has just started his own competing party, Ha’am Itanu (The Nation is with Us). Allison, Don, and Noah wonder, can Eli Yishai remake Mizrahi politics in Israel?

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Give peace a deadline

The recent Palestinian proposal to the UN Security Council mandates peace negotiations that must, within a year, produce an agreement ending the occupation and establishing a state in Palestine. A deadline on peace? Where will it lead?

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The “give peace a deadline” edition – The Promised Podcast

We discuss the Palestinian proposal that puts a deadline on peace, Eli Yishai’s new party, and an irking campaign promoting Shabbat observance.

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