Land and Power: Understanding How the Politics of Space Shape Our Lives
Professor Oren Yiftachel discusses more than a decade of his scholarship on colonial regimes, identities and futures in Israel and Palestine through the lens of geography and urban planning
The “Won’t Anyone Think of the Children?!?” Edition
We discuss: 1) The new “extremist moderates” emerging in Israel and what they augur 2) What it is like for kids living through the tumult and angst of Israel in 2023
Intractable Conflicts: Between Temptation and Resistance
Prof. Daniel Bar-Tal discusses his new book, “Sinking into the Honey Trap: The Case of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” How can social psychology contribute to our understanding of a conflict that never ends?
The “General Malaise?” Edition
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
Eat Your Vegetables
In Israel, the person who runs our neighborhood vegetable stall, the ירקן, is an important figure. Guy explains why
Meet Jerusalem’s Top Catholic Monk
Abbot Nikodemus Schnabel, the head of Jerusalem's Dormition Abbey, in conversation about Christian life in Israel, the nature of interfaith dialogue, the role of religion in diplomacy and conflict resolution, and more
Your Israeli Soundtrack for August
DJ Antithesis spins the latest Israeli hits, including new releases from Noa Kirel, Shiri Maimon, Eden Hason and others
The “Wonderwomen” Edition
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
Face to Face
The Hebrew word פנים means face, and on its face, an ordinary and simple word. But there’s more to it in spoken Hebrew, including little things about its proper use
Detente? Christian-Jewish Relations in the Postwar Era
Dr Karma Ben-Johanan discusses her new book “Jacob's Younger Brother: Christian-Jewish relations after Vatican II” and explains what were the implications of the Vatican's new approach to Judaism, announced in the 1960s, across the Catholic world and among Jewish theologians
The “Dei Ex Machina?” Edition
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
The “Contrition” Edition
We discuss: 1) Why Israel's high cost of living has zero-zilch-nada impact on our politics 2) What we’re feeling contemplatively remorseful about, in politics, this Elul month of contrition