the promised podcast

OUR Killer?

Last week 2,000 Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv in support of the 19-year-old soldier who shot in the head an immobile 21-year-old Palestinian stabber.

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Sometimes Israel Inspires

A pastiche of some of the most inspiring stories from the “Vatacountry!” segment of The Promised Podcast.

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being Israeli

A pastiche of stories from the “Vatacountry!” segment of The Promised Podcast, which focuses on poignant moments in special places in Israel.

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The Joys of Family

A pastiche of stories from the “Vatacountry!” segment of The Promised Podcast, which focuses on touching family moments.

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Four Sons for a New Generation

An updated version of the old story in the Midrash about the four sons – one wise, one evil, one simple, and one who does not know how to ask.

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Yids online!

A new survey of the habits of Israeli Modern Orthodox (or “National Religious”) Jews finds that they use the internet more than everyone else.

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School’s out, completely

The Tel Aviv Municipality plans to turn a park in a troubled southern neighborhood of the city into a school for refugee kids.

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What makes Bibi tick?

A new essay challenges the leftist article-of-faith that PM Netanyahu tacks back and forth out of opportunism and naked ambition.

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This is Your Brain on Shoah!

One high school’s decision to quit making trips to concentration camps in Poland, because of the lousy lessons kids get from them.

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Peace Now, Still?

The decline of anti-occupation activist group Peace Now, as its leader for the past 14 years resigns in a huff.

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