About this episode
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and award-winning roving freelance journalist Naomi Zeveloff discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. --Crickets-- Just days before we vote, the last thing most Israelis want to hear about are the elections? Why? --Tibi in TLV-- Tens of thousands of Jewish Israelis tell pollsters that they'll vote, for the first time, for the mostly Arab-Israeli Joint List. Why? --Regular Yossls-- Ultra-Orthodox politicians say secular and modern-Orthodox folks should vote for them, because they're the only ones really fighting for what everyone wants: good health care, good transportation, an end to poverty, and such. Can ultra-Orthodox politicians break through to the mainstream? --What Does the U.S. Peace Proposal Mean for Israeli Settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank?-- For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra segment, Naomi Zeveloff tells us more about her poignant, remarkable trip ( reported on NPR ) to the neighboring Palestinian and Jewish west bank villages of Atara and Ateret, and what they tell us about the Trump peace plan, and about our inter-tangled lives here in the Holy Land. All this and the brilliant retro-soul of Uzi Navon & Acquaintances!