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The Promised Podcast
An inside view of how Israel can warm your heart and make your blood boil. It's a show hosted by folks who live in and love Israel even though it drives them crazy, and who each week discuss the latest in Israeli politics, culture, and society.
Episodes
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The "Humans and Other People" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and linguist, Jewish scholar and environmental activist Jeremy Benstein discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end…
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The "Losing Our Humanities?" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "What Do We Need to Know?" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Turpitude Now, Turpitude Tomorrow, Turpitude Forever" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Ghosts" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and returning prodigal son, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida discuss three two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote…
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The "Can't Spell 'Plea Bargain' Without 'Rage' and 'Pain'" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and returning prodigal son, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote…
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The "Pure of Heart" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Dunno Much About Art" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "This is Reality!" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and Sally Abed discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made…
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The "Autarky Malarkey!" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and and returning prodigal son, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote…
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The "F*ck'm!" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "This is Not Wonderland" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Candles with Zealots, Oh My!" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and journalist-extraordinaire Dina Kraft discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about…
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The "Model Citizens" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Getting Rid and Holding On" Edition
Sally Abed and Noah Efron discuss three two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this…
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The "What Now?" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Earmarks & Skidmarks" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss three two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them…
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The "The Climes They Are A-Changin'" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "From 'Et Tu' to 'Me Too'" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Vax & Figures" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Waking Up But Still Not Woke" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "We'll Try to Stay Serene & Calm" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Sally Abed and Noah Efron discuss three two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Ushpizin" Edition
There is an ancient tradition on Sukkot, which is to say now, called Ushpizin, an aramaic word that means "Guests", and at its simplest, it means that one…
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The "Taking Stock" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Sally Abed and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made…
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The "Distinguished & Undistinguished Distinctions" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Deeds Done" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "73 Days In" Edition
Sally Abed, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them…
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The "Ash, Dust & Compassion" Edition
Forty years passed before the first song was written in Israel about the Holocaust. For a long generation, Holocaust survivors, and their kids, were mostly…
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The "Bettering & Battering Ourselves & Others" Edition
Sally Abed, Noah Efron and Tel Aviv Review host Gilad Halpern discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in…
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The "Bodies of Evidence & Evidence of Bodies" Edition
Times of Israel Ops & Blogs editor Miriam Herschlag, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an…
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The "Thought for Food" Edition
Times of Israel Ops & Blogs editor Miriam Herschlag, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an…
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The "Surveilled, Assailed & Curtailed" Edition
Times of Israel Ops & Blogs editor Miriam Herschlag, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an…
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The "The People Demand What, Now?" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Put a Sock in It!" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel…
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The "Misguided Grandpas, Wayward Cousins & Uncle Sam: What Family Doesn't Have Its Ups and Downs" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Times of Israel Ops & Blogs editor Miriam Herschlag discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an…
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The "Dilemmas of Power" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Naked Truths" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Sally Abed and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made…
The Promised PodcastThe "Hey, What's Up With the New Guy?" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel…
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The "I Have Been Able to Form a Government" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Still Crazy After All These Tears" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Sally Abed and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made…
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The "Fair Thoughts & Unhappy Hours" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel…
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The "F*cked Up Chickens, Coming Home to Roost"
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman, Sally Abed and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in…
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"The Fault Is Not in Our Stars" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida, Sally Abed (for a bit) and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote…
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The "There's Something About Romi!" Edition
Sally Abed, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made…
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The "Unity is the Thing We Seek" Edition
Don Futterman, Noah Efron and Times of Israel Ops & Blogs Editor Miriam Herschlag discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote…
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The "73!" Edition
In celebration of Yom Ha-Atzma'ut, Israeli Independence Day, stories about what the day means to us, from our family to yours! Plus, classic songs from the old…
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The "Fit for the Job?" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and Times of Israel Ops & Blogs Editor Miriam Herschlag discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an…
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The "Far-Fetched Fixes" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "What's All This Talk About Electile Dysfunction?!?" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman, Sally Abed and Noah Efron talk about Israel's elections this week: What should we make of the surprising success and…
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The "Can't Spell Campaign Without Manic or Panic" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel…
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The "Admiration & Condemnation" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Right Thinking Men" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel…
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The "Low Marx?" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Carrots & Sticks" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida, Sally Abed and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something…
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The "Courts: Of Public Opinion & the Other Kind" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Who's In & Who's Out?" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and Standing Together's Sally Abed discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something…
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The "Changing Fortunes" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel…
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The "Shots & Tots" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel…
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The "But For Mel" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Party Time!" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel…