Is the collapse of our government a good thing? Why are so many of Israel’s anti-vaxxers leftists? Is Gal Gadot the “New Jewess”?

Might peace between Morocco and Israel be kinda a game changer? Is PM Netanyahu’s newest BFF a representative of the Islamic Movement? Real-time, live, fact-checking Netanyahu seems like a good idea, but is it?

We discuss: 1) A new challenger to PM Netanyahu – Gideon Sa’ar – this time from the right 2) Whether someone should be allowed to stipulate that their donated kidney go to a Jew 3) What song should represent Israel at the next Eurovision

We discuss: 1) the vote to disperse the Knesset 2) the assassination of the head of the Iran nuclear weapons program 3) what to make of an archaeologist’s claim that King David was little more than the mediocre chieftain of a mediocre tribe

We discuss: 1) Gantz’s decision to investigate corruption in the purchase of German submarines 2) How the spy Jonathan Pollard ought to be welcomed when he moves here 3) Why the IDF is trying so hard to be cool on social media

We discuss: 1) whether Bibi made the right call rushing to buy a mess of Pfizer’s vaccines at high-end prices 2) a campaign aiming to publicly shame rapists and abusers by putting their faces on billboards 3) whether the gov should start charging tax on overseas internet purchases

We discuss: 1) what lasting impact Donald Trump and “Trumpism” had on Israel 2) an initiative led by the old Left to forge a new left that leaves Zionism behind 3) the really strange new podcast by Yair Netanyahu

We discuss: 1) what we can learn from the mess of American politics about the mess of Israeli politics 2) the claim that Jews are breaking down into Trump Jews and Anti-Trump Jews 3) the outrage over one minister’s claim that Rabin’s legacy means nothing to her

On this special episode, Miriam Herschlag, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida, Allison Kaplan-Sommer, Don Futterman, Charlotte Halle, and Noah Efron tell stories of life and love in this place they call home.

We discuss: 1) what to do with Ultra-Orthodox schools that opened illegally, against COVID regulations 2) whether race is a useful concept for understanding Israel 3) a new Israeli-Palestinian fashion company