Sara Yael Hirschhorn, Noah Efron and beloved prodigal podcaster Ilene Prusher talk about (1) The vote to disperse the Knesset that looked like it would succeed, until it failed and (2) Prime Minister Netanyahu’s decision to give guns to a Gaza militia run by a former drug-lord, ISIS support: What could go wrong?

All this and a fight in the Knesset over women wearing tfillin, and new songs of LGBTQ pride!

Hear the Extra-Special, Special Extra Segment on Patreon

For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: What’s it like these days to teach on an American campus, and to raise Israeli-born kids on the mean streets of Boca Raton? World famous journalist and professor Ilene Prusher’s got some answers.

Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron talk about (1) How the left and right disagree about whether Israel ought to end the fighting in Gaza “now” and “forever”, and what these disagreements say about each political position and (2) Plans to disrupt the wedding of Avner Netanyahu, the son of the Prime Minister, and whether or not it’s o.k. to disrupt the family life of politicians one disagrees with.

All this and a meditation on anti-Israel protestors, and another on when wildlife is not wild life. Plus, the infused-with-spirit music of Hovav Paller.

Hear the Extra-Special, Special Extra Segment on Patreon

For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: The weird and scary moment we find ourselves in, after a guy in Boulder, Colorado improvises a flamethrower to immolate mid-aged Jews running a 5K in support of the hostages in Gaza, this just a couple of weeks after two Israeli embassy workers are murdered in DC. Are these things awful anomalies or just the new (awful) normal?

The holiday of Shavuot, once about one thing, and then about another, is now about, well, everything. (For your convenience and for the sake of quality control, this episode includes time-tested, proven bits from prior shows!)