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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episode 24: The “Losing Our Humanities?” Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.
Hear the Extra-Special, Special Extra Segment on Patreon
—Macaroni Acrimony—
Each day brings new, anguished protests over rising prices. Does the government have an answer?
—Eternity No More—
Are ultra-Orthodox soldiers less judicious and humane than all the others?
—Oh, the Humanities!—
Starting next year, Israel is cancelling make-or-break matriculation exams in the humanities. Is this dumbing down or rising up?
—Don’t Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out!—
For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion, we discuss the message sent by British Jewry to right-wing MK Bezalel Smotrich saying, “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!”
All this and pop Wunderkind Noa Kirel on the occasion of her discharge from the IDF!