We discuss: 1) the bombshell unanimous Supreme Court decision that requires Haredi men of army age to enlist 2) a new report about how to end the war and coax Gazans to accept Israel

We discuss: 1) the war with Hezbollah up north that seems each day to get hotter and more deadly 2) new polls showing despair and pessimism of a sort Israelis have never known

We discuss: 1) the rescue of four hostages from the depths of Gaza 2) Benny Gantz’s announcement that he is leaving the government and its tiny “War Cabinet”

We discuss: 1) the new Israeli proposal to bring home hostages, which puts the brakes on the war 2) the Supreme Court petitions that might force the army to conscript Haredim

We discuss: 1) how the huge victory of Yair Golan in the primary for Labor leadership may shift the future of Israeli politics 2) a lachrymose TV comedy sketch that portrays Jewish history as one damn-pogrom-after-another, up to and including October 7

We discuss: 1) The ultimatums for Netanyahu from members of his own “War Cabinet” 2) A warrant to arrest Israeli politicians when they travel abroad?

We discuss: 1) Israel’s rolling incursion into Rafah, and
2) a new hour-long movie about the rape and sexual assualt of Israeli women on Oct. 7

We discuss: 1) What Memorial Day and Independence Day mean in this annus horribilis, and 2) What to make of the enraged protests raging on university campuses

To mark Yom Ha-Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Noah describes the decades-long path Israelis followed to come to terms with the Holocaust, culminating in a record in 1988, fully 43 years after the camps were freed

At Passover Seders all around the world, a place setting was laid before a chair left empty for one of the 133 hostages held in Gaza. We look back at the 200 days of anguish, hope, and despair that divide Simchat Torah on October 7 from this week’s holiday