Nov 28, 2022
The Hebrew word for “tradition” comes from the same root as the English word: derived from the verb “to transmit,” it means to pass something down through time. When it comes to the deep map, tradition is everything – it’s the place where religion, culture, history, and memory converge. Once you start...
Nov 21, 2022
Is Israel becoming more hawkish, religious, and tribal -- or just more “Middle Eastern”? Trying to understand the latest elections, Robert sits down with Canadian-Israeli journalist Matti Friedman to talk about culture in the Holy Land: what it is, what it's perceived to be, how it's changing, and what those...
Nov 15, 2022
We are all the sum of our stories – and Israelis are no different. In this episode, Robert catches up with Amb. Michael Oren to probe the latest Israeli elections in more depth, zeroing in on the hidden stories that animate the country’s voters as they pick candidates and shape the future of the country. Drawing...
Nov 9, 2022
On November 1st, Israelis headed to the polls for the fifth time in the last four years to elect the members of its 25th Knesset. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right coalition emerged victorious. In the lead up to Israel’s 75th birthday, it’s a good time to ask: is Israel changing, and if so, how?...
Nov 7, 2022
In this bonus episode, Robert wraps up the Abraham Accords series. Each guest Robert spoke with had a different approach to these landmark peace deals, and Robert spends this episode trying to make sense of the information he tracked down.