The “Ending this F*#!ing War” Edition

The Promised Podcast · 2025-01-16

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Miriam Herschlag, Sara Hirshhorn and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

Hear the Extra-Special, Special Extra Segment on Patreon

—Ending this F*#!ing War—

What should we make of the hostage release and “permanent cessation of hostilities” agreement with Hamas, and why is the agreement only signed now (and not eight months ago or eight months from now) and does what it means politically?

—A Utopic Future, Right Before Our Eyes—

For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: You may say I’m a dreamer, but I am not the only one.

Plus, a new record by Idan Amedi that started in a hospital bed, recovering from an explosion in Gaza that almost took Amedi’s life. And an appreciation of Avraham Luria, proprietor of Israel’s oldest and best costume emporium and a beloved figure in the world of Tel Aviv theater.

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Lidfo ta’rosh Latet la-Hayyim lirkod Shum Davar Aher

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