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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 "Gantz Is the New Rabin?" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and Wunderkind writer, critic & activist Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an…
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The "There's No Government Like No 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 "It's All About the Benjamins" 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 "Nature of Politics" Edition
Writer and activist Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida, roving journalist Naomi Zeveloff and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an…
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The "Language of a Common Dream" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and activist, intellectual and educator Jeremy Benstein, author of the new book, Hebrew Roots, Jewish Routes: A Tribal…
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The "The President, the Prime Minister & the General" 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 "The Band Plays On" Edition
Wracked with anxiety and anticipation about what new government will take shape after the elections, Noah seeks solace with the boys of Liquid Plumr, the…
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The "The People have Spoken?" 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 "Smile for the Camera!" 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 the Hell Would Vote for Them, Too?!?" Edition
A weeks and a bit before elections, Don Futterman, Noah Efron and Haaretz uber-reporter Judy Maltz, in an act of political empathy and imagination, ask for…
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The "Who the Hell Would Vote for Them?!?" Edition
Two weeks and a bit before elections, Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron, in an act of political empathy and imagination, try to figure who…
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The "Is Netanyahu Over?" Edition
Haaretz-writer and media-whiz Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an…
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The "Panthers and Cubs" Edition
Israel Studies scholar and professor Sara Sara Hirschhorn, activist, Haaretz-writer and media-whiz Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida, and Noah Efron discuss three topics of…
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"The Elephant has Left the Building" Edition
Roving Mid-East Reporter Naomi Zeveloff, Tel Aviv Review host Gilad Halpern and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an…
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The "Two Party Solution" Edition
Don Futterman, Noah Efron and Human-Rights Attorney, Emily Schaeffer Omer-Man discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about…
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The "Selling Out?" Edition
Don Futterman, Noah Efron and journalist and host of the spectacular "The Branch" podcast about Jewish-Palestinian Coexistence, Dina Kraft discuss three topics…
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The "And What If You Don't Will It?" Edition
Don Futterman, Noah Efron, and the scholar-host of the brilliant feminist Yiddish podcast Vaybertaytsch, Sandy Fox discuss three topics of incomparable…
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The "The Distance from You to Me" 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 "Parties Like It's 1999" 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 "Huddled Masses Yearning for GDP?" 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 "Pleas Don't Please" 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 "Labor Savers?" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and journalist and educator Ittay Flescher discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about…
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The "Money, God and Country" 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 "Over Again" 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 "Heroes & Beeros" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Keeva & Us" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Songs of Innocence and Experience" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Simulacrum and Dissimulation" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "What, We Worry?" Edition
Noah Efron, Don Futterman 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 Young and the Feckless" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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Extra: Is Israel Experiencing a Decline in the Quality of Its Democracy?
For our most extremely generous Patreon supporters, we discuss in our extra-special, special extra segment a remarkable new Brookings Institute Policy Brief…
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The "Deep Breath" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Bullets, Ballots and Breastbeating" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Crossing Lines" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Château Latour" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and Wunderkind Haaretz book reviewer (and so much more) Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida discuss three topics of incomparable importance…
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The "Banned on the Run" 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 "Things Change (or They Don't)" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "With Us or Agin' Us!" Edition
Noah Efron, Don Futterman, and Time of Israel Ops & Blogs editor Miriam Herschlag discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote…
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The "Out with the Old, In with the New" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Befuddled, Belabored, Bereaved & Beloved" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and writer, TV host, and activist Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an…
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The "Black & White, Left & Right" 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 "Bullsh*t Solutions to Bullsh*t Problems?" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Lessons of War" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Son of God, with a Side of Fries" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Goose, Gander & Duck" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Elections!" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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"The Grinch and the Jewish Question" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Us & the Others" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "What?!? Some Europeans Don't Like Jews?!?" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "AirBDS?" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Sometimes They'll Give a War and Nobody Will Come" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Mourning in America" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Peace Happens" Edition
Crashing the First International Conference on Innovations in Conflict Resolution and Mediation, Don and Noah discuss seeking peace amidst violence and…
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The "Love's 'lections Lost" Edition
In this very special, environmentally-sound, recycled edition of the Promised Podcast, we rebroadcast discussions about: Whether the fact that the rabbis did…
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The "Gaga for the GA!" Edition
Allison, Don and Noah gather agog among the movers and the shakers at the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America to discuss three topics…
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The "Salts of the Earth" Edition
Subscribe to our WhyWhyWhy! True Stories from Israel podcast Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don…
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The "Jewesses Packing Heat" Edition
In this partially archival yet still very fresh edition of the Promised Podcast, we rebroadcast two segments from prior episodes, followed by a brand new third…
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The "Being Mayor is Tough!" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
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The "Israel, Encapsulated" Edition
In this very special, collectors' edition of the Promised Podcast, we rebroadcast a conversation with one of our favorite writers, the brilliant and enchanting…