Israel ReBound

In this episode Liz and Alan breakdown the workings of the Knesset to be able to dissolve the government, determine who the interim prime minster will be,  and when the next elections should be held. All very interesting. In addition, with summer starting what kind of out door activities will people be doing--Liz and Alan celebrate Israel's amazing hiking trails and Alan shares a little about the Pacific Crest Trail. Check out the links below.

Alan also asked Liz what her thoughts were on the recent ruling by the US Supreme Court on overturning Roe v. Wade.

Pacific Crest Trail
Hiking trails in Israel 

Enjoy

After taking a couple of weeks off Liz and Alan meet up again to welcome in the latest in Israel's parliamentary experiments. No surprises here. Enjoy!

In this episode Liz and Alan discuss the recent Jerusalem day activities and look back on the origin of it. They also discuss the challenges of the current government and discuss cheesecake recipes for Shavuot. 

In this episode Liz and Alan discuss the plans for the upcoming opportunity for Jerusalem to install a cable car system and how the judicial system became involved. Check out the links to the story about the cable car plans as well as an overview of how the Justice system operates in Israel. Alan also shares a look back at a Jerusalem day event when the high wire artist Philippe Pettit walked across the valley from the Jerusalem Cinematheque to the Old City.

High Wire over Jerusalem Phillipe Petit
Cable Cars in Jerusalem 
Israel's Justice System

Liz and Alan discuss the Knesset coming back in session what challenges to expect. Also, forgive them again for technical issues.

In this episode we experienced a little technical issue and our recording got cut off before we finished. Liz asked Alan about his recent trip to Cuba and then they discussed the transition from the somber to the celebratory. 

Liz and Alan pick up where they left off last time discussing new trends around Passover food and activities in Israel and the desire for more in the Diaspora. Liz shared a new series that she found on Youtube called Recipe for Change. This series explores hate issues in the Jewish and Asian American Pacific Islander communities. Here is a link to it.  Recipe for Change

In this episode Liz and Alan discuss current events is Israel and Liz gives an overview of how one shops for Passover in Israel. 

In this episode Liz and Alan discuss Israel's identity in the world today plus a look at the Negav Summit 

In this episode Liz and Alan provide an update on the situation in Ukraine and how Israel is providing relief and other things. Alan introduces the UN's recently released Happiness Index declaring Israel is the 9th Happiest country out of 150. Israel moved up from 12th place last year. Here is a link to the full report. Happiness Report 2022 Enjoy.