The Promised Podcast – Segment

Reckoning?

Is it time for soul-searching and spiritual reckoning over the death and destruction in Gaza?

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Jerusalem, Mon Amour?

For the first time ever, Jerusalem elected a straight-up majority of ultra-Orthodox men to its city council. What’s it all mean?

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Mayor for Life

Few positions have more job security than mayor of a major city in Israel. But why is that?

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Going Local

They say that, in a democracy, even the most humble among us can be elected to public office. Now we know it’s true!

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The Draft on the Draft: Getting the Shaft?

Perhaps now is the moment to extend the draft to the ultra-Orthodox, because a crisis is a terrible thing to waste

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Elections Now?

Billboards all over the country and full-page ads in the papers call for new elections now. Is this a good idea?

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Bar-Raving Time!

Itamar Ben-Gvir has become, in a certain circle, anyway, the “It-Boy” of Israel’s terrible political moment. But why?

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Negotiating With Terrorists

Hamas finally sets out their demands in exchange for releasing the 136 living-and-dead Israeli hostages dragged to Gaza from their homes. Is there anywhere to go from here?

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Soldiers of the Dream

Have the reserve soldiers in Gaza discovered the secret to making Israel a better, more decent place?

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A Few Murderous Apples

A dozen UNRWA workers killed, raped and kidnapped on Oct. 7, and 1 in 4 Gazan men who work for UNRWA have ties to Hamas. What can you say to that?

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