The “Primaries & Calumnies” Edition
We discuss: 1) The primaries in Labor, and what they say about the heart-and-soul of the party 2) The primaries in the Likud, and what they say about the heart-and-soul of the party 3) Palestinian President Abbas’s statement in Berlin that Israel has perpetrated “fifty Holocausts”
Ottoman Jews, Ottoman Palestinians
Dr Louis Fishman, historian of modern Turkey and Israel/Palestine, discusses his book, “Jews and Palestinians in the Late Ottoman Era, 1908-1914,” breaking down conventional wisdoms about politics and identity in Palestine on the eve of the First World War
The “This Is Not Lite Summer Fare” Edition
We discuss: 1) How we can even talk about this week’s battle and bombs in Gaza 2) What to make of the new documents shedding new light on an old 1956 atrocity
The Comedy Network
Matt Sienkiewicz, Professor of Communication and International Studies at Boston College, discusses his new co-authored book, analyzing the reach and influence of openly right-wing comedians on old and new media in the United States
Your Israeli Soundtrack for August
We've got the latest summer hits including new releases from Static & Ben-El, Itay Levi, Mook E and many more
The “Songs of Experience” Edition
We discuss: 1) The new “Zionist Spirit” party 2) A judge’s order to force a woman into protective custody when her ex and his family threatens her life 3) A study that says the average weight of IDF inductees has gone up 10 kg in 4 decades
The Left Behind
Avi Dabush, veteran social activist and Meretz politician, analyzes the origins of social inequalities in Israel and explains why the liberal left - despite everything - is the answer (albeit not always the Israeli left in its current form)
The “Stuck in the Middle With Who?” Edition
We discuss: 1) Whether or not PM Lapid’s “No Extremists!” election campaign has bigoted “dog-whistles” 2) Whether or not there is a “joy disparity” between the happy-go-lucky right and the bummed-out left
Out of Africa
Dr. Naomi Shmuel discusses her book “Generations of Hope: Traditions and Intergenerational Transferal with the Transition from Ethiopia to Israel,” analyzing the hybrid identity of Israelis of Ethiopian descent across the generations
Your Israeli Soundtrack for July
We've got the latest summer hits including new releases from Subliminal, Stephane Legar, Itay Levi, Hadag Nachash, Sarit Hadad and many more
The “Where Would We Be Without Camil Fuchs?” Edition
We discuss: 1) The surprising rise in popularity of far-right MK Itamar Ben-Gvir 2) The sudden auto-defenestration of the leaders of the liberal-left Meretz Party 3) Whether video-wedding from Utah finally offer a solution to the religious control of weddings in Israel
Multi-Layered Palestinian Presence
Dr Andreas Hackl, anthropologist at the University of Edinburgh, discusses his new book, “The Invisible Palestinians: The Hidden Struggle for Inclusion in Jewish Tel Aviv”