The “Humans and Other People” Edition
We discuss: 1) Whether the political attitudes of Israel’s left is corrosive of our connection to the country 2) Recent efforts to grant legal rights to animals, streams, rivers and lakes, so people who harm them can be sued in court
Nice to Meet You Too!
How do you translate the word “nice” to Hebrew? Well, it depends on the context. Guy explains when we can use נעים and when we must opt for a more appropriate Hebrew word
The “Losing Our Humanities?” Edition
We discuss: 1) What the new government economic plan will and won’t do 2) Calls to shut down the ultra-Orthodox IDF infantry unit 3) New plans to do away with high school matriculation exams in the humanities
The Formation of the Universe
We pick up where we last left off with the root יצר. This time, we focus on the nifal, piel and pu’al verb formats
The “What Do We Need to Know?” Edition
We discuss: 1) The bombshell report that police used spyware against mayors, Knesset members, journalists and protestors 2) A powerful editorial saying we teach our kids all the wrong things about the Holocaust
Your Israeli Soundtrack for February
We've got the latest music releases from Stephane Legar, Louai Ali, Moshiko Mor and Sapir Saban, together with a blast from the past from Roni Douani, Metropolin and Mook E
Creativity Run Amok
A listener asked, “how do you say creative in Hebrew?” There is so much to cover with the root י.צ.ר! So roll up your sleeves and prepare your notebook and pencil because we're about to get our creative juices going
The “Turpitude Now, Turpitude Tomorrow, Turpitude Forever” Edition
We discuss: 1) The Amnesty International report everyone’s talking about 2) A proposed law that would ban people convicted of “moral turpitude” crimes from holding high public office 3) Whether our collective memories should be fashioned through political collective bargaining
The “Ghosts” Edition
We discuss: 1) What to make of several men admitting, in a new docu, that when they were soldiers in the 1948 war they saw, or took part in, war crimes 2) A new TV docudrama revisiting a controversy that roiled the country eight years ago
The “Can’t Spell ‘Plea Bargain’ Without ‘Rage’ and ‘Pain’” Edition
We discuss: 1) The outrage over a plea deal for former PM Netanyahu 2) What’s behind the government’s new pandemic policy 3) A report that Israeli politicians may be dragging their feet negotiating blanket Visa exemptions for Israelis in the US
I’m Not Built For This
An Argentinean architect listener of the podcast wrote to say that we had to do an episode about the word לבנות (livnot), which means to build. We don't have it in us to tear down his hopes. So today we check out the root בנה
The “Seeing Ourselves and Others” Edition
We discuss: 1) Israel’s hesitant and muffled response to the war 2) The angry exchange between a Knesset member and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 3) What to make of the legacy of Menachem Begin