What Are You Sitting On?
The word לשבת means to sit, and there’s a plethora of uses for this verb in Hebrew. We’ll be talking about jails and cafes, dog trainers, Ottoman Jews, and restaurant hosts, all in the same episode!
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Their War, Our War
Yaroslav Trofimov, chief foreign affairs correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, discusses his new book, “Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine’s War of Independence.” What parallels can be drawn between Ukraine’s war with Russia and Israel’s with Hamas?
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Reckoning?
Is it time for soul-searching and spiritual reckoning over the death and destruction in Gaza?
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Jerusalem, Mon Amour?
For the first time ever, Jerusalem elected a straight-up majority of ultra-Orthodox men to its city council. What’s it all mean?
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The “Reckonings” Edition
We discuss: 1) The Jerusalem election results which gave, for the first time ever, a majority to Ultra-Orthodox men 2) Whether it’s time for soul-searching and spiritual reckoning over the death and destruction in Gaza
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Are You in the Country?
The word ארץ means land/country. But it changes when we add prepositions to it. It’s also an important word if you are training your dog to lie on the floor. Guy explains
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Jews for Palestine, The First Generation
Dr Geoffrey Levin discusses his book which looks at a network of early anti-Zionist and pro-Palestinian thought leaders, active in the immediate aftermath of the establishment of the State of Israel
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Mayor for Life
Few positions have more job security than mayor of a major city in Israel. But why is that?
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Going Local
They say that, in a democracy, even the most humble among us can be elected to public office. Now we know it’s true!
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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
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