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.

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—Days of Repentance, This Time With Bombs—

What are we to make of Israel’s weekend attack on Iran?

—All We Know—

What Wikipedia has to say about Israel and Zionism is changing before our eyes, and not for the better.

—Other Peoples' Elections—

For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: Two of every three Israelis polled say they’re pulling for Trump to win. Is this true and, if so, why?

All of that and more music of our times.

Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron discuss one topic of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

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Making Sense of Sinwar, asking four questions:

1. Now that Yahya Sinwar is dead, should Israel take the win or fight on?
2. In light of the fact that Yahya Sinwar was killed in Rafiah, can we conclude retrospectively that going into Rafiah was a good idea?
3. Is the unremitting and uncompromising focus with which Israel pursued Yahya Sinwar – at the cost of hundreds of Israeli lives and tens of thousands of Palestinian lives – a demonstration of its alpha-and-omega security policy, first set out by Zev Jabotinsky 101 years ago, called “The Iron Wall”?, and
4. What should we think and feel about the very violent death of that very violent man, Yahya Sinwar?

—Simchat Tora One Hebrew Calendar Year After Oct. 7th—

For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: One Hebrew calendar year after Hamas’ attack on Israel, our religious communities have thought long and hard about the appropriate way to celebrate Simchat Tora.

Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and Tova Cohen discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

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—Best Laid Schemes (Lea’e Us Nought but Grief An’ Pain), With Apologies to Robert Burns (And to Mice)—

Bringing down the Azrieli Towers? Conquering Israel top-to-bottom by 2025? Minutes of Hamas meetings sets out the groups grim vision.

—What’s So Funny ’Bout Peace, Love and Understanding?—

Has “peace” left the building?

—Jed Bartlet Is in the Sukkah!—

For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: Who, this year, would be our “Ushpizin” in our (notional or real) Sukkah.

All of that and Sukkot suddenly turning up everywhere.