Shows / The Promised Podcast
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
- The Promised Podcast
The "Oslo at 25" Edition
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Gilad Halpern discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Yesterday and Today" Edition
In an inspiring demonstration of environmental consciousness, this week the Promised Podcast mixes new discussions with gently repurposed discussions from our…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Another Year" Edition
Don Futterman, Noah Efron, and roving freelance journalist Naomi Zeveloff discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Symbolic Justice" Edition
Don Futterman, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Cautionary Conversations" Edition
Chair of Tel Aviv University's Dept. of Public Policy Alon Tal, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end…
- The Promised Podcast
WhyWhyWhy! "Sweat"
This episode of WhyWhyWhy! features true stories on the theme of "Sweat" as told by Anna Levine, Ephraim Rinsky, Susan Warchaizer, Libby Weiss, Mira Fox, and…
- The Promised Podcast
The "International" Edition
Twenty years ago, a week after Israel celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, a 26 year-old former drag-queen and trans woman won the world's biggest song…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Big, Beautiful Wall" Edition
Times of Israel Ops & Blogs Editor Miriam Herschlag, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Blood, Sweat & Milk" Edition
Times of Israel Ops & Blogs Editor Miriam Herschlag, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an…
- The Promised Podcast
The "The Revolution Will Be Corporatized" Edition
Don Futterman, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "It's Finally Nice & Legal! Israel is a Jewish State!" Edition
Don Futterman, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Don't Know Much About History" Edition
Don Futterman, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Left=Bereft?" Edition
Gilad Halpern, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Put Away for Take Away?" Edition
Outgoing International Director of Haaretz Charlotte Halle, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with…
- The Promised Podcast
WhyWhyWhy! "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution!"
This episode of WhyWhyWhy! features stories on the theme of "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" as told by Judah Ari Gross, Margot Saffer, Don Futterman, Adam Nice…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Benjamin Netanyahu's New World Order" Edition
Times of Israel Ops & Blogs Editor Miriam Herschlag, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Terror with a Tail!" Edition
Outgoing International Director of Haaretz Charlotte Halle, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Drawing Lines" Edition
Noah Efron, Times of Israel Ops & Blogs Editor Miriam Herschlag, and Ha'aretz columnist Bradley Burston discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end…
- The Promised Podcast
The "The Sheep Goes Baaah, the Cow Goes Moooo, the Trident Missile Goes Whoosh-Boom!" Edition
Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Republikud & Labocrats?" Edition
Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
Why why why! "Chutzpah"
This episode of Why why why! features stories on the theme of "Chutzpah"as told by Gwen Dreilinger, Mel Lidman, Alon Tal, Chavi Karkowsky, Judy Maltz, and…
- The Promised Podcast
The "I'm Not Your Toy (But Nix the Joy)!" Edition
Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Age of Uncertainty" Edition
Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Israel First!" Edition
Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "What About Natalie?" Edition
Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Seventy Short Reasons" Edition
Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Guns, Jews and Steel" Edition
Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
Why, Why, Why! "Crossing the Red Sea"
Our debut episode of Why, Why, Why! features stories on the theme of "Crossing the Red Sea" told by Abe Silver, Jodi Davidovitch, Yaser Abu Areesha, Nancy…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Still Leaving Egypt, After All These Years" Edition
Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Who Surveils the Surveillors?" Edition
Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Judaism: The Theme Park" Edition
Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Bradley Burston discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Broadening Horizons" Edition
Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Assassination, Prevarication & Narration Peroration" Edition
Noah Efron, Charlotte Hallé, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Eyes on the Prize" Edition
Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Tragic Flaws" Edition
Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Federation Delegation Visitation Conversation" Edition
Before a live audience including a delegation from UJA-Federation of New York, the largest local philanthropy in the history of the world, Noah Efron, Allison…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Democrats, Diplomats & Habitats" Edition
Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Abbas Unbound" Edition
Noah Efron, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Selfie in Auschwitz?" Edition
Noah Efron, Ha'aretz journalist Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Pascal's Meteorology" Edition
Noah Efron, Ha'aretz journalist Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Likud's Settlement-Schizoid New Year's Resolutions" Edition
Noah Efron, Ha'aretz journalist Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Times of Israel's Ops & Blogs Editor Miriam Herschlag discuss three topics of incomparable…
- The Promised Podcast
"The 'Herem' of Public Opinion" Edition
Noah Efron, Don Futterman, and Ha'aretz journalist Allison Kaplan Sommer discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Webbutz?" Edition
Noah Efron, Don Futterman, and Ha'aretz journalist Allison Kaplan Sommer discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Who Killed Hanukkah?" Edition
Noah Efron, Don Futterman, and Ha'aretz journalist Allison Kaplan Sommer discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about…
- The Promised Podcast
The "If I Don't Recogize You, O Jerusalem - Live from Boston" Edition
Noah Efron, Don Futterman, Ha'aretz International Director Charlotte Hallé, and and ARZA President Josh Weinberg are live in Boston to discuss three topics of…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Why Oh Why Won't You Try Me?" Edition
Noah, Gilad Halpern, host of TLV1's Tel Aviv Review and Miriam Herschlag, Times of Israel Ops & Blogs Editor discuss three topics of incomparable importance…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Take From Us Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free" Edition
If you wish to attend our live show at the Boston URJ Biennial conference you must fill out this form by this Sunday, Nov. 26th! Noah Efron, Don Futterman, and…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Unscrewed" Edition
Noah Efron, Don Futterman, and roving reporter extraordinaire Naomi Zeveloff discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about…
- The Promised Podcast
The "On the Road to Perdition with Waze" 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…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Is it Time to Retire the 'Z Word'?" Edition
Noah Efron, Tel Aviv Review host Gilad Halpern, and Ha'aretz International Director Charlotte Hallé discuss the centennial of the Balfour Declaration which was…
- The Promised Podcast
The "A Presidential Address of Existential Distress" Edition
Noah Efron, Times of Israel Ops & Blogs Editor Miriam Herschlag, and Tel Aviv Review host Gilad Halpern discuss discuss three topics of incomparable importance…
- The Promised Podcast
The "UNESCO = United Nations, Eat Sh*t & Choke On It?" Edition
Noah Efron, Don Futterman, and Ha'aretz reporter Dina Kraft discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel…
- The Promised Podcast
The "A Girl, and I Shoot Well!" 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…
- The Promised Podcast
The "A Pall to Arms" Edition
Noah Efron, Don Futterman, and roving reporter extraordinaire Naomi Zeveloff discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about…
- The Promised Podcast
The "For the Sins We Have Sinned" 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…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Serving God and Country" Edition
Noah Efron, Don Futterman, and roving Middle East reporter extraordinaire Naomi Zeveloff discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Keeping Up With the Netanyahus" Edition
Noah Efron, Don Futterman, and International Director of Ha'aretz Charlotte Hallé discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote…
- The Promised Podcast
The "From Sex Industry to Ex-Industry?" 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…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Dezionizing the Skies?" 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…
- The Promised Podcast
The "Lanyard, Color War and Rocket Propelled Grenades: The Things I Learned at Camp" Edition
Noah, The Tel Aviv Review's Dahlia Scheindlin, and roving freelance journalist Naomi Zeveloff discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an…