The “Israel First!” Edition

Jerusalem municipality worker hangs an American and Israeli flags near the President's House in Jerusalem on May 18, 2017, in preparation for the upcoming visit of US President Donald Trump. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

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Not THAT Jewish Agency
Is the most important unseen force in Israeli politics the great divide between those who think that Israelis have it in our power to bring peace, and those fatalists who think, in the end, it just ain’t up to us?

Israel First!
Three leading industrialists say the way to make Israel great again is to put “Israel First,” and flip the bird to economic globalism. Are they right?

Darwin on the Down Low
The Jerusalem Museum of Natural History cover up exhibits on evolution when ultra-Orthodox kids come to visit: Respectful pluralism or despicable cravenness?

Music
Ella Ronen

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