The "Angry, Angry Ashkenazim" Edition

In this last episode before our two month break (save for an occasional special, check your feed!) Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron talk about (1) What to make about Bondi Beach and the many, many violent things around the world that maybe led up to it, and (2) What does Hanukkah m ...  Show more

Allison, Don and Noah talk about (1) whether we are being buffeted by what some experts call a "mental health tsunami," after all that has happened, and (2) the decision by members of Kibbutz Be'eri not to preserve as memorials the mostly wrecked houses where almost a hundred of ...  Show more

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a new phase of the war that has sparked fears of a full-blown war with Hezbollah, which the US has warned could be disastrous. Netanyahu also made comments that appeared to be a death knell for any Gaza peace deal which is backe ...  Show more

Massive anti-government protests in Israel are putting pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the release of captives and early elections. Netanyahu has staked his political future on the war on Gaza. Will his career survive it?

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Many months ago, we solicited questions from you, our listeners, for our first-ever mailbag episode. The result was a wide-ranging conversation that wandered from the serious (Torah study) to the relatively frivolous (HBO’s Girls). We planned to release the episode in early Octob ...  Show more