Acts of conscience, acts of love – The Promised Podcast‏

 

Host Noah Efron conducts a very special interview with a conscientious objector, and we pull together our favorite ‘Vatacountry’ segments.

 

.Acts of conscience: Summer in the slammer

Noah interviews IDF reservist Gilad Halpern, who spent the summer in a military jail for conscientiously objecting to his call-up during Operation Protective Edge. How does conscientious objection in Israel map onto the political landscape?

 

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.Acts of love: ‘Vatacountry’ best bits

A personal reflection by podcast listener Andrew Wirth on art, freedom of expression, and the army in Israel; plus some of our favorite ‘Vatacountry’ segments about life in this infuriating country that, at the end of the day, we cannot help but love.

 

Playlist:

All songs by The Victor Jackson Show:

Mechva LeNimrod Reshef

HaDor HaBa

Safa Shnia LeBchira

 

Photo by Edi Israel/Flash90.

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