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 18 hours 51 minutes
episode 21: The “All You Protest Kids” Edition
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. —A Tale of Four Cities— Fifteen times as many people are turning out for...
episode 22: The “Demonstrating Faith” Edition
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. —When Cannons Roar— There were 32 attacks on Israeli Jews – some...
episode 23: The “Reform School” 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. —The Invisible Hand that Rocks the Cradle— Newly proposed...
episode 24: The “Presidential Importunity” Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Sally Abed and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. —Presidential Importunity— President Herzog addressed the...
episode 25: The “Uncivil Disobedience?” 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. —Uncivil Disobedience?— Strikes, blocking roads, doxing, boycotts,...
episode 26: The “History Will Judge Us” Edition
In this first-in-all-of-human-history, cross-over edition of TLV1’s Tel Aviv Review and TLV1’s The Promised Podcast, we discuss the open letter of more than 160 renowned historians of Jews, Judaism and/or Israel (“Israel on the Edge of an...
episode 27: The “In Flames” Edition
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. —In Flames— We just witnessed the rampage on Huwara that many here are...
episode 28: The “A Conflict That Contains Lifetimes of Conflicts” Edition
In this very special episode, recorded on a “National Day of Resistance Against Dictatorship,” Noah tries your patience trying to figure out what the hell this conflict is about.
episode 29: The “You and What Army?” Edition
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. —Insubordi-Nation— There’s a growing number of elite reservists who are...
episode 30: The “Oy and Thou” Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and very special guest Mijal Bitton discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. —The Best Laid Plans— President...