The Promised Podcast

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The "Serving God and Country" Edition Sep 20, 2017

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Noah Efron, Don Futterman, and roving Middle East reporter extraordinaire Naomi Zeveloff discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

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Serving God and Country The Supreme Court has rejected the government's present policy of (effectively) allowing mass exemptions from army service to Haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, kids as unconstitutional and discriminatory.

The De-Malling of Israel Malls in Israel have been deserted and are collapsing: is this is a harbinger of the de-Amerification of Israeli culture?

5777 We review the most percussive and important events and people of the year that ends this week, 5777.

Music: Eti Ankri, ringing in the New Year with spirit: Et ha-Kol Be-Chol Libi Ha-Nigun Shelcha Sharach Bat Asher

The "Keeping Up With the Netanyahus" Edition Sep 14, 2017

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Noah Efron, Don Futterman, and International Director of Ha'aretz Charlotte Hallé discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

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Keeping Up With the Netanyahus (or, Reality Bites) The first family is full of reality-TV foibles as lady Sara Netanyahu faces indictment for stealing government monies and first son Yair Netanyahu posts on Facebook an ickily anti-Semitic meme. Should the Prime Minister pay a political price for the zany malefactions of his family?

The Likud is Not a Body that Needs Democracy? The Young Turk "New Likudniks" are trying to take over the party and move it leftward: is that o.k.?

Animal Politics Why does the struggle for animal rights and animal liberation resonate so strongly with so many Israelis?

Music: Alma Zohar, in honor of her moving performance at the big animal march after this past Shabbat. Kol Yom Osher Gadol Etze el ha-Sadeh Yeled Yafeh

The "From Sex Industry to Ex-Industry?" Edition Sep 07, 2017

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Noah Efron, Don Futterman, and Times of Israel Ops & Blogs editor Miriam Herschlag discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

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Nabi Saleh, 1:15 a.m. Al Jazeera published a video of IDF soldiers searching a West Bank Palestinian home. What, if anything, can we learn from it about the nature of the occupation and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict?

Paper Trail (or in the Gloam with Yisrael Ha-Yom) There was a shocking disclosure that Prime Minister Netanyahu conversed lots with the owner and editor of Israel's biggest newspaper, the free daily Yisrael Ha-Yom, before elections and many other important news events. Could this possibly be kosher?

From Sex Industry to Ex-Industry? The courts and the Knesset have recently moved to squelch the sex industry: is this blessed feminism or cursed puritanism?

Music: Daphna Recter Ha-Shir Al Ha-aretz Elohimim Yom Tov Thank You, with Tal Ne'eman

The "Dezionizing the Skies?" Edition Aug 31, 2017

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A Protest Stressed, Compressed, and Messed, all at the Supreme Court's Behest There's a brouhaha over whether, when and where protestors can demonstrate against the putative corruption of PM Netanyahu.

Grading Israel's Schools, or Scientia potentia est? A new Ministry of Education website contains all imaginable data about Israel's schools; but could this be too much information?

Dezionizing the Skies? There's a hubbub around the suggestion that Israel needs to change the name of our airport, because some Palestinian citizens see Ben Gurion as an author of their people's miseries.

Music: Apo & the Apostles, in honor of their return from their European tour, and their show next week at Sultan's Pool in J-lem. Animaly Baji Wenek My Name is Hanna Stand By Me

The "Lanyard, Color War and Rocket Propelled Grenades: The Things I Learned at Camp" Edition Aug 24, 2017

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Noah, The Tel Aviv Review's Dahlia Scheindlin, and roving freelance journalist Naomi Zeveloff discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

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Making War Prime Minister Netanyahu attempts to reduce the number of government ministers who must approve a declaration of war, which some see as Strangelovean megalomania.

Lanyard, Color War and Rocket Propelled Grenades: The Things I Learned at Camp New "camps" for tourists that teach firearms, explosives and other deadly arts are popping up in Israel. What are we to make of them?

Alternative Facts about Trees and Shrubs There is a surprisingly vicious debate over trees and shade taking place over who ought to decide what to plant, when, and where.

Music: All songs from Ha-Tishma Koli (גלגלצ במחווה לאלבום ״החלונות הגבוהים״) Kol ha-Shavua Lakh, Eliad Zemer Noga (Ha-Tishma Koli), Dana Spector and Alon Geva Ahavah Rishonah, Dikla Eifo Hem Kol Avoteinu, Yishai Ribo

The "Charlottesville and Jerusalem" Edition Aug 17, 2017

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Noah, host of TLV1's The Tel Aviv Review Gilad Halpern, and Times of Israel Ops & Blogs editor Miriam Herschlag discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

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How Much is Too Much Corruption? There are corruption charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: how seriously should we take them?

Summer of Godlessness Over the summer, parents' groups formed across the country aiming to keep religion out of their kids' schools.

Charlottesville and Jerusalem Do Israelis, as Israelis, have any special responsibility to act or any message to deliver about the Nazi narishkeit in Charlottesville and the White House?

Music: Chen Levy, in honor of her forthcoming debut record "Chen Levy," who is having a gala pre-release show next week at Levontin 7: On the Sunny Side of the Street Down With It Hide and Seek All of Me

The "Women of Influence" Edition Aug 10, 2017

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Allison, Noah, and host of TLV1's The Tel Aviv Review Gilad Halpern discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

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Yair in the Middle Prime Minister candidate Yair Lapid argues that centrism is the new black with a middle-of-the-road, moderation-in-all-things centrist manifesto.

Psychiatric Chic Two weird-ass initiatives aim to de-stigmatize mental illness, but probably say more about our anxieties about it than about our open-mindedness towards it.

Women of Influence What does the Forbes list of the fifty most influential Israeli women say about the state of gender, sex, and sexism in 2017?

Music: All songs by Yishai Ribo 'Im Nin'alu Kol Dodi Ha-Nisayon Ha-Zeh Gam Ki-Elekh

The "Netanyahu's Trump Card" Edition Aug 03, 2017

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Netanyahu's Trump Card Benjamin Netanyahu has borrowed the war against "Fake News." Are Israelis buying the idea of a media conspiracy against the Prime Minister and all that is sacred and pure?

Water Bottles Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Drink Drinking fountains have disappeared from Israel's cities. Does this have to do with the gears of capitalism being greased with the blood of the workers?

When the Bands Stopped Playing Why have bands vanished from Israel's hit parades, replaced by solo singers?

Music: Yuar (Arina Popova and Yury Poisik), from their EP Signal, marking the free show they're doing this week at The Container in the Jaffa port: Perfect Miracle Song about You Superlove

The "Sacred Sites and Plights" Edition Jul 27, 2017

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Don, Noah, and Times of Israel Ops & Blogs editor Miriam Hershlag discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

Sacred Sites, Fights, and Plights Frightful tensions are mounting over the Temple Mount/Haram al Sharif: are we teetering at the edge of religious war?

Moving Up? New research finds that the path for the poor into the upper-middle class is twisty and perverse.

The Queer Thing about Israel's LGBTQ What is it about the struggle for LGBTQ rights that especially inspires so much support and sympathy in Israel?

Music: Ground Heights, in honor of their blowout show this week at the Container in Jaffa! Aynoche Esh Feta Feta In Disguise

The "BDS? There's an App for That Now!" Edition Jul 20, 2017

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Don, Noah, and roving freelance journalist Naomi Zeveloff discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

A Tale of Two 'One Percents' A study found that Israel has two 'one-percents,' an economic elite and a political elite, each screwing us in their own way.

Movin' Pictures The radical, political 'Cinematheque' in Tel Aviv seems to be going mainstream, abandoning provocation for entertainment. But is that what an avant garde art emporium is for?

BDS? There's an App for hat Now! A new government funding app is meant to encourage young people to undo BDS: it's Facebook meets Tinder meets Pokemon Go meets Spy vs. Spy meets Hasbara. What are we to make of a thing like that?

Music: Avigail Koevary, in honor of her turning thirty, and in honor of the show in honor of her turning thirty this week at Levontin 7. Polin Mesha'amem li Hibbuk, with Amir ve-Ben Biryon

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