the promised podcast

Killer-Hero-Scapegoat?

The public reaction to Elor Azaria’s trial and verdict revealed the sharp split of Israeli society into deeply divided political and social camps.

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Promised Podcast extra: Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick

Allison Kaplan Sommer sits down for a conversation with decorated journalist Dahlia Lithwick about Trumpism, American Jewry’s relationship to Israel, and Axe body spray.

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Social Change? There’s an App for that Now

A Jerusalem based NGO called “15 Minutes” just completed a successful Kickstarter Campaign that raised more than the 80,000 NIS to fund further development and upkeep of an app that helps people influence their public transportation.

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If he wasn’t good, he wouldn’t be rich, right?

None of Israel’s past political leaders have come from the private sector. This past week, Israeli political junkies were thrown into a tizzy when business mogul Avi Gabai announced that he had joined the Labor Party.

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The Unsettling Cost of Unsettling

The Israeli government agreed to allocate 130 million NIS ($33.75 million) to the resettlement of the Amona families.

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We Dreamed We were Farmers

The Israeli government recently decided to support homegrown agriculture with taxpayer shekels, though studies point to the policy as economically foolish.

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And as a Parting Gift: UN Security Council Resolution 2334

An international uproar has followed UNSC Resolution 2334’s passage, which dubbed Israeli settlements a flagrant violation of international law.

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Hem-Line Politics

Knesset guards denied entrance to parliamentary aides whose dressed were judged too short, sparking protest.

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You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your ambassador!

David Friedman is President-Elect Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Israel supports the occupation, opposes a two-state solution, and has called leftists “worse than Kapos.”

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