We discuss: 1) How the war with Iran quickened a surprisingly close strategic relationship between Israel and the UAE 2) How Israel is seen on college campuses, from the quad to the student union to the seminar room to the faculty lounge.

We discuss: 1) President Herzog’s split-the-baby reply to PM Netanyahu’s request for a pardon 2) The announcement that former PM Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid will run together in the upcoming elections, and whether the whole they make is bigger or smaller than the sum of its parts.

We discuss: 1) The imposed cease-fires and whether Israelis ought to worry we’re becoming a vassal state 2) What explains why an IDF soldier took a sledgehammer to a statue of Jesus in a yard in a village in Lebanon.

We discuss: 1) Whether or not war has become the norm for Israel rather than a deliberate strategy 2) Why Israelis remain among the happiest people in the world, even after October 7th

We discuss: 1) The abrupt, maybe fleeting, end to the war with Iran, and what it means, 2) The “Death Penalty for Terrorists” law recently passed by the Knesset, and what it means.

We discuss: 1) The Jewish thugs attacking, hurting and terrorizing Palestinians on the West Bank and, relatedly, 2) What our exodus story needs to be this year.

Ninety years ago this week, Hebrew was heard on airwaves as the Voice of Jerusalem had its first broadcast. The feint echoes of the thing are worth listening for today.

We discuss: 1) What this thing with Iran is 2) Whether we’re seeing a new, more Strangelovian Prime Minister Netanyahu, and 3) What life underground in the homefront tells us about Israeli society at this strange moment

Today marks the thirtieth day since we buried Ran Gvili, the hostage who came home last. Noah explores how wars end in Israel, and what the end of this war is like for all of us going through it.

Uri Lupolianski was the first ultra-Orthodox mayor of Jerusalem, and he was convicted of corruption. A week after his death, Noah says that he was also a reflection of all of us, at our imperfect best.