We discuss the the controversy over Israeli public broadcasting; the cabinet’s decision to build the first new settlement of this millennium; and what Passover might tell us about how to seek our own modern-day redemption.

We discuss the right’s use of the left’s defense of the free-speech rights as a cudgel; Naftali Bennett’s explanation of Israel’s high tech success; and why Mizrahim/Sefaradim keep voting for the right.

We ask whether leftist political parties should hold open primaries; reflect on the compatibility of Feminism and Zionism; and mull over the proud admission of an MK that he hasn’t read a book in ten years.

We discuss whether Israel should forge ties with far right leaders in Europe; an expensive new project led by a former Minister of Education and two former IDF Chiefs of Staff; and mind-blowing new research finding religious women have better body image.

We discuss the shocking suggestion that the settlements are shrinking, not growing; the Supreme Court’s medieval punishment of “shunning” scumbags who refuse to grant their wives divorces; and David Rubinger’s famous photograph of paratroopers at the newly captured Wailing Wall.

We discuss the four new Supreme Court Justices; Opposition Leader Yitzhak Herzog’s new “Ten Point Peace Plan”; and the continuing efforts of the Ministry of Education and the Jerusalem Municipality to turn the city’s kindergarten tots into flag-waving patriots.

We discuss the sentence meted out to Alor Azaria, the combat medic who shot knife-assailant Adel Fattah al-Sharif dead while he lay prone; PM Netanyahu’s award of a “Jew Housekeeping Seal of Approval” to Pres. Trump, certifying him as antisemitism-free; and a new report finding that Israel’s vaunted scientific talents are fading before our eyes.

We discuss Prime Minister Netanyahu’s meetings in Washington with U.S. President Donald Trump, and what the hell they mean; the the 64% increase in the number of lobbyists in the Knesset in just the last year, and their impact on Israeli democracy; and the reversal of a long-term policy of building new Ultra-Orthodox cities to solve the Haredi housing crisis.

We discuss the bill approved by the Knesset this week that allows the expropriation of privately-owned land in the occupied territories; the firing of a rocket from Gaza towards a Jewish town and the pounding IDF response; and a viral cartoon aimed at persuading religious women to opt out of army service to avoid boredom, ennui and sexual harassment.

We discuss why lots of folks seem to agree with equation of White-Supremacist claims and Zionism; Israeli taxpayers paying for parents to band together to build their own school; and the weird political coalition that supports decriminalization of pot.