The Promised Podcast

The “We’re here!, Vey iz mir!, Get used to it!” Edition

We discuss the historic new arrangement at the Western Wall; the hubbub over a new edition of an Israeli civics textbook; and the anti-Israel LGBTQ protester.

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The “Lucre, Filthy & Clean” Edition

We discuss the “NGO Transparency Bill”; the alarming deterioration of trust between Jewish and Arab Israelis; and whether it’s time to kill off the Labor Party.

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The “Spying on the Left: Tales of Moles and Weasels” Edition

We discuss right wing moles infiltrating human rights organizations; the “extra-judicial killing” of terrorists; and the decision to try a performance artist who defecated on the flag.

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The “Occupation is a Feminist Issue” Edition

We discuss Palestinian condemnation of Palestinian violence; the hold philanthropists have on the institutions they fund; and the politics of “intersectionality.”

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The “Trigger Warning: May Contain Optimism” Edition

We discuss the banning of a book from the high school curriculum; a positive slant on the events of the past year; and whether you can embrace Gay politics from the right.

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The “Thug Jews” Edition (Live from Limmud!)

We ask whether reports of Israel’s demise are exaggerated; why so many of the Jewish terrorists in Israel carry American passports; and whether the historical powerlessness of the Jews makes Israelis thuggish.

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The “Breaking the Left?” Edition

We discuss the furor over Breaking the Silence; the shockingly high suicide rate among immigrants to Israel; and a feminist Mizrahi activist taking “Big Brother” by storm.

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The “Cool to a Warming World?” Edition

We discuss how Israeli cities should award housing tenders; Arab MK Ayman Odeh’s tour of America; and Israel’s lackluster participation in the Paris climate conference.

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The “Three Men, Three Paths to Peace” Edition

We discuss the legacy of Yossi Sarid, longtime leader of the “peace camp”; Amir Peretz’s potential ‘Mizrahification’ of peace; and a new movie about a “third way” to peace, inspired by Rav Froman.

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The “Professors, Police & Parliamentarians: Everyone Harasses!” Edition

We discuss the recent resignation of an MK over sexual harassment charges; protests over the latest gas deal; and the alleged stealing of Yemenite babies in the early years of the state.

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