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The “Our Tragedy & Theirs” Edition

We discuss: 1) Whether or not our news outlets should show and tell us more about the suffering of Gazans 2) What to make of the massive increase in firearm license applications

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Words of Encouragement

In time of war, we need to cheer one another up. How do we cheer on and provide words of encouragement to those around us in Hebrew? Guy explains

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Hope. Yes, Hope

Many see Hamas' Oct. 7th attack as having delivered a tremendous blow to the hope of a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In Dr Oded Adomi Leshem's new book, the facts and figures paint a more complex picture

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The “Things Change” Edition

We discuss: 1) What, if anything, can we learn from Oct. 7 about the prospect of peace with Palestinians 2) Whether or not it is time to take to the streets, calling for Benjamin Netanyahu to resign

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The “Jangled Nerves” Edition

We discuss: 1) The unsettling period between the Hamas attack and Israel’s ground response 2) Whether our hostage crisis is driving us towards our government, or away from it

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Words of War

Israel is at war. There are a few words that we hear on the news all the time — words you should absolutely know

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The “Together, But Not Together-Together” Edition

We discuss: 1) The decision of Benny Gantz to join a “Unity Government” and Yair Lapid's decision not to 2) A heartbroken open letter from leaders of Israel’s left over the support for Hamas on the part of some leaders of America’s and Europe’s left

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You’re in Our Thoughts

What can you write to your family and friends in Israel during these difficult days of war? What's appropriate at this moment? Guy has some ideas

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The “These Last Awful Days Through the Eyes of a Palestinian” Edition

Peace, co-existence and social-justice activist Sally Abed tells Noah what these last, terrible days of grief, anger and fear have been like for her, as an Israeli Arab. This discussion is not for everyone, not at this moment, and if it is not for you, at this moment, don’t listen to it

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The “Cities of Slaughter” Edition

Allison, Miriam and Noah talk about the only thing that could possibly be on our minds at this moment of tragedy, mourning and anxiety

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War

Israel is at war. Guy explains the word מלחמה and others from the same root, לחמ, that we hear on Israeli news coverage

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The “Days of Awful” Edition

We discuss: 1) the fights that broke out in Tel Aviv over Yom Kippur over gender-segregated Orthodox prayer services 2) exactly fifty years after the Yom Kippur War started, what is the legacy of that terrible event

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