We discuss: 1) The videos, memes and ads of the 3 big parties 2) Why it’s so upsetting when celebrities we love disavow our political camp 3) The deep tension between “the holidays” – when we do nothing – and “after the holidays” when the world comes crashing back on us

We discuss: 1) Yair Lapid’s ringing endorsement of a Two-State Solution in the hallowed halls of the U.N. 2) A new poll of global elites that find they think Israel is the second most religious country on earth – now why on earth would they think that?

In this very special, carbon-neutral episode, we look back on people who lately left us, leaving a huge mark on our lives and world

We discuss: 1) Bibi’s promise to fully fund ultra-Orthodox schools, whatever they teach 2) A new documentary about women in the Knesset 3) What were the most important things that happened here over the year that is now ending!

We discuss: 1) What the National Unity Party’s candidate list says about what it stands for 2) The angry debate over a high school principal’s invitation of far-right MK Itamar Ben-Gvir to speak to her students 3) The hottest new party on the scene, “Enflamed Youth”

A father trying to explain to his kids (and himself) why, because of his long-ago choice, they grew up in Israel

What better way to make the end of summer than by celebrating that city we love so well, Tel Aviv-Jaffa?!?

We discuss: 1) The primaries in Meretz 2) The primaries in the Religious Zionism Party 3) Whether holding primaries produces better results than the more autocratic methods that most of the parties use

We discuss: 1) The primaries in Labor, and what they say about the heart-and-soul of the party 2) The primaries in the Likud, and what they say about the heart-and-soul of the party 3) Palestinian President Abbas’s statement in Berlin that Israel has perpetrated “fifty Holocausts”

We discuss: 1) How we can even talk about this week’s battle and bombs in Gaza 2) What to make of the new documents shedding new light on an old 1956 atrocity