What’s behind the Greek-tragic struggle for leadership of the Yesh Atid party? What do we make of Lieberman’s call for “civil disobedience” against the government’s coronavirus regulations? Ahead of the Jewish New Year, what events and people mattered most over the year now ending?

Why have the Jerusalem protests lasted so long? Could Naftali Bennett be Israel’s next PM? Did the coronavirus czar step too far when requesting to ban ultra-Orthodox Israelis from entering Ukraine?

Merav Ferziger and her mom, Miriam Herschlag, on the protests shaking Jerusalem at the foundations, and making all sorts of “good trouble.”

Maybe no one is a better symbol of how Israel is changing (and did more to cause this change) than Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, who died this week at 83.

From deep in summer doldrums, Noah tells the story of one song that is also, in a way, the story of Israel itself.

Are the demonstrators in front of the PM’s home a new political class? Is our next PM a dyspeptic 76-year-old named Ron? How do you solve a problem like the Eretz Israel Museum?

What happens now that trust in our leaders has eroded and each night brings new scenes of police water-cannoning protestors? What’s the legacy of the “withdrawal to end all withdrawals” that took place 15 years ago?

As demonstrations grow, what should Netanyahu do about Israel’s economic crisis? What’s wrong with judging judges? And is it okay for a kibbutz to bar folks from visiting the banks of a river that winds through its grounds?

How did Israel go from one of the best to one of the worst at keeping COVID at bay? What does Israel’s newest mega-hit TV series tell us about how Israelis see Persian politics and culture? What can we learn from Peter Beinart’s new essays?

Will a smaller annexation sidestep the worst consequences? Are there memorials and statues here that should be torn down? Why ’o why should an army have a broadcast studio?