We discuss: 1) A recent poll showing that almost 1 in 3 Israelis are thinking about leaving the country 2) The politicization of the army, and what it augurs

We discuss: 1) The face-of-the-protests particle physicist Shikma Bressler, and whether or not gender played a part in establishing her authority 2) Why Gal Gadot is, among Israelis, the most beloved Israeli since maybe Moshe Dayan

We discuss: 1) Whether tossing out the far-right parties from the gov’t, and swapping in the center-left, makes a lick of sense 2) The appeal of some prominent leftists to Joe Biden and Congress to save Israel from itself

We discuss: 1) The law that passed and why no compromise was reached, even though all sides said that’s what they wanted 2) What happens, now that that law has passed

We discuss: 1) The petition to the Supreme Court to strip the premiership from Benjamin Netanyahu 2) What to make of Israel’s two-day operation in Jenin 3) A major new documentary about “secularism” in Israel

We discuss: 1) the escalation of the protests and counter-protests as summer heats up 2) a new scheme to convene a “Constitutional Convention” and write a founding document for Israel 3) a new report saying Israelis may be more religion-fluid than we usually think!

As the massive protests enter their seventh month, the Promised Podcast looks at the place of protest in Israeli society. (This episode contains time-tested content from the vault, so you know it’s good!)

In the waning days of Pride Month, the Promised Podcast ransacks its archives for memorable LGBTQ+ moments and music!

We discuss: 1) PM Netanyahu’s decision to move forward the judicial reform 2) If there are no more writer-prophets, are we sailing on a ship without a moral compass?

We discuss: 1) The weird Knesset vote that elected a representative from the opposition to the Judicial Selection Committee but no representative from the coalition 2) The murderous violence that has led to the deaths of over 100 Palestinian citizens of Israel in this year that is not yet half over