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What Matters Now to Dan Ben-David: Israel's moment of truth is here

JL;DR SUMMARY Dan Ben-David argues that Israel is at a critical juncture, necessitating comprehensive reforms in education, budget management, government structure, and the adoption of a constitution. 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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LeadershipIsraeli PoliticsConstitutionDemographic ChangesSocioeconomic PolicyGovernment ReformEducational ReformIsrael 2.0Ultra Orthodox IntegrationNetanyahu Opposition

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"I'm your host, Deputy Editor Amanda Borchelle Dahn, here with Tel Aviv University economist Professor Dan Ben-David, the head of the Shorosh Institution for Socioeconomic Research."
Latvia
"Join me for a special episode featuring Latvian member of the European Parliament, Rihards Kols."
Brussels, Belgium
"Kols and I sat down at the European Parliament in Brussels this past January for an unflinching look at how Latvia is confronting Russian aggression."
Ukraine
"And how the invasion of Ukraine by a nuclear-armed autocracy has emboldened other regimes, including China and Iran."
Beit Shemesh, Central District, Israel
"One of my sons had a service year in a city called Beit Shemesh, which is very Haredi, but he actually was not in the Haredi section of it."
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