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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 27 days 15 hours 30 minutes
episode 26: The “Negotiating With Terrorists” Edition
Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. —Negotiating With Terrorists— Hamas finally sets out their demands in exchange...
episode 25: The “Gaza of Good & Evil” Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. —A Few Murderous Apples— A dozen United Nations Relief and...
episode 24: The “Generals and Genocides” Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. —General Malaise— Former IDF Chief of Staff and member...
episode 23: The “IDF: Inspiring Despite Failing?” Edition
Linda Gradstein, Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. —Why Did the Army Fail Us?— The first job of the army is...
episode 22: The “South Africa v. Israel” Edition
Miriam Herschlag, Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. —Phase III— The last phase of the Israel-Hamas war is...
episode 21: The “Days of Future Past” Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. —Basic— Israel’s Supreme Court decides, by the...
episode 20: The “End of Consensus?” Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. —Back to the Basics of Bouncing Bibi?— Do you oust the...
episode 19: The “Opinions, Opinions, Opinions!” 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. —What They Think About Us— More than half college-age...
episode 18: The “Dogs of War” Edition
William Blake once counselled “to see a world in a grain of sand.” In this very special podcast episode, Noah tries to see our troubled world right now, in a Whatsapp thread or a TikTok “For You.” —The Battalion WhatsApp— —Dog of War—...
episode 17: The “Kids Out, Kids In” Edition
Star journalist Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. —Kids Out— Every day for a week hostages got out of Gaza until,...