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.

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.

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.

We discuss President Donald Trump’s visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority; the Zionist Union’s road trip in the occupied territories; and the “Jerusalem Dress” that Culture Minister Miri Regev wore on the Red Carpet in Cannes.

We discuss Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s book-review-cum-manifesto; icky and dangerous “conversion therapy” being offered by ultra-Orthodox therapists for gay men; and the cheesy, trashy, irresistible Eurovision song contest.

We discuss the quick and remarkable developments in Palestinian diplomacy; a study finding that Israel spends almost 9 billion NIS a year on religion; and the fortieth anniversary of the Likud winning leadership of the country.

We discuss what kind of leader the left needs now; a poll showing how little Israelis and Palestinians want to live together; and why the IDF would cancel a feminist theory workshop for top ranking officers.

We discuss the complicated place of bereaved families in Israeli discourse; what a mother from Meknes and a survivor from Prague would think about Israel today; and who we would choose to mark the start of Independence Day with twelve torches.

We discuss the convicted terrorist and likely-future Palestinian President Marwan Barghouti; Dov Khenin’s ideas about how to fight the global right (and Israel’s); and why Ultra-Orthodox Israelis ignore Holocaust Remembrance Day.

We discuss the Minister of Transportation’s ambitious plans; an NGO’s “Social Index” ranking of Members of Knesset according to their social conscience; and whether or not political satire has any political impact at all.