An inside view of how Israel can warm your heart and make your blood boil. It’s a show by a journalist, a professor and an NGO professional 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.
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The “675 Kilometers North” Edition
Allison, Don & Noah discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.
675 Kilometers North
We mull over the human tragedy of Aleppo, and what Israelis are saying (or not saying) and doing (or not doing) about it.
You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your ambassador!
We ask how we should regard David Friedman, President-Elect Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Israel, who supports the occupation, opposes a two-state solution, and has called leftists “worse than Kapos,” the poor saps forced to give a hand to the Nazis
Hem-Line Politics
We discuss the brouhaha, hullaballo and rumpus over Knesset guards denying entrance to Parliamentary aides whose dresses were judged too short; is this decorum or just a reduction ad absurdum of the patriarchy?
All songs by Shtar, Beit Shemesh’s favorite religious hip-hop sons, including Ori Murray (MC), Brad Rubinstein (guitar), Dan “Zaki” Isaac (vocals), Avi Sommers (bass) and Tzvi Solomons (percussion):
Lights
Gone Again
Restoring My Soul (Modeh)
Infinity