Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.
Gallantry
Is it o.k. to sack the guy in charge of your army, while generals in Iran are planning to attack?
Trumpery
Prime Minister Netayahu tweets to once-and-future US President Donald Trump that his “huge victory” in “history’s greatest comeback” is “a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America.” But what will Trump’s win mean to the Middle East?
12 Hours That Shook, Well, Us
For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: How did we handle the Gallantry & Trumpery one-two punch, and how do we now gather our broken selves and move forward?
All that and more music of our times.
Songs
- Nofar Salman — Tippa be-Lev Yam (טיפה בלב ים)
- Shiri Maimon — Shtay Dakot (שתי דקות)
- Yael Deckelbaum — Orion
Noah,
Your 11/07/24 podcast is another informative and touching conversation. My friends and I are very disappointed in Trump’s win, but I realize that it was always a possibility.
Your description of how Israeli citizens almost instinctively know where the places are and are driven to those areas of protests without any prodding, just driven by conscience and courage leaves me somewhat shameful that, while you are all enduring such an awful situation with such grace, that I can only complain about our re-electing an idiot for President. Thank you for what you do.
Paul Giles
Taylors, SC (USA)