We have come to make the desert fiscally stable
Host Gilad Halpern, and Dr Schiffman explore the contribution of Jewish-American advisers to the Israeli economy over the years.
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Israel’s Supreme Court: Democracy’s BFF or Frenemy?
A spate of Supreme Court decisions that leave right-wing politicians sputtering about judicial overreach, which in turn leaves left-wing politicians sputtering about right-wing court bashing, and leaves everyone accusing everyone else of breaking Israeli democracy.
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Ze’ev Jabotinbsky: A maverick Zionist for his life
Jabotinksy spent most of his public life swimming against the Zionist current, until his untimely death in 1940.
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Shallow, Selfish, Egocentric, Childish, Stunted, & Lazy: How Israel’s Gen Y-ers are Destroying the Country
Two middle aged sociologists find Israeli Gen Y-ers (aged 21 to 34) shiftless and selfish, and a threat to the very existence of the state.
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$653,868.35
A new law that limits the salaries of bank presidents to just 44 times minimum wage, or a mere $653,868.35.
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Damned to be blessed: Jewish exile as a metaphor
How can Jewish thought extract itself from a generations-long paradox that sees exile as a blessing and a curse at the same time?
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Killer and Hero
The twist of logic and emotion that leads some Israelis to regard the combat medic who shoots a motionless injured Palestinian terrorist in the head, a hero.
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The two-state delusion: A coroner’s report of a defunct solution
Why what for decades was the most likely resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has ceased to have any chances of survival.
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A Tale of Two Censors
Is it better for democracy to have an army censor who’s in our face, or one who expects that we censor ourselves (or maybe option C, no censor at all!)
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Peace Now, Still?
The decline of anti-occupation activist group Peace Now, as its leader for the past 14 years resigns in a huff.
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