Tantura: The Massacre That Was
Filmmaker Alon Schwarz discusses his new documentary, Tantura, which reopens an episode from Israel's War of Independence and a controversy that erupted in the 1990s
The “Slippery Slopes” Edition
We discuss: 1) The agreement in the emerging coalition agreements to pass a law letting the Knesset reverse decisions by the Courts to reverse laws passed by the Knesset 2) Whether or not the “Law of Return” ought to be narrowed so it no longer applies to people who don’t have at least one Jewish parent
Show Me the Money
How could it be that we still didn't dedicate an entire episode to the Hebrew word כסף, money? Let's correct that wrong. Guy explains the slangy term for someone who is “loaded” with cash, and will also teach a special 'blessing' directed towards someone who stole from us
Night Comes On: Ottoman Cities After Dark
Prof. Avner Wishnitzer discusses his book “As Night Falls: Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Cities After Dark,” a groundbreaking social history of Istanbul and Jerusalem on the cusp of modernity
The “The Fault Lies Not in Our Star, but in Merav Michaeli?!?” Edition
We discuss: 1) The recriminations within the “Change bloc” over who is to blame for their huge election loss 2) Whether the religious parties that will dominate half the coalition plan to turn Israel into a “Halakhic State”
Banking in Hebrew
Using banking apps in a foreign language is not the easiest thing. Guy is here to help
Not an Oxymoron: Secular Believers in Israel
Prof. Hagar Lahav discusses her book “Women, Secularism and Belief: A Sociology of Belief in the Jewish-Israeli Secular Landscape”
The “As the Dust Settles” Edition
As the very last votes are still being counted, we try to make sense of the election results that will bring Benjamin Netanyahu back to the Prime Minister’s office, and what they say about the heart and soul of the country, and what they do to our own hearts and souls
Talk to Me at 7 A.M.
A Listener from Kansas City asked whether we use AM/PM in Hebrew. Here is the answer
Groundhog Election Day? Analyzing the Deep Trends of Israeli Politics
Prof. Gideon Rahat discusses the insights that emanate from a recent book he co-edited with Prof. Michal Shamir. Is there any reason to believe that Israel's fifth general election in two and a half years will be any different?
“The Man in the Room Where It Happened” Edition
We discuss: 1) If the rocky road travelled by the “change” coalition proves that a right-center-left-Arab-Jewish coalition is possible or, maybe just the opposite 2) Whether Benny Gantz should break his campaign promise, join Netanyahu’s government, and save us from the Kahanists and the homophobes