The “Passing Judgments” Edition
We discuss: 1) The ultimatums for Netanyahu from members of his own “War Cabinet” 2) A warrant to arrest Israeli politicians when they travel abroad?
Walk the Walk: What Do Germans Mean by ‘Never Again’?
Dr Andrew Port, a historian at Wayne State University, discusses his new book “Never Again: Germans and Genocide after the Holocaust,” analyzing German responses to cases of genocide from the 1970s to the 1990s
The “Calamities, Past and Not” Edition
We discuss: 1) Israel’s rolling incursion into Rafah, and 2) a new hour-long movie about the rape and sexual assualt of Israeli women on Oct. 7
Your Israeli Soundtrack for May 2024
DJ Antithesis is back with more music influenced by the Israel-Gaza war, all the latest and biggest tunes, and a look at Eyal Golan’s latest album
Israel-Hamas War, 7 Months On
A special collaboration with the Jerusalem Unplugged podcast, where host Robert Mazza and Gilad Halpern discuss the current moment for Israel domestically and internationally
The “Days Like These” Edition
We discuss: 1) What Memorial Day and Independence Day mean in this annus horribilis, and 2) What to make of the enraged protests raging on university campuses
Post-October 7th: Crises and Opportunities
Dr Lihi Ben Shitrit and Dr Dahlia Scheindlin assess what lies ahead for Israel: A sea change, or more of the same?
The “Ash & Dust” Edition
To mark Yom Ha-Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Noah describes the decades-long path Israelis followed to come to terms with the Holocaust, culminating in a record in 1988, fully 43 years after the camps were freed
I Can Identify With That
From face and voice recognition, to identifying with a character from a book, for these and others linguistic uses we utilize the Hebrew root זהה. And how do we say, "Shazam, can you recognize this song?"
The “Missing” Edition
At Passover Seders all around the world, a place setting was laid before a chair left empty for one of the 133 hostages held in Gaza. We look back at the 200 days of anguish, hope, and despair that divide Simchat Torah on October 7 from this week’s holiday
Whither the Palestinian Citizens of Israel?
The already volatile situation of the Palestinian citizens of Israel has been exacerbated by the Oct. 7th massacre and the war with Hamas that ensued. Dr Ahmad Agbaria talks about how their status and democratic rights have been affected, and what role they might play in its aftermath.
The “More Things Change” Edition
We discuss: 1) how the huge victory of Yair Golan in the primary for Labor leadership may shift the future of Israeli politics 2) a lachrymose TV comedy sketch that portrays Jewish history as one damn-pogrom-after-another, up to and including October 7