The “The Big Picture” Edition
Noah talks about the big questions about Israel’s future with historian, journalist, public intellectual and podcaster Marc Shulman
Missing You, Missing Me
This episode covers the word חסר, missing, and its root. You don't want to miss it!
The “So Maybe He Did Know What He Was Doing?” Edition
We discuss: 1) the on-again-off-again fragility of the ceasefire 2) whether or not Prime Minister Netanyahu successfully steered us through the war and managed to achieve things that matter
The “To Arrive Where We Started” Edition
We discuss what the hell we make of the neither-fish-nor-foul liminal state we find ourselves in now and what the hell the future holds for us. Then we are joined by Danielle Haas to talk about bias in the Human-Rights-Industrial-Complex.
Antisemitism/Anti-Zionism on Campus: An Israeli Perspective
Dr Dikla Yogev and Dr Shlomi Balaban, two Israeli academics based in Canada, reflect on Oct. 7 and its aftermath in their professional and personal circles.
The “Two Years & Twenty Points” Edition
We discuss: 1) US President Trump’s “Twenty Point Plan” to bring home the hostages and end the war 2) On the second Yahrzeit of Oct. 7, how we have changed, personally, and as a society.
An Alphabet for the Jewish People
Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur discusses his book, "Living the Letters: An Alphabet of Emerging Jewish Thought"
The “Atonement, Judgement, Compassion, Forgiveness, Pardon, & Repentance” Edition
For this Yom Kippur, we return to stuff that gave us solace and understanding in the past
The “Reckoning with Reckoning” Edition
We discuss: 1) The very viral essay by Yossi Klein Halevi, pressing Israelis to engage in the moral conversation that we have, until now, avoided 2) The new 5785 Jewish People Policy Institute’s Annual Assessment of the Jewish People, and why our grades are so lousy, and what we ought to do about it
The Legal Battle for Palestine
Steven E. Zipperstein, the director of the Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at UCLA, discusses his book, "Zionism, Palestinian Nationalism and the Law: 1939-1948."