Merav Ferziger and her mom, Miriam Herschlag, on the protests shaking Jerusalem at the foundations, and making all sorts of “good trouble.”

Maybe no one is a better symbol of how Israel is changing (and did more to cause this change) than Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, who died this week at 83.

From deep in summer doldrums, Noah tells the story of one song that is also, in a way, the story of Israel itself.

Are the demonstrators in front of the PM’s home a new political class? Is our next PM a dyspeptic 76-year-old named Ron? How do you solve a problem like the Eretz Israel Museum?

What happens now that trust in our leaders has eroded and each night brings new scenes of police water-cannoning protestors? What’s the legacy of the “withdrawal to end all withdrawals” that took place 15 years ago?

As demonstrations grow, what should Netanyahu do about Israel’s economic crisis? What’s wrong with judging judges? And is it okay for a kibbutz to bar folks from visiting the banks of a river that winds through its grounds?

How did Israel go from one of the best to one of the worst at keeping COVID at bay? What does Israel’s newest mega-hit TV series tell us about how Israelis see Persian politics and culture? What can we learn from Peter Beinart’s new essays?

Will a smaller annexation sidestep the worst consequences? Are there memorials and statues here that should be torn down? Why ’o why should an army have a broadcast studio?

Why are many LGBTQA folks hating on a new documentary that’s about them? Why are 8 female teenagers living alone, on a hill in the foothills of Samaria, without running water & electricity? What’s behind the ultra-Orthodox plan to make weddings smaller & cheaper?

Are diaspora Jews “revolting” against Bibi’s planned annexation? Is a cemetery that stopped being a cemetery more than 100 years ago still a cemetery? Has the time come to focus on the Haganah’s darkest deeds?