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**The Promised Podcast**

An inside view of how Israel can warm your heart and make your blood boil. It’s a show hosted by folks who live in and love Israel even though it drives them crazy, and who each week discuss the latest in Israeli politics, culture, and society.

Latest Episodes:

Big, big love Feb 06, 2014

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Allison, Don, Eilon and Noah discuss:

whether polygamy is rampant and unimpeded among the Bedouin of the Negev;
the recent finding that the half-life of ethnic neighborhoods in Israel is shorter than almost anywhere else on earth; and
the deep distress of the post office, and whether it should be bailed-out or privatized.

All this, and punk by ShittyCT (sound it out)!

Music: ShittyCT

Erev Tov Lekha (Good Evening to You)

Babylon Will Fall

Propaganda

Tarbut ha-Parkim (Park Culture)

Protocols of the Elders of Whom? Jan 30, 2014

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Allison, Don, Eilon and Noah discuss:

Rights, civil and human — as Shulamit Aloni’s death leaves us to wonder about the fate of the discourse of “rights” that she did so much to advance
Whether there is really no connection between the occupation and the rise of world-wide anti-Semitism, as Minister Naftali Bennett insisted this week
The putative death of the Israeli center.

All that and authentic Israeli bluegrass with Jacks of Diamond!

Music: Jacks of Diamond

A sad email

Kind of Substance

Would it be so bad

Dear Roommates song

The "Poindexter for President?" Edition Jan 23, 2014

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Allison, Don, Eilon and Noah discuss:

Whether, with the Middle East in flames around us, Israel ought to adopt a “Castle Strategy”
The kerfuffle around whether universities should switch to English
Whether Israel’s next president ought to be a Nobel Laureate chemist.

All this and the retro punk of Uzi Navon!

Playlist: Four songs by Uzi Navon ve-Makarim:

Hi lo sham (available here: )

Lo Evater al Atzmi (available here: )

Ha-Mosech ba-Hutim (available here)

Hofesh (available here:)

Plus, one by Matisyahu: Tel Aviv’n

Photo by Holger Motzkau.

Dispatches from the war on poverty Jan 16, 2014

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Allison, Don, Eilon and Noah discuss:

Whether the age of the great military hero turned political leader is gone forever
Why Israel’s “War on Poverty” may become a civil war (with special guest, the one and only Emily Silverman)
Whether we want to see the heads of the Head Rabbis on pikes

All that and music by crazy brilliant visionary cellist, Maya Belzitzman!

Music: Maya BelzitzmanParanoid (Black Sabbath Cover)I say a little prayer for you (Aretha Franklin cover)Nature boy (Nat King Cole cover)Change the world (Stevie Wonder cover)

The curious case of the rabbis who didn't bark Jan 09, 2014

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Allison, Don, Eilon and Noah discuss:

Why Israel’s adoption of arguably the most liberal abortion policy in the world has been silently accepted by the rabbis.
What PM Netanyahu means when he demands that Palestinian accept Israel as a Jewish State.
Why the African refugee issue is a political Rashomon.

All that and music by Rona Kenan.

Playlist: Rona Kenan Pale Blue Eyes (with Shlomi Shaban)Lihyot Nachon Betoch Agam Kafu Rona Kenan and Tamar Eisenmann

The "Best Laid Plans of Mice & Men" Edition Jan 02, 2014

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Allison, Don, Eilon and Noah discuss:

all that’s gone down since then PM Ariel Sharon proposed unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, ten years ago this week
the rise of chickenshit show-politics
how Israeli workers are watched, eavesdropped, tracked, monitored and surveilled up the wazoo

All that and the trippy music of Hila Ruach and Kalbey Ruach.

The "Trials and Errors" Edition Dec 26, 2013

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Allison, Don and Noah discuss:

the light sentence given the officer who bashed the face of a peace activist with the butt of his gun
the tragic struggle over a three-year old Ethiopian boy between two families who love him
whether the consensus that Jewish boys should be circumcised in Israel is eroding

All that and the weird and wonderful music of Lorna B. (aka Adi Ulmansky).

The 'Connect the Seas, Being Free & Crap TV' Edition Dec 19, 2013

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Eilon, Noah and The Times of Israel’s Miriam Herschlag discuss (1) the proposed Red Sea-Dead Sea pipeline, and whether along with water, peace may flow through the pipe; (2) why and how US college kids are challenging Hillel to allow more criticism of Israel on campuses; (3) whether Reality TV needs to be tamed through legislation. All this and Geva Alon, alone again naturally!

The "Vision, Fission and Derision" Edition Dec 12, 2013

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Eilon, Noah and The Times of Israel’s Miriam Herschlag discuss

(1) the sad passing of Nelson Mandela, and Israel’s ambivalent relationship to him,

(2) former MK Avraham Burg’s spilling the beans that Israel has nukes,

(3) the brouhaha over vegan activist, Gary Yourofsky.

All this and grunge by Left, in honor of their new album.

The "Turn, Turn, Turn" Edition Dec 05, 2013

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Allison, Eilon and Noah discuss (1) the new head of the Labor Party – “Buzghi” Herzog – and his plans to give peace a chance, (2) the facebookization of the Knesset, and (3) the (figurative and, sadly, literal) death of the old cultural guard. All this and cool songs by Efrat Ben Zur with lyrics by Emily Dickenson!

Efrat Ben Zur - BeeEfrat Ben Zur - A ThoughtEfrat Ben Zur - StormEfrat Ben Zur - Till the End

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