The Promised Podcast

The “Netanyahu’s Trump Card” Edition

We discuss Netanyahu’s borrowed war against “Fake News,” the disappearance of drinking fountains from Israel’s cities, and why Israeli bands have vanished.

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The “Sacred Sites and Plights” Edition

We discuss mounting tensions over the Temple Mount, the path for escaping poverty in Israel, and the struggle for LGBTQ rights.

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The “BDS? There’s an App for That Now!” Edition

We discuss the finding that Israel has two ‘one-percents,’ Tel Aviv’s avant garde ‘Cinematheque’, and a new government funding app aimed at undoing BDS.

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The “Jews with Javelins!” Edition

We discuss the shocking rise from obscurity of Avi Gabbay to head the Labor Party, the surprising rise of “secular prayer” among Israeli Jews, and the inexplicable but kinda charming survival of the Maccabiah games.

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The “Breaking and Fixing Politics” Edition

We discuss the dawning of a new age for Israel’s Labor Party, how ex-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has influenced our cynicism about politicians, and a utopian vision for Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.

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The “Pile of Stones” Edition

We discuss the consequences of reducing electricity to Gaza, giving attention to victims of terrorist attacks at the expense of other things, and whether liberal Jews should care about the Western Wall.

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The “Leave it to the Experts?” Edition

We discuss the heartbreaking medical experiments that were performed on Yemeni Jewish children in the early 1950s, American Jewish activists who may be getting too big for their britches, and a proposal to install “experts” instead of politicians as key cabinet ministers.

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The “Will Politics be on the Midterm?” Edition

We discuss Labor Party candidate Dina Dayan as the possible future of the Israeli Left, if a new “Code of Ethics” for universities is an attack on democracy, and whether Israel wrong to agree with adoption rules preventing Russian babies from going to LGBTQ folks.

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The “Waiting for Gadot” Edition

We discuss whether climate change is a danger to Israel’s existence; the new “Breaking the Silence” anthology of essays about the occupation; and whether the fascination with Wonder Woman reflects some strange psycho-sexual fetishization.

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The “That War” Edition

We discuss the Six Day War’s 50th anniversary; a survey regarding effectiveness of Knesset members; and how much universities ought to accommodate ultra-Orthodox students.

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