Allison, Noah and Tel Aviv Review co-host, political scientist and pollster Dahlia Scheindlin discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.
Peace Train
We discuss the Minister of Transportation’s ambitious plans to build a vast network of trains connecting Israel with Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf States.
Ranking and Rating Representatives
We mull over an NGO’s “Social Index” ranking of Members of Knesset according to their social conscience – does it really advance socially-aware politics?
The Serious Politics of Funny
We ask whether or not political satire – which is enjoying a golden age – has any political impact at all.
Music by Haya Miller:
Esrim Shannah (עשרים שנה)
Hayei Madaf (חיי מדף)
Yod (י)
Lo Rokedet ke-she Af Ehad Lo Mistakel (לא רוקדת כשאף אחד לא מסתכל)
I love your podcasts! I did not have any time pre-Pesach, during Pesach (house full of wonderful family) & post-Pesach clean-up but finally today (April 22 here in Rockville, MD) heard your funny grocery store tale. The Masorti Movement in Israel published a responsa several years ago, especially for Jews living in Israel (but many Ashkenazi Jews here in the States have adopted it as well), regarding the eating of kitniyot. It is very interesting. Before next Pesach, go to http://www.Masorti.org/responsa/kitnyot.html for the Hebrew text.