219 Meron and Sheikh Jarrah
Alan Goldman visited Mike and Matt in the teachers lounge to discuss current events. What caused the Lag Ba'Omer tragedy in Meron? What do we know a week later and what are people saying? Why are ther...
6 Maj 202138min
218 Coalition Stalemate Update
Wondering why there's still no Israeli government? What's the holdup? Will Netanyahu pull it off? Or has he gone a magic trick too far? Can the anti-Netanyahu bloc outmaneuver him and form their own c...
23 Apr 202139min
217 Explaining Jordan - With Dr. Eran Lerman
What just happened in Jordan? Was it an attempted coup or wasn't it? How should we understand Israel's warm/cold relationship with Jordan? What are its internal dynamics? Mike and Matt invited returni...
8 Apr 202140min
216 Shany Mor on the ICC
What is the ICC? Why are they investigating alleged war crimes among Israelis and Palestinians? Why does it anger so many Israelis? Dr. Shany Mor returns to the podcast to explain. Join us! Shany Mor ...
1 Apr 202138min
215 Israel's Tribal Democracy - Haviv Rettig Gur
It's an extra long episode. We invited friend of the podcast Haviv Rettig Gur to explain Israeli elections to a group of Rimon students. (see links below about the Rimon Movement. As usual, Haviv wove...
21 Mars 20211h 41min
214 The Rimon Movement
What is the RIMON Student-Led Movement? What do they mean by "reimagining Israel education"? How are they trying to improve Jewish life and identity on college campuses? What's the current state of Je...
16 Mars 202143min
213 Conversion Controversy
Why has the topic of conversion become such a big topic of controversy this week? Also, this is Alan's last episode as co-host. Join Mike and Matt in wishing him the best. Episode 115 - Interview with...
5 Mars 202147min
212 SNL and Gentile Leg Bones
Happy Purim! It's been a weird week in pop culture casual antisemitism. There was Michael Che's ignorant (and also bad) joke on SNL, and also impossibly racist Hasidim on a Canadian NBC tv show. (did ...
26 Feb 202134min
