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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.

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01:33:40

The "Bombs and Balms" Edition

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2026/04/16

Allison and Noah talk about 1) Whether or not, as an essay in the New York Times suggests, war has become "not a strategy but the norm" for Israel, (2) The World Happiness Reports finding that Israelis remain among the happiest people on earth, including after October 7th: Why is this? For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: A bunch of writers send a confusing open-letter to the Jewish Book Council saying (we think) that the JBC needs to

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01:35:20

The "War is Over! (If You Ignore a Thing or Two)"...

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2026/04/09

Linda and Noah talk about: 1) The abrupt, maybe fleeting, end to the war with Iran, and what it means, and 2) The "Death Penalty for Terrorists" law recently passed by the Knesset (and destined to be struck down by the Supreme Court), and what it means. For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: Polls showed support for the war among Israelis steadily slipping with each passing day. Why did people's faith that something good might come of

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01:29:05

The "Egypt Within Us" Edition

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2026/04/01

Linda, Noah and journalist Judah Ari Gross discuss: 1) the Jewish thugs attacking, hurting and terrorizing Palestinians on the West Bank and, relatedly, 2) what our exodus story needs to be this year. Hear the Extra-Special, Special Extra Segment on Patreon For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: With the missiles and all the rest, we struggle to answer Joey Tribiani's all-important question: "How you doin'?" Plus making Passover at this

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32:54

The "Radio Days" Edition

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2026/03/26

Ninety years ago this week, Hebrew was heard on airwaves as the Voice of Jerusalem had its first broadcast. The feint echoes of the thing are worth listening for today.

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01:43:09

The "Confounded, Unbounded & Undergrounded" Edition

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2026/03/19

In this gala return of the Podcast, Miriam and Noah talk about (A) What this thing with Iran is, (1) Whether these days we're seeing a new, more Strangelovian Prime Minister Netanyahu, and (2) What life underground in the homefront tells us about Israeli society at this strange moment. Hear the Extra-Special, Special Extra Segment on Patreon For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: Miriam and Noah talk about their lives during wartime. Is

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01:02:36

The "Ran's Sheloshim" Edition

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2026/02/26

Today marks the thirtieth day since we buried Ran Gvili, the hostage who came home last. The thirty day mark, the Sheloshim, signifies the end of the period of intense mourning. It may also be taken as the end of the terrible war in Gaza that followed October 7. Noah explores how wars end in Israel, and what the end of this war is like for all of us going through it. (This is the last of our special breaktime episodes. Stay tuned, the show is coming back soon!)

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01:05:56

The "'We Did Nothing Special': Remembering Uri...

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2026/01/22

Uri Lupolianski was the first ultra-Orthodox mayor of Jerusalem, and he was convicted of corruption. A week after his death, Noah says that he was also a reflection of all of us, at our imperfect best.

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01:26:27

The "Candles in the Wind and Candles in the Window"...

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2025/12/18

In this last episode before our two month break (save for an occasional special, check your feed!) Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron talk about (1) What to make about Bondi Beach and the many, many violent things around the world that maybe led up to it, and (2) What does Hanukkah mean in 2025? For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: What do we look for in a Rabbi? All that and a Mufti and a Chief Rabbi studying the New Testament in Gaza

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01:43:35

The "Aftermaths" Edition

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2025/12/11

Allison, Don and Noah talk about (1) whether we are being buffeted by what some experts call a "mental health tsunami," after all that has happened, and (2) the decision by members of Kibbutz Be'eri not to preserve as memorials the mostly wrecked houses where almost a hundred of their loved ones were murdered on October 7. For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: Most Israelis think this is just a lull, and the fighting will start up

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01:48:48

The "Pardon Me?" Edition

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2025/12/04

Miriam and Noah talk about (1) the Prime Minister's request that the President pardon him, to put an end to our long, national downer, and (2) what to make of the movie, The Sea, which took all the important Israeli prizes this year, for its depiction of a kid living under occupation, trying to get a glimpse of the sea. For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: It's not easy being Peter Beinart. All that and a farewell to the general in

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01:31:34

The "Old Ends & New Beginnings" Edition

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2025/11/27

Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron talk about (1) our slow slouch seemingly back towards war on four fronts – Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iran – why is it happening and where might it lead? and (2) what to make of three new political parties that have set themselves up, as we near the start of Knesset election campaigns. For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: How does celebrating the Pilgrim's first year in the New World look and feel when you

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01:31:04

The "Keeping the Peace?" Edition

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2025/11/20

Allison and Noah talk about (1) the spike in thuggish thuggery of young Jewish thugs, throwing rocks, beating with sticks, setting fires, sparking fear among Palestinians on the West Bank, and also Jewish protestors and soldiers, and (2) the UN Security Council's decision to endorse US President Trump's 20 point plan for peace in the Middle East, offering a "pathway" to a State of Palestine. For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: US

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02:04:49

The "All the iPhones in the Sea" Edition

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2025/11/13

Miriam Herschlag, Noah Efron and managing editor at eJewishPhilanthropy Judah Ari Gross talk about (1) the storm of protest and worry over the discovery that the army's chief attorney leaked a video incriminating reserve soldiers, and (2) the rising swell of Jewish spirituality and religion after October 7th and whether it is something to celebrate or fear (or both). For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: My therapist is a Zionist. What

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37:10

The “The Big Picture” Edition

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2025/11/06

Noah talks about the big questions about Israel’s future with historian, journalist, public intellectual and podcaster Marc Shulman.

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07:36

In Memoriam: Omer Neutra (Recorded Dec. 5th, 2024)

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2025/11/04

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01:36:48

The “So Maybe He Did Know What He Was Doing?” Edition

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2025/10/30

Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron talk about (1) the on-again-off-again fragility of the ceasefire, visiting death on both sides, and (2) whether or not Prime Minister Netanyahu’s admirers have a point when they say that he steered us through the war just how he said he would, and managed to achieve things that matter. For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: This week we celebrated Yom ha-Oleh, the National Day of the Immigrant. Miriam and

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01:46:29

The “To Arrive Where We Started” Edition

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2025/10/23

Allison and Noah talk about what the hell they make of the neither-fish-nor-foul liminal state we find ourselves in now and what the hell the future holds for us. Then they are joined by Danielle Haas, who for ten years was Human Rights Watch's only senior employee in Israel, to talk about bias in the Human-Rights-Industrial-Complex. For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: The government decides to rebrand the wretched conflict of the

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27:28

The “Home!” Edition

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2025/10/16

We waited and we waited and now they are here.

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01:32:17

The “Two Years & Twenty Points” Edition

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2025/10/08

Linda Gradstein and Noah Efron talk about (1) US President Donald Trump’s “Twenty Point Plan,” to bring home the hostages and end the war, and (2) On the second Yahrzeit of October 7, how we have changed, personally, and as a society. For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: John Oliver thinks that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a corrupt, warlike, evil scumbag. What do we make of that? Plus, music from the memorial ceremony in the

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50:27

The “Atonement, Judgement, Compassion, Forgiveness,...

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2025/09/30

For this Yom Kippur, we return to stuff that gave us solace and understanding in the past.

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