The “Local Yokels” Edition
We discuss: 1) The weird city council race that ushered Noah into the corridors of immense power 2) Why Israeli mayors, once elected the first time, keep getting reelected over and over again
Read MoreWe discuss: 1) The weird city council race that ushered Noah into the corridors of immense power 2) Why Israeli mayors, once elected the first time, keep getting reelected over and over again
Read MoreYael Sternhell, Prof. of History and American Studies at Tel Aviv University, discusses her book, “War on Record: The Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil War,” a historians’ history which looks at Washington’s Civil War archive, rather than through it
Read MoreYosef Halper, a legendary Tel Aviv bookdealer, discusses his book, “The Bibliomaniacs: Tales from a Tel Aviv Bookseller”
Read MoreDJ Antithesis is back with more music influenced by the Israel-Gaza war and a tribute to Lior Farchi z”l
Read MorePerhaps now is the moment to extend the draft to the ultra-Orthodox, because a crisis is a terrible thing to waste
Read MoreBillboards all over the country and full-page ads in the papers call for new elections now. Is this a good idea?
Read MoreWe discuss: 1) A new expensive advertising campaign calling for new elections sooner-than-later 2) Whether now is the moment to extend the draft to the ultra-Orthodox
Read MoreSo you’ve learned some Hebrew verbs and nouns, but now you’re not sure how to properly address your 80 year old neighbor. Ma’am? גברתי? Mrs. Cohen? גברת כהן? Or is it fine to just use her first name?
Read MoreItamar Ben-Gvir has become, in a certain circle, anyway, the “It-Boy” of Israel’s terrible political moment. But why?
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