The “Is Netanyahu Over?” Edition

JL;DR SUMMARY In this segment, Haaretz-writer Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron discuss the potential decline of Prime Minister Netanyahu's political power, the emergence of a new group aiming to politically empower English-speaking Israelis, the portrayal of sensitive issues in the Israeli HBO series "Our Boys" challenging self-perceptions, and share favorite vacation spots in Israel. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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