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Thanksgivukah Extravaganza – Where American and Israeli Cultures Meet Nov 28, 2013

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To celebrate the confluence of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah, Allison, Eilon, Don and Noah devote the show to the meetings of American and Israeli cultures. They discuss (1) Why the Conservative Movement is ailing in America, and how it’s doing in Israel, (2) Them Crazy-Ass American Settlers in the West Bank, and what really makes them tick, and (3) The anxieties and joys of immigrants from America raising Israeli kids. Plus, the music of Americans who rock the Israeli music scene.

Threats, Sh*t & Tats Nov 21, 2013

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Allison, Eilon and Noah discuss the Supreme Court’s dressing down of the government, the hot mic in the UN that divulged the world’s worst secret - yes, it's about Israel's being unfairly singled out - and Israelis' inking habits, or the new, surprising tattoo culture.

The Compost, Computers & Competitors Edition Nov 14, 2013

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Allison, Eilon, Don and Noah discuss (1) the evaporation (or evisceration) of environmental parties in the last elections – where have all the flower-lovers gone?, (2) the yawning digital divide in Israel, whether this google-gap ought to concern us, and (3) the primaries in the Labor Party, and why the once beloved Shelly Yacimovich is now embattled. Plus, the alt/folk music of Botimzog.

The Exoneration, Importation & Secularization Edition Nov 07, 2013

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Allison, Eilon, Don and Noah discuss (1) the dramatic exoneration of MK Avigdor Lieberman of charges of “breach of trust” on the part of a three judge panel, a verdict that brought to a swift end a languorously slow (17 year) investigation and trial; (2) the IDFs decision to buy boots from American factories, which amounted to a death sentence for a local factory and firings for its hundred employees, and (3) the spate of recent legislation reducing the power of rabbis, and amounting to what one journalist called a “slow-moving legislative revolution is taking place that may dramatically change how Israelis live their lives

The President and the Pop-Stars Oct 31, 2013

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Allison, Eilon, Don and Noah discuss

The Palestinian prisoner release and whether it helps or hinders the peace process
Education Minister Shay Piron’s decision to start teaching first-graders about the Holocaust and carry on right through high school: Should we teach Treblinka to tots?.

The gang also chats with Knesset Member Dov Khenin about what’s up in new the legislative session, and especially the so-called “Better Governance Bill” that may change the face of Israeli politics forever, if it’s passed. Plus, the insanely great music of “Ha-Hatzer ha-Ahorit,” with lyrics by legendary songwriter Yankele Rotblit.

Low election turnout, and the decline in the old hardline Zionist ideology Oct 27, 2013

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Allison, Don, Eilon and Noah discuss:

this week’s local elections, why fewer and fewer folks come out to vote in them, and what we’re voting about when we bother to vote at all, and
our changing attitudes towards citizens who opt out, moving to Berlin or Brooklyn, and how the shifts reflect a decline in the old, hardline Zionist ideology that once held sway here, but no longer seems to.

All this and new reads, looks and listens you might want to check out in your idle hours. Plus, three mashups by arguably the coolest (and, ironically, the hottest) DJ in Tel Aviv: Maya Jakobson.

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