The Promised Podcast

We discuss making Israeli boycotters liable; new findings that Israeli women are more hawkish than men; and whether Judaism will survive Israel.

We discuss the behavior of former PM and President Shimon Peres; learning to love Israel’s culture wars, and celebrating Israel in the age of ambivalence.

Should the center-left consider joining a coalition led by PM Netanyahu? How do we feel about biometric passports? And how we should remember the Holocaust.

We discuss how leftist Israelis ought to react to the framework agreement on Iran nuclear; the decline of hiking in Israel; and the decline of protest music.

A recent petition saying that ex-generals are politicizing the army when they try to use their positions to influence Israeli politics; What should we tell our kids about the meaning of the Exodus story now?

Will the US government start to put more pressure on Israel? Did “anyone-but-Bibi” kill the left? Why Israel’s Ashkenazim are so damned angry.

What did these elections say about the hearts and minds of Israeli voters? Did Netanyahu’s campaign play on our worst fears? What does the left do now?

The Israel Prize will only be awarded for three of its four categories this year; A new video encouraging friendly interactions among politicians.

We discuss the State Comptroller’s report; the seeking of lost or threatened Jews in order to bring them to Israel; and the rise of the ‘Advertorial.’