Star teacher and activist Rotem Ur-Soco, Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron talk about what to make of 1) The “blitz” of legislation passed by the government in the fading days of the 25th Knesset and 2) A hauntingly beautiful essay in The Atlantic by former Prime Minister and head of the opposition Yair Lapid, which he calls “a love letter to America”, and what it maybe says about how many of us Israelis regard the 250 year old democracy across the sea.
Plus: Books and papers representing a man’s life’s work dumped onto Dizengoff, collected by rubbish trucks and taken to landfill, plus a bunch of things that made our lives worth living over the last little while. And, of course, some new music of our unsettled times.
Songs
- Adi Butbika — Yadayim Al Ha-Rosh
- Eliya Narkis — Adam ve-Hava
- Anat Malamud — Le’ehov Oti
You should not just be complaining that people are doing extra miluim because haredim refuse to serve but also that the only tool that the government seems to have to resolve any problem is the use of deadly force, often against innocent civilians. When I lived in Israel I accepted miluim as a fact of life but never asked why the occupation had to continue indefinitely.