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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A spate of Supreme Court decisions that leave right-wing politicians sputtering about judicial overreach, which in turn leaves left-wing politicians sputtering about right-wing court bashing, and leaves everyone accusing everyone else of breaking Israeli democracy.

Two middle aged sociologists find Israeli Gen Y-ers (aged 21 to 34) shiftless and selfish, and a threat to the very existence of the state.