We discuss: 1) The Supreme Court ruling that Aryeh Deri cannot be a minister and the constitutional crisis that may follow 2) The essay by Yossi Klein Halevi arguing that we’re riven between those who long for a “State of Judaism”, and those who long for a “State of Jews.” We are joined for this discussion by the author himself!

We discuss: 1) The “Judicial Reform” that has so many people so worried 2) Who Israel’s “National Poet,” Hayim Nahman Bialik is to us, on the 150th anniversary of his birth

We discuss: 1) Whether something “fundamental” just changed with the recent elections 2) Whether the jurisdiction of Rabbinical courts ought to be expanded to include civil disputes

We discuss: 1) The new “coalition agreements” signed, some of which Netanyahu already said he ain’t gonna honor 2) The new proposed Basic Law that gives learning Talmud in a Yeshiva the same weight and status as commanding a tank in the IDF

Ever since the elections produced what the elections produced, we’ve been wondering what our Sally Abed makes of all this. This week, finally, we had a chance to ask

We discuss: 1) the proposals to separate the secular, mostly Progressive Jews in Israel from the mostly-religious, mostly right-wing ones 2) the new vision J Street unveiled at its recent conference

We discuss: 1) Why giving the Noam party control over enrichment programs in schools has led to great anger towards Netanyahu 2) Whether the dominant tone of the incoming Israeli governing coalition is a resounding “F you” to American Jews

We discuss: 1) The coalition agreement that gives Ben Gvir, well, a lot of Jewish Power 2) Whether or not it’s wrong to change a “basic law” so Aryeh Deri can be a minister

We discuss: 1) If the rocky road travelled by the “change” coalition proves that a right-center-left-Arab-Jewish coalition is possible or, maybe just the opposite 2) Whether Benny Gantz should break his campaign promise, join Netanyahu’s government, and save us from the Kahanists and the homophobes

We discuss: 1) The agreement in the emerging coalition agreements to pass a law letting the Knesset reverse decisions by the Courts to reverse laws passed by the Knesset 2) Whether or not the “Law of Return” ought to be narrowed so it no longer applies to people who don’t have at least one Jewish parent