The Promised Podcast – Segment

Movin’ Pictures

The radical, political ‘Cinematheque’ in Tel Aviv seems to be going mainstream. Is that what an avant garde art emporium is for?

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A Tale of Two ‘One Percents’

A study found that Israel has two ‘one-percents,’ an economic elite and a political elite, each screwing us in their own way.

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Jews with Javelins!

The Maccabiah Games have inexplicably (but charmingly) survived the years, like a living time capsule.

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Praying to No God

What does the surprising rise of “secular prayer” among Israeli Jews say about the state of our souls?

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From Board Room to Barricades: The Unlikely New Leader of Israel’s Left

Avi Gabbay emerged from obscurity to head the Labor Party and, perforce, the Israeli Left in a shocking upset. What the hell just happened?

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Offshore Palestinians

It’s a fantabulous utopian idea: building a high-tech, artificial island of Gaza. Will this solve its humanitarian crisis?

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The Broken Man who Broke Israeli Politics

Ex-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was released from jail after a felony conviction. Is he partly responsible for our cynicism about politicians?

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New Labor?

Round one of the Labor Party leadership elections left the old elites thoroughly thrashed. What does the future hold for the Left now?

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Pile of Stones

The dispute continues over egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall. Should progressive Jews care about the wall, anyway?

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Covering the Dead

Do we pay too much attention to the tragic victims of terrorist attacks, at the expense of other things to which we ought to also be giving our consideration?

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